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.
Also on The caldera dweller card I meant that you deal X damage where X is the number of eruption counters.
June 30, 2019 1:41 p.m.
Prisat
Legendary Creature - Illusion
: Return target creature blocking or blocked by Prisat to its owner's hand.
: Counter target spell that targets Prisat. Prisat deals 3 damage to that spell's controller.
: Destroy target permanent that targeted Prisat this turn.
: Prisat gains first strike and vigilance until end of turn.
: Create a number of blue 1/1 Illusion creature tokens with flying equal to Prisat's toughness.
2/2
Create a pun-filled card.
June 30, 2019 2:02 p.m.
Looks like TypicalTimmy got that.
Painted Bones
Legendary Creature - Skeleton Assassin
Skeleton creatures you control have deathtouch.
: Painted Bones gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
, , Pay 4 life: Destroy target permanent.
2/3
All caught up, unless I got ninja'd. If I did, do whatever that last challenge is. If not, create a instant or sorcery that's not a kill spell or discard spell.
June 30, 2019 2:08 p.m.
Is this a kill spell? I guess it can be...
Boil the Brood
Instant
Creatures target player controls gain Haste, +X/-X, and must attack this turn if able. That player draws a card.
June 30, 2019 2:39 p.m. Edited.
Make another Saga about a prominent Magic figure's changes throughout an arc(s).
June 30, 2019 2:41 p.m.
The Champion's Final Victory
: Create three 1/1 soldier creature tokens. Creatures you control are indestructible until your next turn.
: Gain 2 life for each creature you control.
: Exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls. If you do, exile target creature or planeswalker you control.
Obviously representing the story of Elspeth and how she defeated Xenagos on Theros.
Make a legendary saga, one that's really powerful
June 30, 2019 3:45 p.m.
Ertai's Corrutpion
Legendary Enchantment - Saga
Flash
: Gain control of target spell or permanent. You may choose new targets for the spell.
: Sacrifice a creature. If you can't, sacrifice ~. If you sacrifice a Legendary creature, put a lore counter on ~.
: Each opponent sacrifices two nontoken Legendary creatures. When those creatures die, return them to the battlefield under your control with, "When this card leaves the battlefield, exile it."
I imagine this as Esper's Chord of Calling. Poor Ertai, he was one of Barrin's most gifted students. And the crew of the Weatherlight abandoned him! Can you really blame him for his vendetta? Well, now you can steal their Squee and sacrifice him in order to exact your revenge. (:
More sagas about undercrowed characters!
June 30, 2019 4:07 p.m. Edited.
Hazoret against the Scorpion God
Legendary Enchantment - Saga
& : Put a +1/+1 counter on target legendary creature you control. It fights target nonlegendary creature you don't control.
: Each player sacrifices a creature they control. If both players sacrifice a nonlegendary creature this way, remove a lore counter from Hazoret against the Scorpion God.
Basically, the fight keeps going until a legendary creature dies. :D
More legendary sagas!
June 30, 2019 5:50 p.m.
According to Plan
Sorcery
Target player chooses five different card names. Exile the top five cards of their library. If a card with a chosen name is exiled this way, you may put that card into that player's hand.
"You'll see. Soon all will be revealed."
Make a card that is counterproductive invidually, a la Steel Golem .
June 30, 2019 8:11 p.m. Edited.
Death Mist
Creature - Wall
Defender
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and by Death Mist.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice another creature or planeswalker.
0 / 2
See Fog Bank for my inspiration. Notice that it says sacrifice another creature--so you can't wuss out and sacrifice itself. Also, unlike Fog Bank , this one does not have flying.
Vile Sewercreep
Creature - Ooze
Menace
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a tapped land.
3 / 3
I made Vile Sewercreep because I wanted to also do something golgari.
Make more counterproductive cards. Cards that hurt you but maybe combo with something else, like a Harmless Offering or whatever.
June 30, 2019 8:32 p.m.
