Red also has access to cycling, madness, and effects which care about discarding cards
The fun of Nikya of the Old Ways is circumventing the no-spells restriction by just attaching those spells to creature abilities instead
After just a few triggers, it should be the biggest creature in play, at which point you can slap a Whispersilk Cloak on it and win a swift commander damage victory
For safety's sake and maximum utilization, let's use the former as the starting piece
Ostensibly, you have a few counterspells in your deck that can handle interaction with your opponents
It no longer checks every card the opponent draws for three turns, plus it now nullifies damage for the rest of that turn and allows them to destroy specific monsters in their Deck