Card creation challenge
Custom Cards forum
Posted on Aug. 28, 2015, 4:15 p.m. by TheNextRedDude
Ok, heres how this works. You create a card to the specifications of the person above you, then list your own card idea for the next person. I'll start.
Variety XX
Sorcery
If X is 2 or lower, draw X cards. If X is 3, put X +1/+1 counters on X target creatures. If X is 4, return X target creatures from your graveyard to the battlefield. If X is 5 or more, Variety deals x damage to target creature or player. If X is 10 or more, you win the game.
Create a life gaining multicolored Turtle with power twice it's toughness or vice versa.
Firestorm44 says... #3
Ghirapur, Aether Capitol
Legendary Land - City
Ghirapur, Aether Capitol enters the battlefield tapped unless an opponent controls a city with a different name.
: Add .
: Add .
, Pay : Add one mana of any color.
, Pay : Create a colorless x/x construct artifact creature token with "This creature's power and toughness are equal to the number of constructs you control."
More cities.
February 11, 2019 2:42 a.m.
inuvash255 says... #4
Meletis
Legendary Land - City
Meletis enters the battlefield tapped with a construction counter on it.
: Add .
, , remove a construction counter: Create a 0/6 colorless golem artifact creature token with defender.
, , remove a construction counter: Create Dekatia, a legendary land token with ": Add or ".
I was gonna have Dekatia be an artifact, but it really deserves to be a land - even though land tokens really aren't a thing. Eventually they'll pull off the band-aid on that one, I bet.
More cities?
February 11, 2019 9:40 a.m.
hiddengibbons says... #5
City of Glass
City of Glass enters the battlefield tapped. When City of Glass enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you control a wizard creature.
T: Sacrifice City of Glass, Add two mana of any one color.
You break it, you buy it.
Create a new planeswalker based on an obscure legendary creature
February 11, 2019 11:58 a.m.
markbeloit says... #6
Walker of the Woods
Planeswalker - Nemata
+1: Create two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.
-1: Target creature gets +1/+2. (This effect is permanent. It lasts until the creature leaves the battlefield, not just until end of turn.)
-5: You may sacrifice any number of Saprolings. For each Saproling sacrificed this way, search your library for a Forest card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
3
Planeswalker version of Nemata, Grove Guardian . Maybe not the least know legend, but probably not too widely known at this point.
Make another planeswalker.
February 11, 2019 12:42 p.m.
Firestorm44 says... #7
Miya, Plains Walker
Legendary Planeswalker - Miya
+1: Creatures you control gain plainswalk until end of turn.
-1: Put a plains counter on target land. As long as that land has a plains counter on it, it is a plains in addition to its other types.
-5: You get an emblem with creatures you control get +1/+1 and whenever a plains enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 white cat creature token.
4
Create a a nonwhite monocolored planeswalker.
February 11, 2019 1:02 p.m.
hiddengibbons says... #8
Lucrezia, Sorceress Queen: 2UB
Planeswalker - Lucrezia
+1: Add U.
-9: You win the game.
Starting Loyalty: 2
Based on Princess Lucrezia
Another Planeswalker based on obscure legendary creature
February 11, 2019 1:13 p.m.
Alexi the Banisher ( Alexi, Zephyr Mage )
Legendary Planeswalker - Alexi
+1: Draw a card, then discard a card.
-3: Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.
-9: Each opponent chooses two permanents they control. Return each permanent not chosen this way to its owner's hand.
Starting loyalty: 4
Create a card that would have inspired Magus of the Unseen , to bring it close to the other Magus creatures.
February 11, 2019 1:32 p.m.
Firestorm44 says... #10
Unseen Threats
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay . If you do, gain control of target artifact an opponent controls until end of turn. It gains haste until end of turn. When it is returned to its owner's control, tap it.
Create a really good almost Noble Hierarch power 1 cmc mana dork.
February 11, 2019 2:09 p.m.
simplebricks says... #11
Diligent Plougher
Creature-Human 0/2
: Exile target untapped land, its controller adds two mana to their mana pool of a colour the exiled land could produce.
At the beginning of each end step return all cards exiled with Diligent plougher to the battlefield under their owner's control.
February 11, 2019 3:12 p.m.
simplebricks says... #12
Create another card with an effect that can benefit any player but can hinder your opponent when timed correctly.
