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.
Krlk, Ever Reaching
Creature - Plant Elemental
Whenever you play a land and a creature on the same turn, you may pay . If you do, return Krlk, Ever Reaching from your graveyard to the battlefield, or from exile to your hand.
Whenever an opponent plays a land or a non token creature, put a +1 +1 counter on Krlk, Ever Reaching. If ~ has three or more counters, it gains trample.
3/2
"Perhaps the worst thing to come from the omenpaths is Krlk. We have incinerated, purified, necroticized, and dismantled this plant on a molecular level but it won't stop growing. Perhaps instead of tyrants and inter-planar colonists we should have been more concerned about invasive species..."
Cant kill the Kudzu bud. Make a card that supports Leyline creatures. (Leyline creatures are elementals, oozes, angels, shades, and weirds.) If you feel so inclined you can add another type to the Leyline list.
April 18, 2024 9:06 a.m.
Made_Compleat says... #3
Leyline Convergence
Legendary Enchantment
Sunburst
Leyline creatures you control get +x/+x, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Leyline Convergence.
Make a Leyline that supports Leyline creatures.
April 18, 2024 11:25 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #4
I'm not seeing a single thing online as to what the heck a "leyline creature" is.
April 19, 2024 10:37 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #5
TypicalTimmy: I think the phrase came up some pages ago as a descriptor for "mana embodiments", such as, as Tsukimi said above, elementals, oozes, angels, shades, and weirds.
Angelic Shade
Creature - Shade Angel
Flying, Angel
: Until end of turn, creatures you control that are angels or shades get +1/+1 and gain lifelink.
3/3
Let's try something. Let's assume we're heading to the plane of Szeleria, a plane that's populated by sentient, but non-humanoid oozes. As we enter the lore, a new menace arrises, endangering all of Oozekind. +1/+1 counters would be an obvious theme in the set. But what else? And what is the menace to oozekind? Show us!
April 19, 2024 1:54 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #6
I'm busy at work but something I thought would have been adorable for Eldraine was white ooze made out of honey that had the Food subtype as well
Maybe the menace to the Oozekin could be something that is gobbling them all up?
April 19, 2024 2:44 p.m.
austintayshus says... #7
Estok, The Queen of Dust
Legendary Creature - Dust Elemental
Flying
Dust and/or elemental creatures you control have flying and +1/+1.
When ~ attacks, create a 2/1 colorless dust elemental creature token with flying. Then if you control three or more dust and/or elemental creatures, destroy target ooze.
3/4
What's the opposite of Ooze? Dust I think?
I'm imagining that dust storms are affecting the plane and turning parts of it into barren dusty deserts.
Make a card for a planeswalker in MTG lore, but give them an extra color that they don't usually have.
April 20, 2024 11:59 a.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #8
Chandra, Holy Avenger
Legendary Planeswalker - Chandra
When Chandra, Holy Avenger enters the battlefield she deals 3 damage to a number of targets equal to or less than the amount of red mana spent to cast her. Exile all destroyed permanents with mana value equal to or less than the amount of white mana spent to cast her.
+2 Chandra deals 5 damage to any target. Exile it if it was destroyed in this way.
-12 Exile all permanents you don't control.
5
Repeat
April 20, 2024 4:56 p.m.
Ob Nixilis the redeemed
Legendary Planeswalker - Ob Nixilis
+2: Draw 2 cards and Loose 2 life
0: Create a 2/2 white and black Demon with flying and lifeline
-7: Create a 7/7 demon token with "Pay 7 life: draw 7 cards" and a 7/7 white angel creature token with Flying, vigilance and lifelink
3
Thats a card that won't ever exist.
Make a green "boardwipe"
April 21, 2024 6:34 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #10
Squirrel Down
Sorcery
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments. For each permanent destroyed this way, its controller creates a 1/1 green squirrel creature token.
Make a mono- theft card.
April 21, 2024 7:47 a.m.
griffstick says... #11
Purchase
Sorcery (rare)
Gain control of target creature, and that player get a number of treasure tokens equal to that creature's mana cost.
If you like that challenge, do it again otherwise make a card based off one of your pet cards.
