A card for stompy

[Mogg Fanatic]

Exiled Lion
1G
Creature -- Lion
4/4
Fading -- 1
You may play Exiled Lion anytime you could play an instant.

This could be used in a stompy deck.  Its big, and fast.

A I cahnged the fading from 2- 1.

[Meanee]

This could be used in a stompy deck.  Its big, and fast.

And VERY powerful! Try to compare it to skyshroud ridgeback!

- meanee

[BurningIce]

Exactly.  It's clearly better than an existing card which has seen play.. I think it should have at most Fading 1, since you can play it as an instant anyways, and get two attacks out of it.

[dandan]

This is almost certainly too strong as a 4/4 for 2 mana even without the 'play as an instant' ability. IF you want to keep the ability
1. Change the cat, Lions don't surprise as much as other moggies
2. Lose a Fading counter for the surprise or at lose a Fading counter whenever it blocks. Otherwise it is Green removal

I think I'd tone it down to 3/4 or 4/3 at least

[Jacob Orlove]

Fading of less than three is a really lame drawback, since the card basically stops beign an actual creature at that point.

[dandan]

Ball Lightning has Fading 0. I've used Ridgebacks and they are often around for over half the game. At Fading 1 these are non-flying Fog Elementals for one mana less, which seems fair. I'd prefer less size and more counters to be honest for example

Burst Saproling
Creature-Thallid
1G
1/1
Fading 3
~This~ gets +1/+1 for each Fading counter on it
Can be cast as an Instant. If it is cast in this way, ~this~ has Fading 2 instead of Fading 3

That's fat, a 3/3 attacker on turn 3 and dies on turn 6 if cast on turn 2.