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
Breath of the Void
Legendary Sorcery
(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Devoid (This card is colorless.)
Create X 1/1 Eldrazi creature tokens. They gain haste.
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn for each spent to cast ~.
Creatures you don't control get -1/-1 until end of turn for each spent to cast ~.
Definitely too much to fit on a card - would probably remove legendary and devoid, but that was the challenge.
Make a holiday saga.
December 23, 2020 6:19 a.m.
Gontilordofmtg says... #3
St. Nick's return
Create a 0/4 tree token
Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control, and you gain control of a permanent owned by that player of that player's choice.
For each player, choose coal or present. Each player who got coal discards a card, then each player who gets present draws two cards.
Same challenge
December 23, 2020 9:18 a.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #4
Rudolph's Epic U R G
Legenary Enchantment - Saga
1: Create a 3/3 green Elk creature token with Lifelink.
2: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you until your next turn.
3: You gain life equal to the amount of damage prevented since your last turn.
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Wild.
December 23, 2020 11:56 a.m.
Christmas Tree
Legendary Creature - Plant
As long as Christmas Tree is on the battlefield, it is a land in addition to its other types.
: Add to your mana pool.
, : Add to your mana pool.
, : Creatures can't attack until the end of your next turn. All players gain 5 life and draw 3 cards. Exile Christmas Tree.
Make a card that represents the solstice
December 23, 2020 12:08 p.m.
jasonkrivera says... #6
The Darkest Day
Legendary Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, choose one that hasn't been chosen -
-If a land is tapped for mana, it produces instead of any other type and amount for as long as The Darkest Day remains on the battlefield.
-Each other player sacrifices half their creatures, rounded up.
-Each other player loses half their life, rounded up.
-You lose the game.
Create a snow planeswalker that deals with snow.
December 23, 2020 12:36 p.m.
Jace's Inner Child
Legendary Snow Planeswalker - Jace
+1: Tap up to two untapped snow permanents you control. Scry X where X is the number of permanents tapped this way, and tap up to X target permanents.
-2: Each player draws a card, then each player who doesn't control a snow permanent discards a card.
-5: Search your library for a Jace planeswalker with a different name and put it onto the battlefield, then put this card on the bottom of your library. Then, each player shuffles his/her hand and graveyard into his/her library and draws 7 cards.
3
The first ability is Jace's snowball fight. The second is his learning stage of life, and the last is him growing up.
Same challenge as above,
December 23, 2020 12:44 p.m.
jasonkrivera says... #8
Same challenge as above --> Create a snow planeswalker that deals with snow.
The Great Yukikami
Legendary Snow Planeswalker - Yukikami
The Yukikami enters the battlefield with a loyalty counter for each color of mana spent to cast it.
+1: Target opponent gains control of up to one target snow permanent you control.
-3: Put a snow counter on each other permanent. For as long as those permanents have a snow counter, they are snow.
-7: Each player gains control of all permanents they own. If an opponent loses control of 2 or more permanents this way, they lose the game.
0
Snowball fight with your permanents!
Wild card or same challenge
December 23, 2020 1:01 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #9
Akoum, Savage Peaks
Land
~ enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
, : Creatures without Flying can't block this turn. Only use this ability as a sorcery.
Create an uncommen legendary Axe Equipment.
December 23, 2020 1:19 p.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #10
Axe of the Icebreakers 3 U R
Legendary Snow Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +3/+1, is snow in addition to it's other types, and can block creatures with Islandwalk and Protection from blue as though they didn't have those abilities.
Equip 1
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Make a crown that mind controls creatures (It doesn't have to be a theft card)
December 23, 2020 2:15 p.m.
jasonkrivera says... #11
Make a crown that mind controls creatures (It doesn't have to be a theft card)
Marchesa's Crown
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and first strike.
As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has hexproof and gains "Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays ."
Equip
Make a nonlegendary obelisk
December 23, 2020 3:35 p.m.
Cool challenge.
