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Does it not work against combat damage? Thought maybe I could use Deflecting Palm to counter damage from another big creature instead of blocking and potentially losing one of mine.
It does but you're not getting much value. Outside of the Voltron decks I mentioned before you're generally not going to see a single creature, remember that Palm only works on a single source, thats big enough to justify this cards use. Youre better off just using a Fog since it has the flexibility to stop all creatures from hitting you or Safe Passage if you want it to be one sided. Another thing you'll learn the longer you play is card economy. When is an effect worth the card in your deck? And in this case there are just better things you could be doing.
All of that said this is commander and if you want to put an effect in your deck because you feel like its a cool effect then go for it.
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