Despite Hovi seeing his way back to the Pro Tour winners circle, I think Erik Lauer built the best true Academy deck for that event
While Poisoned Apple's definitely a flavorful card, players should avoid tasting that poison themselves
Because of this, you can run cards like Arcades, the Strategist, Felothar the Steadfast, Doran the Explorer I mean, Doran, the Siege Tower, or Assault Formation to have them assign damage based on their toughness and use them as significant threats
Also, Shards of Alara debuted a new rarity the mythical rare cards that were represented by an orange expansion symbol
The deck combines powerful characters with strong actions and items for a fun gameplay experience