Not getting asked for using channel ability
Opponent had 2x [Anointed Peacekeeper] to increase my [Touch the Spirit Realm] cost by {4}. I had 5 lands, so could not pay for the card.
Opponent also had [Sheoldred, the Apocalypse], threatening to reduce my health to 0 in my draw step.
The channel ability on [Touch the Spirit Realm] is not affected by [Anointed Peacekeeper]. However, the game did NOT ask me during my upkeep and draw step whether I want to use the channel ability. Normally, it asks for that, but I presume due to the increased cost of the [Touch the Spirit Realm] card that it got confused.
As a workaround, a custom stop could be placed by the player in advance to force the game to stop during upkeep/draw. However, as the game usually does (if no mana cost increase is in play), I was not expecting to need to do this manually...
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[Deleted User] commented
Channel is an activated ability. Anointed Peacekeeper also increases the cost of activating abilities on the named card.