If I have Orcish Settlers and Erratic Portal in play, I CANNOT sacrifice Orcish Settlers (to destroy some of my opponents lands) and then bounce him back to my hand with Erratic Portal, because the ":" in the following text:
"Sacrifice Orcish Settlers: Destroy X target lands"
means that the sacrifice is part of the cost, is that correct?
That is correct. Paying costs can't be responded to, so there's no opportunity for you to return the Orcish Settlers to your hand with Erratic Portal's ability, as it's in your graveyard by the time you get priority.
Anything that comes before the colon in an activated ability's text is part of the cost.
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"Sacrifice Orcish Settlers: Destroy X target lands"
means that the sacrifice is part of the cost, is that correct?
Anything that comes before the colon in an activated ability's text is part of the cost.