Attempts
Targets
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- In New X-Men, Reverend Stryker attempts to invoke this: Using knowledge of the future provided to him by Nimrod, Stryker targets Wallflower and Dust for assassination.
Source: For Want Of A Nail / Comic Books -
Krall expected this, and actually skewed their location coordinates so any attempts at this trope would end up in the nebula, making them easy targets for Krall's fleet.
Source: Film / Star Trek Beyond - In Fairy Tail, Laxus attempts to use Marakov's, his grandfather spell, Fairy Law, which targets anyone the user considers an enemy, to eliminate the entire guild.
Source: Words Do Not Make The Magic
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