You have a small gap to answer this card before it deals combat damage, but even then, it has ward 4, so good luck if you lack an edict effect
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant Shelob, Child of Ungoliant grants deathtouch and ward to all other spiders you control, making your entire spider army a nightmare for opponents to deal with
Survival of the Fittest does the work of two or more cards in its own little combo, and it only requires 3 mana to get going
Finally, we have Taigam, Ojutai Master and Wasitora, Nekoru Queen, who were never meant to lead the deck, but serve as flavorful additions within the dragon strategy
Lizards don't do it for me much either, in real life or in this set