Part of a cycle that features the almost-as-broken Gaea's Cradle and somehow the hilariously unbroken Shivan Gorge, Tolarian Academy taps to make a mana for each artifact you control, which led to decks that would dump their entire hand of cheap artifacts, make a ton of mana by tapping and maybe untapping Tolarian Academy, and then use big card-draw spells like Windfall and Stroke of Genius to refill before eventually milling the opponent out with Stroke of Genius, potentially all on Turn 1
If this card is sent to the GY by its own effect: You can send the top 10 cards of your Deck to the GY
Wave kills tokens off nicely and will buy a lot of time against most forms of creature aggressive
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But Final Fantasy introduced sagas that are also creatures, which could be targeted with effects like Tishana's Tidebinder, Fresh Start, or Unable to Scream (since these all affect creatures)
I made Kangee, Aerie Keeper