You can wait until you have 7 mana to counter back and you can punish them effectively for holding up Get out or Disdainful Stroke by casting Stock Up or Rediscover the Way instead of your expensive creatures
Card selection matters so much more when youre looking for specific threats than when youre searching for answers, especially when the balance favors threats, as it does in Modern
Expose to Daylight is the latest "Destroy target artifact or enchantment" card in White, and this time it can scry 1
Barals Expertise Baral's Expertise handles the worst threats on board while letting you cast an additional spell for a powerful four-for-one
Camellia, the Seedmiser is another auto-include for Squirrel decks, IMO, and its easy to see why
In Commander, the latter aspect is by far the most relevant, earning Ranger-Captain a slot in many cEDH lists as an efficient way to protect combo turns