Stormscape and Nightscape Familiars are also noteworthy additions for being creatures, which black has an easy time reanimating when they die
For example in this deck, with all the deck build around Kibo, Uktabi Prince, and our deep artifact removal strategy, our Apes/Monkeys can quickly grow into formidable threats and that is not reflected in statistics
Since activating channel isnt casting a spell, it cant be countered by normal counterspells like Counterspell or Cancel
Shes clearly meant to be leading an Enchantress deck, but in specific, auras
Also, my comments are in the context of the formats target demographic and broadest part of the player base
However, neither really gives green ramp decks enough oomph, as a scary target to ramp into or cheat into play and getting one or two of those in 2012 will make green ramp much better (similarly to blue getting some two-drops encouraging blue tempo strategies)