Using Durnan to reduce the amount you pay will allow you to hit hard in the early stages of the game, while mechanics like foretell could set you up for multiple instances of damage in a single turn later on
Words are separated by spaces, not punctuationmeaning, for example, that you can't insert a name sticker between "Sol" and "Kanar" in Sol'Kanar the Tainted
As for the card, it's a copy of Akroma's Will, an instant that lets you choose between all your creatures gaining flying, vigilance, and double strike, or lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until the end of the turn
Ally typal ended up being very successful and had a big influence on how we thought of typal themes moving forward
This was the other half of the Cauldron combo, and it dodged the ban