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.
Æther Knight
Flying, lifelink, deathtouch
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to Æther Knight.
Whenever Æther Knight deals combat damage to a player, you may draw three cards. If you do, put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
1/1
Make a cycle of legendary creatures representing new players' views of each color.
For example the green one could be like a giant spider with really high CMC, or the blue one could be something with flying and a wall of confusing text.
The funnier the better!
July 2, 2019 8:17 p.m.
Also for KongMing's challenge:
Direon, Ancient Spellbinder
Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
Flying, protection from colored spells
: Counter target colored spell and create a copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Discard your hand: return Direon to its owner's hand, then counter all colored spells.
5/5
See above challenge
July 2, 2019 8:22 p.m.
Daveslab2022 says... #4
Wall of Lost Text
Flying
When ~ enters the battlefield, draw until you have 7 cards in your hand, and target opponent puts the top 5 cards of their library into their graveyard.
Counter the first spell each opponent would play each turn unless that player pays
: Tap Target creature. It doesn’t untap for as long as you Control ~
”This your first game, kid?” -Jace, to.... some dude.
0/75
In my experience, everybody hates anybody who plays blue because all they do is draw and counter stuff. Well this guy does all of that and then some.
July 2, 2019 9:18 p.m.
Fancy pants Zombie
Creature - Zombie
When ~ enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature unless they discard two cards. Then you may return a creature card from a graveyard to it's owners hand.
, pay 2 life: draw a card.
3/1
Same challenge
July 2, 2019 9:31 p.m.
Fritz The Blitz
Legendary creature- Human berserker
Haste
Your opponent loses this Game next time they blink.
you wanna see me do it again?
100/1
Green and white left
July 2, 2019 10:47 p.m.
Biggus Dickus
Legendary Creature - Elf Lord
You may search your library for a Forest card and put it into play rather than pay ~'s mana cost.
Trample, Hexproof
Other Elves you control have indestructible and pretension from everything.
~'s power is equal to the greatest power among creatures your opponents control plus one, and ~'s toughness is equal to the greatest toughness among creatures your opponents control plus one.
+1/+1
Just have white left.
July 2, 2019 11:53 p.m. Edited.
Stompy the Stomping Stompisaurus
Legendary Creature - Big Dinosaur Beast
Stompy the Stomping Stompisaurus can't be countered
This spell costs less to cast, where X is the total pnumber of creatures and lands you control.
Hexproof, Trample
∞/∞
I remember being drawn to the ramp of Llanowar Elves and Rampant Growth and Farseek into big beasties immediately upon learning magic. I still love ramp and mana dorks!
Legendary epitome of First impressions of White remains!
July 2, 2019 11:55 p.m.
Fall of Falls
Sorcery
Draw seven cards and lose seven life.
I mean, this would be an awful mythic bulk card to get.
Create a mutant creature
July 3, 2019 1:12 a.m.
White goes wide with small creature tokens.... and has good removal... yeah, that's it.
Trollhide Drum
Artifact
You and permanents you control have hexproof
Sacrifice Trollhide Drum: Regenerate all permanents you control.
More bulk mythics! This would one see some commander play, but not a lot, and no limited, standard or competitive play. Like Mind's Dilation .
July 3, 2019 1:20 a.m.
Here is for dbpunk's challenge.
Flesh Crafter
Creature - Goblin Mutant
Sacrifice a Goblin: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.
1/1
July 3, 2019 1:30 a.m.
Bulk mythic Mutant:
Vannifar's Champion
Creature - Mutant Hydra
You have no maximum hand size.
If don't lose unspent mana.
Vannifar's Champion enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever Vannifar's Champion deals combat damage to an opponent, search library for X lands, where X is Vannifar's Champion's power and put them onto the battlefield. Then, draw X cards.
0/0
More bulk rares and mythics!
July 3, 2019 1:43 a.m.
Serra, Mother of the Plane
Legendary Planeswalker - Serra
+1: You gain 2 life for each card in your graveyard, then you may shuffle any number of cards in your graveyard into your library.
-2: You get an emblem with, "At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance."
-9: You get an emblem with "Permanents you control have indestructible." and "You and permanents you control have hexproof"
5
This would be similar to Chandra Ablaze , as the -2 would be good, but still not amazing. The first ability is narrow, and can often do nothing.
-2: Angelic Accord
-9: Avacyn, Angel of Hope + Shalai, Voice of Plenty
Although Chandra Ablaze easily reaches her solid ultimate, this Serra would be a hard task to reach it, but a better reward, also it fits its own strategy better. Burn doesn't want a 6 CMC walker. Control-lifegain doesn't mind a 6 CMC planeswalker, also until Chandra, this one likely protects herself well.
