whenever a card is exiled mtg Top 30 Exile-Play Red Cards in Magic: The Gathering that creature becomes a copy of a creature card exiled with Assimilation Aegis. Promise of Tomorrow - Magic

It accomplishes the goal by liberal use of the goad mechanic and creating a hostile environment should people consider swinging your way

Soldiers dont really have any shared mechanics or characteristics that unify them besides their creature type, but a lot of them usually have abilities that reflect either combat mastery like first strike or vigilance or strategic abilities with Propaganda-like abilities and can't attack effects, and other ways to have more control over combat

Vampiric Tutor [Instant-Speed Tutor at One Mana] Vampiric Tutor is what efficiency looks like in black spells in MTG

I swear it kills me to have regular-named dudes in Magic

You can't try and hide it

they arent in the Special Edition