YMTC: Poor Man's

{noahlotr} That's a very nice and clever requirement for the +1/+1 buff. Love it!

{viriss} Funfact: I have a soft spot for one mana 1/1 flyers. I know, they're rarely good – but still That aside, I do like your card quite much. Discarding an extra card is a big cost, but I think a 2/2 flyer is worth it. Could easily imagne this seeing print in a future set especially with Madness and/or graveyard stuff.

{kefke} Yeah, white get's Hexproof rarely for itself but for protecting others – and your card fits that concept nicely (it also protects itself, but that's just normal for Soulbond abilities). Only nitpick: Comparing it to Elgaud Shieldmate, I could see your card at common or at ..

{Flo00} Well, I'm not gonna let your card kill this challenge, I promise I agree with you about this kind of riddle working at common – but it is really worth it compared to simply milling two cards by default? Honestly, I'm not sure either way..

{Sanfonier of the Night} First of all: I like the idea of using the age counters as a resource. Quite at lot, actually What I don't like is how your card puts two different types of counters on itself, which can get pretty confusing after a while (which is the reason WotC doesn't do +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters in the same set, btw). Why not just give your hydra +1/+1 for each age counter on it (like Earthen Goo)?

{Jartis} Simple and clean, I like it – and that artwork really works for me for some reason, seriously There is one thing that's not technically wrong with your entry, but it still makes my inner Melvin sad: I'd love your card to be changed into a 2/3 instead – because that way its power would match the life lost.

{MonkeyChewToy} This is a tough one to judge without some heavy playtesting, since a two mana 5/3 is really pushed – but its downsides are really big as well (obviously).. What I can say is I definitely like how it feels like an oldschool demon card (in a good way), but I think its downside of potentially having to discard your entire hand is a bit too much below rare..

{hydraheadhunter} Nice clean and simple – yet actually probably quite effective. Love it! Also hilarious flavor text, seriously xD

{doran333} First of all, let's start with the most important part: Welcome to the forum! You might not know it, but I'm a big fan of levelers and really hope we'll see them again some day – so you had me very interested right from the start. Really glad you reworked your entry, because its first version way way too powerful and pushed for a common – yet while this version is much more tame, I think it's too much still. Let's compare your card with Knight of Cliffhaven. While your starting body is actually a bit weak for , Level 1 changes this drastically. According the general ≈ guideline, both cards cost “the same” to get to that point – and while your card has an additional Haste I think being this color intensive makes it fine still. But when you get to the final form of both cards, yours really pushes it being cheaper to reach it, and ending up with a 5/5 instead a 4/4. And while you could make the argument of trample being less useful than vigilance (when it already flies anyway), I still think your card has a hiher powerlevel. And this is without factoring in the additional activated ability – which imho is flat out too powerful for a common in general. Valakut Invoker is the only existing card able to repetitively do 3 damage to any target and it requires you paying every time you want to do so..

{foureyesisafish} Did I already mention to really have a soft spot for one mana 1/1 flyers? XD That aside, bringing Surveil into white is an interesting take – but I do think it works. Insect Angel, though? Sounds creepy – awesome

{And the winner is..} We had some pretty cool entries around once again – I really love the PME contests In the end, I decided to give the win to hydraheadhunter – with noahlotr and viriss as runner-ups (in no particular order). Nice work, everyone!