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.
Angel of New Esper
Artifact Creature - Angel Artificer
Flying
When Angel of New Bant enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature tokens.
Whenever an artifact creature enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life.
4/6
Create a card showing restful sleep.
December 19, 2022 2:41 p.m.
Divine AEtherization
Instant
Exile each creature with mana value X or less. If X is 5 or greater, instead exile each nontoken creature with mana value X or less, then Populate X times.
Make a red instant that follows the pattern of this card, as though they were part of a cycle (Has mana cost , and has an enhanced effect if X is 5 or more).
December 19, 2022 11:25 p.m. Edited.
griffstick says... #4
Overwhelming Desire
Instant - (Mythic rare)
Gain control of X target creatures. Untap them, they gain haste until the end of turn. If X equals 10 or more, those creature gain, "Whenever a creature you dont own dies this turn it deals damage equal to its power to target player", and they gain "sacrifice a creature: scry 1"
Continue challenge and do 1 of the remaining 3 colors
December 20, 2022 12:35 a.m. Edited.
griffstick says... #5
Revenge of the Pit Lord
Instant (mythic rare)
Destroy X target creatures. If X is 10 or more, return each creature destroyed this way from the graveyard to your battlefield.
The next challenge, finish the cycle with blue or wildcard.
December 20, 2022 7:59 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #6
Reflection of Mirrors
Instant (Mythic)
Create X token copies of target nonland permanent. If X is 10 or more, gain control of all permanents that share the name as your copies.
With a wave of his hand, Jace doubled the size of the crowd. And when his hand fell to his side, everyone followed suit.
What a nice challenge.
Go ahead and reset with a wildcard.
December 20, 2022 8:14 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #7
I'd like to add to the card I just made.
Reflection of Mirrors
Sorcery (Far too powerful for an Instant)
Create X token copies of target nonland permanent. They are Blue and Illusions if they are creatures in addition to their other types. If X is 10 or more, gain control of all permanents that share the name as your copies.
With a wave of his hand, Jace doubled the size of the crowd. And when his hand fell to his side, everyone followed suit.
Much better, and far more in line with Mono-blue.
Okay, now wild.
December 20, 2022 8:49 p.m.
Sethim, Despotic Prince
Legendary Creature - Human Noble Soldier
First strike, deathtouch
No more than one creature can attack each combat.
No more than one creature can block each combat.
At the beginning of each combat, target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of combat.
2/2
I needed another bad guy character.
Create an instant that creates a single creature token.
December 20, 2022 9:22 p.m.
Psychic Corruption
Instant
Target player discards a card. Create a black Horror creature token with power and toughness equal to that cards converted mana cost. If it was a land, you may draw a card and lose 1 life.
Create something that has one or more opponents drawing cards
December 20, 2022 9:46 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #10
Betrayal of Power
Sorcery
Each opponent draws three cards, then reveals their hand. Each opponent loses life equal to the highest mana value among the cards they each revealed. Each opponent may prevent this loss of life by discarding all land card in their hand.
Kothophed, Griselbrand, Razaketh, and Belzenlok each grinned with delight, knowing that between the four of them, damnation was inevitable.
Doesn't have to be a cycle, but with the reprint of Phyrexian Obliterator, I'd like to see a version of it in another color. Must be the same style of casting, such as , and it must have a trigger tied to it taking damage.
December 20, 2022 9:53 p.m. Edited.
hiddengibbons says... #11
Phyrexian Reciprocator
Creature - Phyrexian Horror
Vigilance
Whenever ~ is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target creature or player.
5/5
Continue with Red, Blue, or green
December 21, 2022 7:55 a.m.
Phyrexian Chitterator
Creature - Phyrexian Druid
Whenever ~ is dealt damage, create that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens
5/5
Blue and red are left, if you want to continue the cycle. However, because I know that a handful of users don't like doing cycles, alternatively you may make something else squirrel related. Your choice.
December 21, 2022 8:18 a.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #13
Acorn, The Festive Spirit
Legendary Planeswalker - Acorn
+1 Each player creates a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token. You gain life equal to the number of Squirrels created in this way.
-5 Create a Forest and a Plains land token. They enters the battlefield tapped.
