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.
Slash and Burn
Sorcery
Each player sacrifices X lands. For each Basic land sacrificed in this way, you may search your library for a Mountain and/or Forest card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. If you search your library in this way, shuffle it.
Make a Saga with 4 chapters, where the first 3 are downsides, and the 4th makes it all worth it (without the Read Ahead keyword).
March 8, 2023 4:41 p.m. Edited.
Made_Compleat says... #3
Anguish of the Martyrs
Shroud, indestructible.
Tap any number of untapped lands you control. Put that many pain counters on this saga. You must tap at least one land.
Pay any amount of life. Put that many pain counters on this saga. You can't pay no life.
Sacrifice at least one creature or planeswalker. Put a pain counter on this saga for each creature sacrificed in this way.
You gain X life and create X 4/4 white and black Angel creature tokens with flying and vigilance. Anguish of the Martyrs deals X damage to any target. X is twice the number of pain counters on this saga.
Make a card that gives you control over a creature or planeswalker. Bonus points if it's a planeswalker.
March 8, 2023 6:36 p.m.
Made_Compleat says... #4
I forgor the typeline for my card. Enchantment - Saga
March 8, 2023 6:36 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #5
Binding of Wills
Sorcery
Gain control of target planeswalker. This spell costs less to cast where X is that Planeswalkers loyalty.
It took nearly a thousand years to build the case against him, but it would seem Jace was behind nearly every multiversal calamity from the start.
Wild
March 8, 2023 7:05 p.m.
Gitaxias86 says... #6
Trostani and Borborygmous
Legendary Creature – Dryad Cyclops
Trample
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, reveal the top card of your library. If a creature or land card is revealed this way, you may put that card into your hand, otherwise, you may put it on the bottom of your library.
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, you may put a land from your hand onto the battlefield. If you don't, create a 1/1 white soldier creature token with lifelink.
7/8
Wild
March 8, 2023 8:31 p.m.
Links in the Chain
Instant
Tap target creature and each creature that shares a creature type with it.
Untap target creature and each creature that shares a creature type with it.
Merrow are agile, and cinders are merciless, but kithkin are always prepared.
I'm just sitting here reliving the Time Spiral-Zendikar glory days through this thread.
Create a card from your favorite era of Magic.
March 9, 2023 12:31 a.m.
Form Shatterer
Creature: Eldrazi (common)
Devoid
When Form Shatterer does combat damage to a creature, both that creature and this creature phase out. (treat the creatures as though they don’t exist until their controllers untap steps)
1/2
Aghu II, Scion of Ahgu I
Legendary Creature: Dragon
Emerge
Creature spells you cast have emerge equal to their converted mana cost minus
4/4
King Aghu I would his subjects to their limits, unleashing all of their might at the cost of their lives. After squeezing them dry, he would revive them from the dead. He closely follows a tight cycle of life and death in his journey to domination.
Aghu II now studies the harsh philosophies of progress and might practiced by King Aghu I on his road to the throne. He pushes extreme competition within his subjects as an interpretation of the brutal and obssessive route to progress King Aghu I vied for.
Create Aghu III, the Disciple of Aghu II
March 9, 2023 12:59 a.m.
King Ahgu I
Legendary Creature: Dragon
Reach, Menace
, : put a creature from your hand onto the battlefield, then sacrifice it.
Whenever King Ahgu does combat damage to a player, you may return a creature from your graveyard to your hand.
“In death, we silently wait for our king!”
2/3
King Aghu I, for refference
March 9, 2023 1:03 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #11
Make an Azorius Planeswalker who is combat focused.
March 9, 2023 1:19 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #13
Saikuo, Techlink Prodigy
Legendary Planeswalker - Saikuo
Vehicles you control have "Crew - Tap an uptapped vehicle you control".
Equipments you control have "Equip crewed vehicle - Discard a card."
+1 Until end of turn, target creature you control gains Double Strike.
-2 Untap target creature or vehicle. That permanents attacks this turn if able.
3
This feels pretty combat centric to me. If you agree, create an izzet companion. If you don't agree, repeat.
March 9, 2023 7:44 a.m.
Twix, Hexbreather
Creature - Elemental Phoenix
Flying
Companion - Each non permanent card in your deck has mana cost 2 or less.
Once during each of your turns, if you cast an instant or sorcery with mana cost 2 or less, you may pay . If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
1/1
"Lil' guy plays with hexes and curses like a housecat plays with mice!"
Create a companion that is GW or UG that deals with creature tokens.
March 9, 2023 10:21 a.m.
Made_Compleat says... #15
Esix, Mathematical Epitome
Legendary creature - Fractal Incarnation
Ward
Companion - Each creature card in your deck has mana value 2 or less.