Cranial Crown
Artifact - Equipment
Equip
Equipped creature gets +1/+3 and has vigilance.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage, you draw a card, then discard a card.
The active player makes all decisions for equipped creature. (This includes whether it blocks or uses an ability, but you pay the costs for that ability.)
Ooo your card is better. I bow to you, Ninja.
Obelisk of Patience
Artifact
: Add a charge counter to Obelisk of Patience.
: If Obelisk of Patience has 5 charge counters on it, draw a card and add 3 mana of any one colour to yor mana pool.
Create a card with a new ability that copies the spell, such as replicate or storm.
December 23, 2020 3:39 p.m.
fatalzintomyum says... #13
Silver Gong strike
Instant
ricochet 2-Whenever an opponent casts a spell that targets a creature you control, you may reveal this card from your hand. If you do, copy this spell twice. You may cast those copies without paying their mana costs.
Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. Until end of turn, whenever a creature you control dies, regenerate any number of creatures you control.
Not to be egoist, but create another ricochet spell, cool mechanic. So the idea, if it doesn't make sense, is that on a certain trigger, it can be anything, you may reveal the card and copy it equal to its ricochet value.
December 23, 2020 7:55 p.m.
Omniscience_is_life says... #14
Perpetual Ringing
Instant
Ricochet 1 - Whenever an opponent draws their third card in a turn, you may reveal this card from your hand. If you do, copy this spell, and you may cast the copy without paying its mana costs.
Target player makes a 1/1 black horror token with "whenever you draw your third card in a turn, this creature deals 2 damage to you".
Make a Switcheroo effect in mono-
December 23, 2020 8:04 p.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #15
Ownership of the Wood G G G
Sorcery
Choose up to two target creatures. For each creature targeted this way, target opponent gains control of it. Those creatures are goaded.
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Sort of Switcheroo? I don't know, but the goading doesn't end at end of turn.
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Make a Monk Samurai
December 23, 2020 9:03 p.m.
jasonkrivera says... #16
Make a Monk Samurai
Samurai Monk
Creature - Monk Samurai
As long as Samurai Monk is not equipped, it has hexproof and vigilance.
As long as Samurai Monk is equipped, it gets +3/+1 and has trample and double strike.
1/3
This was an interesting challenge because (in my mind) monks typically dislike metal weaponry, and samurai like metal weaponry!
Wildcard
December 23, 2020 10:20 p.m.
United We Stand
Legendary Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control the most creature tokens, gain control of all creature tokens. Then exile any nonland permanents you control. You gain 1 life for each permanent sacrificed this way. If you gain 10 or more life this way, flip United We Stand.
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Divided We Fall Instant
Destroy all tokens. Each player exiles a land they control for each token destroyed this way. If they cannot, they discard a card and lose 2 life.
Create a card based on Krampus.
December 23, 2020 10:38 p.m.
Krampus, Alpine Stalker
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Satyr
Krampus costs less to cast for each creature that attacked you last turn.
Whenever a creature attacks you, Krampus, Alpine Stalker deals one damage to that creature. If a creature would die ths way, exile it instead and make a food token.
3/2
Make a a Santa's Sleigh vehicle.
December 23, 2020 11:37 p.m.
There's snow Sleigh here
Legendary Artifact - Vehicle
when ~ enters the battlefield create a 1/1 green elf creature token.
whenever ~ attacks target opponent creates an "unexpected present" artifact token. It has when you draw your first card each turn draw an additional then it deals damage to you equal to 3x the number of cards in your hand
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Make a card with the words: Devotion, Monarch and ox
Crew 2
December 24, 2020 6:23 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #20
Marras, Spiteful Kingmaker
Legendary Creature - Ox
When ~ enters the battlefield, target player becomes the Monarch.
When ~ dies, if your devotion to red is six or greater, ~ deals damage to the Monarch equal to your devotion to red.
5/4
Make a Monarch card that deals with minotaurs.
December 24, 2020 7:35 a.m.
