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.
Qilghal, Yeti Titan
Legendary Creature - Yeti
Partners with Bridgette, Arctic Lawmage
Tapped creatures you don't control get -2/-0.
Tapped creatures you control get +2/+0.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total, you may tap or untap target permanent.
4/5
I've lost track of which factions need support and focus. Create a card for a faction you think needs help right now.
March 15, 2024 4:35 p.m.
Made_Compleat says... #3
I will always be a Leviathans person at heart, and the deck either needs ramp or top end. They're the "Cast a crap ton (or tonne in SI units) of big spells" faction, after all. Sooooo...
Vereth'hoth, The Ventraiser
Creature - Leviathan Shaman
Channel - , discard Vereth'hoth: Create a colorless Hydrothermal Vents land token with ": Add or and you loose two life." Shuffle Vereth'hoth back into its owner's library.
Whenever Vereth'hoth would die, shuffle it into its owner's library and create a Hydrothermal Vents token.
7/7
Create a Matzhoth card with the typeline "Griffin Phoenix."
March 18, 2024 10:02 a.m.
Roaring Firebeak
Creature - Griffin Phoenix
Flying
At the beggining of combat on your turn, put a warmth counter onto target creature you control.
Creatures you control with warmth counters have Haste.
Remove 3 warmth counters from among permanents you control: Return Roaring Firebeak from your graveyard to the battlefield.
4/3
Create an artifact that cares about warmth counters.
March 18, 2024 11:11 p.m.
TheForsakenOne says... #5
The Frozen Citadel
Legendary Artifact
At the beginning of your end step, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature without a warmth counter on it, then remove a warmth counter from target creature.
: Put a warmth counter on target creature. Any player may activate this ability.
Create a plane card for Old Phyrexia
March 20, 2024 4:32 p.m.
The Fifth Sphere
Plane - Phyrexia
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Whenever chaos ensues, create three 1/1 black Phyrexian creature tokens with toxic 1, then sacrifice a creature.
The Fifth Sphere is the Boiling Sea, which is an ocean of glistening oil used to create proto-Phyrexians called newts.
Create an Elemental Wizard card.
March 20, 2024 4:57 p.m.
TheoryCrafter says... #7
Aeromancer Elemental
Creature- Elemental Wizard
Uncommon
Flying, Vigilance, Ward
: X target creatures you control get flying where X is the number of instant and sorceries you cast this turn.
1/3
Wild
March 21, 2024 8:54 a.m.
The Lia Fáil, the rock at the center of the universe
Legendary Land
~ Enters the battlefield tapped unless and doesn't untap during your untap phase
Sacrifice 2 creatures with combined power 4 or greater: Untap the Lia Fail and transform it and you become the monarch
"On top of the hill of Tara, the Lia Fáil stood, for millennia, waiting for the high king of Ireland to return...
Tara, the walking hill
Legendary creature - Elemental Ancient
Trample, Indestructible
: Add
6/6
"...and When he did and offered up the correct sacrifice, the rock itself let out a roar"
Just missed st.Patricks day but I read about this Irish myth recently and I thought it was fairly nifty
Anyway next challenge: Make either the welsh flag dragon , or the Bhutan flags dragon (Which would win in a fight???)
March 21, 2024 11:08 a.m.
Made_Compleat says... #9
Clash of Nations
Enchantment
When Clash of Nations enters the battlefield, choose an opponent. Put a war counter on each land you control and each land that opponent controls.
Lands with war counters on them are 4/4 red and white dragon creatures with flying and haste in addition to their other types.
More war counters, please!
March 21, 2024 11:25 a.m.
Imminent Escalation Enchantment
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to a player, that player puts a war counter on up to three creatures controlled by that creature's controller.
Whenever a player puts a war counter on a permanent, that player goads that permanent.
Creatures with three or more war counters on them attack each combat if able.
What if Skysovereign, Consul Flagship made its way to Amonkhet?
March 21, 2024 9:55 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #11
I tried to look up any bit of lore about it and found nothing. But, given what a sovereign nation is and what a consulate does, and what it means to be a flagship, it should effectively be a vessel that seeks to separate itself and her people from a city-state and act as a bastion for protection, through threat of violence.
In other words; EAT PEACE, MOTHER FUCKER!!
