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.

Ruffigan says... #1

House of the Rising Sun

Enchantment

Whenever you would draw a card, flip a coin instead. If you win the flip, scry 2 and draw a card. If you lose the flip, discard a card.

Spend your life in sin and misery in the House of the Rising Sun.


Coin flipping is basically a red mechanic besides a couple artifacts and blue/Izzet cards. Gambling fits thematically with black though.

Another colorshifted card.

September 7, 2019 11:15 p.m. Edited.

austintayshus says... #2

Avenge the Alpha

Enchantment

Whenever a creature you control dies, if it had the highest power or tied for the highest power, you may sacrifice ~. If you do, destroy all other creatures.


Either make another color shifted card OR create a 4-color elder dragon.

September 7, 2019 11:26 p.m.

Asder says... #3

Norin Who Lives to Fight Another Day

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Coward

Whenever Norin Who Lives to Fight Another Day blocks or becomes blocked, exile until the beginning of the next end step.

: exile target coward until the beginning of the next end step.

"I knew they wasn't no ordinary soldier"

2/1


For those uneducated in Norin lore, Jade Statue and Goblin Shrine both feature norins flavour text so I thought I would include a callback to that. Also, coward tribal seems pretty dope.

Create an Innistrad angel thats been corrupted by a demon

September 7, 2019 11:44 p.m.

The_Epic_Dog says... #4

Avacyn, Thrice Fallen

Flying, menace, lifelink

Non-white angels and demons get +2/+2 and have menace and lifelink.

The Helvault destroyed her will. Emrakul destroyed her mind. Ormendahl destroyed her soul.


Make and Ormendahl card that can corrupt angels/creatures.

Note: Ormendahl is the flip side of Westvale Abbey  Flip.

September 8, 2019 3:04 a.m.

lagotripha says... #5

Ormendahl, Justice perverted (-)

Suspend 7 (BBBB)

Whenever a time counter is removed from Ormendahl, Justice perverted while it's exiled, exile a creature you control. If that creature is an angel, create a 6/6 black angel demon creature token with flying and haste.

Flying, lifelink, indestructible, haste 9/7

Create a card that searches for a plainswalker and puts it onto the battlefield, intended for commander.

September 8, 2019 6:23 a.m.

Surikyel, Archdemon of Decay 5BG

Legendary Creature - Demon

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, put the top ten cards of your library into your graveyard.

~'s power and toughness is equal to the number of cards in your graveyard.

Dredge 6

/


Wildcard

September 8, 2019 12:35 p.m.

CrowMutini says... #7

Prash, Autumnal Queen

Legendary Planeswalker- Prash

+1 Target player gains 3 life. If you choose an opponent with this ability, you may have target creature you control fight target creature an opponent controls

-2 Choose 1- Destroy target artifact or enchantment or put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control.

-4 Create a 5/5 white and green Wurm with trample.

3

Do this challenge again!

September 8, 2019 2:42 p.m.

NorainJS says... #8

Narset, Time Unwound

Legendary Planeswalker - Narset

+1: Choose up to one target suspended card, put a time counter on it or remove a time counter from it.

0: Exile Narset, Time Unwound with a time counter on it. It gains suspend.

-2: Exile a nonland card from your hand with X time counters on it, where X is its converted mana cost plus one. It gains suspend.

-8: You get an emblem with "If a time counter would be removed from a suspended card you own, instead remove all time counters from it instead."

5


I love suspend. Make a card that interacts with suspend in a unique way.

September 8, 2019 2:55 p.m.

Ziusdra says... #9

Impending Threatling

Creature - Elemental

Flash

Impending Threatling's power and toughness are equal to the number of Suspend counters that are on spells you own in exile.

X / X


There's your Modern suspend deck!

More interacts with suspend

September 8, 2019 3:34 p.m.

Ziusdra says... #10

I mean Time counters, no suspend counters. Anyway, you know how it works

September 8, 2019 3:35 p.m.

CookieNova says... #11

Sonic, the Hedgehog

Legendary Creature - Beast

Haste, First Strike

Whenever Sonic, the Hedgehog deals combat damage to an opponent or a creature an opponent controls, put a Coin counter on Sonic, the Hedgehog.

At the beginning of your end step, if Sonic, The Hedgehog has 3 or more Coin counters on it, transform it into Sonic, Saiyan Legend.

4/3


Sonic, Saiyan Legend

Legendary Creature - Beast God

Flying, Indestructible

: Remove a Coin counter from Sonic, Saiyan Legend. Gain 3 life.

6/6


Make Knuckles into a creature as well.

September 8, 2019 4 p.m.

dbpunk says... #12

Knuckles, Punching Guy

Legendary Creature - Beast Warrior

Trample, First Strike

Soulbond

As long as ~ is paired with a creature, both creatures have ": this creature deals damage equal to it's power to any target."

