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.
DragonOfTheWest says... #2
Tyvar Kell
Legendary Planeswalker - Tyvar
+1: Distribute two +1/+1 counters among creatures you control.
-2: You may sacrifice a land. If you do, destroy target permanent.
-6: Put all land cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control, then create a 3/3 black and green Elf Knight creature token with vigilance and haste for each land you control.
3
Repeat the above challenge, or create a legendary Elk.
December 20, 2020 10:38 a.m.
fatalzintomyum says... #3
Shadiki the cursed
Legendary creature- Elk warrior
hexproof from planeswalkers, planeswalker walk (this creature cannot be blocked as long as the defending player controls a planeswalker)
Whenever a creature deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker and draw a card.
Shadiki, the cursed gets +2/+2 for every planeswalker card in every graveyard.
3/3
...And that day forward the crown, crusted with blood, hung from her antler. -the tale of Shadiki
Just if it wasn't clear enough from the card itself, the flavor text emphasizes that Shadiki is not chuffed to bits with being an Elk. Might actually be a superfriends commander card interestingly. You can play planeswalkers and when they die you draw cards and buff Shadiki? I would play this to kill oko. And then if they play another one they take 5 a turn? Fair treatment to them.
December 20, 2020 11:37 a.m.
fatalzintomyum says... #4
create a rusty lance, sure it can be legendary.
December 20, 2020 11:38 a.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #5
Nalar, Behemoth Caller
Legendary Creature - Centaur Shaman
First strike, vigilance, haste
, : You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step. Activate this ability only if Nalar is attacking.
3/3
Create a zombie owl.
December 20, 2020 3:20 p.m.
Avien, Sylvan Battlemage
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
At the beginning of combat on your turn, untap all lands you control. Until end of turn, they lose all abilities and become 3/3 creatures. (They cease to be lands.)
: Put a +1/+1 counter on Avien and each land you control.
1/3
Ooops, Ninja'd. Here's the Zombie Owl.
Wise One
Creature - Zombie Bird
: Wise One gains flying until end of turn.
: Scry 1 if Wise One has flying. Wise One gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
: Return Wise One from the graveyard to the battlefield if you control a creature with flying and you looked at a card in your library this turn.
2/3
Make a planeswalker out of a legendary creature who's well-known in MTG lore, but who doesn't already have a planeswalker card.
December 20, 2020 3:32 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #7
Basically she was so upset about Bolas invading Ravnica that her spark ignited and now she's bringing capital-J Justice to the multiverse.
Repeat this challenge - make a planeswalker version of a popular legendary creature.
December 20, 2020 9:18 p.m.
Niv-Mizzet, Spark of Knowledge
Legendary Planeswalker - Niv-Mizzet
+2: Draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target.
-3: Create a 3/3 blue red Dragon creature token with flying
-9: Create an emblem with "Discard a card: Draw a card."
4
Create a card that gives other cards flash
December 20, 2020 10:49 p.m.
Omniscience_is_life says... #9
Accelerator Hybrid
Creature - Mutant
Spells you cast with more than one creature type have Flash.
1/4
Make something that "counters" a land
December 20, 2020 11:25 p.m.
Chandra585 says... #10
Squatter's Rights
Instant
While ~ is on the stack, lands lose all abilities.
Target player sacrifices each land they control that entered the battlefield this turn.
there were two things to be overcome here. First, lands can't be responded to, as they don't use the stack. Second, there bad to be a way to stop players from tapping their lands in response to the spell being cast, and mana abilities don't use the stack, so Split Second was out of the question. I think I got it down though.
make a Rebel, but without the classic rebel ability (Ramosian Commander, Ramosian Captain, etc.)
December 21, 2020 12:26 a.m.
Fleeceback Pincher
Creature - Crab Sheep
Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, target player mills 3
Whenever a land enters your graveyard from anywhere, you gain 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on ~
1/3
Had to throw the white in there, but went with hybrid mana so that it could still be used in a strictly Simic deck (non-commander, obviously).
