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Posted on Oct. 10, 2012, 2:20 p.m. by Cirdan13
So the idea here is obviously to create a card but the catch is that you are given the name of the card and design the card to fit the name. You then pick the name for the next card.
EXAMPLE (I am using an actual card chosen at random on http://gatherer.wizards.com)
Welding Jar (Name of the card you create)
0 (Casting Cost)
Artifact (Card Type)
Sacrifice Welding Jar: Regenerate target artifact. (Rules Text)
The wires crawl over broken metal and heat themselves to melting, filling cracks quickly and efficiently. (Flavor text. Completely optional.)
Dragon Fodder (The name of the card that the next person will be designing. [Another random card from Gatherer])
Additional Rules:
You cannot create a card for a name you give. In other words, you cannot design 2 cards in a row.
If 2 cards get posted at the same time it is up to you to chose which name you want to continue with.
Cards can be serious or "Un"-style. Your choice.
Now to get this started I give you:
Psychopathic Storyteller
SwiftDeath says... #2
I did that once when my friend told me to shut up but it was for only 2 consecutive minutes, that was when he muted me. :P
February 20, 2013 11:17 p.m.
Sorry about "Orian" instead of "Orion".Next card: Diamond Sword doombringer.
February 21, 2013 4:06 p.m.
AstroFalcon751 says... #6
MINECRAFT REFERENCE!
Next card: Bam, the Creeper
February 21, 2013 8:53 p.m.
Bam, the Creeper
1G
Instant
As an additional cost to cast Bam, the Creeper, discard a card.
Put a 1/1 green Creeper token on the battlefield with deathtouch. Destroy it during the next end step.
Next: Sym-Bionic Titan (+10 internet points if you know the reference.)
February 21, 2013 10:12 p.m.
AstroFalcon751 says... #8
I was hoping for a legendary creature there but that works too.
February 21, 2013 10:47 p.m.
Absinthman says... #9
I googled the titan only to learn that I'm not familiar with the show, so I'm sorry to disappoint byt my titan most likely won't be what you hoped for.
NEXT: Although I don't really like mixing Magic with other realms and franchises, I've decided to give this one a chance - Shang Tsung (I think there's quite a good chance most people here will know...)
February 22, 2013 9:44 a.m.
Aw. :c I still like the card though. Reminds me of Sunburst.
February 22, 2013 10:07 a.m.
??? What's Shang Tsung? Could you pick a different thing?
February 22, 2013 2:40 p.m.
TheOne4221 says... #12
I'd do him, but I feel like the people with MSE would do it more justice than I.
For those who don't know him, he's the original main antagonist from Mortal Kombat, and an extremely dangerous sorcerer, shapeshifter, and martial artist.
Have fun with this tidbit.
February 22, 2013 4:01 p.m.
Absinthman says... #13
Very nicely put, TheOne4221. There's also one more important thing about him. He steals souls of those he defeats.
February 22, 2013 4:41 p.m.
Absinthman says... #15
February 22, 2013 6:20 p.m.
TheOne4221 says... #16
Electrostatic Marsh
Land
~ enters the battlefield tapped. Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, you lose 2 life.
1 T: Add BU, BR, or UR to your mana pool, then you may tap or untap target creature.
Next Card: Arcane Diffraction
February 22, 2013 6:22 p.m.
Fair Trade
3UU
Sorcery
Choose a permanent you control. Exchange control of that permanent with permanents target player controls whose mana costs add up to X, where X is the mana cost of the chosen permanent you control.
"Come now, I've already given you more than your fair share."
Next: Fluffy the Cerberus (Harry Potter ftw)
February 22, 2013 6:28 p.m.
DevilsAdvocate says... #18
Fluffy, The cerberus: (black/white card)
legendary creature - demigod poodle vampire; mythic rare
2, B, B/W, B/W, W;
P: 3 T: 5
B: Fluffy, the cerberus or creature you control gets deathtouch until end of turn.
W:Fluffy, the cerberus or creature you control gets lifelink until end of turn.
Flavour: no one would have thought a seemingly so gentle a creature could be so homicidal...
Next Card: Killer Clowns of the Revue
February 22, 2013 7:36 p.m.
DevilsAdvocate says... #19
crap forgot to add in "flying, first strike".
February 22, 2013 7:37 p.m.
Absinthman says... #21
I haven't done a planeswalker in a while, so I figured, why not this time...
NEXT: Devilish Tutor
February 23, 2013 12:18 p.m.
TheOne4221 says... #22
Devilish Tutor
4RB
Sorcery
Search your library for up to three Devil cards. Put one on the battlefield and the rest into your hand.
Next Card: Voyaging The Seas Of Thought
February 23, 2013 12:33 p.m.
This thread has stalemated for days. I'm just going to upload this and move it along.
Next Card: Mourning Bell
February 25, 2013 6:46 p.m.
Mourning Bell
3 B/W
Enchantment
When a creature under your control leaves the battlefield, put an Unrest counter on this card
When Mourning Bell has 8 or more counters on it, sacrifice it and put a 12/12 Angry Spirit Token with flying and vigilance on the battlefield under your control
Next Card: Jack of all trades
February 25, 2013 7 p.m.