February 11, 2019 3:14 p.m.
Overflowing Library
Artifact
If a player would draw a card, other than during their upkeep, they draw an additional card.
For each additional card drawn via ~, add a book counter to ~.
Remove 2X book counters: Force target player to draw or to skip drawing X cards. This cannot prevent the one card drawn per turn.
The Library contained endless knowledge; how much did it take from us to fuel its collection?
Create a card where players bid with life.
February 11, 2019 3:45 p.m.
Firestorm44 says... #14
Chaos Storm
Sorcery
Starting with you and proceeding through turn order, each player may bid an amount of life higher than the previous bid. This continues until a player does not top the highest bid. The player with the highest bid loses life equal to the amount of life they bid. Chaos Storm deals damage to each player other than the winning bidder equal to 2 times the amount of life the winning bidder paid.
Create a planeswalker card representing a person in the mtg community (like a pro player or a content creator or a wizards staff member something like that.)
February 11, 2019 4:13 p.m.
Firestorm44 says... #15
SaffronOlive, Master Janker
Legendary Planeswalker - Seth
+1: SaffronOlive deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
-3: Add to your mana pool. Only spend this mana to cast artifacts or red enchantments.
-8: You get an emblem with "Nonbasic lands are mountains. Creatures with power greater than the number of cards in your hand can't attack. When you get this emblem choose one: You get an emblem with '"Spells with converted mana cost 1 can't be cast."' or you get an emblem with '"Spells with converted mana cost 2 can't be cast."'"
4
It's free win red in a planeswalker.
Another one.
February 11, 2019 9:05 p.m.
Jeremy Noell 2UG
Planeswalker - Jeremy
+1 - Draw a card, you may play an additional land card this turn.
-3 - Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield, the untapp all lands you control
-7 - Target land gains add three mana of any color to your mana pool, another target land becomes a 7/7 blue and green elemental, and another target land gains tap: draw a card
4
Sorry for the words but keep it going.
February 11, 2019 10:39 p.m.
The Professor
Legendary Planeswalker - Professor
+1: Many Magic: the Gathering players ask, "Is lifegain worth a card?" You may gain 3 life or draw a card.
-3, Become a sellout shill: Create 1/1 white and blue Thopter creature tokens for each Treasure an opponent controls.
-8: You get an emblem with, "Whenever a player plays a card, that player must read its text (including reminder text) in a soothing, even-paced voice."
4
Honestly, it quickly became an un-set card, I love the professor, but think these are his funniest tropes.
Someone try and make a more real card for The Professor (or another content creator, if you don't watch him)
February 12, 2019 12:06 a.m.
Firestorm44 says... #18
The Professor
Legendary Planeswalker - Brian
+1: Merfolk you control get +1/+1 and islandwalk until end of turn.
-3: Draw a card for each merfolk you control.
-6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a merfolk spell, draw a card." and Merfolk spells you control have flash."
4
Create Tolarian Community College.
February 12, 2019 1:09 a.m.
Tolarian Community College
Land - Island
(: Add .)
Tolarian Community College comes into play tapped.
: Create a 2/3 blue Human Wizard creature token.
Would have been a better spoiler.
Either continue or make a card in the Hydroid Krasis cycle
February 12, 2019 1:25 a.m.
inuvash255 says... #20
Vaporizing Weird
Creature - Elemental Weird
Flash
When you cast this spell, you may counter a target spell unless its controller pays {X}. Vaporizing Weird deals X damage to that spell’s controller.
Double strike, Haste
2/2
Another creature in the cycle?
February 12, 2019 9:10 a.m.
inuvash255 says... #21
Embezzler's Companion
Creature - Thrull
When you cast this spell, each opponent loses half X life, rounded down, and you gain that much life.
Embezzler's Companion enters the battlefield with half X +1/+1 counters on it.
When Embezzler's Companion dies, create a number of 1/1 white and black Spirit creature tokens with flying equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it when it died.
1/1
Sorry, couldn't resist making another. But yeah- another Hydroid Krasis -like creature for a different two-color combo!
February 12, 2019 9:24 a.m.
inuvash255 says... #22
Woops! Didn't mean to overstep you!
