Want to lean (and be mean) into the stax aspect
While it might take some additional support from Rivals of Ixalan to give Pirates what they need for Modern's speed, a format like Commander is an excellent place to push our new friends
the afflicted Pokemon can neither attack nor retreat for the turn they are paralyzed, though the condition is automatically cured at the end of a full turn
Even though Mine stomps the slower interactive decks, Infect, Burn, and even Tron could care less about the extra cards and would often leverage free cards pulled early into an insurmountable advantage
It becomes less impressive in control decks where the 3 damage doesnt matter and this is just an expensive removal spell, though exiling any permanent is still quite useful
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card