Most players want to keep a few key pieces and let the others die
The various Swords, like Sword of Feast and Famine or Sword of Fire and Ice, are great choices, because while the creature gets the buff and the protections, you, as controller of the Sword, get the triggers, regardless of who controls Tahngarth
If it has at least one target, and all its targets are illegal when it tries to resolve, then it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen
Today, however, Commander is a much, much sleeker format
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