Make a 4-color creature with a mono-colored mutate ability.
December 21, 2020 1:25 a.m.
Galinka of the Ozolith
Legendary Creature - Elemental Spirit
Mutate
Whenever this creature mutates, proliferate.
If you would proliferate a keyword counter on a creature, you may put that counter onto another creature instead.
You may cast Galinka of the Ozolith from your graveyard using its mutate ability. You may not otherwise cast Galinka of the Ozolith for its mutate cost.
3/4
I'd like to see a common snow noncreature permanent
December 21, 2020 2:05 a.m.
JANKYARD_DOG says... #13
Icy Stiletto
Snow Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each nonland snow permanent you control.
Equip
Equip Snow Creature
How about a Dwarven Planeswalker. New or existing character, base red.
December 21, 2020 7:42 a.m.
Gontilordofmtg says... #14
Ario, Skyship captain
+2 Draw two cards, than discard two cards. If you control a vehicle, untap up to two lands.
-X Crew target vehicle with crew x until your next turn.
-6 Until end of turn, crew all vehicles you control. If ~ would die using this ability, return it to it's owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
2
Make a good white card for edh that doesn't have anything to do with lifegain or equipment.
December 21, 2020 9:30 a.m.
I love the Idea of Double sided cards, but double sided GODS? Oh Tears of Joy!
Sword of the Realms
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
You must only spend colored mana on ~.
Equipped creature gains +5/+5, Protection from all Colors and Planeswalkers.
Whenever the equipped creature attached to ~ leaves the battlefield, you may return that creature to play.
"Just as with Dominaria, dense concentrations of Magic that gather in a singular moment and place within the Multiverse, create unimaginable power."
FLIP
Halvar, God of Creation and Destruction
Legendary Creature - God
~ Cannot attack or Block
At the beginning of each endstep, each player may choose one:
- Create a 5/5 Colorless Avatar Creature Token,
- Destroy target Permanent with CMC 5 or less,
- Draw 5 Cards,
- Deal 5 Damage to any target,
- Gain 5 Life.
Any Player may pay : Return ~ to it's owner's hand.
5/5
Another fun WUBRG Card! I'd run it in a heartbeat lol. Wildcard!
December 21, 2020 10:38 a.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #17
I haven't watched the trailer and couldn't find a transcription, so this might not be perfectly lore-compatible. I'm imagining something like Worldslayer with a bit of Godsend.
Sword of the Realms
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Indestructible
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a creature or planeswalker, exile that permanent.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy all nonland permanents.
Equip
Note that this still plays well with the double strike granted by Halvar.
Another legendary Norse equipment.
December 21, 2020 10:44 a.m.
jasonkrivera says... #18
Another legendary Norse equipment.
I decided to make a God/Equipment combo
Heimdallr, Bifrost Guardian
Legendary Creature - God Cleric
First strike, vigilance, lifelink
, : Search your library for a legendary artifact, creature, or sorcery spell. Reveal that card and put it into your hand, then shuffle.
5/4
Bifrost, Rainbow Bridge
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature is legendary, has +6/+6, and gains ": You may pay rather than pay the cost of the next legendary artifact, creature, or sorcery spell you cast this turn."
Whenever equipped creature dies, return it to its owner's hand.
Equip
Wild card challenge
December 21, 2020 11:40 a.m.
Three-Eyed Giant
Creature - Elder Giant
Three-Eyed Giant can block creatures as though they don't have an ability that prevents them from being blocked. (This includes fear, intimidate, flying, "can't be blocked", and more.)
Three-Eyed Giant can block up to two additional creatures.
Vigilance
6/6
Create a snow land that turns itself into a creature.
December 21, 2020 12:30 p.m.
Omniscience_is_life says... #20
Trembling Frost
Snow Land
: Add . If this mana is spent to cast your third spell this turn, transform ~.
Unearthed Frost-Titan
Snow Creature - Giant
: add . If this mana is spent to cast a spell, transform ~.
2/2
Make a crab
December 21, 2020 1:06 p.m.
