Hand of Silumgar

Two mana for a deathtouch body has always been a question of how the toughness gets used, and a 2/1 answers it bluntly: this trades up in combat exactly once. Block anything, kill it, and the 2/1 dies alongside, which is the whole transaction the deathtouch is built to make. The single toughness is the cost that keeps the rate fair: a sturdier deathtoucher would wall the ground indefinitely, while this one is a one-time toll on whatever swings into it. The 2 power keeps it from being purely defensive, so it can press a little on offense or hold a chump-and-trade posture depending on the board. As Human Warrior it sits in a creature-type slot that gives it a small amount of tribal upside, but the body is the point. This is the floor-level deathtouch common: efficient enough to make an attacker think twice, fragile enough that it never overstays. It fills the role of the cheap defensive trade in a black aggro or midrange shell, the creature you are happy to throw in front of a larger threat because the math always favors you in that exchange even when both bodies leave the battlefield.