Off all the 'boring' levelers, this guy is probably the best.
DonRoyale
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
GIL, BIC.
In Limited, he's a 4/4 on turn 3. In Constructed, he...trades with Putrid Leech? Real special...:V
majinara
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Average guy I guess. In the best case you play him on turn 2 and turn him into a 4/4 on turn 3. In the worst case you draw him some time late game, when you need something large, and are then forced to pay 15 mana for a 6/6 (which is not that efficient).
Oh Vines of Vastwood, how awesome it is that you're in the next rotating block *swoon*
With Training Grounds, homeboy's a 6/6 Trampler Turn 4. Go ahead and run Dispel and/or Spell Pierce in addition to Vines of Vastwood if you'd like to protect this guy the whole way through.
StreamHopper
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(3 votes)
With all the auras and levelers coming into magic, bounce is about to become highly more valued. I think some cards may just spike in price XD
Selez
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Except in non-mono-green variants, this guy can't hold a candle to Worldwake's Leatherback Baloth. 2 + 3 mana for a 4/4 versus 3 mana for a 4/5. Plus, he dies to Flame Slash, which is very good at doing what it does.
The only thing this guy has going for him over Leatherback is that he can still be dropped turn-two after leveling up a Joraga Treespeaker. I suppose I could see him as a fifth/sixth Leatherback, though.
True_Mumin
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Not too shabby. But not particularly exciting either. Just meh.
blindthrall
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Wow, green is not the color to go to for levelers, certain elves nonwithstanding. Too pricy to level up, not enough of a payoff. Should have shroud in the middle stage. They could have made leveling interesting, with certain abilities lost when gaining a level, so you actually have to put some thought into the game.
RafiqTheMiststalker
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(6 votes)
Beastbreaker? I imagine him picking up Kalonian Behemoth and snapping it like a twig.
ScissorsLizard
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(17 votes)
He once broke a Rhox, just to see it cry.
He is... the most interesting man in the world. Stay thirsty, my friends.
It's a so-so leveler, I think. Definitely not the worst, but having to pay 12 mana after summoning him just to get a 6/6 Trample seems a bit much. If his level-up cost was maybe {2} or {1}{G}, or he got some other perk in addition to Trample (preferably at his second rank), then he'd be a bit better.
Probably useful in a G deck with lots of mana floating around, or in a U/G with Training Ground so you only have to pay {G} to level him up.
Baconradar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Most likely this guy is used as a bear, then boosted to level 1 and never gets another counter after that.
As it stands, a good bear.
Mongoose22
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Those biceps should be worth a level by themselves. Dang.
Nothing exciting in constructed, but in limited this guy can attack as a 4/4 by turn 3. That's dangerous. His third tier, eh, maybe if you've got nothing better to do with your mana. Most of the time he's going to just be the 4/4.
Polychromatic
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
What a manly dude.
Duskdale_Wurm
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Nice name Beastbreaker. Does he make beasts-- BROKEN?
He looks like Von Kaiser. I want to make a GIF of him waggling his head back and forth.
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Thank goodness this guy is green, because green can get loads of mana floating around.
Trygon_Predator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Definitely better than Grizzly Bears - he's still usable late game, but he's a fatty you can play on your second turn. Besides, his types are better supported (outside of a dedicated bear deck, of course).
Red-White
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy is NOT strictly better than Grizly Bears. I mean, its just one guy here, but there are bearS . Also, this guy isn't punching trees in half. So, I'd say, Grizlys are better ;)
aboblyndsae
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Strictly better than Grizzly Bears, but kind of overshadowed by Nest Invader from the same set. I love Zendikar block.
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The Baloths in the background look familiar :D
He is that manly.
Off all the 'boring' levelers, this guy is probably the best.
In Limited, he's a 4/4 on turn 3. In Constructed, he...trades with Putrid Leech? Real special...:V
Also looks like veteran bodyguards brother.
With Training Grounds, homeboy's a 6/6 Trampler Turn 4. Go ahead and run Dispel and/or Spell Pierce in addition to Vines of Vastwood if you'd like to protect this guy the whole way through.
The only thing this guy has going for him over Leatherback is that he can still be dropped turn-two after leveling up a Joraga Treespeaker. I suppose I could see him as a fifth/sixth Leatherback, though.
I imagine him picking up Kalonian Behemoth and snapping it like a twig.
He is... the most interesting man in the world.
Stay thirsty, my friends.
Probably useful in a G deck with lots of mana floating around, or in a U/G with Training Ground so you only have to pay {G} to level him up.
As it stands, a good bear.
Nothing exciting in constructed, but in limited this guy can attack as a 4/4 by turn 3. That's dangerous. His third tier, eh, maybe if you've got nothing better to do with your mana. Most of the time he's going to just be the 4/4.
Between him and Skywatcher Adept, along with Training Grounds and Joraga Treespeaker, he (they) can deal quite a bit of damage unless dealt with.
He looks like Von Kaiser. I want to make a GIF of him waggling his head back and forth.
I mean, its just one guy here, but there are bearS . Also, this guy isn't punching trees in half. So, I'd say, Grizlys are better ;)