A variation on Aether Figment, using the ability of Feral Hydra.

I like the idea. Looks like the kind of card I'd put in one of my decks.

A few minor nitpicks, though: Are you sure the +1/+1 ability isn't a bit too green?

One more thing--the current wording is "~this~ can't be blocked." Also, don't forget to capitalize the "E" in "AEther."

This is a frighteningly good mana sink, but I want to see how it plays in action. At the very least, put the ability cost at 4?

It's been over a year since anyone commented on this, Orb; I somehow doubt you'll get a reply. ;)

I think this would be best with green in the ability's cost, though. Blue gets a lot of counter manipulation, but not so much placement, at least where +1/+1 counters are concerned. Aether Figment gets away with it because Modality is blue; you can cast it with 2 different statlines for 2 different costs. This guy is a very different animal.

Adak: I wouldn't be so sure about that :) This cardset is open to all, and anyone can see the recent activity here; and although I'm busy and tired, I do still take an interest in what happens on the site :)

You're right, though. Looking back at this, this is scary. I don't think anything below rare would get ": Put a +1/+1 counter on this". Even in green it'd need to be 4 mana if we're not talking rares.

(If we are talking rares, of course, there's things like Jenara, Asura of War who blow this way out of the water. But this was intended to be a parallel to Aether Figment, not some scary mythic.)

...Yep, doing the search, uncommon creatures only get to add +1/+1s to themselves either by tapping (Clockwork Hydra, Chronomaton) or by sacrificing other resources (Gobbling Host, Mire Shade, Souldrinker). Common can do it for pure mana, but lots and lots of it (Carnivorous Moss-Beast). Rares, though, get this ability (Feral Hydra as mentioned; also Clockwork Dragon, Molten Hydra) or better (Ashling the Pilgrim, Jenara, Asura of War).

Yep, agreed, this needs tonight down or raring up.