Master_Keeby says... #21
Echoing Bloom
Enchantment
Whenever a player casts a spell that targets a permanent you control, copy that spell. (This is not optional. It's controller may not choose new targets for the copy.)
Make a commander for the banding and/or bands with other keywords, or make a commander that likes counterspells.
December 21, 2020 4 p.m.
jasonkrivera says... #22
Make a commander that likes counterspells.
Whilmet, Who Paints the Sky
Legendary Creature - Bear Druid
Whenever a spell is countered, you create a Bear creature token with power and toughness each equal to the spell's converted mana cost. Its colors are the colors of that spell.
Discard a card with converted mana cost X: Counter target spell with converted mana cost X.
3/4
Create a Rabbit creature with flavor about hastening time
December 21, 2020 4:14 p.m.
Rapid Rabbit
Creature - Rabbit
Dash
Skip the beginning phase and the precombat main phase of your turn.
At the beginning of combat, untap all permanents you control and draw a card.
At the end of combat, end your turn.
You may cast spells and play lands during your combat phase as though they had flash.
3/2
There, it shortens your turn by getting rid of all the unnecessary "phases" and "steps". All you really need is combat, anyways!
Make a card that combos and goes infinite with Synod Sanctum
December 21, 2020 4:53 p.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #24
Militant Marksman 3 R R
Creature - Goblin Artificer Archer
When ~ enters the battlefield, return up to two target artifact cards from your graveyard to your hand, and then add 5.
2/2
--
Goes infinite with Synod Sanctum. That's about it.
--
Make a Elephant Monk with double strike
December 21, 2020 6:35 p.m.
LunchBox1211 says... #25
The One Who Seeks A Greater Truth
Creature - Elephant Monk
Double strike, prowess, outlast.
When ~ deals combat damage to a player for the first time each turn, reveal the top card of your library. If it is an instant or sorcery, put a +1/+1 on another creature you control.
1/2
The idea was a split between Jeskai and Abzan.
Challenge time! Make a Wastes that can give you an extra turn.
December 21, 2020 6:48 p.m.
RazortoothMtg says... #26
Ruins of Magosi
Land
~ etbs tapped.
T: Add
Whenever you cast a colorless spell with converted mana cost 7 or greater, you may exile ~. If you do, take an extra turn after this one.
I liked what the guy above was doing with his elephant monk, so make me a card that combines the Sultai and Mardu
December 21, 2020 8:47 p.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #27
Rotting Roughriders 7 B
Creature - Zombie Orc Warrior
Dash 4 B
Delve
First strike
When ~ enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 black zombie warrior creature token for each creature card it delved.
5/4
--
Make a card that combines Temur and Jeskai.
December 21, 2020 9:19 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #28
Grim Recruiter
Creature — Orc Warrior
Dash , exploit, deathtouch
When ~ exploits a creature, create two tokens that are copies of that creature. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.
2/3
Ninja, see above.
December 21, 2020 9:43 p.m.
Daveslab2022 says... #29
Loxodon Warmonk Chieftain
Creature - Loxodon Sage
Prowess
Ferocious - Whenever you cast a no creature spell, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card
3/3
December 21, 2020 10:31 p.m.
Stardragon says... #30
Confused Orders 5
Sorcery
Each player mills the top 3 cards of their library.
Reverse the turn orders than take an extra turn after this one exile this card after it resovles
Make a Haste tribal commander (as in a commander that cares if creatures have haste)
December 22, 2020 4:34 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #31
Daraum, the Ragedriver
Legendary Creature - Ogre Berserker
Haste
Whenever ~ or another creature with haste enters the battlefield enters the battlefield under your control, it gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
3/4
Create a Jund enchantress.
December 22, 2020 4:41 a.m.
Meliva, Sanctifier of Jund
Legendary Creature - Viashino Druid
Whenever you cast a Enchantment, you draw a card a lose a life.
At the beginning of each upkeep, that player destroys an enchantment they control. That player creates a 1/1 Black Spirit token.