Daveslab2022 says... #12
Reckless Trapper
Creature - Orc
Haste, Trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, ~ deals damage equal to its toughness to you and each creature you control.
6/4
Doesn’t combo with anything but hurts you for little gain.
July 1, 2019 1:37 a.m. Edited.
Snickles@EDH_only says... #14
Bauble-Shell Game
Instant
As an additional cost to cast ~, exile a card from your hand with a converted mana cost of X.
Gain control of target spell with a converted mana cost of X or less. you may choose new targets. That spell's owner may cast the card exiled to pay ~ as long as it remains exiled without paying its mana cost.
"quick, catch!"
wildcard
July 1, 2019 1:41 a.m.
Separated
Instant
Destroy target creature that doesn't share a creature type.
"Don't you know? You never split the party." -Emerald Rose of Atlantia
Wildcard. (:
July 1, 2019 3:10 a.m.
Vesevia, the Holy Choir
Legendary Enchantment
Whenever a non-token creature with power 1 or less or a Human enters the battlefield under your control, put a verse counter on ~. If you do, create X 1/1 token soldiers with lifelink, where X is equal to the number of verse counters on ~.
When ~ has 5 or more verse counters, you may exile ~ any time you could cast a sorcery. Return ~ to the battelfield transformed.
Vesevia, Holy Resonance
Legendary Creature - Angel
Vigilance, Flying
~ enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of humans you control.
Whenever a non-token creature with power 1 or less or a Human enters the battlefield under your control, put a verse counter on ~. If you do, create X 1/1 token soldiers with lifelink, where X is equal to the number of verse counters on ~.
4/4
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Make a card that has a song or band name for a name and an effect that resonates with the name.
July 1, 2019 3:55 a.m.
Everybody Hurts
Enchantment
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player creates a colorless Barb artifact token, then takes 1 damage for each Barb they control.
Sometimes.
July 1, 2019 5:05 a.m.
Make a card that changes control of a spell to another player (not limited to just harnessing it yourself, but something that allows you to give a spell on the stack to anyone). Can be an instant or ability, but would probably need to be instant/triggered speed for obvious reasons...
July 1, 2019 5:08 a.m.
There's plenty of stuff in Esper you could cast under an opponent's control to devastating effect, like Lich -type You Lose The Game effects. Could also work for Zedruu badstuff if you want an opponent to be the controller of a permanent as it enters the field. There's also lots of library and grave manipulation in blue. Enjoy resolving your new Paradigm Shift !
You could force someone to resolve an Epic spell too, and essentially neuter them for the rest of the game. :D
July 1, 2019 5:45 a.m.
Wiki herald of destruction
Legendary creature goblin berserker
Haste
When ~ enters the battlefield destroy target artifact or land.
I’ll knock ‘em down.
3/1
Delray herald of preservation
Legendary creature Elf Druid
Trample
When ~ enters exile target permanent from the graveyard. You may play that permanent.
1/3
I will set them up.
Make a partner cards of soldier and rouge.
July 1, 2019 11:10 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #21
Paltay the famous WW
Legendary Creature - Kithkin Soldier
Partner with Yaltar the infamous
First Strike
Whenever a creature with power 2 or less you control attacks, it gains double strike until end of turn.
2/2
Yaltar, the Infamous 1UU
Legendary Creature - Kithkin Rogue
Partner with Paltay the famous
Skulk
Whenever a creature with power 2 or less you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
1/3
Give us partner commanders where one partner is a golem.
July 1, 2019 11:35 a.m.
Snickles@EDH_only says... #22
Glissa, Untainted
Legendary Creature - Elf
Partner with Slobad,great Inventor
First Strike
Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from play, you may return target permanent from your graveyard to your hand.
4/2
Slobad, Great Inventor
Legendary Creature - Goblin
Prowess
Partner with Glissa, Untainted
Sacrifice an artifact: target permanent you control gains hexproof and indistructable until end of turn.
