Designer's Workshop 1

Card Design

squire1

12 March 2013

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Hello everyone! As you may or not have noticed, I have been on a hiatus for a bit. You know...blah, blah, blah...real life stuff. Anyway, I am hoping to slowly wade back into the fray.

So as many of you may know, I was a member and the leader (for a time) of the Tappedout Community Set design team. I had a lot of fun with the project but it was very time consuming. To check out the set see here:

Enough of rehashing the past, what are we doing this time, right? Well this time I am planning on starting a for fun oriented design series. I wil come up with ideas or concepts for a card or mechanic and ask you all to design them. Then I will present some of the highlights of what you guys did with some comments on them.

I am going to try to stretch your minds relating to design, by attempting to different facets of design such as:

  • Top-down design
  • Designing set concepts
  • Designing from art
  • Designing for specific types of players (Timmy, Spike, etc.)
  • Designing to support a mechanic
  • Designing by color or color bleed
  • Designing by card types or type matters
  • Developing new card/creature types
  • Designing mechanics
  • Designing odd set cards (unglued, etc.)

And many other concepts. Let me be clear, this is not a competition. I will be posting designs that are submitted and seem interesting (I will not be able to post all of them). I will also be looking for input from all of you for ideas as well. I will be providing input to the best of my ability. I am hoping to both hone my skills and all of yours in reference to card design through this process.

First assignment

So let us get started with the fun shall we. Here is you first assignment. Design your dream card. This is just to prime your pumps and get you thinking. Here are the guidlines:

  1. Design your dream card - we have all had a card that we wanted to be printed. We all have our reasons for them. Do not worry about rules that WOTC has put on us or why they have put on them. Just design a card you will love. Use any: type, mechanic, idea. Anything.
  2. That is the only rule. Well that and if you use any artwork, you must site the artwork.

How to submit?

I want people to be able to submit cards/ideas in a variety of ways, so any of these are fine.

  1. Put your card directly in the thread below. You can put images or just text. This will promote discussing prior to the next presented article.
  2. Email the design to me. You can do this at [email protected].

Please make sure you include all inforamation needed, for example, please do not submit a card without a casting cost or a creature without a power and toughness.

So now you have your mission, these will be due one week from ther post date. At which point I will post some of the designs with my feedback along with my presentation for the assignment.

If that all makes sense, start designing! Have fun

The next article in this series is Designer's Workshop 1 Feedback

DaShPrime says... #1

Lord of the Auction - BBBB

Creature - Demon

10/10, intimidate, lifelink, protection from white

When Lord of the Auction enters the battlefield, players may sacrifice creatures in turn until no one chooses to. The player who sacrificed creatures with the highest total converted mana cost gains control of Lord of the Auction.

March 12, 2013 10:52 a.m.

RussischerZar says... #2

inb4 KrazyCaley:
UU: Counter target spell.

March 12, 2013 11:07 a.m.

RussischerZar says... #3

On a more serious note:

Fiery Barrage 1RR

Instant

Fiery Barrage deals 4 damage to target creature or target creature spell. If a spell is targeted this way it will be countered if its printed toughness is 4 or lower. Otherwise it will resolve normally but the creature will come into play with 4 damage marked on it.

March 12, 2013 11:30 a.m.

Kravian says... #4

Metamorphoses, Shaman of Souls (8)

Legendary Creature - Spirit Shaman

You may cast Metamorphoses, Shaman of Souls for four mana of different colors rather than his casting cost, if you do so Metamorhposes, Shaman of Souls cannot be countered.

You may cast creature spells using any color of mana, provided the number of unique colors is equal to or greater than the original cost.

Shroud, Pay four different colors of mana: regenerate Metamophoses, Shaman of Souls.

0/4

March 12, 2013 11:54 a.m.

Sacred Forest 2GG

Enchantment

Sacred Forest can't be countered. Creature spells you cast can't be countered. Creature spells you cast cost 2 less. You can't cast spells, except for creature spells.

March 12, 2013 11:55 a.m.

Blakkhand says... #6

Inspired by Dinrova Horror

Rewind the Aether 1UB

Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand, then that player discards a card.

or

Oona's Consort 2UB

Legendary Creature - Faerie Wizard

Flash, flying

When Oona's consort enters the battlefield, return target permanent to its owner's hand, then that player discards a card

3/1

March 12, 2013 12:05 p.m.

Lotex says... #7

Bloodletting BBBEnchantmentPay 4 life: Add BBB to your manapool.Sacrifice a creature: Add X to your manapool, X is that creatures CMC.

March 12, 2013 12:30 p.m.

Lotex says... #8

At last we meet again, inability to format properly...

March 12, 2013 12:32 p.m.

zaddos says... #9

Nekrataal Master - BBB

Creature - Human Assassin

3/2, Deathtouch, First Strike, Other Assassins you control gain +2/+0

When Nekrataal Master enters the battlefield, destroy target creature. That creature can't be regenerated.

March 12, 2013 12:34 p.m.

dannyhewson says... #10

Dwarven Machinist 2RR

Creature - Dwarf Artisan

Artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.