More bulk mythics!
July 3, 2019 5:40 a.m.
How is that Serra a bulk mythic? Just with her first ability, you get 8 mana worth of value (heck it is better Archangel's Light , since you can choose how many to shuffle back, making it even more insane - if you have 10 cards in your yard, you can gain 20 life per turn, while working towards an ultimate!).
Regardless, bulk mythic:
Mandrake, the Deformed
Legendary Creature - Human Drake
Flying
~'s power and toughness are equal to the number of instants and sorceries in your graveyard.
When ~ enters the battlefield, reveal your hand. Draw cards equal to the number of creature cards revealed this way, then discard that many.
Star/Star
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Make a bulk mythic that costs 3 or less mana. As an example, WOTC just made one that costs no mana - Mox Tantalite .
July 3, 2019 6:55 a.m.
Spore Druid
Creature - Elf Shaman
Persist, Trample
Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Spore Druid.
2/2
The druids of the Golgari find beauty in decay, transforming waste into abundant life.
Make a new card for the Portal: Three Kingdoms set.
July 3, 2019 2:51 p.m. Edited.
Grave Grub
Creature — Zombie Insect
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are five or more creature cards in your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Grave Grub. Do the same for artifacts, enchantments, lands, and planeswalkers.
At the beginning of your end step, if Grave Grub has no +1/+1 counters on it, you may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.
1/1
So it helps dredge... a little. Might see some play in commander.
More bulk!
July 3, 2019 2:51 p.m.
Yeah, very similar ideas at almost the same time! We must occupy the same Magic thoughtspace.
July 3, 2019 2:53 p.m.
Daveslab2022 says... #19
I’ll combine the challenges! A bulk mythic from Portal: Three Kingdoms
Strategic Withdrawal
Instant
Return any number of target attacking creatures you control to their owners hand. If those creature had any +1/+1 counter on it, you may move those to another target creature.
Based on Strategic Planning , and I feel like this is a pretty meh card. Definitely not worthy of mythic status so I apologize for failing the challenge haha.
An actual bulk mythic now.
July 3, 2019 3:46 p.m.
I like it Daveslab2022! How about Retreat from Changban for a name, reflecting Liu Bei's flight from Cao Cao's approaching armies? It matches the color identity, too.
July 3, 2019 4:54 p.m.
Daveslab2022 says... #21
Portal 3 Kingdoms was well before my time, so I just googled it for a little inspiration. Do you know any where I could read the lore for the set?!
July 3, 2019 5:09 p.m.
Well Daveslab2022, (not sure if you're trolling), it's based on a novel called Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a retelling of the fall of the Han Dynasty in ancient China. The whole block revolves around the story of the epic characters and their deeds.
If you ever can, I recommend you read Romance of the Three Kingdoms. As Shakespeare's historical plays are to Anglican culture, so are Romance of the Three Kingdoms to China. There are also many games and shows based on the era. The one I would most highly recommend to get a great depth and breadth of the characters and lore (outside the original source material of course) is the new Three Kingdoms TV series put out a few years back. The Chinese government made one in the 1970's, this is a reboot of that. Jiang Hu is the best translation IMHO.
July 3, 2019 5:32 p.m. Edited.
Jace, Bulk Mythic
Legendary Planeswalker - Jace
+1: Scry 1, then draw a card.
-2: Return target non-land permanent to its owners hand.
-X: Each player draws X cards.
3
This talk of Portal makes me think my challenge would be to create a card that would fit into Portal or Portal: Second Age. Three Kingdoms is too easy. ;)
July 3, 2019 5:55 p.m.
Defy Orders
Sorcery
Play Defy Orders only after you're attacked, before you declare interceptors.
Any one attacking creature deals damage equal to its offense to the attacking player.
Create a new player-friendly card.
July 3, 2019 6:33 p.m.
A card that's easy to use for new players, not a new card that makes friends.
July 3, 2019 7:03 p.m.
Ending the Charade
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures.
Draw a card.
Create a 1 Mana 20/20.
July 3, 2019 7:09 p.m.
Daveslab2022 says... #27
TypicalTimmy if you didn’t mull, that would leave you with 3 cards left in your library, correct? 7-1 for land -1 for him is 5-2 for drawing = 3. Seems OP to me.
Avatar of Phyrexia
Infect
Avatar of Phyrexia gets -1/-1 for each card in your library.
20/20
Wildcard
July 3, 2019 8:21 p.m.
