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.
fatalzintomyum says... #3
Whilcorral, the hermit presence.
Legendary creature-Human cleric
Enchantments you control have hexproof and indestructable
Whenever an enchantment creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, tap any number of lands an opponent controls that can only tap for 1 colour of mana. If you do not, sacrifice an enchantment.
2/1
What have I done! I didn't want to make it too obviously rhystic, but I have created a brute of a commander. I just have no idea where you would go with this commander, but If you were playing rhystic boyos this would be a deece commander. Is it actually WUBRG, or do I just not understand the mess that is col9our identity?
No that I have tried to fulfill Master_Keeby's wishes, feel free to make a card that makes me sleep, because I am tired. (open to interpretation)
December 14, 2020 3:30 p.m.
Master_Keeby says... #4
Spark Slumber
Instant
Tap target player. They don't untap during their next two untap steps. (they must lie on the ground at a 90-degree angle. Tapped players can't activate abilities or cast spells.)
fatalzintomyum yes, color identity is determined by the mana symbols in its rules text as well as the symbols in its cost.
Make a creature that would belong in a Mercadian Masques cycle, other than the rhystic cards.
December 14, 2020 3:46 p.m.
Gontilordofmtg says... #5
Body of Ramos
Artifact
: Add if you control a swamp, if you control a forest, if you control a mountain, if you control an island, or if you control a plains.
, sacrifice ~: add
Same challenge, but with another plane that hasn't been given a set in the last ten years.
December 14, 2020 6:25 p.m.
It appears that I've been Ninja'd.
We've pretty much revisited all of the planes including dominaria in the last 10 years, so I'll go with Arabian Nights
Shahrazad 2
Enchantment
At the beginning of each end step, if the active player played a land, cast a creature spell, cast a non-creature spell, and attacked with a creature, then that player's life total can't change and that player can't lose the game until the beginning of their next turn.
Glittering Glitter
Enchantment Creature
Glittering Glitter isn't a creature if any opponent controls no tapped lands.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Glittering Glitter.
: Until end of turn, Glittering Glitter loses "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Glittering Lion." Any player may activate this ability.
5/5
Create a sorcery with a subtype. It can be a new subtype. It doesn't have to be arcane or a tribal card.
December 14, 2020 6:34 p.m.
kpres I can't tell if the 2 between the name and the mana cost is part of the mana cost, or if the name of the spell is "Shahrazad 2," since Shahrazad is already a thing...
Infiltration Riot
Sorcery - Insidious
Create three 1/1 red Devil creature tokens with haste and "When this creature dies, each player loses 1 life"
Until your next upkeep, whenever you cast an Insidious spell, Fateseal 2
Not necessarily linked to Fateseal specifically, I envision the Insidious subtype to be spells that have their initial effect be a distraction to hide recognizance tactics. In this case, it's a riot which distracts the enemy, while you sabotage their spellbook. Much flavor, I think.
So the Insidious spell has it's initial effect, then a secondary effect for each time you cast an Insidious spell until your next turn. Only for instants and sorceries, like Arcane. I think it's a neat idea anyway.
Just to make me feel better about it, make another Insidious spell. Preferably an instant.
December 14, 2020 7:54 p.m. Edited.
fatalzintomyum says... #8
Umezawa's strike
instant- insidious
Up to 3 target creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of insidious cards in your graveyard
until your next upkeep, whenever you cast an ensidious spell, you may exile up to 3 target cards from any one graveyard.
Almost a boardwipe, and if you stack 2 of them or simply have enough insidious cards you can kill and Uro and make sure he never comes back.
You know, insidious cards seems to, so far, have effects for other insidious cards being cast afterward.Both of these cards have been pretty expensive, so create an insidious card that you could cast afterward without too much mana investment.
December 14, 2020 9:57 p.m.
Bolas's Call
Sorcery - Insidious
Return an insidious spell not named Bolas's Call from your graveyard to your hand.
Until your next upkeep, whenever you cast an insidious spell, each opponent loses 1 life.
Make a card with 4+ colored mana symbols in its cost (not necessarily different colors)
December 15, 2020 1:37 a.m.
Glint-Eye
Legendary Creature - Nephilim
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each draw X cards, then discard X cards, where X is equal to the amount of combat damage dealt this turn by ~.
Whenever you discard, place a +1/+1 counter on ~.
Discard a card: you may put a card from your graveyard on top of your library.
1/1
"When it rose, Time itself shuddered." - Legend of the Nephilim
Either another Nephilim, or wildcard!