Zedruu, Diplomat of Horns
Legendary Creature - Minotaur Advisor
At the beginning of each upkeep, that player draws an additional card.
As long as you have the highest amount of cards in hand, you are the Monarch.
At the beginning of each endstep, if you are not the Monarch, create a 3/3 Red Minotaur token with Haste equal to the difference of cards in your hand and the Monarch.
2/4
"When one's intelligence out-weighs their fists, that is what they will use. Unfortunately, the opposite is true as well."
Wildcard!
December 24, 2020 8:08 a.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #23
Jack-o-Tron R R G
Artifact Creature - Construct Druid
Tap: Roll a six-sided die. Add one mana of any color for each die you rolled this turn.
~ has trample as long as you rolled three or more dice this turn, gets +1/+1 for each die rolled this turn, and can attack when tapped.
1/2
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Make a new version of a Praetor. (Did you guys see the new Vorinclex?)
December 24, 2020 10:15 a.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #24
Intercept
Instant
Return target spell to its owner's hand. That player discards a card.
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Interfere
Sorcery
For each player, look at the top two cards of that player's library. Put one on top and the other on the bottom of that library.
Create a legendary creature with Eminence that has no way to be cast from the command zone but could still make sense somehow as one of the 99 for another commander.
December 24, 2020 12:50 p.m.
Amytrix, The Silencer
Legendary Artifact Creature - Golem
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, if it did not enter from your hand, sacrifice it
Eminence - If ~ is on the battlefield or in the command zone, spells your opponents cast cost more to cast
, : If your commander is in the command zone and has CMC X or less, put it onto the battlefield under your control, then put ~ into the command zone.
Whenever your commander leaves the battlefield, if ~ is in the command zone, return ~ to its owner's hand
0/5
Actually wouldn't be bad as the commander of a stax deck, but much more fun as part of the 99. Unintentionally even gets you around commander tax (would be especially good in a Rograkh & Jeska).
Forgot to press the post button, so I've been ninja'd. The above is probably less broken anyway. Do the challenge from the ninja above.
December 24, 2020 3:08 p.m. Edited.
Yormond, Vizor of the Necropolis
Legendary Creature - Elf Noble Wizard
Whenever you mill any number of cards, create that many 0/1 black Thrull creature tokens
, Sacrifice X creatures and/or discard Y cards from your hand: Add X black mana to your mana pool, then draw Y cards
2/4
There, did that one too.
Wildcard.
December 24, 2020 3:23 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #27
Thuli, Demolition Expert
Legendary Creature - Dwarf Artificer
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield or attacks, sacrifice an artifact. If you do, ~ deals damage to each other creature and each player equal to that permanent's converted mana cost.
, : Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may choose an artifact card with converted mana cost X or less from among them and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
6/5
"Kaboom?", asked the apprentice.
"Kaboom", answered the expert.
Create another card which costs .
December 24, 2020 3:44 p.m.
Omniscience_is_life says... #28
Extensive Exploding
Tribal Sorcery - Goblin
For the rest of the turn, whenever a Goblin enters the battlefield you may sacrifice it and a land. If you do, destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls.
Create something that punishes token creation
December 24, 2020 3:51 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #29
It's worded a bit weird because black-bordered rules don't allow for dice beyond coin flips.
Wildcard
December 24, 2020 4:28 p.m.
Duplication Factory
Legendary Artifact
Whenever a token enters the battlefield under an opponents control create 2 copies of that token.
OK, so this actually just punishes your opponents for creating tokens and is broken (literally, not figuratively as in overpowered) when you and an opponent each have one as it creates an infinite loop which ends the game in a tie. I did have an idea for general token punishments too, it would cause 1 point of life loss for each token created. The issue is if you want the punishment being the controller of the effect creating the tokens or the player who gets the tokens as many of the Hunted creatures (i.e.Hunted Troll, Hunted Phantasm, etc.) would cause some interesting interactions.
Anyway, create a cheap cmc card that is also but had a major downside to make up for it. (i.e. Abyssal Persecutor, Pacts, etc.)