April 21, 2024 8:48 a.m.
art for the card aboveaustintayshus says... #13
Civil Asset Forfeiture
Enchantment
Whenever an opponent targets you or a permanent you control as the target or targets of a spell or ability they control, you may pay . If you do, you gain control of that spell or ability and may choose new targets for the spell or ability. Then, if this ability was triggered by an ability created by a permanent card, gain control of that permanent card that created that ability.
God I hope this is worded correctly and is understandable. I think it's wordy enough to be interesting but probably not strong enough or useful enough to see any actual play.
I think white would only be able to steal things under two conditions.
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Like griffstick's card above, white could make an 'equal' trade for something.
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Like my card above, I think white could steal something as a de-arming for an opponent that has broken some pact/law/social order/hierarchy/etc. Somewhat inspired by the 'Crime' mechanic of Outlaws of Thunder Junction, though worded a bit differently to only affect yourself.
Also white is my favorite color of mtg :)
Challenge: You have options! See below.
- Repeat this challenge (make a white steal effect)(if you think I'm wrong and there's more ground to cover with white steal effects :) )
- Make a card based off one of your pet cards.
- Make a card based off one of your pets.
April 21, 2024 9:53 a.m.
Spektor, Master of Neutral Jing
Legendary Creature - Cat Beast Cleric
: The next time target spell or creature would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way, and target opponent loses that much life.
1/4
My cat Spektor is a master of redirecting damage, it's crazy to watch her basically professionally wrestle and always turn aside her brothers attacks. A card for her.
Make a colorshifted version of one of your favorite cards.
April 21, 2024 6 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #15
Creature - Horror
Flying
Whenever Savage Blightmaw attacks, distribute six -1/-1 counters on up to six targets.
As the rancid yellow smog rolled across the field, the farmers realized the only certainty in life... was death.
4/4
Awh what the hell, repeat
April 21, 2024 7:58 p.m.
TheForsakenOne says... #16
Urabrask, Savior of Machines
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor God
First Strike, Trample
For each in a cost you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
Whenever you cast a red spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Urabrask, Savior of Machines.
5/5
Colorshifted K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Create a Saga or Battle card for what Bolas said he was going to do after becoming a god: Blow up New Phyrexia.
April 22, 2024 12:15 a.m.
The Building of Bolas's Big Bomb
Saga
If ~ would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead
: Return a card from your graveyard to your hand
: Create 4 1/1 red goblin artificer creature tokens called "bomb mechanics" with haste and ": add "
: Exile all nonland nonplaneswalker permanents, graveyards and hands. If the game allows silver border cards, exile both players, and the game continues with Nicol Bolas playing both hands. All hail Bolas who's bomb has ridded the multiverse of these foul phyrexians.
Create another saga of another time in Bolas's life
April 22, 2024 12:37 p.m.
Chronicles of the Elders
Legendary Enchantment - Saga
Create a 3/3 colorless Dragon creature token with Flying for each color spent to cast ~
Sacrifice a Dragon. Put two +1/+1 counters and a Trample counter on target nonlegendary Dragon you control. It becomes Red, Black and Blue in addition to its other colors.
Put an Indestructible counter on target nonlegendary Dragon you control. It becomes a legendary Creature named Nicol Bolas.
Destroy all nonlegendary creatures. You get an emblem with "Whenever a legendary Dragon you control deals combat damage to a player, that player discards their hand."
Make a Planeswalker with only one loyalty ability that is a + ability, and one static ability, with mana cost exactly , and would be a good utility piece in a lot of different deck archetypes.
April 23, 2024 2:30 a.m.
Made_Compleat says... #19
Aminatou,Three Steps Ahead
Legendary Planeswalker - Aminatou
You may activate the loyalty abilities of Aminatou any time you would cast an instant, and you may only activate them during an opponent's turn.
+1: Counter target spell unless its controller pays .
3
There, how's that for utility?
Make another Aminatou planeswalker.
April 23, 2024 11 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #20
Aminatou, Three Fates Revealed
Legendary Planeswalker - Aminatou
+2 Create a 0/1 blue insect enchantment creature token named Butterfly. It has flying and ", sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell unless its controller pays ."
+1 Surveil X where X is Aminatou's loyalty.
-2 Fateseal X where X is Aminatou's loyalty.
-12 After this turn, there is an additional turn. Then, gain control of each opponents next turn.