2: put a 0/0 construct artifact creature token into play.

2/2

March 12, 2013 12:43 p.m.

Vaarthi, Father Architect

CMC: 2UUBR

Legendary Creature - Vedalken Artificer

UR, T, Tap an untapped artifact you control: Tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

BR, T, Sacrifice two artifacts: Destroy target nonland permanent. It can't be regenerated.

UB, T, Discard an artifact card: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

P/T: 3/5

Flavor Text: "Some question the purpose of my creations. Their doubts should be silenced, for every action I take is part of a grander scheme that has yet to unfold."

March 12, 2013 12:56 p.m.

lockiew says... #12

The Stalemate - 3BBWW

The Stalemate cannot be countered

Whenever The Stalemate leaves play, put a token onto the battlefield that is a copy of The Stalemate.

The Stalemate's power and toughness cannot change.

0/1

March 12, 2013 12:57 p.m.

Jimhawk says... #13

No one wants to create their own mechanic? I certainly do.


Not sure if it should stay as it is or if it should be a 3/3 at 2RWW. Seems a lot like a Boros Grave Titan right now (which is right up my alley).

March 12, 2013 1 p.m.

lockiew says... #14

The Stalemate - 1BGRUW

The Stalemate cannot be countered

Whenever The Stalemate leaves play, put a token onto the battlefield that is a copy of The Stalemate.The Stalemate's power and toughness cannot change.

No player can win the game or lose the game.

"The only creature in the history of magic that can never die, and all it does is cause a draw. Everybody hates it!"

0/1

MARCH 12, 2013 12:57 P.M.

March 12, 2013 1:08 p.m.

zaddos says... #15

The Way of the Ninja

CMC: 1UB

Enchantment:

UB - Target Creature card in your hand has Flash until EoT

March 12, 2013 1:09 p.m.

Electrolysis Mage

Creature - Human Wizard

Flash, First strike

xU,T: Counter target spell unless its controller pays X.

R,T, Electrolysis Mage deals damage 2 damage to target creature or player.

UR,T, Discard a card: Draw two cards.

3/1

March 12, 2013 1:39 p.m.

CMC: 1UR

March 12, 2013 1:39 p.m.

RussischerZar says... #18

@ lockiew: Someone could still win/lose the game by just destroying it, since state-based actions will be checked before the LTB trigger resolves.

March 12, 2013 2 p.m.

Vengeful Purist - 1GGG

Creature Elf Druid

When ~ enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices all nonbasic lands he or she controls. Each player that sacrificed land this way searches their library for a basic land card, puts it into play tapped, then shuffles his or her library.

1/1

March 12, 2013 2:01 p.m.

miracleHat says... #20

Yoyo Mono - GRBUW1

When Yoyo Mono enters the battlefield, destroy all creatures on the battlefield they can't be regenerated. Whenever a creature enter's the battefield, destroy it, it can't be regenerated.

Sacrifice Yoyo Mono, destroy all artifacts and enchanments.

1/7

March 12, 2013 3:17 p.m.

GureiSeion says... #21

Not quite my dream card, but she's top 3 and in a reasonable-enough state to share.

Mika, Deathrider

Apologies on image size; apparently I need a better re-sizing technique to keep it legible.

March 12, 2013 4:22 p.m.

lockiew says... #22

Fine RussischerZar, here is a new addition:

The Stalemate - 1BGRUW

Creature - Humoroculous

The Stalemate cannot be countered

Leaving Matters Most (Whenever The Stalemate leaves play, put a token onto the battlefield that is a copy of The Stalemate. Nothing can occur during the resolving of this effect.)

The Stalemate's power and toughness cannot change.

No player can win the game or lose the game.

"The only creature in the history of magic that can never die, and all it does is cause a draw. Everybody hates it!"

0/1

March 12, 2013 4:24 p.m.

Cobthecobbler says... #23

Seafoam Islands

Legendary Land

All lands are Islands in addition to their other types.

UU[T]: You may search your library for any card named "Stormtide Leviathan" and put it into play tapped and attacking. Sacrifice any creature played this way at the end of combat. This ability cannot be countered.

[T]: Gain control of target island.

March 12, 2013 4:25 p.m.

Cobthecobbler says... #24

(Yes that's a Pokemon reference...)

March 12, 2013 4:27 p.m.

MinscAndBoo says... #25

Hundred Acre Wood

Legendary Land - Forest

(T: Add G to your mana pool.)

Hundred Acre Wood enters the battlefield tapped.

2/2 creatures you control are Bears in addition to their other colors and types.

Bears you control have hexproof and forestwalk.

6, T, Sacrifice Hundred Acre Wood: Put three 2/2 Green Bear creature tokens onto the battlefield under your control.

You can take the bear out of the forest...but I wouldn't recommend trying.

March 12, 2013 4:30 p.m.

Kralios, the Commander2BWR

Legendary Creature - Overlord

3/3

Flying, haste

1BWR: put X 1/1 Thrall tokens into play tapped and attacking, where X is the number of creatures in all graveyards. Activate this ability once per turn and only if ~ is attacking.