-7 Create ten Food tokens. You get an emblem with "Food tokens you control have ', sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.'."
3
Acorn!! :D she's so sweet T_T
Do you have a beloved character you came up with for this thread, or perhaps just in general?
If so, make a card for them.
If not, wildcard and make a character you'd love to explore later on.
December 21, 2022 9:37 a.m. Edited.
CoarselyRefined, that flavor text is sick! As someone who is terrible at flavor text, I envy this example.
As for the challenge, I honestly can't recall a character I've submitted here that I was especially attached to. However, I did once issue a challenge based on a Plane I envisioned, which I gave an exceedingly long description of on that post, and which I wasn't exactly satisfied with the response to. It was a world where magic is rampant, practically every sentient being is a wizard, and cooperative magic is common practice. I couldn't dare to try to find that post (it was at least a year ago), but I'll make a legendary creature from that plane.
Helkamtar, Duplicitous Archimage
Legendary Creature - Dragon Wizard
Ward
Whenever you cast a spell that targets a permanent you don't control, you may tap any number of untapped Wizards you control. Copy that spell for each Wizard tapped in this way. You may choose new targets for the copies.
2/6
Options for the next challenge:
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(1) Repeat the challenge.
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(2) Make a legendary creature and/or Planeswalker for a plane you've envisioned.
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(3) Make a legendary creature for a D&D character you've played and loved.
December 21, 2022 5:19 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #15
"Cleric Soldier" is precisely why we need Paladin as a class ^_^
I've made pHen, my Ratfolk Bomber Alchemist before, a few times I believe. In fact, he got his name in this very thread, because he never had one before (Oneshots be like that sometimes).
My very first character was a Human Monk / Rogue with I believe 1st Level Fighter for the extra bonus feats. 3.5 edition was a wild beast, man. Unfortunately I do not recall his name, as we are going back to just after graduating high school, so around 2007-2009, when I was in college.
- Yes, I was in college. Welding and fabrication :3
That said, I did once create a character for Pathfinder. She was a devoted Paladin who I specifically built to be an absolute powerhouse of a God against the Undead. I had miles of backstory and lore, all 100% SRD from published sources. Unfortunately, the group I made her for never kicked off due to scheduling conflicts. So let's put her in the limelight.
Brealla, Sword of Sarenrae
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric Soldier
Vigilance, first strike
Deathtouch and Truestrike against Demons, Devils, Imps, Shades, Shadows, Horrors, Vampires, Werewolves, Eldrazi, and Nightmares. (Whenever Brealla deals combat damage to any one of these listed creatures, if it would die, exile that creature instead.)
Brealla can block an additional number of creatures for each God you control.
, : Reveal a God from your library, graveyard or hand and put it onto the battlefield. It gains hexproof for as long as you control Brealla.
4/4
Gatherer is being a royal piece of shit tonight and not loading, so I can't check to see just how many Gods are within Bant. Probably quite a bit, though.
It appears to be 21 total, though. Using This resource, and accounting for -3 Demigods.
Wildcard
December 21, 2022 7:07 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #16
Pious Reclamation
Enchantment - Saga
: Create a 3/3 white Human Paladin with truestrike.
: Put a +1/+1 counter and a lifelink counter on target Human you control.
: Put a +1/+1 counter and a Ward counter on target Human you control.
: Put a +1/+1 counter and an indestructible counter on target Human you control.
Look, its like Level Up but less clunky ^-^
Challenge: Take one of the massive mythological beasts we see throughout the game, and make a creature who is the enemy color pairings of what they are normally represented under.
For example, Dragons are primarily . So you'd want to make a Dragon for this challenge.
Another example, Sphinx are almost entirely . This means you'd want to make a Sphinx. Good luck with that one! (I'd suggest Ravnica for the Gruul Clans, myself.)
Let's give a few more. Hydra? . This gives you a .
Demons in ? .
Angels in ? .
Okay you get the idea. Doesn't have to specifically be the creature type(s) I listed; These were just to give you good examples of what to follow suit with.
December 21, 2022 9:06 p.m.