Skysoverign, Glory of Amonkhet
Legendary Artifact - Vehicle
Flying, haste
Whenever Skysoverign attacks, choose two. You may instead exert Skysoverign when it attacks, if you do choose three instead. You may choose the same mode more than once:
- Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
- Skysoverign deals 2 damage to any target.
- Discard a card, then draw a card.
Crew 5
6/8
I love how if you exert it the first time, it can effectively crew itself thereafter :3
Feels uncharacteristically Ravnican, so I added the bit about exert to blend it into Amonkhet a bit more.
Challenge!!
Uuhh, idk wildcard I guess?
March 21, 2024 10:43 p.m. Edited.
TheForsakenOne says... #12
Swarmlord Glissa
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Elf Preator
First Strike, Deathtouch
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
At the beginning of each opponents upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature they control.
3/3
Make a card for another named Phyrexian being promoted to Preator, following the Preator ability trend.
March 22, 2024 12:02 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #13
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Cat Praetor
Vigilance
Whenever an artifact or creature you control enters tapped, untap it.
Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
3/4
I'd rather not make this a cycle. Instead, create a pillow fort card.
March 22, 2024 12:40 a.m.
Malcatro the Maker
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Elephant Praetor
Ward
Artifact spells and creature spells you cast cost less to cast.
Artifact and creature spells your opponents cast cost more to cast.
5/5
And ninja'ed.
Quill Barrier
Enchantment
Whenever one or more creatures attack you, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, Quill Barrier deals damage equal to each creature attacking you equal to the revealed card's mana value.
Create a card that shows a giant stack of rocks.
March 22, 2024 12:56 a.m.
TheoryCrafter says... #15
Cairn of Days and Nights
Image: A tall mound of rocks in a spiral form sticks out on a rocky plain.
Artifact
Uncommon
: Add one mana of any color.
, : Shuffle all cards in your graveyard into your library. Then, if it is neither day or night, it becomes day. Otherwise, it becomes day.
Several Giants led by Rosheen built it to mark Oona's Defeat-- and as a failsafe.
Create a card you can use to planeswalk without a die. It must be Omenpath flavored and playable in Legacy/Vintage.
March 22, 2024 7:46 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #16
This challenge seems to be asking us to make a card that works with the Planechase decks, without using the Planar die, yet allows us to use the Planechase decks in Legacy and Vintage, which to the best of my knowledge would become immediately unplayable as that would require using a deck that is too slow for formats that literally see people win just by their opening hands alone.
So... shrug?
March 22, 2024 10:20 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #17
Sudden Ignition
Instant
If this card is in your opening hand, you may reveal it and cast it without paying it's mana cost at the beginning of your upkeep.
Choose a Plane from among the Planechase deck and planeswalk there. If there is no Planechase deck, create one. If you can not, add instead and this spell deals 7 damage to you instead.
Chandra did not notice she had traversed worlds for several hours, because it is that difficult to discern one type of ash and molten rock from another...
Able to be cast for free (Legacy, Vintage), and allows you to Planeswalk without a Planer die.
Added ramp because why not. You can start the game with six red mana. Possibly nine if you can also creep up to 22 life and sustain 21 damage.
Wild
March 22, 2024 10:26 a.m. Edited.
Civilized Swamp
Land- Swamp
~ Enters the battlefield tapped.
Whenever a human enters the battlefield under your control for the first time each turn, if you control 3 or more humans, untap ~
, : Create a 1/1 white and black human citizen creature token with vigilance and lifelink
Make a card in which allows you to pay resources to get negative effects for yourself.
March 22, 2024 5:38 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #19
Phoenix Zealot
Creature - Viashino Shaman
Haste
: Add . Only activate this ability if you control a phoenix.
Discard X cards, pay X life: Create an X/X red phoenix creature token with flying and haste.
1/3
Create a white legendary creature with an activated ability that costs .
March 24, 2024 6:49 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #20
Maru, Blades of Sand
Legendary Creature - Human Sand Warrior
Vigilance
, : Reveal the top card of your library. You may exile it. If you do, Maru gets +3/+0 until end of turn. Otherwise draw it and Maru gets +0/+3 until end of turn. If the card is exiled, you may play it until end of turn and spend any color mana when casting it.
3/3
Call this set: "Amonkhet: Judgement" (AKJ)
The idea is Hazoret, now able to freely traverse the multiverse, has sought out planes with other gods in an effort to ask them to restore her world.
Most Gods ignored her pleas.