Creature tokens you control get +1/+1.

March 12, 2013 4:54 p.m.

KrazyCaley says... #27

Not Counterspell - U

Instant

Counter target spell. Then reveal your hand to all opponents, and you lose 3 life.

March 12, 2013 5:05 p.m.

KrazyCaley says... #28

Memory Summoning - 2UB

Enchantment

You make skip your draw step. If you do, select a card at random from your graveyard and put it into your hand.

March 12, 2013 5:07 p.m.

KrazyCaley says... #29

*may

March 12, 2013 5:09 p.m.

@MinscAndBoo That is fantastic! There needs to be another card that puts honeypot counters on bears.

March 12, 2013 5:15 p.m.

Apoptosis says... #31

Victory at any Cost

Instant

BB

As a part of it's casting cost, cut off your own finger or counter Victory at any Cost.

You win the game.

Is victory at any cost truly worth it? -Timmy, Power Gamer

March 12, 2013 5:18 p.m.

Skaldra, of the Cold Depths 4BB

Legendary Creature - Merfolk Wizard

Hexproof

2BB, T, Tap any number of Merfolk creatures you control. Target player puts the top X cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard where X is equal to twice the number of Merfolk creatures tapped this way.

March 12, 2013 5:31 p.m.

GureiSeion says... #33

Edited my card to pay better respect to the fine art.
Oh, how I love Reverse Image Search.

March 12, 2013 5:34 p.m.

mccracka says... #34

Treacherous Bolt - R

Instant

Treacherous Bolt deals 4 damage to target creature. Any player may switch the target of ~ with his or her self. If they do, they may copy ~ and choose a new target.

OR

Chain Ball Lightning - RRR

Creature - Elemental

Trample, first strike, haste

At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice ~.

Any player dealt damage by ~ may pay 2R. If they do, they may put a copy of ~ onto the battle field under their control at the beginning of their next upkeep

March 12, 2013 6:18 p.m.

TimmehKitteh says... #35

Shape Anew - 1UBG

Creature - Shapeshifter Fungus Mutant

You may have ~ enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield except it has "Sacrifice a creature: put X +1/+1 counters on ~ where X is the sacrificed creature's power"

0/0


Looking for some synergy between Golgari and Simic.

March 12, 2013 6:37 p.m.

Rewdog says... #36

For all of the R/U/W Tempo Players out there like me...

Jorek The Enforcer Mana cost: RUW

+1 Return target creature to it's owner's hand

+0 Target Creature gains haste till the end of turn

-4 You get an emblem with "Whenever 3 or more creatures you control attack, tap all creatures and lands target opponent controls, your opponents may not activate abilities or cast spells after your creatures attack."

Starting Loyalty 2


I am a little worried the -4 ability should be -5 so as not to make it broken, and the +1 forces you to return a creature to it's owner's hand, even your own creature if your opponent has none
If there are no creatures in play, the +1 fizzles

March 12, 2013 6:59 p.m.

Rewdog says... #37

Btw, Because I forgot too, he is a planeswalker, and The Mana Cost could be Hybridized if needed

March 12, 2013 7:13 p.m.

agGravity says... #38

I'm a Jimmy and here is my dream card :D

alt text
March 12, 2013 7:27 p.m.

o.O

March 12, 2013 7:29 p.m.

zandl says... #40

Acute Cultivation - 2GG

Instant

Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped.

Draw a card.

Sometimes waiting for nature to take its course is optimal. Sometimes taking the course from nature works, too.


Being a Green player at heart, this card really sings to me. Card-draw in Green has always proven to be very powerful (see: Yavimaya Elder, Harmonize, Explore, Greater Good, etc.) and the ability to fetch any land (not just a Basic) straight to the battlefield is one that ramp players dream of.

In some ways, it's better and worse than Reap and Sow. It's worse in that you can't choose the other mode or Entwine it and the land comes into play tapped, but it's better in that it's an instant and you draw a card (meaning this card would be great in both ramp decks and control, since an instant that gets you a land ahead and replaces itself immediately is exactly what a control deck wants).

March 12, 2013 7:36 p.m.

zandl says... #41

Spells losing Flash until a specific time would have no effect, since spells only exist on the stack and the cards in your hand would still have Flash.

You'd need to say something along the lines of "You may only cast spells any time you could play a Sorcery until your next turn."

I think that's what you were trying to shoot for.

March 12, 2013 7:38 p.m.

agGravity says... #42

@zandl And since it would have a more recent timeline it would work against permanent that give flash?

March 12, 2013 7:44 p.m.

zandl says... #43

@lockiew: Humility says hi.

March 12, 2013 7:44 p.m.

zandl says... #44

I don't know. It's a tricky wording, no matter what you do.

March 12, 2013 7:45 p.m.

Cobthecobbler says... #45

Chandra, Calorie Burner 4RRR

Planeswalker - Chandra

+2 You may sacrifice a creature. If you do, target player loses life equal to the toughness of the sacrificed creatures.

-4 Chandra, Calorie Burner deals 2 damage to each creature your opponent controls.