3/3

How about Tales?

September 8, 2019 8:13 p.m.

Ziusdra says... #13

Evolving Wiles

Land

, pay 1 life: Add to your mana pool.

, sacrifice Evolving Wiles: Return it to the battlefield transformed under your control. Activate this ability only if all of your lands are untapped.


The Lost and Found

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, target creature you control explores.

: Scry 1.


I love Cindervines . Create another spell that punishes people for counterspelling all of your spells when you just want to play Magic.

September 8, 2019 10:11 p.m.

dbpunk says... #14

Gruul Slap

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent casts a spell or activates an ability on your turn, ~ deals 2 damage to that player.

Whenever an opponent counters a spell or ability you control, you may sacrifice ~. If you do, put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste.

How about some Golgari fun stuff?

September 8, 2019 10:33 p.m.

austintayshus says... #15

Golgari Sewer Party

Enchantment

You may cast creature cards from your graveyard.

You may play land cards from your graveyard.

If a creature or land would go to your graveyard from the battlefield, exile it instead.

At the beginning of your pre-combat main phase, put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard and lose 1 life.


Keep this guild enchantment cycle going.

September 8, 2019 10:57 p.m.

Ziusdra says... #16

Unregulated Experimentation

Enchantment

Each creature you control is a red and blue Weird in addition to its other types and has ": Switch this creature's power and toughness until end of turn."

Whenever you target a creature you control with a noncreature spell, it gets your choice of +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.


Continue, let's make it a cycle

September 8, 2019 11:21 p.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #17

Print House

Enchantment.

At the begining of each opponent's upkeep that player exiles the top card of thier library. If that card is a spell you and that player may copy it and cast a copy without paying that spells mana cost.

September 8, 2019 11:31 p.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #18

more of the enchanting cyle i guess.

September 8, 2019 11:32 p.m.

NorainJS says... #19

Genetic Tinkering

Enchantment

Each creature you control with a counter on it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."

Creatures you control with no counters on them have ": Adapt 1"

Let's go another guild enchant continuing the cycle. No Gruul, Golgari, Izzet, Dimir, or Simic (done already).

September 8, 2019 11:48 p.m.

SirQuixano says... #20

Metaphysical Mourning (Orzhov)

Enchantment

Whenever a cast creature card goes into the graveyard without entering the battlefield, create an X/X Black and White Spirit Token under your control with flying, X being the converted mana cost of that card.

This enchantment cannot be countered

Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery, you lose 1 life

Flavor: The spirits cry out from the abyss for those with potential who were unable to make their mark on history

Either continue the cycle or create a creature with the devour 3 (When this creature comes into play, you may sacrifice any number of creature, this creature gains 3 times the +1/+1 counters of the amount of creatures sacrificed this way.)

September 9, 2019 12:25 a.m.

Ziusdra says... #21

Demoncircle Chamber

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep: Sacrifice a creature and pay 1 life. (At the beginning of each of your upkeeps, put an age counter on Demoncircle Chamber, then pay the cumulative upkeep cost for each age counter on it. If you can't or choose not to, then sacrifice Demoncircle Chamber.)

Demons you control have Devour 3 (When this creature comes into play, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it for each creature sacrificed this way.).


Continue the cycle, almost there. Boros, selesnya, azorius left

September 9, 2019 1:21 a.m.

The_Epic_Dog says... #22

Military Build Up

Enchantment

Whenever a soldier creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a charge counter on ~, then amass X, where X is the number of charge counters on ~. (To amass X, put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. If you don’t control one, create a 0/0 Red White Soldier Army creature token first.)

Two to go!

September 9, 2019 1:28 a.m.

dbpunk says... #23

Loxodon Prayer

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent would cause you to discard one or more creature cards, you may pay . If you do, put a creature card discarded this way onto the battlefield.

Ok! Someone give us the last card!

September 9, 2019 1:39 a.m.

SirQuixano says... #24

Advisor's Insight

Enchantment

All creatures in your hand have forecast- , reveal this card from your hand: counter target spell unless its owner pays .The owner may also convoke and/or delve to pay this cost.

Create a castle artifact vehicle. Perhaps it gives some sort of protection to tapped creatures.

September 9, 2019 2:16 a.m.

dbpunk says... #25

Howl's Moving Castel

Artifact - Vehicle

~ costs less if you control a wizard.

Whenever ~ deals combat damage to an opponent, create a 2/2 Black wizard creature token, a 3/1 red elemental creature token, a 2/1 green Scarecrow creature token with vigilance and reach, a 1/1 white human creature token with protection from creatures and a 4/4 black witch creature token with "at your endstep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay ".