December 15, 2020 8:28 a.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #11
The Hokey 3 R
Legendary Artifact Creature - Wall
If ~ would die, return it to the battlefield transformed.
Lifelink, Defender
5/5
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The Pokey (B U)
Legendary Enchantment Creature - Construct
Haste, Menace, First strike
Whenever ~ deals combat damage, discard any number of cards and gain that much life.
6/8
Welll... That was weird. Make a card with twelve keywords.
December 15, 2020 10:10 a.m.
fatalzintomyum says... #12
Akroma, angel of constant card creation challenges
Legendary creature-angel
Haste, Lifelink, Flying, Trample, Menace, first strike, lifelink, phasing, fading 3, afflict 3, bloodthirst 3, riot.
Whenever Akroma, angel of constant card creation challenges attacks, remove all keywords from creatures your opponents control until end of turn
5/5
I felt that no one else would want to do that, so I did it to save everyone. God, I hate Akroma challenges, not to insult anyone.
Make a snow creature with an icy and original ability.
December 15, 2020 11:01 a.m.
Akroma, the Snow Angel
Legendary Snow Creature - Angel
Flying, First Strike, Trample, Haste, Protection from non-snow permanents
: Creatures you control become Snow creatures until end of turn
: Snow Creatures you control gain your choice of Flying, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, vigilance, or protection from the color of your choice until end of turn
6/6
Tongue firmly in cheek ;)
Repeat the same challenge, but without being passive aggressive.
December 15, 2020 11:33 a.m.
LunchBox1211 says... #14
Animated Snowball
Snow Creature - Elemental
Protection from red.
Tap an untapped snow permanent you control: Tap target creature or planeswalker. It cannot activate abilities until your next upkeep.
2/3
Make an instant or sorcery that represents the players at the table getting into a snowball fight.
Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year, everyone!
December 15, 2020 12:19 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #15
Chain of Snow
Snow Instant
Tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller next untap step. Its controller may pay and tap an untapped creature they control. If they do, they create a copy of ~. They may choose new targets for the copy.
Create a legendary Boros minotaur.
December 15, 2020 12:52 p.m.
channelfireball12345 says... #16
Snowbrawl
Sorcery
Spend only snow mana on X.
~ deals X damage to each creature. Each player creates X food tokens and untaps up to X target nonland permanents they control.
Miracle (Still spend only snow mana on X.)
Aww ninja'd :/ do seshiro_of_the_orochi's challenge first and then mine please :)
(The food tokens represent going inside and drinking hot cocoa with marshmallows + cookies after a hard-fought snowbrawl)
Create a noncreature, nonland permanent card with Level up.
December 15, 2020 12:57 p.m.
Mid-Winter Festival
Enchantment
All lands are Snow in addition to their other types.
Level up
(2-4) All permanents are Snow in addition to their other types.
(4-8) If a snow permanent would add mana to a mana pool, it adds twice that number instead
(8-11) Whenever a snow permanent would be destroyed, its controller exiles it instead and creates a Gift artifact token with ", Sacrifice: Add 1 mana of any colour to your mana pool and draw a card."
(12+) At the beginning of the end step, exile this card. Each player shuffles his/her hand and graveyard into his/her library and draws 7 cards.
Probably would have been better templated as a Saga, but the challenge was to use level up. It's a Christmas card.
Make a card that represents a Christmas card. You know, the kind you would get in the mail.
Epicurus, Shahrazad 2 has "2" in the name because Shahrazad already exists. I see how it can be confused with . In the actual Arabian Nights story of Shahrazad, the (princess?) character is taken captive by a bad dude and he's going to kill her, but she makes a deal with him that if she tells a good story, he won't kill her. Every night, he comes to kill her, but she tells a new story and lives. In the card design of Shahrazad 2, the "story-telling" is represented by doing a bunch of stuff, and the reward is becoming invincible for a turn.
December 15, 2020 1:16 p.m.
Oh, I guess the challenge is currently the legendary boros minotaur.
December 15, 2020 1:17 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #19
December 15, 2020 1:19 p.m.
fatalzintomyum says... #20
Chainbeard the Growler
Legendary creature- Minotaur pirate
When Chainbeard the Growler enters the battlefield choose 1. If you control 7 or more permanents you may choose both. If this isn't the first time that Chainbeard has entered the battlefield this turn, create a 2/3 white and red minotaur creature token.
-If a red creature has dealt damage this turn, draw a card. If a white creature has dealt damage this turn, draw a card.
-each creature you control deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control.