-10 Each opponent sacrifices all colored permanents he or she controls and loses 4 life for each permanent sacrificed this way.

Loyalty Counters at start: 6

March 12, 2013 7:50 p.m.

Cobthecobbler says... #46

sacrificed creature*

March 12, 2013 7:51 p.m.

Kirtanian says... #47

@ Blakkhand: regarding Rewind the Aether see Recoil.

March 12, 2013 7:51 p.m.

lockiew says... #48

Dang it zandl! Okay, mabye something like this: No player may cast spells that would affect The Stalemate's power or toughness. When The Stalemate enter the battlefield, destory all permanents that woud affect it's power or toughness. Then take off the its power cannot change line. Does that work? Any other cards that will foil my plan?

March 12, 2013 8:16 p.m.

Because I messed up more than I thought on my card, I'm resubmitting it.

Electrolysis Mage

1UR

Creature - Human Wizard

Flash, First strike

xU,Tap: Counter target spell unless its controller pays X.

R,Tap, remove a card in your graveyard from play: Electrolysis Mage deals damage 2 damage to target creature or player.

UR,Tap: Discard two cards, than draw four cards.

3/1

March 12, 2013 8:53 p.m.

Rkynick says... #50

Part the Ocean - UUUU

Legendary Enchantment

-

Part the Ocean is uncounterable.

When Part the Ocean enters the battlefield, each player may cast any number of non-sorcery, non-instant cards from his or her hand without paying the mana cost of each card.

Then, each player splits his or her permanents between two parts of their side of the battlefield in any way that he or she chooses. Players then assign one of their parts to be the West and one of their parts to be the East. Players then divide their life points between these two parts in any way that they choose.

Cards in Wests may not target cards in Easts, and vice versa. Any card that is played affects only one of these two sides, as the caster desires. In combat, only Wests may block Wests, and Wests may only attack another player's West part. Mana pools are separate between East and West and West mana may only be used to play cards in the West part. The East part follows the same rules as the West part. When a player drops to 0 life or below in both of his or her parts, he or she is defeated.

When Part the Ocean is sent to the graveyard from the battlefield, each player reunites both of his or her parts.

March 12, 2013 9:13 p.m.

lockiew says... #51

@Apoptosis, I beg you to make victory at any cost uncounterable! It would be terrible if you cut off your finger only to fndbyouself on the recieving end of a very mocking counterspell! That would be the worst 2 for 1 EVER!

March 12, 2013 9:40 p.m.

lockiew says... #52

  • find yourself*
March 12, 2013 9:44 p.m.

Peaceful Slumber W

Enchantment

Exile target card from your Graveyard: Exile target card in an opponent's graveyard.

March 12, 2013 10:06 p.m.

fireteam says... #54

@landgrafb

I like it.

March 12, 2013 10:50 p.m.

This one comes with a keyword that could be a keyword for a set

Card Name: Tyrannical Banishment
Card Cost: [B][B]
Card Text: Purity (Only Basic Lands of its color may be used to cast this spell)
Exile Target Nonland Permanent

And one other example

Card Name: Hell's Edict
Card Cost: [R][R]
Card Text: Purity
Deal 3 damage to target creature or player. If a creature is put into the graveyard from play as a result of this ability, Return that creature onto the battlefield under your control.

March 12, 2013 10:52 p.m.

theperson98 says... #56

Push Comes to Shove - 2UU

Instant

Push Comes to Shove cannot be countered.

Counter target spell.

If target spell countered with Push Comes to Shove would be cast from anywhere after being countered, copy that spell. The copy counters the spell that it is copying. Then copy that copy.

Only play Push Comes to Shove if you are at 10 or less life.

March 12, 2013 10:56 p.m.

Rewdog says... #57

OutspokenFerret lands do not posess color identity, a way of rewordin your mechanic rules could be "Only mana produced by Basic Lands that produce mana sharing color identity with this card may be used to cast this card"

March 12, 2013 11:33 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #58

Bug in the Ointment 1BUG

Enchantment M

When ~ enters the battlefield, untap up to four lands you control, draw a card.

Cards in your graveyard have dredge 5.

Whenever a card goes to your graveyard from anywhere, you lose one life.

March 12, 2013 11:37 p.m.

Rewdog says... #59

Parasitic Scourge-2 and 1 hybrid red/black

Creature-Insect

When Parasitic Scourge is sent to the graveyard by combat damage, return it to the field as an aura enchantment card enchanting the creature that destroyed it in combat. When the enchanted creature dies, it's controller loses life equal to.the enchanted creatures power.

During each of your upkeep's, if Parasitic Scourge is enchanting an opponent's creature, you gain 1 life.

Power-1

Toughness-3

March 12, 2013 11:42 p.m.

Rewdog says... #60

Also, i forgot to put lifelink on parasitic scourge

March 12, 2013 11:45 p.m.

anewsome says... #61

Desperate Times - 8BBBB

Legendary Enchantment

You may only have two copies of Desperate Times in your deck. If Desperate Times is in your opening hand, you may start the game with it on the field. All Instant and Sorcery cards in your graveyard have Flashback. Their flashback costs are the same as their original costs.

