you have the stax players, who go one step further by preventing you from doing anything in the first place
Of course, I've mentioned how it's an ok EphemerateEphemerate target, but it's not a primary one, so you might end up having to choose between flickering a card with a good triggered ability and trying to cushion the huge mana investment
Haystack Haystacks flavor cracks me up, even knowing nothing about the Assassins Creed gamejump into and hide in a Haystack to avoid removal
If all else fails, and enemies are gearing up to smash you with everything they have, there's always Teferi's Protection
1 Witherbloom, the Balancer I dont know if Ive ever wanted a new Magic card as badly as I want Witherbloom, the Balancer
He can put a -1/-1 counter on a creature at the beginning of your combat step, but we should have more ways to enable this