1/3
make a vedalkin lord
July 1, 2019 4:28 p.m.
Snickles@EDH_only says... #23
shoot, was on last page, not current.
Herald of Mechanus
Artifact creature - Modrone
Partner with Cogwork Assembler
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: create a colorless artifact clue token with ", sacrifice this card: Draw a card"
0/4
Cogwork Assembler
Artifact Creature - Golem.
Partner with Herald of Mechanus
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature you control.
2/2
make a vedalkin lord
July 1, 2019 4:33 p.m.
Etherium Quartermaster
Creature - Vedalken Lord
Other Vedalken get +1/+1.
Whenever a Vedalken creature enters the battlefield, you get .
2/2
In Esper, etherium quartermasters are well-received by their fellow vedalken mages, who are always eager to increase their supply of the metal.
Let's do some more Vedalken love.
July 1, 2019 4:54 p.m.
Six fingered gauntlet
Equipment
When a vedalken enters you may equip this to them.
Equipped creature has +1/+1 and : counter target spell unless it’s controller pays
More vedalken tribal
July 1, 2019 5:42 p.m.
Daveslab2022 says... #26
Vedalken Aetherling
Creature - Vedalken Wizard
Flash
When ~ or another Vedalken enters the battlefield, gain
: Exile Target Vedalken you Control. Return it to o the battlefield tapped at the beginning of the next end step
Vedalken acquire true knowledge. Let me demonstrate
1/3
Another Vedalken!! MOAR!!
July 1, 2019 6:13 p.m. Edited.
CryptonicNova says... #27
Vedalken Mechanist
Artifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard
Artifact spells you cast cost less to cast.
Artifacts you control have flash.
Based upon these calculations, the Myr respond to those grafted to Mirrodin itself.
2/3
Some more Vedalken. Dudes are coolio.
July 1, 2019 6:44 p.m.
Legion Armsmaster
Creature - Vedalken Artificer
When ~ enters the battlefield, search your library for an Equipment card and put it into your hand. Shuffle your library.
: You may attach an Equipment you control to target Soldier creature you control.
1/3
"My cousin in the Izzet sent this, with her regards."
More Vedalken, not blue-colored.
July 1, 2019 6:48 p.m. Edited.
Daveslab2022 says... #29
KongMing but based on the MTG Wiki creature page, Vedalken are always blue. And it would make sense considering their infatuation with knowledge. Even splashing a color onto a Vedalken is semi-rare.
July 1, 2019 7:34 p.m.
First time for everything, though. I'm inspired by a player in my Ravnica game, their character is a Vedalken who was orphaned by the Gruul and raised by a Trog in the Rubblebelt. Eventually joined Gravel Hide to get revenge against the chief, and became an informant in the Legion to gain his trust.
MtG is full of tropes, but D&D revels in bucking tropes. Gotta meet in the middle when the settings collide.
July 1, 2019 8:04 p.m.
Mind’s Perfection
Tribal Artifact- Vedalken
Artifacts you control have “, Draw a card, then discard a card”.
Tap six untapped Vedalken you control: Create a token copy of target artifact. If that artifact would be legendary, it is not.
Again. Not until it’s flawless
July 1, 2019 8:15 p.m.
Josu Voss
Legendary Planeswalker - Josu Voss
+2 Create a 2/2 zombie creature token, then you lose 2 life.
-5 Exile target non-zombie, non-angel creature.
-9 Target player's life total becomes the same as your life total. You gain an emblem with, "You do not lose the game by loss of life." Then exile the top ten cards of your library.
3
July 1, 2019 9:21 p.m.
For the next challenge: create a book! Take Illuminated Folio , Scroll of the Masters , Jayemdae Tome , or Tamiyo's Journal as samples or inspiration.
July 1, 2019 9:25 p.m.
