Hearthpwn

no it is not , it is a 4 mana 5/6 that when it dies it clears YOUR board most of the time . people are afraid to play hydra a 5 mana 8/8 that deals damage to your face so why in the name of ben brode would you play this?  it is a bad card in arena and unless blizzard prints cards which turns this card effect into your advantage it is unplayable in constructed too .people say it might be good in silence priest but why would you play this in a silence deck when you have humongous razorleaf which in terms of stats is a lot better ?

That drawback seems abnormaly bad. Just consider the infamous 4-mana 7/7, which had practically no drawback. Even that barely made the cut in the more refined Shaman aggro decks. If this card did 2 damage to your minions instead, I still can't say I'd play it. It doesn't fit in aggro decks, obviously, and control decks don't really need it, at least not with such a severe catch. The only way this card will see play is if there are decks with few minions, or minions that benefit from dying (which might come later in the reveal).

Fitting that our first reveal is a ticking bomb. Stopping the countdown clock and starting things off with a bang!

I mean...... bleh.

It might work in arena with those Deathrattle minions/eggs that summons 5/5's etc..

The artwork is sick tho.

If Lifesteal interacts with damage from minion effects like it works with spells. This would work as an crude healing mechanism in a deck that suicides with alot of deathrattle.

Meh.

Might work in arena but eh.