The other thing working for Flame Channeler are the Zendikar Rising DFCs
Mist-Cloaked Herald, Slither Blade, Triton Shorestalker early threats that draw cards every attack
and Havi, the All-Father, who benefits from Historic cards in your graveyard or allows you to reanimate them
If you took all of one type of card (draw, discard, creature, counter etc) and looked at their mana cost you'd notice there are cards that are "good deals" and others that seem to give you the same or less while charging more
If we want those cards to see play in spite of this fact, we have to embrace the unique design possibilities of weak cards
Not all that glitters is gold, but when it comes to gold Pokmon cards, theres some very valuable treasure to be found among them