This doesn't ETB tapped, you can tap it for colorless and with two mana to make mana of one color equal to your creature count of the chosen creature type you chose on arrival to the battlefield
These Starter Decks were printed in a limited print run by The United States Playing Card Company (USPCC) and it is believed, that it is the first attempt to print Magic cards in the US
When you cast a TDFC, you cast it as the front face, and it enters the battlefield with its front face up
It doesnt sound like a massive savings, but given the sheer volume of cards youre getting (with 14 in each pack), youre bound to get some very usable ones
Mana, cards, and early pressure in one creature pushed him to the top of Modern
Academy is so unreasonably potent it basically had the effect in cube for a very very long time of simply making any artifact that cost one or less playable