I think we might be able to get by without the on the looting ability. merfolk Looter isn't that strong.

­Merfolk Looter is too powerful to print nowadays. The three Standard looters are Jace, Zephyr Scribe, and Oracle of Dust. Note which one has no activation cost. This is perfect as-is.

The point of this cycle is to have hybrid activation costs. Removing it would kind of be counter productive.

I disagree with the idea that Merfolk Looter is too powerful to print. That speaks more to the trash-tier power-level of the recent block than to the "op'ness" of Merfolk Looter.

Having said that, I'll accept twobrid being the point of the cycle as a line of reasoning, that at least has some merit, unlike the power-level excuse.

We can keep it as it is.

Merfolk looter isn't too powerful to print, but it's been one of (if not the) best blue common in most of the sets its been printed in, and that includes many sets without "trash tier" power levels.

Extra toughness would be fine.

­Merfolk Looter is too powerful for Common

This card however seems fine.

I fundamentally disagree with the idea that merfolk looter is too strong for Common but that's beside the point. If the principle behind this card is to showcase Twobrid that's fine but don't couch the reasoning for it being a lower powered card in terms of merfolk looter's op'ness.

Merfolk looter is fine at common if you're fine with it being the strongest common.

A looter card being the best common is fine in my mind as long as we are careful not to give blue too much edge everywhere else. (Otherwise it will end up lopsided.)

Personally, I would say we design something else in case we need to then if blue ends up getting the shaft at common rarity, we can still make this become our other Prophet card and change something to Merfolk Looter.