Bloodthirsty Finishers cards like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose can turn lifegain into direct damage to your opponents
Sure, its a sorcery-speed pump spell, but the fact that it gives your creature trample means that youre going to draw cards nearly every time you get an attack off
If Wizards wont print enough powerful reactive spells, then incorporating solid Midrange threats is likely the answer
When this was tournament-legal, it was in virtually every deck
Liesa, Forgotten Archangel, Taborax, Hopes Demise, Athreos, God of Passage and Nalia deArnise all help load (or reload) your hand with more copies, assuming your opponents dont just let you win right away
Mausoleum Turnkey: this card requires great graveyard manipulation and this set is not a graveyard-focused set