During Pro Tour Aetherdrift at Chicago MagicCon, Arne Huschenbeth went 9 - 1 with a typical controlling deck packed with removal, counterspells, boardwipes and big creatures, using Stock Up to dig for the perfect answers
You can't sacrifice a Food both to forage and for its own ability to gain life, so keep this in mind
Im receptive towards the idea that this decks success has as much, if not more, to do with Goldspan Dragon than Hullbreaker Horror
That's Abeyance in a nutshell: great for letting you get your own combos off while getting you through your deck, not so good when your opponent can still cast Viashino Sandstalker and attack you that turn
But we also got Historic-legal cards and staples, like Faithless Looting, Tendrils of Agony, Inquisition of Kozilek, and Counterspell