mtg amass orcs cards mechanic in Magic: The Gathering's Fallen Empire set MTG Amass Orcs - All

What I came up with is that purple takes one spell effect from each of the other non-green colors: from white - enchantment removal (worse than white) from red - direct damage (worse than red) from blue - countermagic (exclusive) from black - edicting (exclusive) If purple had been around from the beginning, it would definitely have at least one exclusive ability, so blue doesn't get any countermagic at all in this set

However, if you do, and that card is an illegal target at the time the ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen

If you put an Aura on an opponent's permanent, you still control the Aura, and mana symbols in its mana cost count towards your devotion

He also solves one of the issues that many Boros decks have, namely rebuilding after the inevitable battlefield wipe