Damage cant be prevented. This ability shuts down some of the most common defensive strategies in Commander
Twilight Chapel Plane: Azeroth Players cannot discard cards or pay life to activate the abilities of cards they control
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Collected Company is way too good at immediately rebuilding the combo threat after you just blew it up, and Heliod will of course survive most commonly played board wipes
This is great for a control mirror match, as it completely shuts down your opponent's ability to counter your spells while you still are able to counter their spells
Im not sure this card beats out established commanders like Sram, Senior Edificer, but you can make a firm argument for it