Throw in haste and a potent gravebreak ability that grows the Academic, and you end up with a synergistic yet highly efficient threat
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Im personally thinking of a Modern Infect storm build that made the rounds a while ago, playing off of tutoring up Venerated Rotpriests to the field as quickly as possible and then hitting them with as many Ground Rifts as possible
Once these last few cheap foils are gone, were going to see this hit $40 or $50 pretty easily
Then if you trade with a two-toughness dork or pull a removal spell like Wing Snare or Terminate you'll be a three for one
Commander is a multiplayer format where threats come from three opponents, not one