Over time, deathtouch itself has occasionally become a soft stand in for the assassin type, leading to designs like Vraska, Swarms Eminence
Cataclysmic GearhulkCataclysmic Gearhulk can set everyone back to almost square one, but with all the recursion in this deck, it's possible to repeatedly send everyone back to the stone age
Sanguine Bond is the classic, but Enduring Tenacity works
While those cards were discussed, the real offender always has been the dredge mechanic itself
Chandra Creatures you control have T: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature or player and 1 damage to you. Starting and Max Hand Size: +3 Starting Life: +3 Ah, the fiery woman
Milling and recursion only pay off once youve got an outlet, so early self-mill without a Ghost Ark or Technomancer in sight just hands information to the table