In fact, it does an incredible job protecting the crown since you end up with at least four creatures: Faramir, whatever triggered it, and two tokens
It may seem like a heavy downside to discard your entire hand, but countless times you will end up in a situation where you have nothing to work with in your current hand and just need a completely fresh one
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Pod has been among Modern's top two or three decks for years now, and though I don't personally play enough Modern to say whether it was oppressive at big tournaments, one of Pod's foremost experts seems to agree it was correct: Of course, what this does for the Modern metagame is only half the story
As their name implies, alternative full art cards are ultra rare full art alternate versions of Pokmon cards that come from the same set as their standard counterpart