I'm honestly surprised that cards like Faerie MastermindFaerie Mastermind, Talion's MessengerTalion's Messenger, and Talion, the Kindly LordTalion, the Kindly Lord were missing from this deck
But you probably wont even need to, since youre likely to just overload it and give all your creatures protection from all colors until end of turn
This is a three-mana edict effect, that also happens to create a 0/1 Wizard token that pings just like Rod does
For a battle, excess damage means damage in excess of the battle's defense (the number of defense counters it has on it)
Based on the rules text saying "you may remove a counter," this means if you deal combat damage and only have the hexproof counter, but want to keep it, you can pass on activating the ability
The options are endless