Walking Battleship
Artifact Creature - Construct
Walking Battleship enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When Walking Battleship enters the battlefield, exile any number of creatures you control until Walking Battleship leaves the battlefield. For each creature exiled this way, Walking Battleship gets two +1/+1 counters on it.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from Walking Battleship: It deals 1 damage to any target.
0/0
I feel like I did the obvious thing, so I'd like to see another artifact!
February 12, 2019 9:32 a.m.
Calaveran Ink-Jet
Legendary Artifact
Calaveran Ink-Jet enters the battlefield with X charge counters.
: Put a charge counter on Calaveran Ink-Jet.
: Draw a card for each charge counter on Calaveran Ink jet, then discard that many cards.
Whenever Calaveran Ink-Jet has more than 3 charge counters on it, exile it and shuffle your graveyard into your library.
Paint your mind with the colors of the universe.
Hazoret was the only God on Amonkhet to survive the Hour of Devastation. Make Hazoret, The God-Survivor.
February 12, 2019 10:37 a.m.
jasonkrivera says... #24
Hazoret, the God-Survivor
Legendary Creature - God
Whenever Hazoret, the God-Survivor deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 red Warrior creature token.
Hazoret, the God-Survivor has indestructible as long as you control three or more other creatures.
"I, who have killed so many of my own, must now gather my own. Come, my children - we fight." -Hazoret
3/4
TWO CARD CHALLENGE: Make Vraska and Jace as pirate-buddy planeswalkers on Ixalan, when Jace had amnesia. They each must have "Partner with Jace/Vraska" respectively.
February 12, 2019 11:36 a.m.
Chad
Legendary Planeswalker - Gideon
+1 Chad becomes a 6/6 Human Beefcake Soldier until end of turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to it
-3 You and permanent you control have protection from non-Liliana sources with a female character in the art. (generless aka ashiok, is not female)
-9: you get an emblem with creatures you control get +2/+2 and have vigelance and at the beginning of your endstep create two 1/1 white soldier tokens
5
Create a lengendary cards matter card
February 12, 2019 5:43 p.m.
Firestorm44 says... #26
Vraska, Ships Captain
Legendary Planeswalker - Vraska
+2: Until your next turn, up to one target creature you control gains deathtouch.
-3: Destroy target creature. Create a 2/2 black pirate creature token with menace.
-8: Sacrifice any number of other nonland permanents you control. For each permanent you sacrifice this way, draw a card and each opponent loses 2 life.
Partner with Jace, First Mate.
Vraska, Ships Captain can be your commander.
4
Jace, First Mate
Legendary Planeswalker - Jace
+1: Until end of turn, target creature you control can't be blocked and gains "When this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
-3: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
-6: You get an emblem with "Spells you control have flash." and "Whenever you cast a spell during an opponent's turn, draw a card."
Partner with Vraska, Ships Captain.
Jace, First Mate can be your commander.
3
Create a new card for everyone's favorite planeswalking minotaur, Angrath.
February 12, 2019 5:44 p.m.
jasonkrivera says... #27
Nice job with that two-card challenge, Firestorm44!
Create a legendary cards matter card + Create a new card for everyone's favorite planeswalking minotaur, Angrath
Angrath, Father Returned
Legendary Planeswalker - Angrath
+1: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature target player controls. That player gains 1 life for each legendary permanent they control.
-2: Each opponent sacrifices an artifact, creature, or land. If one or more permanents sacrificed this way is legendary, put a loyalty counter on up to one target planeswalker.
-6: Return up to three target creatures, lands, and/or artifacts from any number of graveyards to the battlefield under your control. For each legendary permanent returned to the battlefield this way, draw a card.
3
Turns out Angrath isn't so angry when he's home again. Looking at his name, it's like someone took the words Angry and Wrath and smashed them together.
Create one or both of Angrath's daughters.
February 12, 2019 7 p.m.
Firestorm44 says... #28
I may be wrong but as I remember his daughters are blacksmiths.
Fierage of the Forge
Legendary Creature - Minotaur
Haste
When Fierage of the Forge enters the battlefield, creatures you control get +1/+1 and haste until end of turn.
Partners with Rudorn of the Hammer
3/2
Rudorn of the Hammer
Legendary Creature - Minotaur
First Strike
Rudorn of the Hammer gets +1/+1 for each other attacking creature you control.
