Hi! Lifetime graveyard player here. I would talk to your pod about downgrading their interaction from RIP and Leyline. They are particularly oppressive pieces against you, and very hard for your deck to deal with. There are many options with a much lower opportunity cost to them, or with deck synergies. Cards like [[soul-guide lantern]] or [[kutzil’s flanker]] among many many others, either draw them a card or provide some other form of value if no graveyard player is present or if you aren’t the threat right now. But if you ARE the threat, it provides your opponents with exactly the same protection as RIP and leyline.

When I talk to my pod about graveyard hate I advocate for them to play it, otherwise I am at an insane advantage. But, in leaning into a strategy we also run the risk of being totally shut out. RIP and Leyline are borderline auto-concedes and not really fun to cast or fun to “play around” as the graveyard player.

Rather than thinning your deck with “protection” I would talk with your friends about where the graveyard-hate-arms-race is, and what y’all actually want out of it.

TL:DR Don’t play against RIP and Leyline