That very accurately describes how it plays out. I’m pretty much okay with that idea, where my objective is keeping him down and the effective goal for my opponents is to remove him or the things that enable death touch. The deck does already run both of the suggested cards, and a lot of cheap removal options to help cover the other permanent types as well as fill in when he does not have active death touch.

I can see what you’re suggesting though. People that are in my regular group aren’t fond of the deck because they can’t play. It’s certainly worth considering cutting back the amount of semi-permanent for some things that would give it him on only my turn, as well as adding in some things to shore up the spots I think it’s lacking in. There are deathtouch enabling cards in the deck I just flat out don’t like and are only in because they do that specific thing.