1/2
Broken, maybe. Reflecting my want for better boros commanders? Defitely. This card is like a blink aggro commander, and I love it, though it should probably be 3 mana
channelfireball12345's challenge is next, but I'll write it here. Create a non-creature, nonland card with level up.
December 15, 2020 1:48 p.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #21
kpres already did that challenge, but okay.
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Winter Feast
Snow Enchantment
Level up -
2+ All permanents are snow
4+ You have hexproof from snow
6+ at the beginning of your upkeep if you control twelve or more snow permanents, each player gains life equal to the number of snow permanents they control. If a player gained sixteen or more life from this effect, they win the game.
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Make a card that has variable cmc.
December 15, 2020 3:32 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #23
Tolyknetis, Starfield Hydra
Legendary Enchantment Creature - Hydra
~ enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters, where X is equal to the amount of mana spent to cast ~.
Hexproof, Trample
Whenever you cast an Enchantment or Hydra spell, you may draw a card.
0/0
I'd like to see a Naya goat commander.
December 15, 2020 3:40 p.m.
Baa Baa Best Goat
Legendary Creature - Goat Shepherd
When Baa Baa enters the battlefield, create two white 1/1 Human creature tokens.
Vigilance
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 white Human creature token for every two Humans you control, rounded down.
Humans you control can't attack or block unless all Humans you control are attacking or blocking.
Whenever a Human you control dies, draw a card and gain 1 life.
2/5
It's human tribal with a cynical take on the concept of "sheep".
Create a snowman.
December 15, 2020 5:12 p.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #25
Chocolate Snowman
Legendary Artifact Snow Creature - Food
Defender, Lifelink
Whenever a snow creature you control attacks, draw a card.
Whenever a food creature you control attacks, you may exile ~, and then return ~ to the battlefield tapped and attacking.
7/9
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Make a card that uses two conflicting mechanics.
December 15, 2020 6:35 p.m.
Krillbot
Artifact Creature - Crab Construct
Whenever Krillbot attacks, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on Krillbot and it is unblockable this turn.
Krillbot cannot attack if its power is greater than the number of artifacts you control.
2/1
Make a card that cares about a type of card in exile.
December 15, 2020 7:03 p.m.
Obsidian Mox
Artifact
: Add 1 mana of any colour to your mana pool if you have a card of each card type in exile.
Another take on this would be:
Detainment Cube
Enchantment
When Detainment cube enters the battlefield, exile another target nonland permanent as long as Detainment Cube is on the battlefield.
As long as an opponent has an enchantment in exile, enchantments cost that player more to cast.
As long as you have an artifact in exile, artifacts cost you less to cast.
Create an evil eye.
December 15, 2020 7:41 p.m.
Eye of the Graea
Tribal Artifact - Warlock
Warlocks you control have Thoughtlink (whenever they deal damage to a player, draw a card)
Tap three Warlocks you control: Fateseal 3
Yeah, I've been on a Fateseal kick recently. Really wish more had been done with that mechanic.
Make a tree. Not a Treefolk, just a tree.
December 16, 2020 2:40 a.m.
JANKYARD_DOG says... #29
Old Oak Tree
Artifact - Tree
Squirrels you control gain +1/+1
At the beginning your upkeep put a nut counter on ~. When ~ leaves the battlefield create X food tokens where X is the amount of nut counters on it.
sacrifice a food: create a 1/1 green squirrel token.
There's one for the squirrel fans out there. Now make something mice related. Non Legendary.
December 16, 2020 8:36 a.m.
channelfireball12345 says... #30
Hardy Jerboa
Creature - Mouse
Skulk
, , exert ~: Other creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
1/2
Mechanically inspired by Canyon Jerboa 'cause I'm not creative.
Create a creature from the same plane as Throatseeker.
December 16, 2020 10:03 a.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #31
Market Guard
Creature - Human Soldier
, : Tap target attacking creature and remove it from combat.
2/1
Create an equipment that becomes more dangerous both for you and for your opponent the longer it stays in play.
December 16, 2020 10:27 a.m.
channelfireball12345 says... #32
Volatile Greatsword
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each charge counter on ~, attacks each turn if able, and has trample.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, put a charge counter on ~, then ~ deals damage to you and defending player equal to the number of charge counters on it.
Charge counters can't be removed from ~.
Equip
Should it have had an equip cost of 4 total mana? Idk. I could personally see it going either way, but I wanted to make a relatively playable/efficient equipment, and most equipment nowadays have ways to pseudo-circumvent equip cost anyway, whereas this one doesn't; given this, I think I'm justified in costing it the way I have.
