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Openings that advantage BLACK?

I love the B06 Modern opening for black:

[fen "r1bqk2r/1ppnnpb1/p2pp1pp/8/2BPP2B/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 w kq - 1 9"]
  1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. O-O Nd7

I find it leads to a strong position for WHITE to attack and a decent one for BLACK to defend (especially if it leads you to the Hippo Defense (From - Petrosian vs. Spassky, World Championship 1966 (game 16))) because, as Black, I've had my greatest success with atypical openings:

[fen "r2q1rk1/1bpnnpbp/pp1pp1p1/8/P2PP3/2PB1N2/1P1B1PPP/RN1QR1K1 w - - 0 11"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 e6 5.c3 Nd7 6.0-0 Ne7 7.Nbd2 b6 8.a4 a6 9.Re1 Bb7 10.Bd3 0-0

Question: To advantage BLACK what other openings have people found to be largely successful?

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