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I have done this against soldiers
In spell-heavy decks that care about card flow, velocity, and graveyard fuel, spending three mana to kill something and NOT losing momentum is worth more than the mana cost alone suggests
Youre saving yourself from being attacked by that creature, but youre also forcing your opponent to choose between burning removal on your tapped 2/2 or leaving their creature tapped
First, it'll drop turn 2, so you can start attacking turn 3 before blockers are assembled rather than on turn 4
Here are some options: Creatures (29) 4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel 2 Midnight Reaper 4 Yarok's Fenlurker 4 Knight of the Ebon Legion 4 Rankle, Master of Pranks 4 Murderous Rider 3 Ayara, First of Locthwain 2 Blacklance Paragon 2 Deathless Knight Lands (26) Spells (5) This is a plain Mono-Black Devotion deck