As long as the Pokmon this card is attached to is in the Active Spot, cards in your deck cant be discarded by effects of your opponents attacks, Abilities, Item cards, Pokmon Tool cards, or Supporter cards
The right deck might also want lands in the graveyard, making this a good way to get them there while not losing your mana base
Subsequent printings corrected the credit to Kinebuchi, and this is the single most important identifier for the original version: Original 1996 glossy version: credits "Ken Sugimori" (incorrect)
It even wins money in Extended
Some cards from this run have no number printed next to the Pokemon name roughly 50 "no-number" variants have been identified
Card Set(s) -Anime 25th collection- [EB-02] CARD VIEW EB02-023 | C | CHARACTER Crocodile Attribute Special Block Icon 3 Type The Seven Warlords of the Sea/Baroque Works Effect [Your Turn] [Once Per Turn] When your opponent's Character is returned to the owner's hand by your effect, look at 3 cards from the top of your deck and place them at the top or bottom of the deck in any order