Whenever an enchamentment leaves the battlefield, ~ deals damage equal to that spell's CMC to any target.
2/4
"In Jund, even protection magics do not stave off the inevitability that is death."
I'd like to see a Esper Commander that deals with Planeswalkers or opposite to the colors of the Shard!
December 22, 2020 7:55 a.m.
Nebassk, Spark Diffuser
Legendary Artifact Creature- Nightmare Horror
Each time a player would activate an ability of a Planeswalker, give that player one poison counter. If it is a planeswalker you control, proliferate instead.
2/5
“In Nicol Bolas’ attempt to become the only Planeswalker, he sought the help of the Phrexyians. They did not disappoint.”
Create a Naya Treefolk
December 22, 2020 12:49 p.m.
jasonkrivera says... #34
Andewheer, the Last Yew-Mother
Legendary Creature - Treefolk Shaman
Haste, Reach
You, Forests, and other Treefolk creatures you control have hexproof.
Whenever a Treefolk creature card or Forest card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, create a green artifact Seed token with ", sacrifice this token: Put target Forest or Treefolk card in your graveyard on the bottom of your library. If you do, draw a card."
"Re-use, re-cycle, re-birth."
1/7
Another non-blue Treefolk tribal
December 22, 2020 1:03 p.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #35
Grimbark, Long-Lived
Legendary Creature - Treefolk Shaman
Indestructible
Whenever a forest enters the battlefield under your control, you may sacrifice a permanent. If you do, you may put a permanent that shares a creature type with that permanent and has a different name from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield.
2/5
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Make a legendary Food creature
December 22, 2020 1:24 p.m.
The lonely Larch
Creature - Elder Treefolk
: choose 1: add then you gain 1 life for each treefolk you control or add then target opponent loses 1 life for each treefolk you control
0/2
I really really want this to cost 3, and it probably should but shush
ninja'd create the legendary food
December 22, 2020 1:24 p.m.
Ancient Sakura
Creature - Treefolk
Defender
As long as you have at least as many cards in hand as your hand size and at least as much life as your starting life total, then creatures you control get +2/+2 and may deal damage to defending player or planeswalker as though they are not blocked.
: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature you control. It gains haste until end of turn.
0/4
It's not exactly treefolk tribal per se, but it helps your creatures.
Create a card with a threshold
December 22, 2020 1:43 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #38
Lilia, Gingerbread Slayer
Legendary Creature - Food Warrior
Haste
, : Create a food token.
: Each Food you control becomes a 3/3 creature in addition to its other types.
3/3
Create a CMC4-rare dinosaur.
December 22, 2020 2:31 p.m.
Yah, I was ninja'd too.
The Great Feast
Legendary Artifact Creature - Food Beast
When The Great Feast enters the battlefield, each creature becomes an artifact creature in addition to its other types, each noncreature, nonland permanent becomes a creature with power and toughness equal to its converted mana cost, and each land becomes a 2/2 artifact creature with indestructible in addition to its other types.
All artifact creatures are Food in addition to their other types and have ", , Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life."
Whenever an instant or sorcery spell resolves, it enters the battlefield as a 1/1 artifact creature instead of being put into any other zone.
8/8
Wildcard, or do any previous challenge that I've forgotten about.
December 22, 2020 2:34 p.m.
A More Scornful Egotist
Creature - Wizard
Suspend 3 -
When A More Scornful Egotist enters the battlefield, Scry X, where X is equal to the lowest converted mana cost among nonland permanents you control. Then draw three cards.
1/1
Wildcard or any previous challenge.
December 22, 2020 3:10 p.m.
jasonkrivera says... #41
Wildcard or any previous challenge.
--> Make a 1/1 creature that CMC 10.
Mage-Ring Dragon
Artifact Creature - Dragon Construct
Flying, Haste
This spell costs less to cast, where X is the number of artifacts you control.
When Mage-Ring Dragon enters the battlefield, you may put X +1/+1 counters divided as you choose among other artifact creatures you control.
1/1
Wildcard
December 22, 2020 3:12 p.m.