AND

Desperate Measures - 8BBBB Miracle 2B

Legendary Enchantment

You may only have two copies of Desperate Measures in your deck. You may only cast Desperate Measures if Desperate Times is in play under your control. You may cast flashback cards without paying their Manna Costs.

March 13, 2013 12:09 a.m.

Pokeq says... #62

Split card Lava Snare / AEther snare

Lava Snare (R)

Instant

Lava Snare deal 3 damages to all creature that come into play this turn

AEther Snare (2U)

Instant

Return all creature that come into play this turn

March 13, 2013 12:20 a.m.

Cobthecobbler says... #63

Infinitutor XXXBB

Legendary Instant

Kicker (5)

Search your library for X cards and add them to your hand. If this card was kicked, you may cast up to one card from your hand that was put there by the effect of this card without paying it's mana cost.

Miracle XB

March 13, 2013 12:20 a.m.

Pokeq says... #64

Opps sorry

AEther Snare (2U)

Instant

Return all creature that come into play this turn to it's owner hand

March 13, 2013 12:21 a.m.

Cobthecobbler says... #65

Bloodbeard, Master Marauder 3BR

Legendary Creature - Vampire Pirate

Pillage 2 (When this creature enters the battlefield, this creature deals 2 damage to each creature an opponent controls. Gain control of all creatures dealt damage this way and put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control.)

Sacrifice a creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creatures combined power and toughness. Bloodbeard, Master Marauder is indestructible until the end of your turn.

2/2

March 13, 2013 12:28 a.m.

tempest says... #66

Lol Cobthecobbler. If two infinitutors are on the same stack, both are countered? And its usually said like this "search your library for x cards and put them into your hand" Also bloodbeard is wwwaaaayyyyy too powerful. Give it "any opponent may sacrifice 2 creatures to counter bloodbeard" and it will good, not broken.

March 13, 2013 12:39 a.m.

Cobthecobbler says... #67

Decoding Tactics 4UB

Instant

Target spell gains Cipher until the end of the turn.

"I think I might do that again. ...and again, and again, and again..."

March 13, 2013 12:42 a.m.

Cobthecobbler says... #68

Well, the legendary rule takes effect, so yes. That's why it's an instant, so that there's a way to get rid of it, plus it can be countered :P

And nah bro, he's supposed to be broken as fuck.

He's motherfucking Bloodbeard.

Vampire. Pirate.

Sailing the red sea like no man dared to before. Is his new flavor texts. Interpret it however you like.

March 13, 2013 12:44 a.m.

I couldn't choose, so if it's alright I'll submit both to scrutiny.

 photo GripjawUlvenwaldPatron_zps45536006.jpg

 photo JangorCalleroftheClans3.jpg

I play alot of EDH so that'll explain my Legendary creature fascination.

March 13, 2013 12:54 a.m.

tempest says... #70

Alright. Just saying.

March 13, 2013 12:55 a.m.

anewsome says... #71

I like the Gripjaw. He seems pretty awesome.

March 13, 2013 12:57 a.m.

@zandl I think your ramp spell - which is very nice - needs to include some wording about shuffling the library after the search.

March 13, 2013 1:02 a.m.

Cobthecobbler says... #73

ChiefWannaHacka What site did you use for those? The site I use is kind of lame.

March 13, 2013 1:04 a.m.

AlexOAwesome says... #74

He probably used MSE.

March 13, 2013 2:16 a.m.

Timekeeper says... #75

Zeral of Aqua-Lonai

Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter (2URG) [2/3]

Creature spells you cast cost (1) less to cast.

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Zeral of Aqua-Lonai.

At the beginning of each upkeep, creatures you control gain your choice of Hexproof, Trample, or "[T]: This creature fights target creature."


He's probably fairly broken, but this combines many of the things I love to do in Magic. Basically, I love utility creatures that get right into the thick of the battlefield and then fundamentally change that field.

Also Cobthecobbler: Magic Set Editor is really great for that sort of thing.

March 13, 2013 2:20 a.m.

MindAblaze says... #76

Ok, my first one used an existing keyword in Dredge, this one is completely my own...

Zug the Lost (R/G)(G/B)(B/R)

Legendary Creature - Goblin

Haste

When ~ enters or leaves the battlefield put two 1/1 red goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Rebirth - Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, put a 1/1 red goblin creature token onto the battlefield.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control no token creatures return ~ from your graveyard to the battlefield.

3/3

March 13, 2013 2:24 a.m.

zandl says... #77

@Rewdog: Lands do have color identity. Color identity is determined by any symbols in a card's mana cost and rules text. Basic Lands' rules text is techincally "T: Add [whatever color mana] to your mana pool."

Lands aren't colored, though. Color (different from color identity) is only determined by the symbols found in a card's mana cost, of which lands have none.

March 13, 2013 2:38 a.m.

zandl says... #78

And, yeah. My spell would, of course, include a deck-shuffling clause after searching through the library.

March 13, 2013 2:39 a.m.

