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But Dark Confidant really shines in life loss decks like Rowan, Scion of War and sacrifice decks that can easily get you out of the Bob business when you need to

It is rarely finished

WotC correctly determined that annihilator is about as fun as a stubbed toe, so Ulamog 2.0 dropped the mechanic altogether in favor of exiling 20 cards on attacks

For example, the Human Torch's ability takes the combat damage he does to an opponent and applies it to every opponent, whereas The Thing can double all counters on all permanents

If one of your creatures disappoints you in battle, you can always use Summary Execution to sacrifice it to draw cards and gain life

Mike Turian (on the Zendikar development team) liked the Shade and got Development to change it to a 2/2