channel cards mtg Lightning Valley How does the Channel ability

Theyre legal to play but exist purely as collector trophies

It's alright in decks with tons of MTG planeswalkers, since you activate their loyalty abilities each turn without tapping anything or spending any mana, and it's good in an attraction deck led by Myra the Magnificent, for a similar reason

Ive been playing a lot of Standard on Arena recently (and pretty well, if I do say so myself), and while the decks I wrote about above are the core of the format, theres still room for surpise

Taeko, the Patient Avalanche This four-mana mono-Blue 4/5 Turtle Ninja ETBs tapped, and then when another dork you control leaves without dying, you can scry 1 and toss a +1/+1 counter here

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief makes it so whenever a player casts a spell that targets only a single creature other than her, you can immediately copy it and target Ivy herself