Fjord Cliff Kraken
Creature - Kraken
Fjord Cliff Kraken can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Sacrifice a land: Fjord Cliff Kraken gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Exile a land card from your graveyard: Fjord Cliff Kraken gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
5/5
Like octopuses, krakens can survive for short periods on land. Unlike octopuses, they bring the land back to the ocean with them.
Create a big green spell with MV 6+. Bonus points if it's a massive ramp spell.
December 21, 2022 10:52 p.m.
Resurgence of Bala Ged
Sorcery
Kicker
Search you library for up to four lands with different names. If this spell wasn't kicked, an opponent chooses two of them. Shuffle the chosen lands into your library then put the rest onto the battlefield tapped.
With the Eldrazi gone, there was nothing holding back the wave of life that quickly reclaimed its home.
Create a straggler eldrazi thats stuck around somehow
December 21, 2022 11:10 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #19
Anchor of Kozilek
Creature - Eldrazi Drone
Sacrifice ~: Add . Spent this mana only to cast an eldrazi spell.
, : Draw two cards, then exile a card from your hand.
3/3
Create a card for little Red Riding Hood.
December 22, 2022 12:08 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #20
MTG.Design is being a twat today so I gave up on trying to format the text field properly, and adjust the image better.
Named after the artist of the original Little Red Riding Hood works, Arpád Schmidhammer.
Wild
December 22, 2022 5:05 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #21
A 4/5 with vigilance and menace for 2 mana?? Oh yeah! But that's not where his power resides >:)
Oh-ho-ho my dear friends. You'll want to resolve him with as big of an X factor as possible, with these spells in hand!
December 22, 2022 5:24 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #22
I transferred to the HVAC field a few months ago.
Tonight I am on call.
Tonight we have a polar vortex.
Tonight, it is getting as low as -50° F with the wind-chill. It is currently clocking in at -2° F without the wind and -38° with it.
Make me a Legendary Snow Sorcery.
December 22, 2022 7:13 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #23
Update: It is -4° F without the wind and -41° F with it. Only supposed to get 1 to 3 inches of snow, but with the winds the drifts are currently 5 - 7 inches deep. I know, because I helped push a coworker out of the snow and my boots got filled.
December 22, 2022 7:47 p.m.
TheoryCrafter says... #24
Teyo, Protector Adept
Legendary Planeswalker- Teyo
+2 Put a shield counter on target creature.
-X Prevent the next X damage.
-7 Create an emblem with "You and permanents you control have protection from everything.
3
Create a card in a color you don't normally use when posting on this thread.
December 23, 2022 12:52 a.m.
The Lathargic Flay
Legendary Creature: Flay
: Draw a card and add . Activate only as a sorcery.
Spells you play cost more to play for each card you drew beyond the first until your next turn.
5/5
The lathargic flay is my take on the sin of sloth. You can take the easy way out with the real possibility of being stuck later, your actions catching up with you.
make another flay based off of one of the seven deadly sins, with the knowledge that you'll suffer if you use the card too much.
I just realised how busted this card would be with Omnath, Locus of Mana, so...yikes!
December 23, 2022 3:18 p.m.
griffstick says... #27
philias, That card goes pretty nuts with Mairsil, the Pretender.
December 23, 2022 4:20 p.m.
FolkOccult says... #28
The Gluttonous Flay
Legendary Creature - Flay (Rare)
Reach, Deathtouch
Upon casting The Gluttonous Flay, sacrifice a number of permanents equal to X; put a +1/+1 counter for each permanent put into the graveyard this way.
Whenever a creature is sent to the graveyard from anywhere, you may sacrifice a land you control from the battlefield and gain control of that target; it gains haste until the end of the turn, exile it at the beginning of your end step.
(2/5)
Do I smell a cycle coming? Let's see a mono-white Envy!
(The design philosophy was taking Green, big bodies, and making them voracious. Reach and deathtouch, because he's eating whatever he can get his big'ol mitts on; and the first line resembles the Devour evergreen text. Following it is a funny take on Gluttony, but I imagined it sort of like Korvold, the cards that make him or even Gitrog so nasty are the green sacrifice abilities. So I wanted to have our hungry lad here able to grab the 'food' our opponent was finished with, toss his own veggies to the side, and enjoy what our opponent's ordered. Allowing him to sacrifice his veggies for the real meat and potatoes, so he can just keep gorging himself lol)
December 23, 2022 4:35 p.m. Edited.
