Golgari has those in abundance
Your foe swaps the Talisman for the Totem, and then the Totem for your junk permanent like a Food
In addition to the standard text that declares the card must be removed from your deck if not playing for ante, it also has the same life payment disclaimer, "Effects that prevent or redirect damage may not be used to counter this loss of life." Thank goodness Wizards found a better solution with modern-day rules
Blind Obedience Blind Obedience is a prison piece that will slow down your opponents' creatures and mana rocks, disable haste creatures, and will give you extort triggers to bleed everyone down while you benefit from the lifegain
It may not even be the fault of the player in question because when Modern breaks, it breaks
Without Batterskull in the format, Stoneforge Mystic would be 100% safe to unban