Monster Manual
Artifact
,: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a nonhuman creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
"Nightmare, nothic, ogres... I don't see nycaloth in this anywhere!" Kylos, novice adventurer
Free little library! Do a book that costs , a la Spellbook .
July 1, 2019 9:58 p.m. Edited.
Book of Possibilities
Artifact
:Each player may Scry 1.
"What comes next, I wonder?"
Another Book! But not the Necronomicon. That's just cliche. ;)
July 1, 2019 10:25 p.m.
Yawgmoth's Opus. No. 8
Legendary Artifact
Pay 1 life, : Put up to one target card from your graveyard on top of your library, scry 1, then draw a card.
Based off Yawgmoth's Bargain , but more fair and interesting.
July 1, 2019 11:37 p.m.
Bolas's Spellbook
If an opponent would draw a card, instead they draw and discard a card.
: Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. Any player may activate this ability.
July 2, 2019 1:42 a.m.
Book of Maladies
Enchantment Artifact
: Target creature you control and target creature you do not control get -4/-4 until end of turn.
: Draw 4 cards and lose 4 life.
, : All players lose 4+X life. You gain X life.
The curse of the number 4
Books or wildcard!
July 2, 2019 3:01 a.m.
Library of Muraganda
Legendary Land
: Add .
: Reveal the top card of your library, if it is a creature card power or toughness if greater, put it into your hand.
More from Muraganda!
July 2, 2019 5:35 a.m.
Chandra585 says... #43
Cave of the Petroglyphs
Legendary Land
: add for each creature you control with no abilities
More
July 2, 2019 6:11 a.m.
Law of the Pack
Enchantment
When ~ enters the battlefield, each Beast you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you do not control.
When a Beast enters the battlefield under your control, you may return ~ to your hand.
Welcome to WWE Smackdown, Bestial edition!
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Muraganda or wildcard.
July 2, 2019 6:49 a.m. Edited.
Impetriosaurus
Creature - Dinosaur
Reach, protection from artifacts
Activated abilities of artifacts cost more to activate.
Whenever a player activates a mana ability of an artifact, Icthusiosaurus does 1 damage to that player.
4 / 4
The idea is that since Muragana is a pre-historic land, anything to do with technology or history becomes weaker against the tyranny of the real ancient dinosaurs.
Wildcard
July 2, 2019 7:44 a.m.
Strategist's Threshold
Enchantment
Whenever a nontoken creature with defender enters the battlefield under your control, each opponent puts the top X cards of their library into their graveyard, where X is that creature's toughness.
"I believe in a better path, not one ruled by primitive, violent tendencies." Arcades Sabboth, Dragonlord
Another wildcard.
July 2, 2019 2:53 p.m. Edited.
Golden Gohei
Legendary Artifact
Clerics and Spirits you control cost less to cast, gain +1/+1 and Lifelink.
Wildcard
July 2, 2019 3:02 p.m.
Pyromancer's Trap
Instant - Trap
If an opponent cast two or more blue spells this turn, you may pay and sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay ~'s mana cost.
Counter up to one target blue spell.
Destroy up to one target blue permanent.
"That all you got?"
Let's do some traps.
July 2, 2019 3:19 p.m.
Bear trap
Instant
Destroy target creature with 2 cmc or less. If that target has 2 power and is green this spell costs
Make an answer to traps.
July 2, 2019 5:44 p.m.
Love the card TypicalTimmy. The flavor text goes great with the Pyromancer's Trap too, lol.
Phoenix-Flame Dragon
Flying, Lifelink
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay . If you do, return ~ from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.
6/5
Incubated in the cinders of a dying phoenix, these dragons rebirth themselves regularly.
Make a Commander that hates colors. Either selecting color(s) as it enters, or fixed color hate. i.e. Progenitus or Kabira Evangel .
Xephon_ says... #1
When I said target exiled spell, I meant the spell exiled with the first part of the ability. There's probably some more balancing that could be done to this, but I really like it.
June 30, 2019 1:37 p.m.