Cheap ones, like Michael Darling, Kakamora, and Rabbit are great early plays, as is Skull Rock to get your location strategy going
Diablo does have to be exerted though for the effect to trigger
Are Japanese Alternate Arts Legal
You can get back lands youve cycled, use cards like Strip Mine once more, and get some land-based combos like Thespian's Stage + Dark Depths
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In the examples of Moonsnare Prototype and Greater Tanuki weve seen the Channel be both more and less expensive than the card itself, so the option to upscale an early game choice to deal with a bigger problem or get rid of a high cost creature for mana fixing are both shown off