4
Far too often now do we see a Planeswalker who's ultimate is more akin to a strong sorcery, when their ultimate should be a game-winning investment.
Make a Planeswalker who's ultimate essentially makes you win the game, without it just saying "You win the game".
April 23, 2024 11:43 a.m.
Urza, Maste Malzra
Legendary planeswalker - Urza
+2: Target artifact you control becomes a 5/5 creature with vigilance, hexproof and flying
0: Search your library for a card named "starfield orb" and put it onto the battlefield
-10:Exile all creatures and sacrifice urza, destroyer of dominaria , then create a 20/20 a legendary artifact creature token with vigilance, indestructible, hexproof and trample called "the legacy weapon".
The starfield orb was an artifact made by urza as an unused contingency plan against the phyrexian invasion.
Next challenge: Make the starfield orb
April 23, 2024 12:02 p.m.
6 is his intended loyalty, I am not on it today. apologies
April 23, 2024 12:05 p.m.
Made_Compleat says... #24
The Starfield Orb
Legendary Artifact
Artifacts you cast cost less to cast.
Sacrifice 20 other artifacts: Exile The Starfield Orb and up to 20 other permanents.
I think I pegged the classic Urza vibe of "basically a magical nuke" pretty well.
Make another "basically a magical nuke" artifact.
April 23, 2024 12:17 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #25
Bloodfire Devastator
Artifact Creature - Giant Golem
Trample, Menace
, , sacrifice ~: It deals X damage to each creature, each planeswalker and each player. If a permanent dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
7/7
Bloodfire Colossus has propably never been good. So let's krank it up a little bit. I have at least two decks where I'd run this.
Btw, that's your challenge: Create a card you'd run in multiple of your decks. The format doesn't matter, but simply making it a generally good card would be lazy.
April 23, 2024 11:41 p.m.
rainbow
Land - Rainbow
Rainbow enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a green creature
: add one mana of any colour
"I will not rest till i have me gold"
repeat
April 24, 2024 10:56 a.m.
markbeloit says... #27
Sun Container
When Sun Container enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Sacrifice Sun Container: Add two mana in any combination of colors. You cannot activate this ability if Sun Container entered the battlefield this turn.
Wild.
April 24, 2024 2:05 p.m.
Issekai, Story's Thread
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter Spirit
Flying, Ward
You may have Issekai, Story's Thread enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature, except it has "token copies of this creature are non legendary" and "At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that is a copy of this creature."
0/0
I love clones, I love token copies, and I would absolutely use this card in a few different decks. Repeat!
April 24, 2024 4:33 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #29
Yindri, God of Fables
Legendary Creature - Bard God
Indestructible
Whenever you finish a fable, create three treasure tokens, scry 2 and draw a card. You may then discard a card. If you do, destroy target nonland permanent with equal or less mana value. (To finish a fable, cast both halves of a spell that has Adventure, complete a Dungeon, or complete a Saga from its first lore counter.)
5/5
:)
Wild
April 24, 2024 4:41 p.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #30
The artwork was borrowed from the real MTG card Inspiring Bard
April 25, 2024 12:20 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #31
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a giant card from your hand.
Choose one. If the revealed card's manavalue was 7 or greater, choose one or both instead:
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~ Deals X damage to each non-giant creature, where X is the revealed card's mana value.
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Draw X cards, where X is the revealed card's mana value.
I'm currently really enjoying my giant EDH. That card would be a blast in there.
Create a mono- mythic rare wolf creature.
April 25, 2024 3:29 a.m.
Elephant Wolf
Creature - Wolf Elephant
Deathtouch, trample, vigilance
Whenever Elephant wolf attacks choose one:
-
Each wolf you control fights, 1 target creature your opponent controls
-
Search your library for up to x basic forest cards and put them into your hand, where x is the number of elephants you control,
"On Ikoria the only thing brushwaggs fear is fear itself. It would be wise if they chose more sensible things to be scared of"
4/5
The last time I played standard was really just after Ikoria. It really was not a healthy meta because whilst there was deck diversity it was just so fast and control decks also where so good (meaning games would take forever to play)
I played a mono-green "pushed green mythic rares go brrrr" deck with stuff like Questing Beast and Gemrazer and the killer The Great Henge. It wasn't as good as the control decks but it did win in a reasonable amount of time. So this card is just another mythic rare green creature with pushed stats.
