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Many people think of the old-school precons like the Kaalia of the Vast and Edgar Markov decks as highly powerful

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All of a sudden you start looking for ways to double-dip, finding removal spells that deal with enemy creatures that are also auras themselves - like swapping out the standard Banishing Light (a three-mana spell that exiles a target nonland permanent until it leaves the board) for a card like Ossification that does a similar job, but is also an aura that attaches itself to a basic land you control, giving you the removal you need while contributing to your main objective

That is tempting, but there are easier ways to build a deck that gives you lots of black mana

Buswhack has also been used in Standard to great effect in Golgari shells that include Phyrexian Obliterator by forcing your opponent to fight the Obliterator, then watching them sacrifice all of their permanents, all for one mana