Whenever you attack with 5 or more creatures, you may have creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn.
Partners with Fierage of the Forge.
2/3
Very much a mirrored pair. Create another mirrored pair of legends like for example, Pia Nalaar and Kiran Nalaar.
February 12, 2019 9:06 p.m.
Pia Nalaar, Pilot Light
Sacrifice an artifact: Pia Nalaar gains +1/+1 until end of turn
: Pia Nalaar deals damage equal to her power to any target.
Partners with Kiran Nalaar, Flight Pilot
0/1
Kiran Nalaar, Flight Pilot
When Kiran Nalaar, Flight Pilot enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.
, :For each Thopter creature token you control, create a token that's a copy of that creature
Partners with Pia Nalaar, Pilot Light
1/2
Create Liliana and Josu's parents.
February 12, 2019 11:54 p.m.
Firestorm44 says... #30
Reina Vess
Legendary Creature - Human Healer
Protection from black.
White creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain lifelink.
Partner with Jasso Vess.
1/3
Jasso Vess
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Whenever you gain life, you may have Jasso Vess deal 3 damage to target creature.
Partner with Reina Vess.
3/4
We don't know much about Liliana's family except that they lived in benalia and liliana was training to be a healer so this is the best i could come up with using the information we know.
Create a card representing your favorite dessert.
February 13, 2019 12:54 a.m.
Tiramisu
Artifact - Food
Sacrifice Tiramisu: Target creature gains haste and defender until end of turn.
Tiramisu always makes me both more alert and tired. Or maybe the meal beforehand makes me tired, lol. Either way, I think it's an interesting combination.
Let's see some Garruk family!
February 13, 2019 1:21 a.m.
ManaChrome says... #32
Alysa of Tidehollow
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile target creature card from your graveyard. If you do, for each of that card's abilities, create a 1/1 blue Thopter creature token with flying and that ability.
The wills of the scrapped are carried on by adorned design.
3/3
Create a card that represents a legendary creature or planeswalker who is a part of a heist! Use the following format for naming your card:
"[Name], the [Role]"
Here's the cards that inspired me to make this prompt if y'all need inspiration: http://www.planesculptors.net/explore?query=s%3AVTM+t%3Alegendary+-t%3Aartifact+-t%3Aenchantment+-t%3Aland+-chi+-masoh#cards
February 13, 2019 8:20 a.m.
Iota, The Inside Man
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
When Iota comes into play, target opponent creates a token that's a copy of it.
Whenever you draw a card, Iota's owner creates a colorless Treasure artifact token with ", Sacrifice this artifact: add one mana of any color." unless you pay .
"The uniforms have so many pockets, it's easy for them to be full at the end of the day."
Make another member of the crew for our heist.
February 13, 2019 9:53 a.m.
IAmTheWraith says... #35
Cross, the Silent Partner
Legendary Creature - Human Mercenary
Shadow
Whenever Cross attacks and isn't blocked, you may copy an instant or sorcery spell in a graveyard with CMC 3 or less. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
1/4
Lets keep the heist train going! Another one.
February 13, 2019 10:07 a.m.
Sprawl, the Muscle
Legendary Creature - Human Mercenary
Menace
Sprawl, the Muscle must be blocked if able.
Whenever Sprawl, the Muscle becomes blocked, it deals 1 damage to each creature blocking it.
4/3
Still a lot of roles to fill in this heist. Keep it going.
February 13, 2019 10:27 a.m.
ManaChrome says... #37
Rukey, the Diversion
Legendary Creature - Goblin Rogue
First strike
Whenever Rukey, the Diversion, becomes the target of an ability for the first time each turn, exile it and another target nonland permanent you control. Return the exiled cards under their owners' control at the beginning of the next end step.
2/1
Make another! But it cant be blue black or red!
February 13, 2019 10:32 a.m.
ManaChrome says... #38
Keep in mind planeswalkers can be done for this too! wink wink
February 13, 2019 10:34 a.m.
Lyuda, The Peacekeeper
Legendary Creature - Elf Advisor
Protection from white
: Creatures you control gain protection from white until end of turn.
Sacrifice an artifact: Creatures you opponents control get -1/-0 until end of turn.
