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He is certainly not unplayable, but stopping life gain is not that big an impact on the game, paying two life and two mana for an extra card is nowhere near as good as Underworld Connections, and that leaves us needing to consistently get the body to make him worth it

Seeing that you'll be casting increasingly mammoth hydras, you'll nearly always be the only player to benefit from this ability, letting each hydra you cast replace itself in your hand

Then in your end step exile a random card from all foes, cast it for free, and then they eat damage equal to its cost - amazing free stuff and game winning life loss too