Joker, you might want to alter the rules text a bit. You only said counters, so that could be interpreted as any counters. This could include fate counters from the Oblivion Stone or other counters.
February 25, 2013 9:15 p.m.
TheOne4221 says... #27
Don't think so.
In any case, onto the next card:
Jack of All Trades
2/W2/R2/B2/U2/G
Legendary Creature -- Human Rogue
0/0
(2/W, 2/R, 2/B, 2/U, and 2/G can be paid with either 2 or the color accompanying it. The converted mana cost is 10.)
When ~ enters the battlefield, put five +1/+1 counters on him.
If W was used to cast ~, he gains vigilance. If R was used, he gains haste, if G was used, he gains trample, if B was used, he gains deathtouch, if U was used, he gains hexproof. Put an additional X +1/+1 counters where X is the colorless mana used to cast ~.
Next Card: Return of Arcades
February 25, 2013 9:33 p.m.
Wrath of Chromium
Sorcery
XWBU
X cannot be 0. All of your creatures gain Rampage X. (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +X/+X until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)
I really like this one, I'll get an actual card image for it later. I don't have access to MSE right now.
Next: Call of Palladia-Mors
February 26, 2013 8:45 a.m.
MisterRoach says... #30
I just realized my card should have been an instant... whoopsie
February 26, 2013 12:31 p.m.
SwiftDeath says... #31
@MisterRoachit's kinda weak as a one shot 6 cost card I was reading it more as an enchantment.
February 26, 2013 3:48 p.m.
Gravity Spike
Enchantment
3 Colorless, 1 Black
pay 2 Colorless mana- All creatures lose Flying until end of turn.
Next Card: Master Of None
February 26, 2013 7:34 p.m.
Absinthman says... #34
I have a comment about Call of Palladia-Mors. Maybe it was your intention, but adding mana to your mana pool during upkeep doesn't allow you to do much with it besides casting instants. Mana pools empty between steps and phases, so you can't keep that mana for long. Maybe you wanted to write "At the beginning of your precombat main phase..."?
Now let's move forward:
NEXT: Worldheart Wurm
February 27, 2013 10:24 a.m.
xephslayer says... #36
Worldsoul Wurm
Creature
6 colorless, 2 green, 2 white
Trample
Populate 2
Tap X Creature's you control, Worldsoul Wurm power and toughness are equal to double the amount of creatures tapped this way.
X/X
February 27, 2013 1:04 p.m.
Pure Vandalism
Enchantment
3RRRR
Whenever a Human or Rogue creature enters the battlefield, its controller may destroy target land.
I thought it might be interesting to do a global enchantment. It's pretty powerful, but it is mana intensive and a double-edged sword. If your opponent is running humans or rogues, it'll be trouble for you.
Next: Tibalt the Restored
February 27, 2013 1:43 p.m.
Absinthman, I did think about that. I considered re-wording it to take that into account, but I ended up leaving it more flavorful with Palladia-Mors. She requires that the mana be paid at the beginning of your upkeep. I figure it negates her drawback, but it also doesn't hurt to be able to cast instants for free.
Next Card still: Tibalt the Restored
February 27, 2013 6:25 p.m.
Tibalt the Restored WW
Planeswalker-Tibalt
+1 Put a 1/1 spirit token with flying into play-4 Gain 10 life-6 Put 3 4/4 angel tokens with flying into play2 Loyalty
Next Card: Sorin Markov II
February 27, 2013 8:07 p.m.
Absinthman says... #44
JokerWx13 - And so he did...
NEXT: Djinn of the bottle of Gin
February 27, 2013 8:47 p.m.
TheOne4221 says... #45
Djinn of the Bottle of Gin
3UU
Creature -- Drunken Spirit
2/5
Flying
~ enters the battlefield with 5 booze counters on it.
Remove a booze counter from ~: Tap all creatures target player controls, then drink a shot of whiskey.
T: Put a booze counter on ~.
Remove ten booze counters from ~ and sacrifice it. Drink shots with your opponent until one of you passes out or vomits. The player who passes out or vomits loses.
Next Card: Soul of Iteration
February 27, 2013 9:09 p.m.
GriffinRider says... #46
Not sure if that's a reference to anything in particular, so i just went for it.
Soul of Iteration
3U
Enchantment
Instant and Sorcery spells you control can't be countered.
Next card: Unseen University
I think I saw a discworld reference on t/o a while ago. If not, just do whatever.
February 28, 2013 1:19 a.m.
Unseen University
Legendary Land
Tap for 1 colorless mana
2 Colorless,1B,1U - Creatures you control hexproof and are unblockable until the end of your turn.
(Underneath even the Golgari sewers lies an ancient building used to mentor rogues into deadly assassins armed with precision throwing needles....And they never miss)
Next Card: Rage of the Sand Spirit
February 28, 2013 7:23 p.m.
That second effect seems a bit OP for only 4 mana. Rogue's Passage takes 4 colorless mana just to give one creature unblockable.
February 28, 2013 7:33 p.m.
this is a legendary land so it can be popped easier and it's color intensive. if anything i would just bump up the colorless mana up to 3 or 4
acbooster says... #1
Best artifact ever.
February 20, 2013 10:25 p.m.