Create a (somewhat) big blue creature (p/t minimum of 4/4) that neither flies nor swims. A land creature. Also, please make it fun but not insane :)
December 16, 2020 10:54 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #33
Peninsule Turtle
Land Creature - Elemental Turtle Island
You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
Whenever a creature you control becomes tapped, ~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
4/7
Create another big splashy turtle.
December 16, 2020 11:06 a.m.
Big Splashy Boyo
Creature - Turtle
Defender, Hexproof
: Big Splashy Boyo loses Defender and gains Islandwalk and +0/+2 until end of turn.
: Big Splashy Boyo loses Hexproof and gains Swampwalk and +2/+0 until end of turn.
"Splash a little red and green for this boyo!"
5/5
~Jace Beleren
Make a card with "If this card is in your opening hand, ..." but no more leylines. Leylines are over-done right now.
December 16, 2020 11:34 a.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #35
Prophesied Wanderer
Creature - Monk Avatar
Destined - If this card is in your opening hand, you may exile it with three time counters on it. It gains suspend.
When ~ enters the battlefield or dies, scry 1.
2/2
Make another card with Destined.
December 16, 2020 12:17 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #36
EDIT: Destined should have a number with it for the number of time counters. The above card should be:
Destined 3 (If this card is in your opening hand, you may exile it with three time counters on it. It gains suspend.)
December 16, 2020 12:19 p.m.
LunchBox1211 says... #37
Celestial Aid
Creature - Angel
Flying, destined 3 (If this card is in your opening hand, you may exile it with three time counters on it. It gains suspend.)
Hexproof from red and black.
3/5
Make a sword that is an enchantment, and an equipment.
December 16, 2020 12:35 p.m.
channelfireball12345 says... #38
Twice Upon a Time
Instant
You may exile this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of your first main phase, you may reveal a nonland card with converted mana cost 2 or less from your hand. Copy that card; you may cast the copy this turn without paying its mana cost.
As ~ is cast, it becomes a copy of the last spell cast before it this turn. (You may choose new targets for it.)
I usually don't love creating storm cards, but this one was pretty fun and unique. I hope it isn't unrecoverably broken...
Oof. Double ninja'd. Do LunchBox1211's challenge.
December 16, 2020 12:46 p.m.
Heliod's Actual Spear
Legendary Artifact Enchantment - Aura Equipment
Enchant Creature
Equip
Attached creature gets +2/+2 and has "When this creature attacks, destroy target tapped creature defending player controls."
Destined 3 - _(If this is in your opening hand, you may exile it with three time counters on it and it gains Suspend (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is suspended, remove a time counter from it. When the last time counter is removed, cast it.))
I had to throw Destined on there because it's such a cool ability.
How this works is when you cast it, you have to choose a creature for it to target because it's an aura spell. (I'm not sure rules-wise if you can cast it without a target.) When the attached creature dies, it falls off and becomes an equipment, similar to the Bestow gimmick. While it's attached to a creature, it's both an aura and an equipment and is subject to the rules of both subtypes.
Create a new changeling card, but make it non-creature.
December 16, 2020 1:16 p.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #40
Sword of Might B B B B W W
Legendary Artifact Enchantment - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +X/+X where X is your devotion to black and white, and has deathtouch.
Equip 5
Equip God or Demigod or Gideon creature 3.
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oops, ninja'd. Do kpres' challenge.
December 16, 2020 1:18 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #41
Unity of Form
Tribal Enchantment - Shape shifter
Changeling (This card is all creature types in all zones.)
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
Creatures you control that share a creature type with at least two other creatures you control have ": Until end of turn, this creature becomes a copy of target permanent you control that shares a creature type with it."
December 16, 2020 5:13 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #42
It's been a while since we've done a dice challenge. Roll 4 dice and use the result to determine your challenge:
[2] - Creature
[3] - Creature or Legendary Creature
[4] - Enchantment
[5] - Instant or Sorcery
[6] - Land or Planeswalker
[2] - Paliano
[3] - Ravnica
[4] - Tarkir
[5] - Theros
[6] - Zendikar
[2] - Uncommon
[3] - Uncommon
[4] - Rare
[5] - Rare
[6] - Mythic Rare
[2] - CMC 2
[3] - CMC 3
[4] - CMC 4-5
[5] - CMC 6-7
[6] - CMC 8+
December 16, 2020 5:13 p.m.
3 2 6 3 Creature on Paliano (???) Mytic rare CMC 3
Fresh Prince of Paliano
Creature - Noble
Tap another untapped creature you control: Fresh Prince of Paliano gets your choice of +1/+1, first strike, vigilance, flying, or lifelink until end of turn.
