In the context of a game played with creatures where card advantage and selection are game-defining, though, it was absurd, and was banned in Standard in 2017 and in Pioneer in 2019
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If Soltari Guerillas assigns combat damage to any opponent, you may redirect that damage to target creature. VS Pay 0: The next time Soltari Guerrillas would deal combat damage to an opponent this turn, it deals that damage to target creature instead. Upon initial reading of the card as it exists, it seems like you have to deal combat damage to a player to activate Soltari Guerillas ability, but you can actually activate it at will
The first is a triggered ability: "When this permanent enters the battlefield, target player may search their library for a card named [name], reveal it, put it into their hand, then shuffle." Note that the target player searches their library (which may be affected by effects such as that of Stranglehold) and that the card they find is revealed, even though these words aren't included in the ability's reminder text