December 24, 2020 4:33 p.m.
Oops the challenge was supposed to read:
Create a cheap cmc card that is also powerful but has a major downside to make up for it. (i.e. Abyssal Persecutor, Pacts, etc.)
December 24, 2020 4:37 p.m.
2 things about a previous post I did (#10 on this page):
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His name should be "Yormond, Vizier of the Necropolis"
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He was supposed to have a Sultai color identity, not Grixis, so mana cost should be
Sorry, carry on.
December 24, 2020 5:47 p.m.
ChickenBoy13 says... #33
Svogthir, Parun B B B G G G
Legendary Creature - Zombie Elf Wizard
Dredge 4
Whenever you would put ~ or another card in your graveyard on top of your library, you may put it into your hand instead. If you do, you gain 2 life and each opponent loses 2 life.
Whenever you dredge a card, if ~ is on the battlefield, you may put two +1/+1 counters on ~.
Trample, Indestructible
5/7
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Make another Parun with no card.
December 24, 2020 9:25 p.m.
Mcat1999 My post, number 10 on this page, was supposed to be the response to your Dredge commander challenge. I goofed the mana cost, though, so I amended that on number 17 on this page.
December 24, 2020 11:28 p.m.
jasonkrivera says... #35
Take your favorite "living animal" creature type and make a Skeleton creature for it.
Swarm of Death
Creature - Skeleton Insect
Trample
Swarm of Death enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters, where X is the total of each opponents' starting life totals minus their current life totals. (Use 0 instead of a negative life total result.)
Whenever an opponent loses life, put that many +1/+1 counters on Swarm of Death.
Army ants prowl for food. Death ants prowl for souls.
0/0
Make a card based on your favorite Christmas present from today
December 25, 2020 9:47 a.m.
jasonkrivera says... #36
Lol joking aside, I got my niece the Frozen II play castle. It's her favorite toy. Will that work?
Yup! I didn't specify it had to be a present you received - just whichever was "your favorite" ;)
Make a Rune Aura.
Rune of the Dwarves
Enchantment - Rune
Creatures you control have ": Target creature can't block this turn."
Whenever a Dwarf creature you control becomes tapped, if it isn't being declared as an attacker, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Ancient runes empower all races of Kaldheim. The Dwarves' rune grants the power to mine to earth.
Another Rune enchantment for another Kaldheim race!
December 25, 2020 3:11 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #37
Maybe Runes will be like Cartouches from Amonkhet where they have minor mechanical similarity (ETB effects for Cartouches) and some other cards that care about them. For a tribal-themed set, I'm thinking something that buffs creatures that share a creature type with the enchanted creature.
Rune of Courage
Enchantment - Aura Rune
Creatures you control that share a creature type with enchanted creature get +1/+1 and have ": This creature gains first strike until end of turn."
Create a Berserker.
December 25, 2020 5:21 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #38
Speaking of runes, I really want to see Runed Stalactite in this set.
December 25, 2020 5:23 p.m.
Mirrored Animosity
Tribal Instant - Shapeshifter
Changeling
Target creature you control gets +X/+0 and gains vigilance, trample and haste until end of turn, where X is equal to the combined power and toughness of target creature an opponent controls
Overload -
I imagine that you were expecting either a badass creature, some kind of lockdown stax card, or something like that, but I for one definitely wouldn't want to see this thing overloaded coming at me.
Make a group hug card.
December 26, 2020 1:12 a.m.
One-shot Arena
Artifact - Construction
At the beginning of each end step all players life totals become their starting life totals.
Create a Destructor (Transformers), Voltron, Bridelda, etc. type creature. In other words, creatures that can combine to make a bigger, badder creature. Can either make one of the parts or the finished combination. If you are feeling really constructive, go for the whole set along with the big baddie.
December 26, 2020 2:47 a.m.
Oops, it really bites not being able to edit. I just noticed I spelled Briselda wrong.
