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Upgrading the deck to a competitive one would entail getting an entirely new Sapphire Steel deck

1 x Ultra Rare Pokmon card from Charizard VMAX 020/189 from the SWSH03 Darkness Ablaze expansion of the Pokmon Trading Card Game

With this example you can target your opponent's halfling in attempt to have it deal damage to an elf, but if the halfling is sacrificed, then the spell sees no legal target and does nothing, including no Ring tempting

Infect is a mechanic that does this pretty well, but you can also use spells such as target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn or something similar

Malicious Malfunction Cheap removals like this for Black-based control decks are essential components of the sideboard