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* In ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' by Mark Twain, the Boss engages in this trope with various cranks and quacks (including Merlin). He is, strictly speaking, also a fraud - though having been thrown back in time 13 centuries does tend to give him a bit of an advantage.
* This appears to be the case between Geser and Zabulon in ''[[Night Watch]]'', two ancient Others with a magic rating of Beyond Categorization (i.e. any open contest between them would result in massive death and destruction). Both can visualize fate lines and predict outcomes decades in advance. Some characters attempt to do the unexpected, only to realize this was all part of the plan.
* ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' has Zedd describing the use of magic in battles like this. Wizard forces are on the back lines simultaneously attacking and dispelling each other across the battlefield, so the end result is a bunch of guys waving their hands with nothing going on a majority of the time. When fireballs aren't destroying your army is a good sign your wizards are doing their job.
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* In ''[[Warhammer
** Then throw in the Cabal from ''Legion'' and watch as everything goes straight to hell on the [[Gambit Pileup]] Express.
** Whats makes the whole thing even more confusing is that Tzeentch is such a obsessive [[The Chessmaster|chessmaster]] that sometimes the person he's going up against is himself. As the god of change the only thing that matters is playing the game, since winning would lead to a form of stagnation.
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