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While these cards typically have the downside of giving the opponent a land, our deck will quickly run them out of their basics (except mono green, since they are just never going to have a Nykthos stick around)

Still, I think any deck that utilizes discard effects or just a mono-black deck looking for ways to remove threats before they hit the battlefield can make good use of this card

In this way, Battle Academy teaches the most basic rules of the Pokemon Trading Card Game one at a time

Skip your next turn

The reason for this is simple: in Modern, Turn 4 is the late-game

Even with this bit of caution, this is a solid 4-pocket binder