The Covetous Flay
Legendary Creature - Flay
The Covetous Flay has all keyword abilities of each creature you don't control
: Exchange The Covetous Flay's power and toughness with target creature's power and toughness. Activate this ability only as a Sorcery, and only once each turn.
3/3
Yes, the exchange is permanent. Just like those trees.
It's a cycle now. Mono-colored Flay, based on a deadly sin. Greed, lust and pride are left. Neither black nor blue have been used.
December 23, 2022 5:01 p.m. Edited.
The Prideful Flay
Legendary Creature - Flay
Flying, trample
As long as you have more life than each player, The Prideful Flay gets +4/+4.
: The Prideful Flay gets +1/+1 until end of turn and you lose life equal to its power.
2/2
Greed and lust left. If you can find a way to fit greed and/or lust into blue, go for it.
December 24, 2022 3:34 p.m.
FolkOccult says... #31
The Insatiable Flay
Legendary Creature - Flay (Mythic)
Ward - Targeted Creature's controller draws 1.
: Change a target of target spell or ability to The Insatiable Flay; you may activate this ability anytime an opponent would target a creature they do not control with a spell or ability.
(3/5)
I mean, if these are parallel to "deadly sins", we still have Sloth and Lust, no?
Create a colorless flay that lusts for color identity. (someone's gonna have to get extra creative for sloth)
December 24, 2022 3:54 p.m.
FolkOccult: Sloth was the original post that started the cycle. Post No.35 on this page.
December 24, 2022 5:17 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #33
Yeah, gonna need moar Kicker / Multikicker.
But here's the fun part of the challenge! It must be the Pokemon Hitmonlee, lol
December 24, 2022 10:07 p.m.
Make me a warlock legend that wants you to cast spells from your graveyard.
December 24, 2022 11:08 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #35
Lim-Dul, Doomcaster
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Ward - Exile five cards from your graveyard.
Instant and sorcery cards with Mana Value 5 or greater in your graveyard have flashback .
Whenever you cast a spell from a graveyard, you may put target creature card from your graveyard onto the battlefield.
7/7
Create a card named Apeshifter.
December 25, 2022 10:48 a.m. Edited.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #37
TypicalTimmy: Thanks. Also, I accidentally created the only commander ever that might want to include Morgue Burst.
December 25, 2022 11:13 a.m.
hiddengibbons says... #38
Apeshifter
Creature - Shapeshifter Ape
You may have ~ enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield except it’s an ape in addition to its other creature types and can’t be blocked.
0/0
Make a creature with a static ability “foul smell.” What would this ability do? Feel free to make this an uncard if you are so inclined
December 25, 2022 12:36 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #39
Bohg Beast
Creature - Zombie Beast
Vigilance
Foul Smell 2 (Creatures with power 2 or less enter the battlefield tapped.)
4/3
More stinky boys
December 25, 2022 12:48 p.m.
Ripe Époisses
Artifact - Food
Foul Smell 4 (Creatures with power 4 or less enter the battlefield tapped.)
, Sacrifice Ripe Époisses: Put a Menace counter and a Foul Smell 2 counter on target creature
Stinky cheese tastes just like it smells. Delicious.
Make another food, with an ability that doesn't gain life.
December 25, 2022 2:11 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #41
Poisoned Apple
Artifact - Food
, , sacrifice this artifact: Target player loses 3 life.
As delicious as your rotten heart.
Nice little card that could be for our inevitable visit for Eldraine.
Suppose the next visit to Eldraine has the fairytale BBEG of an ancient old witch. Make her.
December 25, 2022 4:30 p.m.
markbeloit says... #42
Magda of the Mire
Legendary Creature - Witch
When Magda of the Mire enters the battlefield, search your library for a Curse card, reveal it, and put it into your hand, then shuffle.
When Magda of the Mire dies, you may put a Curse from your hand onto the battlefield attached to target player.