Avatar of the Blind Eternities
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Indestructible, shroud, annihilator 1
As an additional cost to cast Avatar of the Blind Eternities, sacrifice three Eldrazi creatures and pay 9 life.
When Avatar of the Blind Eternities enters the battlefield, exile your hand and shuffle your library.
If you did not pay life when Avatar of the Blind Eternities entered the battlefield, sacrifice it and you lose life equal to its power.
20 / 20
I wanted to make one, too. The prompt seemed interesting but I think that I still managed to make a breakable card.
Wildcard
July 3, 2019 9:45 p.m.
Guard Ambush
Instant
Target creature gains vigilance until end of turn. If that creature blocks this turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Create another "conditional effect" card. Maybe a cycle, if you're feeling creative.
July 3, 2019 9:56 p.m.
Advantageous Condition
Enchantment
Flash
As long as an opponent is attacking you with two or less creatures, creatures you control have indestructible.
As long as you are attacking an opponent with three or more creatures, creatures you control have first strike and trample and can't be blocked by creature tokens.
More conditional effects
July 3, 2019 10:14 p.m.
Human Condition
Enchantment
As long as its your turn, Human creatures you control have +0/+2 and vigilance.
As long as its an opponent's turn, Human creatures you control have +2/+0 and first strike.
My challenge: A viable Commander that cannot deal combat damage by itself, like with a Fog Bank type of effect. Extra points for creativity.
July 3, 2019 11:23 p.m.
Circu's Curse
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. If no card is discarded this way, fateseal 2.
Let's continue the cycle!
July 3, 2019 11:55 p.m.
Szadek of the Enigma
Legendary Creature - Vampire
Skulk, Hexproof
If Szadek, Lord of Secrets would deal combat damage to a player, instead put that many +1/+1 counters on Szadek and that player Sacrifices that many permanents.
1/1
July 4, 2019 12:02 a.m.
Quick sand predator
Creature elemental
Defender
Damage can’t be dealt to or by ~ to lose this ability and gain deathtouch until end of turn.
throw me a rope, I hit bottom. -Last words on a gravestone
1/1
July 4, 2019 12:56 a.m.
Crack'erhead Goblin
Creature - Goblin Inventor
Sacrifice a Goblin: Target goblin you control gains +X/+X and flying, where X is power of the sacrificed goblin.
A small price to pay to achieve greater heights.
3/2
Create a card from the Portal set about the origins of fireworks.
July 4, 2019 8:56 a.m.
Krenko's Stolen Puckle Gun
Legendary Artifact
: Krenko's Stolen Puckle Gun does 1 damage to any target. At the beginning of the next step, Krenko's Stolen Puckle Gun does 1 damage to that same target (if Krenko's Stolen Puckle Gun and its target are both still on the battlefield).
Whenever a creature dies, untap Krenko's Stolen Puckle Gun.
At the beginning of your untap step, if Krenko's Stoken Puckle Gun is tapped, sacrifice it.
took my inspiration from Goblin Sharpshooter , one of my favorite cards for its flavor. I added in a sacrifice mechanic to represent the thing jamming.
challenge: make more ancient firearms, especially ye olde experimental types.
July 4, 2019 2:40 p.m.
Old Town Road Gun
Artifact - Equipment
When ~ enters the battlefield, create a 4/4 green Horse creature token with Soulbond and "As long as this creature is paired with a creature, both of those creatures have trample and get +2/+2".
Equip
Equipped creature gets +1/+1, Vigilance and Reach.
"Gonna take my horse to the old Town Road"
Create another weird fun gun equipment
July 4, 2019 2:58 p.m.
ArmageddonPanda13 says... #39
High School Graduation
Legendary Enchantment - Mythic Rare
When High School Graduation enters the battlefield, discard your hand, then draw double that many cards.
Whenever a creature you control enters the battlefield, you may return High School Graduation to your hand.
"Yo, let's finally ditch these hats and go hit the mall!"
I figured this was fitting since I just graduated myself. Anyway, make a card for Leonardo da Vinci, but it has to include red as you're making one for him in his rebellious octogenarian years.
July 4, 2019 9:59 p.m.
Leonardo da Vinci
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
Whenever damage is dealt to or by Leonardo da Vinci, create that many 1/1 Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.
, Sacrifice two artifacts: Leonardo da Vinci deals 1 damage to any target.
2/2
Leonardo seems like a combo piece, and at least is difficult to deal with well.
Patriotic, America themed cards!
July 4, 2019 11:57 p.m.
This is 'Merica
3RB
Enchantment
~ enters with 5 pie counters.
