Although shield counters are the most common, there are also +1/+1 counters, -1/-1 counters, and feather counters to name a few
Especially in this last variant of Delver, there are numerous different approaches, and most will lead to victory, as they are, as mentioned above, overly ill-equipped to deal with what we bring to the table
However, some of them have useful abilities that make this unfortunate drawback worth working around, and one of these strategic options is Cradily
Snow and Sagas were returning abilities, while Foretell was entirely new, acting as a variant of Suspend
Varolz, the Scar-Striped Varolz, the Scar-Striped is a graveyard commander that wants to use your dead creatures to buff your living creatures rather than reanimate them