1/2
"A few coins in the right pocket and they'll stay off our backs."
More heist members, friends.
February 13, 2019 12:55 p.m.
Snickles@EDH_only says... #40
Odorm, the Safecracker
Legendary Creature - ooze rogue
Skulk, : Regenerate
when ~ deals damage to a player, gain you may destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls. If an artifact is destroyed, create a treasure artifact token with "sacrifice this card: add 1 mana of any color to your mana pool". If an enchantment is destroyed, gain 3 life.
"Foolish architects, they always forget to make their vaults airtight..."
1/3
make a place for them to rob
February 13, 2019 1:18 p.m.
inuvash255 says... #41
Dirk, the Face
Legendary Creature - Human Adviser
, : Counter target spell or ability unless its owner pays . If they do, untap Dirk, the Face.
"Lets talk this out."
2/2
Another!
February 13, 2019 1:19 p.m.
inuvash255 says... #42
((ninja'd but I'll do this one))
Vaults of Orzhova
Artifact
, : Create a colorless Treasure artifact token with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color."
When Vaults of Orzhova leaves the battlefield, each opponent creates a colorless Treasure artifact token with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color."
I was originally going to do a Land, but wasn't sure if it'd be balanced at all considering the rarity of land destruction. Also, I figured this'd work better with the Safe Cracker. =)
How about another place or thing to rob?
February 13, 2019 1:33 p.m.
Oryo, The Captain
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Hexproof
Sacrifice three artifacts: Search your library for a legendary creature and put it into your hand.
: Create a 3/3 colorless Human warrior creature token with "whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a colorless artifact Treasure token."
I know just the guy for that.
1/4
I felt like the squad needed a 5 color legend as the leader. Heist EDH when?
More heist members.
February 13, 2019 1:40 p.m.
RowdyMagic18 says... #45
Adokma, One That Sees All 3GGU
Ledgendary Creature- Homunculus Illusion
At the beginning of your 1st main phase choose one:
• Until end of turn, Homunculus and Illusions you control gain “whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.”
• Until end of turn, Homunculus and Illusions you control gain “*tap add one mana of any color to your mana pool.”
• Until end of turn, whenever a you cast a creature spell, “create a 2/1 Homunculus Illusion creature token with Skulk.”
Calling all Scottish MTG Players! Create a Scotland themed Magic card that would make our “lord and savior” William Wallace proud!
February 13, 2019 1:54 p.m.
RowdyMagic18 says... #46
Whoops I did one from the first page! My bad! But never fear I’ll keep the heist train going.
You can’t do a successful heist without your getaway!
Chuck, Skyrider Runaway.
Ledgendary Creature- Human Pilot
2/2
Whenever Arnold, Skyrider Runaway crews a vehicle. That vehicle gets +2+0 and gains flying until end of turn.
Whenever a vehicle goes to the graveyard from anywhere, create a 1/1 scrapcrawler artifact creature token.
Flavor text: Oyro: Where will you be at? Chuck: Just look up...
Next card: Same as my previous post above.
February 13, 2019 2:21 p.m.
Firestorm44 says... #47
Tartan the Kilt Theif
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Equipment spells you cast cost 2 less to cast.
2/3
More heist stuff.
February 13, 2019 5:17 p.m.
SkulduggeryP says... #48
It's go time
Legendary Sorcery
Creatures you control cannot be blocked and legendary spells cost less to cast until end of turn.
"We have one shot. Let's make it count." - Oryo
February 13, 2019 6:24 p.m.
SkulduggeryP says... #49
Create a detective or beat cop that's after the crew.
February 13, 2019 6:25 p.m.
nyctophasm says... #50
Patient Deliberation
Enchantment
Flash
This spell costs less to cast for each creature that attacked this turn.
When Patient Deliberation enters the battlefield, exile each creature target player controls that dealt combat damage this turn, and then create three 1/1 white and blue soldier creature tokens
"Crimes are solved not by brilliant deduction, but by having the most junior officers checking every possible line of inquiry until someone makes a mistake"
Create a hate card for instant speed play
Bobbbyyy says... #1
Black Municipal
Land City
When ~ enters the battlefield tapped sacrifice two lands
: add 3 mana of any colour
February 11, 2019 2:25 a.m.