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{Spoiler}I have to say I really love the mechanical dynamics of this card. The inherent advantage of the card costing 0 mana and being a big body for such a small mana cost diminishes as the game goes on, but so does the amount of life you have to pay to cast it. A big early advantage for 10 life or a smaller advantage for maybe 5. The thing that concerns me though (aside from life loss synergies as ZephyrPhantom pointed out) is this body might be a bit too big for 0 mana. The price can be paid anytime, it's not conditional on having something, meaning you could drop this on turn 1. The life cost is interesting dynamically, but I don't think it's nearly enough to justify that big of a potential advantage that early in the game, though to be fair there are ways to deal with it with 1 mana (lightning bolt, deathtouch 1/1s...). I think a 3/2 or even 2/2 body might more justifiable.

{Spoiler}Quite intriguing flavor text there. Would love to see the kind of setting it might belong to, assuming it wasn't just a throwaway ominous line in that set.

On the more mechanical side, while I feel that like vizionarius 's card yours has that interesting dynamic of the earlier you play the card the more of a disadvantage the extra cost becomes, I also feel revealing your hand is a little too small and periodically trivialized a cost for some of the combo and aggro potential. That being said Memnite is a thing, and this card is that +1 toughness and a relative cost on top.

{Spoiler}This was a hard challenge I suppose, 0 mana cost is a tricky thing to work with, but that's also one of the reasons it can be so interesting. In the end, while I absolutely loved the dynamics with vizionarius 's card, ultimately I feel melono deserves this win for the much more balanced card.

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Phyrexian Birth 
Enchantment 
When ~ enters the battlefield, sacrifice a creature. If you do, search your graveyard or library for a creature card with lesser mana value than it and put in onto the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it for each life paid to cast ~.
As an additional cost to cast creature spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost  less to cast if you paid life this way and gain "This creature enters the battlefield with two additional -1/-1 counters on it."

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Idea - Watchful Bargain: That’s really strong (and not actually a common). Playing this on yourself is probably the best way to go, naming a strong etb creature you can sacrifice next turn, but playing it on an opponent when the graveyards are empty (possibly with Rest in Peace or whatever), then this might be a good burn card. Flexible, is what I’m trying to say.



adamf9898 - Djinn of Knowledge: Not a common first off. Second, you gotta make a new keyword, cuz reconfigure doesn’t really work with this. It isn’t an aura enchantment currently when it is attached. And the creature also isn’t “equipped”. Needs quite some polish to work properly.



vizionarius - Phyrexian Birth: A cool common. Using the -1/-1 counters with phyrexian mana here is a solid idea. About the right amount of power for a common revival spell. Well worded on the whole becoming an aura thing. The infect… I wonder if that is moreso a detriment or an advantage, as infect creatures don’t deal players any damage…



pernicious - Blasting Power: Oooh, you know I love the dealing damage as the creature thing by other means. Makes lifelink and deathtouch that much better. It feels appropriately costed for the power it brings forth, 5 mana, double colors. An untimely Fling on an aura, plus a Lightning Bolt.



The winner for this contest is: vizionarius , with pernicious as a close second.

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