Oh, at some point they adopted general "Mill" as text for the Millstone effect, that's nice
I ran a blue/white (so no black) Turbo Stasis deck once that killed with Chronatog and Howling Mines, Kismet and Stasis
Before that I remember Hypnotic Specter, riffed out of Turn 1 Dark Ritual range in Ice Age as Abyssal Specter, and a BB sorcery, "Howl of the…" something? (Hymn to Tourach, h/t @cyprinodont) that made sure your opponent never kept a hand, so at most he could topdeck, including lands
Oh god, what was that one black enchantment like if you would lose life instead destroy a permanent, if you would gain life instead draw a card? That and that sac-a-land-for-2-life 0-cost artifact was one of the first global cycles, like suddenly wherever in the world you were playing competitive games someone would be fielding those decks, like I think this was even before Sligh and the mana curve
You’re looking for Lich or Nefarious Lich, and Zuran Orb.
It’s still fucked up that it took 3-4 years before people realized “casting a spell every turn is good” and optimizing for that.
Anyway, I wasn’t thinking of either lich, I was thinking of Necropotence.