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** [http://magiccards.info/query?q=!Phyrexian+Obliterator Phyrexian Obliterator cruelly employs this trope]. While its earlier counterpart, Phyrexian Negator, actually encouraged the opponent to deal damage to it so that the controller would have to sacrifice something, Obliterator turns that around and makes it so that whoever's responsible for the damage has to sacrifice permanents. It can be a pain for your opponent to get rid of without causing its ability to go off. Oh--it's also an undercosted trampler, so they'll have to block it and/or destroy it, or it'll destroy them in 4 turns flat.
* [[Yeah! Shot]]: Used in [http://www.wizards.com/mtg/images/daily/events/ptdka12/sat_304.jpg a photo] from the official coverage of Day 3 of the Pro Tour: Dark Ascension tournament; it's a group shot of the Top 8 all in mid-jump.
* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: The entire point of the Illusion tribe of creatures. They can kill other creatures and deal damage to players and planeswalkers just like any other creature, but if they are targeted by ''[[Weaksauce Weakness|anything]]'', [[Puff of Logic|they die.]] [citation needed]
* [[Zerg Rush]]:
** As mentioned above, aggro decks, especially "weenie" decks. Most (in)famous are Goblins (the Little Red Men), White Weenie (soldiers, knights, and birds of prey), and the ''Mirrodin'' block's Ravager Affinity (a rapid-fire Game-Breaker-laden deck which can inflict sudden death very rapidly on a good opening hand).
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