Pokeq says... #79

Nonsense Choice (1RU)

Sorcery

Draw 3 cards, then reveal your hand to target opponent. He or She choose a non-land card from it. You discard that card.

March 13, 2013 2:46 a.m.

DocRemedy says... #80

Seer's Bauble (1)

Artifact

Tap, Sacrifice ~: Scry 1.

Draw a card.

March 13, 2013 3:15 a.m.

DePeluche says... #81

Tesperia, Painter of the Gods

WUBRG

Planeswalker

+1 : Target permanent becomes colorless. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

-3 : You get an emblem with "Permanents you control are all colors".

-7 : Destroy all colorless permanents.

5 Loyalty Counters

March 13, 2013 3:20 a.m.

@Cobthecobbler It was MSE like Timekeeper guessed.

March 13, 2013 7:57 a.m.

Rhadamanthus says... #83

Mad Bomber 1RR
Creature - Human Berserker
Haste
When Mad Bomber enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a permanent at random.
3/2

March 13, 2013 9:53 a.m.

Wabbbit says... #84

Grog, Goblin's Best Friend R

Legendary creature- Seal

Haste.

Whenever Grog, Goblins Best Friend attacks, if this is the third time it has attacked this turn, you win the game.

Rare.

Bahaahaha this card is terrible, but I would love it!

March 13, 2013 11:31 a.m.

tj70 says... #85

New Dawn 4UU

Sorcery

Return all non-land permanents to their owners hand. All players shuffle their hands into their libraries. Each player looks at the top 10 cards of his or her library, then puts them back in any order on the top or bottom of his or her library. Each player draws 7 cards.

March 13, 2013 12:29 p.m.

nightscape says... #86

This isn't my dream card. Rather, I'm submitting a card from my personal set that partially captures the flavor of it, as well as containing a custom keyword from the set.


 photo KrualuarGraveless_zpsba68e8d8.jpg

March 13, 2013 12:44 p.m.

Blakkhand says... #87

This would be an awesome legend

Golgari, Caller of the End

Mana cost: BG

Legendary Creature - Incarnation

When ~ enters the battlefield, sacrifice ~ unless you pay 2BG

At the beginning of your upkeep, if two cards in your graveyard have the same name, exile your graveyard and library

~'s power and toughness are equal to the number of cards in your graveyard

Dredge 13

March 13, 2013 2:07 p.m.

Carn13 says... #88

Command 1UB

Instant

Counter target spell and return it to its owner's hand. Its controller loses three life.

"Stop. Now."

March 13, 2013 4:50 p.m.

Carn13 says... #89

Form of the Firemind 3UURR

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a charge counter on ~ and draw X cards, where X equals the number of charge counters on ~.

At the end of each turn, deal X damage to target creature or player, where X equals the number of charge counters on ~.

Creatures with flying can't attack you.

March 13, 2013 4:56 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #90

@ lockiew if Victory at Any Cost could not be countered you'd never cut off your finger in the first place because the "counter this spell" trigger wouldn't do anything lol

March 13, 2013 6:56 p.m.

"can't be countered by spells or abilities your opponents control" would work.

March 13, 2013 6:58 p.m.

It also sets up the awkward moment where you cast Victory at Any Cost, cut your finger off, and then respond to it with your own Force of Will, just to show your opponent HOW SERIOUS YOU ARE.

What now, beeyotch?

March 13, 2013 7 p.m.

MindAblaze says... #93

It's a good thing I have sleeves on my cards cause you loco, go get a bandaid so we can finish up here... Hurry up we're on a timer...

March 13, 2013 7:24 p.m.

Rewdog says... #94

Realmscorcher -- mana cost-- 2R

Creature-Elemental Shaman

When Realmscorcher enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each creature

Sacrafice Realmscorcher and a land you control: destroy target land and Realmscorcher deals one damage to each creature.

The krualar use them to cremate the dead, the tovlek use them to fertilize farmland, we use them to to burn the krualar and tovlek. -antagonist black and or red creature

March 13, 2013 7:26 p.m.

Rewdog says... #95

Barrier Prism--mana cost--2

Artifact

Tap two untapped creatures you control and sacrifice Barrier Prism: prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and any creatures you control until the end of the turn.

"There is light within all beings, dormant, waiting but ever ready to keep itself and it's kin shining throughout the world."- Jorek, the Enforcer

March 13, 2013 7:46 p.m.

Rewdog says... #96

Idea for a keyword:

Martyrdom: you may exile this card from your hand to cast a card of the same type as the exiled card that has CMC less than or equal to this card's CMC without paying it's mana cost.

Here is an example card...

Tovlar Footsoldier--mana cost--1W

Creature- Human Soldier

Martyrdom 1 (Pay one mana of any color to activate the.martyrdom ability, exiling this card from the player's hand and letting the player cast a creature card with CMC 2 or less, without paying the card's mana cost)

2/1

This mechanic can be used to cheapen the cost of some spells and be a solid color fixer

March 13, 2013 8:15 p.m.

