Review of Wirewood Channeler **** Excellent Mana Acceleration if You Are Playing Elves

Wirewood Channeler has a great activated ability.  There are a few cards out there that can beat it, as far as what it is capable of accomplishing with its activated ability and its mana cost.  That is why it is not a 5 star card.  I would definitely recommend this card for someone playing Commander who has 20 or more elves in their deck because essentially a deck has to have a lot of elves in it to make this card worthwhile.  That is, to put out Wirewood Channeler without another elf is not cost effective with respect to mana, and is not recommended.  However, if you have 2 elves out, then Wirewood isn’t such a bad deal, but if you have 3 or 4 elves out, you can get really cookin’ with Wirewood Channeler.  Paying 4 mana to get 3 or 4 mana for an activated ability is a good deal, and that is primarily how I use Wirewood Channeler in my deck.