Next challenge create an elephant tribal card
April 25, 2024 4:53 a.m.
forgot about the deathtouch trample interaction. It just has trample not deathtouch
April 25, 2024 4:54 a.m.
Otule, Matriarch of Migration
Legendary Creature - Elephant Matriarch Avatar
When Otule, Matriarch of Migration enters the battlefield, search your library for a forest or plains card. Then if you control another elephant, put that land onto the battlefield. If not, put that card into your hand.
Elephants you control gain +X +X where X is the number of basic forests and plains you control. If X is 5 or more, other Elephants you control have Vigilance, Trample, and Ward .
Whenever one or more creatures attack you, you gain 2 life for each basic land you control.
5/5
"Mother, Shepherd, Leader of the Heard - Otule goes by many names known by many children. Generation after generation followed these paths, until Otule appeared again to lead them."
That was surprisingly fun. Elephants are insanely intelligent and have been observed to remember many branching migration routes, perform funeral rights, and more.
Create a martiarch card for another typal group that doesn't get a lot of love.
April 25, 2024 9:11 a.m.
Made_Compleat says... #36
Llawan, Cephalid Matriarch
Legendary Creature - Cephalid Noble
Cephalids you control have Ward .
Tap any number of Cephalids, Octopodes, Squid, and/or Jellyfish you control with converted mana cost X: gain control of target creature with converted mana cost X or less.
3/5
Hehe, that was fun. Make another Cephalid tribal card.
And yes, the correct pluralization of octopus is octopodes.
April 25, 2024 9:56 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #37
Queza's Thoughtbender
Creature - Cephalid Warlock
Ward - Mill three cards.
Other cephalids you control have "Ward - Mill three cards".
Whenever an opponent mills one or more cards, you may exile up to one of them.
You may cast cards exiled with ~ if that card's owner has been dealt damage this turn by a cephalid you control.
3/4
Create a legendary creature card depicting a team-up of Chatterfang, Squirrel General and Kibo, Uktabi Prince.
April 26, 2024 1:13 a.m.
Made_Compleat says... #38
Chatterfang and Kibo
Legendary Creature - Squirrel Ape
Whenever one or more tokens would enter the battlefield under your control, create that many tokens plus a colorless artifact token named Banana with ", Sacrifice this artifact: add or and you gain two life" instead.
, : Sacrifice any number of artifacts or creatures you control. Create twice that many 1/1 Squirrel tokens at the beginning of the next end step.
3/4
Clearly something has forced these two superpowers to unite. Probably Emrakul, because of the Emrakul vs. 15 squirrels meme. Create a card representing Emrakul's influence that forced Chatterfang and Kibo to unite.
April 26, 2024 9:47 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #39
Basically just Emrakul rending worlds apart again as she does.
Let's see another card that makes a legendary token.
April 26, 2024 12:10 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #40
Mechtitan Emergency Call
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, search your hand, library and/or graveyard for six vehicle cards with different names and exile them, then shuffle.
Create Mechtitan, a legendary 10/10 Construct artifact creature token with flying, vigilance, trample, lifelink, and haste that’s all colors. When that token leaves the battlefield, shuffle all cards exiled with this spell into your library.
Create an MV6 instant that draws two cards as part of its effect.
April 26, 2024 1:13 p.m.
austintayshus says... #41
Bant Epiphany
Choose one or more:
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Draw two cards.
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Put target attacking or blocking creature on the bottom of it's owners library.
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Put target spell on top of it's owners library.
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Destroy target artifct or enchantment.
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Each player shuffles their graveyard into their library.
Based on Sublime Epiphany.
I think 5 is the highest number of choices ever printed on any modal card like this. Can't fit much more than that on a card.
Challenge: Make an artifact that makes enchantment tokens.
April 26, 2024 1:26 p.m.
markbeloit says... #42
Aether Converter
Artifact
Whenever a nontoken artifact or enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, untap Aether Converter and add .
,: Create a Shard token. (It's an enchantment with ", Sacrifice this enchantment: Scry 1, then draw a card.")
Wild.
