you can know that its coming and try not to commit too much to the board so that your opponent loses out a lot more than you do
All were excited about is having Hugh Grant on a MTG card
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owners control with a +1/+1 counter on it.) Mayhem Devil Mayhem Devil is a three-cost (one generic, one black, and one red) creature
Then there are cards that remove persists downside by stopping the -1/-1 counter from being applied
All of the cheap Black card draw for life loss is here too, like two cost Sign in Blood above to draw two or Read the Bones with scry too, which is better than Cantrips since they'll draw two or more
Build a deck skeleton: roles, not card names This is where templates are useful, as long as you treat them like training wheels and not religious doctrine