Crew 3

8/8

Ok how about one that's more along the lines of the original challenge.

September 9, 2019 4:18 a.m.

Hilltop Fortress 

Artifact — Vehicle

Defender.

Hilltop Fortress' toughness is equal to the total toughness of creatures that crewed it.

Crew 0

5/*


Improvised Ram 

Artifact — Vehicle

Trample

Improvised Ram can't block.

Improvised Ram's power is equal to the total power of creatures that crewed it.

Crew 0

*/5


Make another colored vehicle.

September 9, 2019 7:56 a.m.

Boza says... #27

Goblin Bomber Zeppelin
Artifact - Vehicle

Flying
When ~ attacks, you may destroy all tapped creatures you control that are not attacking. If you do, deal X damage to non-flying creatures the defender controls, where X is equal to power of creatures sacrficed this way. If you do not, sacrifice ~ at the end of combat.

Crew 4

4/4

Oh, so that is what you meant when you said goblin bomber... - Raskall, last words

Wildcard.

September 9, 2019 9:03 a.m. Edited.

Unlimited Possibilities - 4UW

Enchantment

If a spell or an ability asks you to choose a creature, choose a permanent instead.

September 9, 2019 9:17 a.m.

Ok, so I guess I'll do a wildcard.


A commander I'd love to play:

Quirlidge, Grin of Evil BB

Legendary Creature - Human Rogue

Deathtouch

Whenever ~ becomes the target of a spell or ability, the source's controller discards two card and gains 2 life.

1BB: Vhange the target of target spell or ability to ~.

3/2

You wanna kill me? Do it!


This is such an awesome discard commander. I'd love the deck that could be build around him.


Create a commander you'd love to build around, but don't make it totally overpowered.

September 9, 2019 10:48 a.m.

Soul of the Archmage 

Legendary Creature — Spirit Avatar

Flash, flying

At the beginning of each upkeep, choose one that hasn't been chosen—

  • Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
  • Scry 2, then draw a card.
  • Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
  • Soul of the Archmage deals 5 damage to target creature.
  • Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
  • Return Soul of the Archmage to your hand.

5/5


Another.

September 9, 2019 12:29 p.m.

jeffhfly12 says... #31

September 9, 2019 12:53 p.m.

dbpunk says... #32

Leaf of the World Tree

Legendary Creature - Plant

Defender

Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on any creature you control.

0/1

Another

September 9, 2019 1:17 p.m.

Ziusdra says... #33

Haya, the Wizard's Mantra

Legendary Creature - Human Avatar Wizard

Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may scry 1 and if the card you scried went to the bottom of your library, ~ deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

2 / 2


More

September 9, 2019 2:01 p.m.

DwaginFodder says... #34

Slithering Horde

Legendary Creature - Leech Horror

Deathtouch

Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals combat damage to a player, draw a card and gain 1 life.

, : Create a token that's a copy of ~, except it isn't legendary.

2/5


Shameless plug time: Just posted a thread about a Cube I've made of cards I've created, go ahead and poke it if you're interested; I need feedback! URL because links on this site hate me: https://tappedout.net/mtg-forum/custom-cards/custom-cube/

Make another commander you'd like to build around. These have been cool.

September 9, 2019 2:09 p.m.

dbpunk says... #35

Raki who Eats the Rich

Legendary Creature - Human Peasant

Whenever an opponent draws a card, if they've drawn another card this turn, ~ deals 1 damage to that player.

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if they've cast another spell this turn, ~ deals 1 damage to that player.

3/3

Can anyone say Rakdos group slug?

Also more commanders

September 9, 2019 2:22 p.m.

Anium says... #36

Rakdos's Slug

Legendary Creature - Demon Slug

Whenever a player plays a nonland permanent that isn't a slug or demon, you draw a card and deal 2 damage to any target

Target player puts a nonland permanet onto the battlefield, and then sacrifices that permanent

2/3

Aww, who's a good creature? You are! -Rakdos

September 9, 2019 3:08 p.m.

Anium says... #37

Create a pet that is owned by niv-mizzet

September 9, 2019 3:08 p.m.

Ziusdra says... #38

Rusty, Animated Steel-Drakeling

Legendary Artifact Creature - Drake

Flying

When Rusty, Animated Steel-Drakeling enters the battlefield, you may cast an instant or sorcery from your graveyard of converted mana cost equal to or less than the amount of mana spent to cast Rusty without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast from your graveyard this way would be put back into your graveyard, exile it instead.

2 / 3


Wildcard

September 9, 2019 4:14 p.m.

Ziusdra says... #39

haha you mean more hated than Brineborn Cutthroat or Nexus of Fate ? Honestly I don't know if I could do worse than that. I'll try.


Whispered Denial

Instant

This spell can't be countered.

Counter target spell. It's controller reveals their hand and discards any cards of the same name of the card countered this way.

