If the target creature is an illegal target as Niko's last ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen
At the low cost of one generic, one blue, you could very quickly build an army of Persistent Petitioners
Its not just the lore that makes Elminsters inclusion in MTG so exciting, however
But since split cards consider both halves of the card the ones have two or more colors are considered multicolor
The exception here is that your one or two high-mana cards can be unique rares, since you don't want to run too many high-cost cards anyway
(Please see recent spikes based on my article for Yuna and Tidus for examples of money that could be made.) So lets talk about the implied relationship that stands head and above every other will-they-or-wont-they in gaming history, and the cards you want to add to their deck