Rewdog says... #97

Guidance of the Fateless--mana cost--3BG

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Guidance of the Fateless, put an oblivion counter on target exiled creature you control. (Another mechanical thing, see post below for description of oblivion counters)

Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and is unblockable until of the turn.

"Always listen to your elders, especially the ones that aren't around." -Thuran, Kualuar Chieftain

March 13, 2013 9:02 p.m.

Rewdog says... #98

First of all, props to nightscape for his idea of the BG Kualuar voidling creature, the exile ability and mechanic is interesting; but if this idea develops, we need to be able to keep it in check.

So I propose oblivon counters to keep exiled cards from getting out of hand.

Cards with oblivion counters cannot be targeted by spells and abilites while they are exiled and oblivion counters stay on a card even if they change zones somehow. (e.g. a card moving from the field with an oblivion counter on it to the graveyard or exile, it will retain it's oblivion counter.

March 13, 2013 9:13 p.m.

Rewdog says... #99

Aetherbender Mage--mana cost--1U

Creature-Human Wizard

When Aetherbender Mage enters the battlefield, exile a creature you control control, then immediately return it to the battlefield under your control

2/1

Now you see it, now you do again

March 13, 2013 9:48 p.m.

Rewdog says... #100

Kaslos, Harbinger of Tovlar--2RUW

Legendary Creature- Human Knight

First Strike, Haste, Protection from Black

1U(T): put target creature on top of it's owner's library

1R(T): Creatures you control get +2/+0 until the end of the turn

1W(T): creatures you control get +0/+2 until the end of the turn

"Seven generations of my forefathers have lead and protected the Tovlar from the abominations of this world from within our borders, ever watchful and keeping evil at bay; but I'll not sit back and let these foul beings threaten us. To war my brothers and sisters in arms! Never again will we need to cower in fear of the evils of this world!" -Kaslos, Harbinger of Tovlar

March 13, 2013 10:20 p.m.

Rewdog says... #101

Soul Recall--mana cost--2 and 1 hybrid black white

Sorcery

Return target exiled creature card to it's owner's hand

Lessons on what not to do are best taught by those who died trying

March 13, 2013 10:28 p.m.

Rewdog says... #102

Kaslos, Harbinger of Tovlar is a 5/4 and also an advisor by subtype, sorry about forgeting to put that down.

March 13, 2013 10:31 p.m.

Rewdog says... #103

Regimental of Kaslos--mana cost--1RW

Creature-human soldier

First strike

Martyrdom 1R

3/1

March 13, 2013 10:37 p.m.

Rewdog says... #104

Re submitting "Realmscorcher" because I forgot to put down P/T

Realmscorcher -- mana cost-- 2R

Creature-Elemental Shaman

When Realmscorcher enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each creature

Sacrafice Realmscorcher and a land you control: destroy target land and Realmscorcher deals one damage to each creature.

2/2

"The krualuar use them to cremate the dead, the tovlar use them to fertilize farmland, we use them to to burn the krualuar and tovlar. -antagonist black and or red creature"

March 13, 2013 10:43 p.m.

Rewdog says... #105

Casualty Recovery--mana cost--2W

Instant

Return target permanent card with CMC 2 or less to the battlefield under your control.

March 13, 2013 10:47 p.m.

nightscape says... #106

@Rewdog yeah not bad idea. However in the set, some of the tribes of this particular plane disrupt exiled cards. This is done by returning them to other zones (either your hand, your graveyard, or shuffled back into the library). The idea may need to be fleshed out some more. With the given card, if your deck relies heavily on exiled cards, I don't think you'd play a card that is against yourself. Here's an example of a card from that set that is anti-exile:


 photo RalendiiGravesinker_zps7d09c5d9.jpg

March 13, 2013 11:21 p.m.

Rewdog says... #107

Zone change for exile disruption was an option that had ocurred to me, but i guess i was just sort of in brainstorm for R/U/W to the exclusion of almost all else as you can see by the last 5-7 posts. I like it, and the grave caller gives me an idea. One of the subthemes to the set could very well be B/U/? Reanimator.

Examples have been proposed of five color, B/U/G counters, Your BG voidlings, my own favorite R/U/W tempo. What other tribe/theme groups could we include in the set? Any favorites? Anything cool and different? I plan on posting more Parasite cards later this week.

March 14, 2013 12:09 a.m.

nightscape says... #108

Well honestly, this thread isn't about making a set off of any of our ideas. This thread is dedicated towards people posting their dream cards. If you'd like to continue to expand upon what I have, you may start a new thread. I don't think there should be a hijacking of this one.

March 14, 2013 12:15 a.m.

zandl says... #109

Yeah, I'd say it would be wise to limit submissions on this page to just two cards per person, if not one.

March 14, 2013 2:34 a.m.

Hey, I was wondering for MSE how to format the tap symbol?

March 14, 2013 3:03 a.m.

Timekeeper says... #111

@DeathByDragons

You type in a capital T and then hit the star button at the top. T might also work. OR, if it is part of a cost, it will automatically change T into a tap symbol.

