If you like the idea but find this to be a bit intimidating, then you can try some of the smaller scale ideas I mentioned at the start
There are other situations where Mana Crypts downside can become worse
But thats not an option in Standard, and I wouldnt be surprised if literally every white deck next month has at least two copies of Deicide in the sideboard
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The reason I'd put two of these in a deck, is because you could use one right away in the active Pokemon spot, then if you include this card in a spread damage type deck, you could put the other Volbeat card in the active Pokemon spot later in the game and use Luring Glow, move one of your opponent's weak Pokemon into the active Pokemon spot and then knock it out with either Volbeat or another Pokemon your next turn
I think from a pure perspective of power balancing and card quality, no card should have this power for just a single mana in Modern