Protect the first in lineyour attacker dumps all damage there, sparing others
I don't love sacrificing my permanents (ask me how I feel about annihilator) but there may be games where one of these play patterns makes sense
PT Format: Historic Constructed Qualifier Play-In (Best-of-Three) June 27, 6 a.m.June 28, 3 a.m
The Creatures Monastery Swiftspear starts the beats as early as the first turn and is very difficult to block properly, since it comes down before your opponent can set up reasonable blockers
Novijen, Heart of Progress (Simic) Evolve Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, your other creatures with power lower than this creatures get +2/+2 Skarrg, the Rage Pits (Gruul) Bloodrush Whenever a player exiles a card from their hand or discards a card, that players first creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn
Good news, because Kenrith, the Returned King is the MTG commander for you