April 26, 2024 7:17 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #43
The Queen
Legendary Creature - Giant Elder Alien
Trample, menace
At the beginning of your upkeep and whenever The Queen deals combat damage to an opponent, create a 0/2 black Alien Egg creature token with defender. It has ", , sacrifice this token: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn."
Whenever a creature dies, if an Alien you control caused it die, create a 3/3 black Alien Warrior creature token.
7/7
Wild
April 26, 2024 11:10 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #45
Riptide Devastator
Creature - Elemental Leviathan
Islandwalk
As long as you control three or more islands, ~ has hexproof.
Whenever ~ attacks, put a flood counter on target land. It becomes an island.
6/6
Create a mono- 6/6 for (is "Dreadmaw" established enough to use it for that?).
April 28, 2024 3:40 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #46
Radiance Overseer
Creature - Angel Cleric (Mythic)
Flash
Flying
When Radiance Overseer enters the battlefield, you may exile target creature or planeswalker who attacked you or targeted you this turn. You gain life equal to its mana value.
6/6
Make a creature, legendary or not, who's name is "Archangel of the Eclipse". If it's legendary, add an angelic name in front of that title.
It must have an Orzhov () identity.
April 28, 2024 12:41 p.m.
Archangel of the Eclipse
Creature - Angel
Flying, Vigilance
Foretell
When Archangel of the Eclipse enters the battlefield or attacks, tap each other creature.
Whenever a tapped nontoken creature dies, create a token copy of it except its a 1/1 black and white spirit with flying in addition to its other types.
6/6
Create an eclipse themed cleric, god or religion based card.
April 28, 2024 11:16 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #48
Shvintabtu, God of the Eclipse
Legendary Creature - God
Deathtouch, lifelink
Shvintabtu costs less to cast for each nontoken creature you sacrifice while casting it.
When Shvintabtu enters the battlefield, create a number of 2/2 black Horror creature tokens equal to the number of creatures you sacrificed when casting it. They have "When this creature dies, you gain 2 life. Put two -1/-1 counters on up to one target creature."
5/7
Tried to balance themes of life and death. I could have done the whole "X =" thing but that's just paying into a mana dump. That doesn't represent life and death.
The more you are willing to kill, the more you are rewarded.
And if you kill 8 creatures and now have an army of 2/2s that can blow up the board and gain you a bunch of life when they die... Well, nobody will want to attack into you, and will be hesitant to block you
Make another card that offers a hard choice to make
April 29, 2024 1:44 a.m.
Quincy Promes
Legendary Creature - Human
Haste, Trample, ward
When ~ deals combat damage to an opponent create a treasure token.
whenever a creature blocks ~, ~ deals 3 damage to any target
2/1
"Quincey ran, and ran and he never stopped. And anyone who tried to stop him, even family, Quincey saw them dealt with"
The second ability is very good because if you try and block Quincey with anything with toughness less than 3 then quincey can dispatch it and still deal comat damage due to the trample.Overall in Modern or something it would be a pain to play against but no worse than Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer.
So either you never block quincey or you have to use a creature with at least 4 toughness and probably still use the creature.
Next Challenge: make a red rush commander
April 29, 2024 5:05 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #50
Kerin, The Abundance Flame
Legendary Creature - Phoenx
Flying, haste
Whenever you cast a spell from your hand that has one or more targets, you may exile X cards from the top of your library where X was that spells mana value. You may play those cards until end of turn.
: Return Kerin from your graveyard to your hand.
3/3
Just 2 removals and Kerin becomes more cost effective to just let die and go to your graveyard.
And because it says "play cards" and not "cast spells", you can grab a land if you exiled one and haven't played a land yet for the turn.
Feels good to make a hyper aggressive mono-red card again. That was sort of my roots when I first got into Magic.
So your challenge is the same thing. Make a card that was sort of the vibe of how you played when you first got into MTG :)
TypicalTimmy says... #1
Encroaching Vines
Creature - Plane Wall
Defender
When Encroaching Vines enters the battlefield you may destroy target artifact, enchantment or creature with flying. If you do, put a number of +0/+1 counters on Encroaching Vines equal to that permanents mana value.
0/5
+1/+0 and +0/+1 counters aren't used anymore but they use to exist. I believe there also use to be a +2/+1 counter.
Make another card that uses one or more of these ancient counters.
April 17, 2024 10:31 p.m.