Some Gods fell on emotion and agreed. Gods such as Karametra, God of Harvests and Athreos, God of Passage who agreed to make Amonkhet flourish with life and end the damning of the bodies in the sands. And Halvar, God of Battle Flip who was enthralled by the stories of the Trials and wants to rebuild and train a new breed of warriors.
But, one God in particular saw an opportunity to seize a new world for subjugation, and brought with them Gods who seek destruction and dominion.
In this Amonkhet set, Gods from across the multiverse inhabit this one world, with one God leading the cause for their own destructive purposes.
Create that new God.
March 24, 2024 7:52 p.m. Edited.
Sempatz, the Coming Storm
Legendary Creature - God Warrior
When Sempatz, the Coming Storm dies, put it on top of your library.
If a creature would deal damage to one of your opponents, it deals twice that much damage instead.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control a creature that could have attacked but didn't, each opponent discards a card and sacrifices a permanent.
4/4
Create another god with a "class" subtype.
March 24, 2024 8:33 p.m.
Wippy, God of happy
Legendary creature - God Cleric Pig
Defender, Lifelink
As long as your devotion to white and green is less than seven, Wippy lose defender and gain Deathtouch.
If damage would be dealt to any creature, planeswalker or player that damage is dealt to Wippy instead
2/8
Everybody friends? Everybody? soo you kill my friends YOU WILL DIE!!!!!!!!
Make that one card that dont exist and you will love thats real because it will fit in your deck, them explain your deck
March 26, 2024 3:45 p.m.
TheForsakenOne says... #23
Omaxin, The Endless Story
Legendary Enchantment Creature - Saga God
Indestructible
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter)
I: Draw a card for each Saga you control.
II: Sagas you control cost less to cast until the end of your next turn.
III: Remove all Lore counters from Omaxin, the Endless Story, then it becomes a copy of target Saga you control except its name is still Omaxin, the Endless Story, it's still a creature, and it has "If this saga would be sacrificed, instead exile it and return it to the battlefield under its owners control".
7/7
Good old Tom Bombadil Sagas if you couldn't tell. Though this guy could be the commander in his own right
Create another weird saga that covers new ground.
March 26, 2024 6:36 p.m.
markbeloit says... #24
Winding Song
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
: Put a Song counter on two target permanents.
: Tap all permanents your opponents control with Song counters on them. Untap all permanents you control with Song counters on them. Then remove all Song counters from all permanents.
Wild.
March 26, 2024 9:24 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #25
I was talking to my friend about making Mortal Kombat precons; Outworld vs Earthrealm
He suggested we do a mechanic called Finish Him. Although it should be Finish Them, because some characters are female.
Anyway that inspired this:
Finish Them!
Instant
If target creature or planeswalker would be destroyed, exile it instead and draw a card. If you control your commander and you exiled an opponents commander, instead draw three cards and that permanents owner loses 10 life.
Wild
March 27, 2024 12:53 a.m. Edited.
Hivetongue Plaguespeaker
Creature - Human Druid Warlock
Nontoken creatures enter the battlefield with an additional -1/-1 counter on them.
, Remove a counter from among permanents you control: create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
1/2
Create a blue red hatebear (2/2 that disables certain archetypes/synergies)
March 27, 2024 5:58 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #27
Ionic Soup
Creature - Weird (Rare)
The first spell cast each turn that you do not control that targets you or a permanent you do control costs an additional to cast.
As baffling as it is confusing.
2/2
You guys remember Prismari from Strixhaven? The Izzet school of artistic expressions and music?
Make a card for them called "Razzle Dazzle"
March 28, 2024 1:25 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #28
Razzle Dazzle
Instant
The next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn may be cast as though it had flash. That spell gains "Up to one target creature gets +2/+0 and can't be blocked until end of turn".
It's like 'Ooomph', but less violent.
Make a mythic rare MV3 enchantment.
March 28, 2024 1:45 a.m.
griffstick says... #29
I hope everyone like this one. I used unique methods to make this.
Next challenge is to make a creature with the creature type magician
March 28, 2024 10:11 a.m.
austintayshus says... #30
Boasting Illusionist
Creature - Human Magician
Prowess, Vigilence
; Exile target noncreature permanent you control. Return it to the battlefield at the beginning of the next endstep.
1/3
Make a card based on or inspired by the last movie you watched, book you read, podcast you consumed, etc.
March 28, 2024 10:29 a.m.
