mtg cards like pariah (ES) All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to enchanted creature instead. Ajani, Nacatl Pariah - #1

This five-mana red 5/5 has Flying and First Strike - making it not only hard to block, but hard to beat even if you do block it

Sometimes its best to leave a threat in play and by turning it into a flyer with deathtouch, and forcing it to attack your opponent each combat well that makes for quite a good aura

Thats why Im sitting here, staring at Itos card art like a crevice in a cardboard Amigara Fault

You could be missing that one color mana and can use this instead

However, if you do choose a target, and that target is illegal at the time the ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen

But in decks that care about exile, like various Doctors Who, Prosper, Tome-Bound, Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival, and especially Edgin, Larcenous Lutenist, this can easily get up to 5+ damage