December 26, 2020 2:52 a.m.
jasonkrivera says... #42
Create a Destructor (Transformers)
Not quite sure about Transformers so this is a shot in the dark :3
Demolisher
Legendary Artifact - Vehicle
When Demolisher enters the battlefield, exile any number of Vehicles you control until Demolisher leaves the battlefield.
As long as Demolisher is a creature, it has +X/+X, where X is equal to four times the number of cards exiled with it.
Demolisher has all static abilities, triggered abilities, and non-crew activated abilities of each card exiled with it.
Crew 6
0/0
Wildcard
December 26, 2020 2:37 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #43
Ayula's Hibernation
Legendary Enchantment
Shroud
When ~ enters the battlefield, search your library for a green creature card, reveal it, and exile it with a Hibernation counter.
When ~ leaves the battlefield, put all exiled cards with Hibernation counters you own onto the battlefield.
: Exile target creature you control, then put a Hibernation counter on it.
Create a card connected to one of your favourite legendary creatures.
December 26, 2020 2:51 p.m.
DragonOfTheWest says... #44
Ghalta's Roar
Instant
Create X 3/3 green Dinosaur creature tokens where X is half the greatest power among creatures you control rounded down.
When the earth itself calls, the herd assembles.
Another card associated with your favorite legendary creature.
December 26, 2020 3:46 p.m.
LunchBox1211 says... #45
Wrath of Goldnight
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature has +2/+2 and protection from Demons, Devils and Imps.
When equipped creature attacks, draw three cards, then discard a card at random. ~ deals X damage to any target where X is the CMC of the discarded card plus 3.
Equip
Equip Angel
One of the swords that Gisela, Blade of Goldnight uses.
Wildcard, but please not a creature.
December 26, 2020 4:56 p.m.
Naturalized Bears
Creature - Bear
When Naturalized Bears enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice it. If you do, destroy target artifact or enchantment.
2/2
It's Naturalize at sorcery speed, or Grizzly Bears - your choice. This would be a common, and might be more popular than Reclamation Sage for Muldrotha, the Gravetide decks or other green decks that need creatures to do the work of removal spells. Previously to the sage, Acidic Slime was the go-to creature for doing these effects, but it was expensive to cast and clunky. That being said, slime is still a great card and can often be a two for one with its deathtouch.
Create a niche, common card that innovates on an effect that is badly needed. For example, land ramp in red or blue.
December 26, 2020 5:41 p.m.
Omniscience_is_life says... #47
Rotting Aura
Enchantment
At any time you would cause one or more opponents to sacrifice one or more creatures, you may instead destroy target enchantment.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay and sacrifice two creatures. If you do, target opponent sacrifices a creature.
Not sure if MaRo would allow that as a common.
Make a card that has a slightly confusing interaction with the stack
December 26, 2020 6:05 p.m.
Queue Queller
Creature - Wierd
Flash
When you cast Queue Queller, change the target of target spell to Queue Queller. If you can't, counter Queue Queller.
When Queue Queller enters the battlefield, you may change the target of target spell to Queue Queller.
1/3
Make a legendary wall.
December 26, 2020 11:08 p.m.
StardustDragon11 says... #49
Penimtro,Icewall of the Worlds
Legendary Snow Creature-Wall
Defender
Indestructible
Players cannot attack or block with more than 1 creature.
Whenever an opponent is dealt combat damage, each other opponent loses that much life.
0/6
Create a mechanic that cares about color that is for multiplayer.
December 26, 2020 11:53 p.m.
@jasonkrivera Destructor is the combination of 5 Destructicons. Sort of the same thing as Voltron. Assuming I remember the name right. It's been MANY years and my memory might be faulty.
Epicurus says... #1
Doomsday Invoker
Creature - Cleric
, tap three other untapped black clerics you control: Create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying. If all creatures tapped to activate this ability are named ~, destroy all nonland permanents except clerics and demons.
0\2
Make a legendary sorcery that costs exactly , and has Devoid.
December 23, 2020 1:02 a.m. Edited.