Spell_Slam says... #31
Dream Link
Enchantment
When Dream Link enters, choose target opponent. You may look at the top card of the chosen player's library at any time.
At the beginning of the chosen opponent's upkeep, you may have that player mill a card. If you do, you and that opponent each make a Clue token.
This was based on the book "Griffin and Sabine", where Sabine sees what Griffin draws while she sleeps.
Make a Vehicle that is a taxi service.
March 28, 2024 10:54 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #32
TypicalTimmy, look at that spoiler. My design seems to pretty in line with what WotC understands from the word :D
March 29, 2024 1:21 a.m.
Transport on Demand
Artifact - Vehicle
When Transport on Demand becomes crewed, return all creatures exiled this way to the battlefield under their owners' control, then exile all creatures crewing Transport on Demand.
Crew 2
4/4
Funky templating. I'm trying to get a bunch of creatures into the taxi, have them leave, then come back when someone else gets in the taxi. Hope that comes through.
Create a creature that makes itself weaker to make other creatures stronger or vice versa.
March 29, 2024 1:59 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #34
Angel of Sacrifice
Creature - Angel Cleric
Flying, vigilance, lifeline
Angel of Sacrifice enters the battlefield with X -1/-1 counters on it.
When Angel of Sacrifice enters the battlefield, put X +1/+1 counters on each other creature you control.
She gave her life, not out of fear or mercy, but out of courage and hope. To inspire and rally those around her. To be, what she never could.
5/5
Make a Demon Cleric
March 29, 2024 2:30 a.m.
TheForsakenOne says... #35
Alzagor, Flesh Thief
Legendary Creature - Demon Cleric
Flying, Lifelink
Whenever another nontoken creature dies you may exile it. If you do Alzagor, Flesh Thief becomes a copy of that creature, except its name is Alzagor, Flesh Thief, it's still Legendary, and it has flying, lifelink, and this ability.
1/1
Rejoice, for they shall worship you for as long as I wear your flesh
Make another Blue Demon
March 29, 2024 2:58 a.m.
Smiling Riddlekeeper
Creature - Demon
Flying
Ward - Name the same card that has been secretly chosen.
As Smiling Riddlekeeper enters the battlefield, secretly choose a card name.
: Each opponent may name a card. If none of them name the secretly chosen card, reveal your choice and search your library for that card.
4/4
Lets see a white and/or green demon (activated abilitys or transformations that are not white or green are allowed)
March 29, 2024 5:44 a.m.
austintayshus says... #37
Devoted Cleric
Creature - Human Cleric
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain one life.
, Pay 3 life, Sacrifice a creature: Transform Devoted Cleric.
1/1
Infernal Warden
Creature - Demon
(Infernal Warden is black)
Flying, Lifelink
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
5/5
Inspired by Soul Warden and Suture Priest and Westvale Abbey Flip
wildcard
March 29, 2024 11:49 p.m.
Unspoken Water
Sorcery
You can't cast Unspoken Water if you've cast another spell this turn.
Until the beginning of your next upkeep or until you cast another spell, you can't lose the game, opponents can't win the game, and you gain protection from opponents.
"If you collect water from under a bridge leading to a cemetery without making any noise, it will cure all diseases and heal all wounds." -- Kithkin superstition
Inspired by a bit of archaic Scottish folklore I just learned about. Also the name of an Aquaman comic series.
Create a card based on some interesting folklore, custom, or practice.
March 30, 2024 12:54 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #39
Read em and Weep
Sorcery
Draw two cards, then each player reveals their hand. The player with the highest combined mana value creates five treasure tokens and five clue tokens. Each other player discards a card at random.
If there is a tie, each of those players reveals the top card of their library, then adds that mana value to their totals. Put that card on the bottom of each players library. Repeat this process until there is a winner.
Ope
Instant
Target permanent phases out.
"Ope, pardon me, sorry there bud. Didn't mean to be in your way there."
It's a Midwest thing.
You folks wouldn't understand.
Make a giant armored transport vehicle. It can either be a legitimate vehicle subtype, or a creature such a Construct or Juggernaut.
March 30, 2024 1:05 a.m.
markbeloit says... #40
Colossus Transport
Artifact - Vehicle
When Colossus Transport attacks, you may exile a card from your hand face-down.
,: You may cast a creature card exiled with Colossus Transport without paying its mana cost. Activate this ability only if Colossus Transport dealt combat damage to a player this turn.