Tap five other untapped creatures you control: Fresh Prince of Paliano gets +5/+5, double strike, vigilance, flying, and lifelink until end of turn
2/2
Let's get more value out of this challenge. Repeat DragonofTheWest's challenge.
December 16, 2020 5:24 p.m.
1 2 3 4. Can't make this shit up. Wish I was playing yahtzee...
So an uncommon artifact from Innistrad with 4-5 CMC.
Cursed Totem of the Elderpack
Artifact
Non-werewolf spells cost more to cast
Nonhuman werewolves get +1/+1
: Transform target Human Werewolf you control
I know I'm pushing the canonical boundaries of Innistrad here, but I'm not exactly a planer scholar anyway. So there you have it.
Play it again, Sam.
December 16, 2020 7:04 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #45
Fyi, I meant Fiora, the plane of Conspiracy, Take the Crown. Paliano is the main city on that plane.
December 16, 2020 7:11 p.m.
AceVonDuck says... #46
Rolled a 1, 5, 5, and 1, sooo... Presenting a Rare 0-1 CMC artifact from Theros:
Gilded Apple
Artifact
When ~ enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.
Creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able and attack you if able.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls deals combat damage to you, that creature's controller gains control of ~.
Based on the "Golden Apple of Discord" from Greek myth.
Do another like DragonOfTheWest said. (This one.)
December 16, 2020 8:34 p.m.
2 1 6 1
Creature
Innistrad
Mythic Rare
CMC 0-1
Very cool!
When I started playing Standard, I started with Innistrad (I learned and got into it with the Dragons vs. Knights Duel deck, but didn't play a real format until the fall), and My deck was a white weenie, centered around Thalia, Guardian of Thraben (she came along later, but I have to mention her, she's so great!!), Elite Vanguard, Doomed Traveler, Selfless Cathar, Elite Inquisitor, Unruly Mob, Mentor of the Meek, Fiend Hunter, and topped by Angelic Overseer.
But the centerpieces of the deck were Champion of the Parish and Mikaeus, the Lunarch, who inspired this:
Thraben Recruiter
When Thraben Recuiter enters the battlefield, create X 1/1 white Human creature tokens, then put X +1/+1 counters among Humans you control.
1/1
I'd like to see a Kaldheim common, considering the cards already spoiled.
December 16, 2020 9:34 p.m.
JANKYARD_DOG says... #48
5,4,4,5
Dragonquake
Sorcery
When you cast ~, if you do not control a dragon reveal a dragon card from your hand otherwise counter it.
Destroy up to 3 non enchantment permanents you don't control.
Rebound (rules text)
The first quake happens when it lands, the second depends on who's left standing. - Mardu saying
Same challenge. Love the dice roles. Or not... see above.
December 16, 2020 9:35 p.m.
So, 1 mana gets you a 1/1, 3 gets you a 2/2 and a 1/1, 5 gets you 1/1 2/2, and 2/2 ( or however you'd like it), and 7 mana can get you 3 1/1s and a 4/4 human, so very flexible and always getting you P/T equal to your investment.
I should probably give the card a more Mythic-sounding name, though.
December 16, 2020 9:37 p.m.
Chandra585 says... #50
Axgard Companion
Creature-Dwarf Warrior
Whenever ~ attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each dwarf or warrior you control
2/2
make an Insect Dragon
fatalzintomyum says... #1
Sarged, sodden presence
+2 Until your next turn, every spell costs more to cast for each other spell cast this turn and lands that would tap for 2 or more mana instead tap for
-2Choose a basic land type. Until your next turn, lands of the chosen type tap for instead of any type or colour. Mana produced this way does not count as mana produced by a snow permanent.
-6You get an emblem with "every time a creature attacks, that creature gets -x/-0, where x is that creature's power. Whenever a player would draw a card except for the first card that that player draws every time, that player sacrifices a land. If they cannot sacrifice a land, that player loses the game instead. If a creature would enter the battlefield, it travels to exile instead and that player's controller discards a card. Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, if they have already cast a noncreature spell this turn, all permanents and players gain hexproof from that spell until end of turn.
3
Well that was fun. GL to wizards with printing this all in a card. I hope the person who gave me the prompt understands the sort of joke with the + ability, or the reference more like. This planeswalker could see sideboard play except that the deck it fits easiest in is tron, so they wouold have to cast everything before they activated its +1. Breaks open the mirror though.
I'm tired, make a card that makes me sleep. (open to interpretation)
December 14, 2020 3:19 p.m.