Whenever Magda of the Mire deals damage to a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controllers next untap step.
: Look at target opponent's hand, then exile a card from it until Magda of the Mire leaves the battlefield.
1/4
Make a plant. Bonus points if it's a fairy tale plant for the return to Eldraine.
December 26, 2022 11:14 a.m.
markbeloit says... #44
Verdant Assembly
Creature - Plant Dragon
At the beginning of your upkeep, create an 0/1 green Plant creature token.
: Tap target creature with power X or less. It doesn't untap during its controllers next untap step
Verdant Assembly power and toughness are each equal to the number of Forests you control.
X/X
Influenced by the above I guess. The idea is a bunch of plants have come together to form a dragon. The X ability is plants tangling up an enemy instead of breathing fire.
Make a mono-black dragon.
December 26, 2022 12:03 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #45
Onyx Dragon
Artifact Creature - Dragon (Uncommon)
Flying, lifelink
Pay 3 life, : Add
4/4
A cycle would be all the same design, different evergreen keyword abilities. Vigilance, haste, ward and probably trample.
Make a Kitsune (Fox-folk) Planeswalker. You may choose any colors, or specifically try to build around a non-combat focused Boros design for added challenge.
December 26, 2022 12:25 p.m.
markbeloit says... #46
Drem, Kitsune Peacemaker
Planeswalker - Drem
+2: You and target opponent may each draw a card. If that opponent draws a card, you may draw an additional card.
-3: Exile target noncreature permanent.
-5: Drem, Kitsune Peacemaker deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of cards in their hand. You gain 1 life for each card in your hand.
4
Wild
December 26, 2022 2:34 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #47
Kill 'em with kindness. Nice.
Lich's Guardian
Creature - Skeleton Dragon
Flying
Ward - Discard two cards at random.
Commander permanents you control have indestructible and hexproof.
Sacrifice a commander: Regenerate Lich's Guardian.
Many Lich's put their soul into small coins or gems that are difficult to find and destroy. Others decide to let their phylactery protect itself.
5/5
I wasn't too thrilled about my Onyx Dragon from earlier. Wanted to rectify it while I had the chance.
Technically a Skeleton Insect would just be it's hollowed out shell and that sounds cool AF so let's do that as the next challenge.
December 26, 2022 2:58 p.m. Edited.
markbeloit says... #48
Necroshell Scarab
Creature - Insect
When Necroshell Scarab dies, return it to the battlefield transformed.
2/4
Animated Shell
(Black)
Creature - Skeleton Insect
When Animated Shell attacks, it gets +2/-2 until end of turn.
1/3
Took some liberties with the above challenge, but kind of did it. Mine would probably be a common.
Next either redo the previous challenge, or create a creature that breathes fire. Doesn't actually have to have the fire-breathing ability, but thematically should breathe fire.
December 26, 2022 3:09 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #49
Nah, it's fine. I like how thematic it is.
Furnace Giant
Creature - Giant (Rare)
Artifact spells you control cost less to cast.
Sacrifice X artifacts, : Furnace Giant deals X damage divided among any number of targets.
5/5
I've issued it before but I love the challenge and seeing what people create.
Make a Planeswalker who is a Giant. Must be 8mv minimum.
December 26, 2022 3:30 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #50
I casually rolled a few dice, assuming Realmpiercer Beanstalk stayed for a few turns and none of my 1/1 Food tokens died. I rolled a 6 on the ETB. Then on the next several upkeeps, a 5, 3 and a 4. That's an 18/18 Beanstalk and 18x 1/1s.
If assuming you roll an average of a 3.5 for an 8mv creature, your end result is either 3x 1/1s and a 3/3 for 6 power and 6 toughness, or 4x 1/1s and a 4/4 for 8 power and 8 toughness, of which half has defender.
Could you roll a 1 and pay 8 mana for two 1/1s with one having defender? Yes. But you can also land 12 power and 12 toughness, as I did.
All in all, I say that's a fair gamble.
griffstick says... #1
That was fun. Make a angel artificer (doesn't have to be legendary) card that would feel strong in a life gain artifact deck. This challenge was inspired by Filigree Angel
December 19, 2022 2:27 p.m. Edited.