Slight of Essence
Instant
Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one creature type word with another.
This would be cumbersome in EDH, but in other Constructed formats it could be incredibly interesting.
Make another card that changes the text of spells and/or permanents.
December 22, 2020 3:37 p.m.
Wildcard
Thinning of the Veil
Enchantment
Whenever a nontoken creature dies, its controller creates a 1/1 black spirit creature token. If that creature's controller has at least 13 cards in his/her graveyard, that player creates a black spirit creature token named Revenant with flying and "Revenant's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard" instead.
Oof, ninja'd again!
The previous card is essentially Artificial Evolution. When it was printed, the creature type "wall" came with the rule for what we now call Defender, and the creature type "Legend" came with the "legendary" rule.
Overload (Not to be confused with Overload)
Instant
Change the text of target spell by replacing all instances of the word "target" with "each".
Do any previous challenge, which essentially means wildcard.
December 22, 2020 3:44 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #44
kpres, your Overload was exactly that card I was going to do for that challenge before I saw that you had already submitted it. <3
December 22, 2020 3:53 p.m.
kpres, holy $#|+, I had no idea this card existed. I know some Anowan enthusiasts that are going to be incredibly pissed off that you told me about that. Not to mention the Knight tribal deckmasters who run this unholy a$$#0le. And Sliver decks in general. The list goes on and on. Damn, I'm going to have fun with that. You just made this god(s)-awful year almost worth it.
December 22, 2020 5:44 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #46
Create a permanent card that mentions three different types of counters.
December 22, 2020 6:08 p.m.
Simic Planeswalker
legendary planeswalker - (your name here)
0- Proliferate
-2 - Target creature gets Cumulative Upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent and then pay its cumulative upkeep cost for each counter or sacrifice it.)
Create a creature that taps other creatures that share a creature type with it, to generate some kind of big effect.
-5 - Put a +1/+1 counter, a trample counter, and a flying counter on each creature you control, and a -1/-1 counter and a cowardice counter on each creature your opponents control (a cowardice counter means "this creature can't block".)
3
December 22, 2020 6:57 p.m.
Oops, I don't know how that happened. Just imagine that the planeswalker ultimate and the starting loyalty are above the line.
December 22, 2020 6:58 p.m.
Zombie Hordes
Creature - Zombie
: Tap any number of untapped zombies you control. For every zombie tapped this way, choose an opponent. That player creates a 1/1 black zombie creature token. Then if each player controls at least 10 zombies all players lose the game. Effects that prevent a player from losing the game do not prevent this effect.
5/5
Yup, the zombies win. lol
Anyway, since my card is, I think, not quite what kpres wanted, as it specifies zombie rather than just creatures "that share a creature type," we'll just go with this again.
"Create a creature that taps other creatures that share a creature type with it, to generate some kind of big effect."
December 22, 2020 11:10 p.m.
LunchBox1211 says... #50
Celestial Battlemage
Creature - Angel Wizard Soldier
Flying, lifelink, vigilance, haste.
When ~ enters or leaves the battlefield, draw a card. If you controlled 2 or more other creatures that share a creature type with ~, draw 3 cards instead.
Opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities during your turn.
, Tap any number of untapped creatures that share a creature type with ~ that you control.: ~ deals X damage to each opponent, each planeswalker you don't control and each creature you don't control, where X is twice the number of creatures tapped this way. If another card named ~ was tapped this way, repeat the process.
4/5
Make another creature that has a "Tap, tap creatures you control (I don't care how many, or what type): Do a thing. That thing gets better if another card named ~ was tapped this way."
rdean14 says... #1
Lovisa, Commander of the Raid
Legendary Creature - Human Barbarian
Lovisa, Commander of the Raid and other Barbarians, Berserkers, and Pirates you control have haste.
Whenever a Barbarian, Berskerker, or Pirate you control deals combat damage, create a Treasure token.
2/3
I'd like to see a Kaldheim Tybalt, or a guess at Niko Aris or Tyvar Kell
December 20, 2020 3:45 a.m.