Channel Harm?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on May 12, 2016, 6:52 p.m. by iBleedPunk
So I was just looking through some boxes of my Commons/Uncommon and I stumbled across Channel Harm. I mean at first glance I was skeptical of it but something sprung out at me. A portion of my meta consists of "Wide" strategies (Trostani, Selesnya's Voice and Hazezon Tamar) so am I wrong here or is Channel Harm a good "redirect" spell for damage in 
EDH decks that have issues with token strategies? Is there anything that has this effect for cheaper than 
or is Channel Harm all there is?
Please drop comments and opinions on this card, if you have used it and it was an all star I'd love to hear about the experience, honestly anything helps guys!
TYIA
iBleedPunk says... #4
Thats not the issue really. I have board wipes galore Epochalyptik but none at Instant speed to stop floods of 200+/200+'s from smacking my face and only a few ways of bouncing my creatures to evade my own board wipes (i.e. Eerie Interlude)
May 12, 2016 7:06 p.m.
iBleedPunk says... #6
May 12, 2016 7:22 p.m.
iBleedPunk says... #9
Thank you Phaetion!
And thank you to everyone else who commented! I appreciate it hella
May 12, 2016 8:04 p.m.
Believe me, I worship Comeuppance as though it were a deity. It's criminally underplayed, and no one ever expects it.
May 12, 2016 8:22 p.m.
Phaetion, I know, right? There is nothing I love more than to wait for my opponent to swing in and yell "Comeuppance, motherf***er!!"
May 12, 2016 9:06 p.m.
Ghostly Prison laughs in the face of tokens too, as does Archangel of Tithes
May 13, 2016 3:54 a.m.
Just play Humility and some game breaking effect, like Enchanted Evening while scooting away from the table giving your opponents the bird. Works every time.
May 13, 2016 4:34 a.m.
Gidgetimer says... #14
Humility doesn't really solve a token issue. They are likely already relatively small creatures, and the only ways I know of making insanely large tokens is with +1/+1 counters. Humility does nothing to counters.
I am inclined to say just run wraths as well. Comeuppance could possibly wipe one opponent's board, and Channel Harm can only deal damage to one creature (target is picked when it is cast, not when the damage is prevented).
May 13, 2016 8:45 a.m.
@Gidgetimer :) maybe you didn't seem to notice the jest I was making in reference to the many iterations Humility has with other enchantments, while it doesn't solve the issue solely, it makes it rather clear what CAN be done. maybe I just wasn't clear enough.
Epochalyptik says... #2
Just play a board wipe. They're cheaper and they actually solve the problem instead of rendering it not fatal for a turn.
May 12, 2016 6:54 p.m.