Honest Work
Enchantment — Aura
Oracle Text
Enchant creature an opponent controls
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature and remove all counters from it.
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a Citizen with base power and toughness 1/1 and "{T}: Add {C}" named Humble Merchant. (It loses all other creature types and names.)
Watch Out
This card involves continuous effects applied in layer order. Type changes (layer 4) are applied before ability changes (layer 6) and P/T changes (layer 7). The order matters — a creature that loses abilities in layer 6 can still get new abilities from effects applied later in the same layer.
This card's ability triggers when it enters the battlefield, not when it's cast. Effects that double ETB triggers (like Panharmonicon) work here. Countering the spell prevents the creature from entering, so the ETB won't fire.
If this card's activated ability produces mana and doesn't target, it's a mana ability. Mana abilities resolve immediately without using the stack — opponents can't respond to them. However, abilities that target (even if they produce mana) aren't mana abilities.