Crew 5
7/5
Make a ship vehicle.
March 30, 2024 7:44 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #41
Use it to cast Armored Transport. We gonna Russian Nesting Dolls this nonsense lol
March 30, 2024 8:09 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #42
Devil's Chains
Legendary Artifact - Vehicle
Menace, haste
When Devil's Chains attacks, create two 2/2 black Pirate creature tokens with menace and one 4/2 red pirate creature token with "This creature can't block." tapped and attacking
When you control ten or more Pirates, transform Devil's Chains.
Crew 5
4/6
Angrath, Sea Devil
Legendary Planeswalker - Angrath
+2 Create a Raid token. It is a colorless artifact with ", , sacrifice this token: Gain control of target nonland permanent with mana value X or less. Activate this ability only if a creature you control dealt combat damage to that permanent's controller or owner this turn."
-6 Gain control of target permanent. Untap it, it gains haste.
-12 Angrath deals damage to each opponent and each permanent you don't control equal to the number of permanents you control that you do not own.
5
Damn that's an aggressive commander. Kill on sight, am I right?
Make something related to yow favorite Planeswalker, and make it transform into your favorite Planeswalker.
Alternatively!
Gonna sound weird, but.......
Make something that makes PLANESWALKER TOKENS
March 30, 2024 8:35 p.m.
Kasmina, the Recruiter
Legendary Planeswalker - Kasmina
At the beginning of your end step, if you control no other planeswalkers, create a blue planeswalker token named Student with "-1: Draw a card." and starting loyalty 2.
+1 Scry 2.
-3 Search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
3
Create a Wall creature.
March 30, 2024 8:51 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #44
Beautiful design!! And the best Planeswalker for the job! I was concerned it might just be another Jace that makes illusion clones lol
Wall of Viscera
Creature - Zombie Wall
Defender
Deathtouch
When Wall of Viscera enters the battlefield, you may pay any amount of life. If you do, Wall of Viscera enters with that many +1/+1 counters.
When Liliana established her Keep of the Dead, she lined the walls with the bodies of her victims, literally.
1/5
Why you might want like an 11/12 wall, idk but I'm sure you can find reasons for it in black zombie decks ;)
Make another Wall, but this time it's printed power is higher than it's printed toughness!
March 30, 2024 10:26 p.m. Edited.
austintayshus says... #45
Chronoclast Phalanx
Creature - Human Wall
Flash,
First Strike, Defender
: ~ loses Defender until end of turn
4/2
Make a legendary dog creature
March 30, 2024 11:49 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #46
Kodo, Marshal of the Courts
Legendary Creature - Giant Dog Knight (Depicted as a massive deep brown great Dane ordained with a jeweled crown and a purple royal mantle with what appears to possibly be Dalmatian fur accenting it, for its disturbing implications)
Defender, vigilance
Whenever you trigger one of Kodo's abilities, it loses defender and gains +1/+1 until end of turn.
Spells with Adamant abilities that you cast require one less colored mana to trigger their ability.
Whenever you go on an Adventure, create a food or treasure token.
Whenever you Bargain, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
4/6
Think you could work your magic here, griffstick? :)
So clearly Kodo is a value commander who wants to be built around Eldraine mechanics. And if you notice, each mechanic can work in tandem with another, allowing for strong flexibility. And the more spells you cast, the bigger and more aggressive he becomes for the turn.
In a way, he's almost a Voltron commander, but has a strong value aspect to him.
Challenge: Make a card for Kodo's deck!
March 31, 2024 12:48 a.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #49
I kinda realized Kodo unintentionally loops himself a lil bit. Basically his first triggered ability will witness itself, per wording.
It'll need to be cleaned up to "whenever ANOTHER of Kodo's abilities (...)"
Otherwise if you cast, say, an Adventure he will get +1/+1 for the adventure trigger as well as +1/+1 because his first ability triggered as well, giving him +2/+2
March 31, 2024 9:19 p.m.
austintayshus says... #50
Milo, Lord of the Treasury
Legendary Creature - Dog Advisor
, , sacrifice a food token or a treasure token: Create X food or treasure artifact tokens, where X is the number of dogs and/or knights you control.
2/3
Welcome Feast
Sorcery - Adventure
Create two food or treasure artifact tokens.
Create another card for the Kodo deck or wildcard.
griffstick says... #1
Continue making cards for Matzoth
March 15, 2024 12:07 p.m. Edited.