The other option is to take advantage of the direct damage, which is good in its own right to either finish off a damaged character or get them within range to be banished but also works with the likes of cards that benefit from being damaged - such as Scroop, Backstabber - that benefit from healing damage, like Rapunzel, Gifted Artist, or from damage being dealt: like Beast, Relentless.
This helps with quickly ramping up the number of cards in your inkwell , making it easier to play the high cost characters like Belle, Mechanic Extraordinaire, who can also be a shift target , as well as Lyle Tiberius Rourke, Crystallized Mercenary, who is not only a key damage dealer , but also pretty darn good at questing
Despite these unusual missing details, the Assassins Creed MTG set is completely Modern-legal
As previously stated, we are a lot more interested in a tap-out style of deck than sitting back on a bunch of countermagic