If the countered spell and cards discarded this way would go into a graveyard, exile them instead.


Keep it up! Make a card you would HATE to play against. #ragequito'clock

September 9, 2019 4:46 p.m.

Ruffigan says... #40

Silence of the Damned

Enchantment

Players can't cast spells if they have creature cards in their graveyard.

Exile your graveyard: Destroy Silence of the Damned. Any player may activate this ability.

A moment of silence to mourn the dead.


As a fan of reanimation this card would make me salty and require some unwanted compromise.

MAke another card you'd hate to play against.

September 9, 2019 5:43 p.m.

dbpunk says... #41

Azorius Binding

Enchantment

Spells your opponents control cost more to cast.

Creatures your opponents can't attack you or a planeswalker you control unless they pay for each attacking creature.

Sacrifice ~: Choose one-

  • Counter target spell.

  • Exile target creature.

  • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

How about the worst card you can make?

September 9, 2019 6:13 p.m.

CrowMutini says... #42

Draw from Dirt

Sorcery

Search your library for a land and put it onto the battlefield tapped.

Landfall- If a land entered the battlefield under your control this turn, instead search your library for two lands and put them onto the battlefield under your control.

hyper lands ramp is so, so, so annoying. its the main reason why i like mass land destruction in EDH

September 9, 2019 6:14 p.m.

CrowMutini says... #43

Roiling Awakening

Sorcery

Each player sacrifices a land. Search your library for a land and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Roiling Awakening deals 3 damage to each creature.

Imagine this in your opponents deck. Imagine an opponent playing this, instantly destroying the tokens strategy at the table, putting everyone else behind on land drops, and tutoring out their Raging Ravine or Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

September 9, 2019 7:03 p.m.

austintayshus says... #44

Quick Thinking

Instant

You gain X life and draw a card. Then, if your life total is 25 more than your life total, you win the game. If not, shuffle ~ back into your library.


Make another card that other players will hate!

September 9, 2019 7:06 p.m.

CrowMutini says... #45

i demand another busted card i just forgot to put the challenge on my original post

September 9, 2019 7:06 p.m.

NorainJS says... #46

Spark Growth

Instant

Buyback -

Put X loyalty counters on target planeswalker you control. At the beginning of the next end step, remove that many loyalty counters from each planeswalker with loyalty counters put on it this way.

Overload


Emblem popping seems like something most of my playgroup dislikes so I went with this.


Make a card that would make players ask "Why is this card X card type and not Y card type" (Similar to how Mystic Denial was printed as a sorcery despite being a counterspell, it's since been oracled though)

September 9, 2019 7:33 p.m.

NorainJS says... #47

Belknap, Demon of Tindalos

Legendary Creature - Demon

8/8

Vigilance

When Belknap, Demon of Tindalos enters the battlefield put an angle counter on it. As long as it has an angle counter on it, it's a land.

: Add or .

, Pay 1 Life: Put a 1/1 Hound of Tindalos token into the battlefield under your control. If Belknap, Demon of Tindalos is a creature, put three Hounds of Tindalos into the battlefield instead.

, Sacrifice three Hounds of Tindalos: Each player loses 3 life. Remove all counters from Belknap, Demon of Tindalos if it isn't a creature.


Make a noncreature nonland card that you can have any number of in your library.

September 9, 2019 8:31 p.m.

jeffhfly12 says... #48

minor illusion

instant

create a 0/1 illusion creature token with defender.at the beginning of your upkeep, exile this token

opening a door is easy, but after a dog corpse was upon it, they didn't want to go open it

September 9, 2019 8:52 p.m.

jeffhfly12 says... #49

wish spell from dnd was a good spell, create around the spell

September 9, 2019 8:54 p.m.

NorainJS says... #50

Wish

Sorcery

All other spells, triggered, and activated abilities you control lose can't be countered. Counter them. You cannot cast spells or activate abilities while Wish is on the stack.

You may have one card named Wish in your library.

Choose one -

  • Exile all nonlegendary permanents you don't control.

  • Your life total becomes double your starting life total.

  • Search your library for any number of cards, put them into your hand. Shuffle your library.

  • Search your library for a nonlegendary permanent card, put it into the battlefield under your control. Shuffle your library.

Exile Wish face down. You get an emblem with "You cannot play cards named 'Wish'."


Wish is stupid powerful and usually has a massive drawback in most editions. I opted for the 5e drawback of not being able to use it ever again. YOU GET ONE! No copies, no cheating it back, nothing.


Many planeswalkers have been shown to have lost their spark or have given it up for various reasons. Azor gave his planeswalker spark to create the Immortal Sun. Show me an artifact that embodies the idea that "This took someones spark to create."

September 9, 2019 9:30 p.m.

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