Costs are formatted as such:

Cost: Effect

So, if you have:

T, R: Effect

...you will get the tap symbol, a red mana symbol, a colon ":" and then the effect.

Hope this helps.

March 14, 2013 3:26 a.m.

killroy726 says... #112

Alt text

I love red/black discard I wish there were more viable cards so I made my own

March 14, 2013 11:14 a.m.

@killroy726 Sorry to be nit-picky, but that planeswalker wouldn't be gold. It'd be Black/red gradient :P Nice card though, I like it.

March 14, 2013 11:31 a.m.

Devious Reflections --mana cost-- 3U

Legendary enchantment

whenever an opponent casts a spell you may cast a copy of that spell. if the spell is a permanent pu a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of that permanent. Do this only once each turn.

March 14, 2013 11:39 a.m.

@Timekeeper Thanks!

March 14, 2013 4:20 p.m.

Schuesseled says... #116

Recruitment Office

Tribal Enchantment - Human

Whenever a non-token human enters the battlefield under your control, put a 1/1 white human soldier token onto the battlefield.

Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield you gain 1 life.

March 14, 2013 4:26 p.m.

Sorry about another question about MSE, (First time using it) but how do I export the image of my card to TappedOut like Jimhawk, GureiSeion, MurasakiRose, ChiefWannaHacka, nightscape and killroy726 have?

March 14, 2013 5:17 p.m.

GureiSeion says... #118

@DeathByDragons: Try the 'file' tab.

March 14, 2013 5:48 p.m.

I know how to access the file I'm just not sure how to add it to chat box :/

March 14, 2013 5:55 p.m.

agGravity says... #120

You're gonna have to use HTML code & should look like this:

<html><img src="YourImageURL.png"/></html>

March 14, 2013 6:14 p.m.

Alright, here we go.

March 14, 2013 6:20 p.m.

March 14, 2013 6:21 p.m.

Rewdog says... #123

Just want to say sorry for the mental explosion i had some 10 posts back, had nothing to do and kinda lost control with the posts. Won't happen again.

March 14, 2013 6:21 p.m.

March 14, 2013 6:23 p.m.

Damnit :/

I am mentally-impaired when it comes to formatting. Meh....

March 14, 2013 6:25 p.m.

killroy726 says... #126

I uploaded mine to my tumblr account then right click on the image from tumblr found the html location. And finally copy paste into the code as provided by the markdown syntax page (link on bottom of page). Keep trying you'll get it

March 14, 2013 7 p.m.

squire1 says... #127

Did you host the image somewhere?

March 14, 2013 7:01 p.m.

Here we go, think I figured it out. Alt text

Boom

March 14, 2013 7:37 p.m.

Yay :D

March 14, 2013 7:38 p.m.

Timekeeper says... #130

That looks awesome, DeathByDragons. :P

Where is everyone finding their card images? I'm working on putting together a set, and google only goes so far...

March 14, 2013 7:44 p.m.

@Timekeeper I found mine on DeviantArt I sited the guy's username in the illustrator tab at the bottom.

March 14, 2013 7:51 p.m.

killroy726 says... #132

Like dragons said i think DeviantArt.com is the best place to find art

March 14, 2013 8 p.m.

GureiSeion says... #133

Aside from random unknowns I'd collected from forum art threads over the years, DeviantArt is my primary source as well.

March 14, 2013 8:53 p.m.

Memories of AEther - UUUU

Enchantment

You may cast spells from exile.

Cumulative Upkeep: Exile three cards from a single graveyard.

March 14, 2013 9:28 p.m.

On second thought, probably needs a "If a card would be exiled from anywhere, it is exiled facedown instead." to prevent flashback shenanigans.

March 14, 2013 9:32 p.m.

And the cumulative upkeep should probably be two cards instead of three.

March 14, 2013 9:40 p.m.

anewsome says... #137

So where do these cards go after they've been cast from exile?

March 14, 2013 9:44 p.m.

agGravity says... #138

For the illustration I just did my own.

Sure I ain't as good as a some great DA artist but I think the art is suited.

March 14, 2013 10:10 p.m.

Haha, I wouldn't have guessed.

March 14, 2013 11:09 p.m.

They would go to the graveyard like normal...

March 15, 2013 12:06 a.m.

Timekeeper says... #141

@MurasakiRose: Well your art looks great! When I first saw it I was wondering how you found art that matched the flavor of the card so well. Doing the art yourself would certainly make that easier, at least for those of us who can make art like that. :P

@transcendentalmaster: That would be fantastic with flashback spells like Lingering Souls. You could basically keep using them again and again. I like it.

March 15, 2013 1:20 a.m.

agGravity says... #142

@Timekeeper Thanks for the compliment doesn't hurt once in a while

I'm more suited to traditional painting and drawing than digital, this one is a series of photomanip. You'd be surprise with what you can do with very little stocks and I'd point to you the original pictures and you would barely recognize them. Just wish I had more practice when drawing digitally, it's hard to keep the style that Wizards use for their art.

March 15, 2013 1:45 a.m.

Dont mind the picture, just a stock picture I ripped from google.

March 16, 2013 11:14 a.m.

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