Clearly, we need a 8/10 uncommon called "Hungry Hungry Hippos".

This is for a blue vanilla slot, by the way. Turns out this exact stat hasn't been done. And this is the first time since Bull Hippo.

Does blue really get 4/5 vannilas at common now? This feels way off.

It gets better. Benthic Giant

@Inanimate that's a card. At CMC5 common, blue gets the rare big-with-downside card (Floodtide Serpent, Leyline Phantom, Whimwader) and on one occasion got a 4/2 double scoop french vanilla (Whirlwind Adept), but mostly it gets 3-power evasive creatures.

The only modern vanillas it ever got at that cost are 2/5s.

True. But it's not against blue's color pie to have creatures fair for their cost. Blue's weakness is its inability to permanently deal with creatures; this doesn't violate that weakness. It's a bleed, but not a drastic one.

Now, is it the best vanilla for blue? Probably not. But it's tough to find a better design for this cost. 3/5 might just be better.

This should definitely not be this big. Compare to Ancient Carp, Armored Cancrix

I would accept 3/5

­Silent Artisan, Great-horn Krushok

3/5 is SOOOOOO BADDDDDDDD

Well, blue does not really get vanillas that are a) good or b) equal to or better than white's. That's how the color pie crumble. Deal with it.

It there a reason we want a pushed blue creature at common? Is this a set where blue should be more creature focused than average?

Made into a contender.

It was pushed just as an experiment for the playtest. I was curious to see how cheap a 'big' blue creature could be, that's all.

4/5-->3/5

Makes sense

­Bastion Mastadon from Kaladesh says making this a 4/5 is probably fine