Bad, neutral or good article; anti- or pro- for the SERP it's the same. So all you need is the SEO, the right SEO, if you want your good article to win the competition of the bad article. Just do the right SEO, do the right thing.
In our opinion the right SEO is a white hat SEO + green hat SEO. A white-green hat SEO (or a green-white hat SEO) is the best, the right SEO.
That's what I wanted to add here about the articles in the SERPs.