At the beginning of each end step, put two pie counters on ~
Remove a pie counter from ~: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Remove three pie counters from ~: Tap up to three target creatures.
Remove all pie counters from ~: Destroy target creature with power less than or equal to the number of counters removed this way.
Remove all pie counters from ~ and sacrifice it: Choose any number of creatures you control. Each one fights a creature target player controls. You gain 3 life for each creature destroyed this way.
Create a transforming enchantment that bases off of creatures fighting and then a win condition on the other side.
July 5, 2019 12:28 a.m.
Delaying Tactics
Enchantment - Regime
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.
Whenever you become the target of a spell or ability controlled by an opponent, gain 2 life.
The soldier who wins ten battles becomes a general. The soldier who prevents ten battles becomes a ruler.
Create a card that specifically interacts with the Regime type.
July 5, 2019 2:18 a.m.
The Spoils of Corrupt Authority
Sorcery
Draw a card, gain 1 life, and create a Treasure token for each Regime permanent on the battlefield. (A Treasure token is an artifact with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
The player who controls the most Regime permanents draws a card. (If two or more players are tied for the most Regime permanents, nobody draws a card from this effect.)
Absolute power corrupts absolutely, but even absolute power can be gamed.
Create another enchantment with Regime.
July 5, 2019 7:25 a.m.
Snickles@EDH_only says... #44
The Silent Majority
Enchantment - Regime
Sacrifice a creature: return up to two target creatures from your graveyard to your hand.
At the end of your turn, you may search your library for a creature and put it into your graveyard.
Nezhar has long claimed success in Necromatic Elections
I read somewhere that "the silent majority" was an old term for the dead. so when politicians claim that the silent majority shall make their voices heard this election....
another regime
July 5, 2019 12:03 p.m.
Democracy
Enchantment - Regime
Will of the council - At the beginning of your upkeep, starting with you, each player votes anarchy or bliss. If anarchy gets more votes, destroy all creatures. If bliss gets more votes or the vote is tied, each player puts a +1/+1 counter on each of their creatures.
When voting, the controller of ~ gets an additional vote.
At the end of each turn, the player with the most creatures gains control of ~.
Democracy is a bad form of government, but it is the best we have.
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Another regime or wildcard.
July 5, 2019 12:20 p.m.
Oligarchy
Enchantment - Regime
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent sacrifices a creature, then you return a creature from their graveyard to play. Then, the player with the highest power among creatures gains control of ~.
July 5, 2019 2:53 p.m.
Aerial Bomber
Creature - Bird Warrior
Flying, Haste
Whenever ~ or another creature with flying enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card.
Whenever a creature without flying enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you do, that creatures controller sacrifices a creature with flying.
4/3
Create another 4 color lord creature (like make this a cycle).
July 5, 2019 4:55 p.m.
Savage Master
Creature — Beast Shaman
Whenever ~ or another beast enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card. Then you may have that creature fight target creature an opponent controls.
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, if it has the lowest power of all creatures on the battlefield or is tied for the lowest, you may destroy that creature and draw cards equal to its power.
5/5
Let's see, we have left EVTB (everything but) black, EVTB red, and EVTB blue. I kept it with the tribal theme, which I think has some interesting potential!
July 5, 2019 6:35 p.m.
Daveslab2022 says... #49
Patient Warleader
Creature - Druid Warrior
Whenever ~ or another nontoken Warrior enters the battlefield, create two 2/1 Warrior creature tokens
As long as it’s not your turn, other creatures you control are indestructible
If you didn’t attack with at least 7 creatures at the beginning of each of your end steps, destroy each creature who did attack
3/3
The goal is to amass a huge army of dudes and swing with them, while he provides a way to infinitely block while you do so. He’s susceptible to removal, and fairly weak for a 4 drop with huge color restrictions.
Only a couple left!
July 5, 2019 9:28 p.m. Edited.
Horde of Hunters
Creature - Human Army
Protection from Black, First Strike, Haste
When ~ enters the battlefield, destroy any number of target Demons, Dragons, Vampires, and Werewolves. Draw a card for each permanent destroyed this way. When those creatures die this turn, exile all cards from their controller's graveyards.
When ~ attacks, add to your mana pool for each Demon, Dragon, Vampire, and Werewolf controlled by the defending player. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
"Innistrad's finest."
4/3
CryptonicNova says... #1
Legion Drake
Creature - Dragon
Flying, vigilance, haste
Trained by the Skyknights from their time of hatching, the dragons of the Boros Legion are a welcome edition to their forces.
3/3
Make an Esper Warrior.
July 2, 2019 7:14 p.m.