Whenever a token enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on up to X target creatures, where X is that token's power.
2/2
It looks like we have a cycle! Create another enemy-color companion with the mana cost of {Hybrid}{Hybrid} and a companion condition involving the number two. Bonus points if it's on strixhaven!
March 9, 2023 11:42 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #16
Merkel, Adorable Miscreant
Legendary Creature - Octopus Ooze
Companion - Your starting deck contains at least 20 cards that produce creature tokens.
Whenever you cast a spell that produces one or more creature tokens, you may pay mana equal to its mana cost. If you do, copy it. (A copied permanent enters the battlefield as a token).
2/3
I was googling a name for this lil guy T-T
See above
March 9, 2023 11:52 a.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #17
Klav, the Deceiver
Legendary Creature - Inkling Nightmare
Flying
Companion - Each noncreature spell in your deck must target something you don't own or control.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value 2 or less that has one or more targets, you may choose new targets.
2/1
In the right meta, that's an absolute behemoth of a deck killer. Otherwise it may find little to no utility at all.
Make a non-legendary Advisor in your choice of mono-color or 3 colors. Has to be one of those options.
March 9, 2023 7:07 p.m.
Patient Consultant
Creature - Faerie Advisor
Flying
If unspent mana would leave your mana pool, it becomes instead.
At the beginning of each end step, if you cast no spells this turn, add .
2/2
Create a three-color Equipment.
March 9, 2023 10:59 p.m.
Made_Compleat says... #19
Soulrender
Artifact - Equipment
When Soulrender enters the battlefield, equip it to a creature you control. When equipped creature leaves the battlefield, you may move Soulrender to another creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +2/-1 and "Whenever this creature deals damage to another player, if that player controls a creature with flying, this creature gains flying until the end of your next turn. The same is true for first strike, deathtouch, double strike, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, skulk, trample, and vigilance."
Pushed uncommon commander card, anyone?
Create a card in anticipation of Lost Caverns of Ixalan.
March 10, 2023 8:16 a.m.
Cisterns and Brothers
Enchantment
Whenever a merfolk becomes the target of a spell or ability you may sacrifice a land. If you do, create a treasure token, and that merfolk gains hexproof until end of turn.
"Our cave dwelling cousins have shaped these caverns as we have shaped the rivers. It is to them and their work we owe our survival, and together we will bring Phyrexia down." - Tishana, Voice of Thunder
My thought is that the people of Ixalan are fleeing into the caves to escape Phyrexia. Also, anyone get my not so subtle pun?
Create another card in anticipation of Lost Caves of Ixalan.
March 10, 2023 10:51 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #21
Terror of the Caves
Creature - Bat Horror
Flying, Defender
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield or attacks, put a -1/-1 counter onto target creature.
~ may attack as though it didn't have defender as long as an opponent controls a permanent with a counter on it.
6/4
The Phyrexian consider their oil a strength. But there are creatures long forgotten that perceive the biting stench as a trail to fresh meat.
I did multiple versions of this design on here, but I think I like this one best both with regards to the numbers and the flavour. Aclazotz is still an unknown entity on Ixalan, and propably our best chance at a legendary Bat God. For source material: Arguel's Blood Fast Flip
This will be my challenge. Create a legendary creature - Bat God named Aclazotz, God of the Night. And be sure to have it have an adequate power level for a creature that rivals the Threefold Sun.
March 10, 2023 2:41 p.m. Edited.
Aclazotz, God of the Night
Legendary Creature - Bat God
When ~ enters the battlefield put a Moonshadow counter on each creature you don't control, then it becomes Night.
Whenever it becomes Night, destroy target creature with a Moonshadow counter on it. You may gain life or draw cards equal to that creature's power, toughness, or mana cost.
As long as it's day, ~ has hexproof. As long as it's night, ~ has indestructible.
Pay 10 life: If it's Day, it becomes Night. Then return ~ from your graveyard to your hand.
Could I fit all this on a card? I'm not sure, but I can be sure that is power should rival the threefold sun! and it was fun to design, thank you for the challenge.
I am enjoying this theme, so let's say the Old Gods of Ixalan come to life to defend their people from the Phyrexian invasion. Create one of those gods! Could be a vampire god, merfolk god, pirate god, etc BUT it cannot share a creature type with the creature it is a god of. (I.E. merfolk god cant be a merfolk)
March 10, 2023 3:35 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #23
Xxviqualzitol, End of an Era
Legendary Creature - God
This spell can't be countered.
Indestructible, hexproof, haste, vigilance, trample, menace
Dinosaur creature spells you cast can't be countered.
Dinosaurs you control get +1/+1 for each other Dinosaur you control and have trample.
Whenever a nontoken Dinosaur you control attacks, create a 3/3 red and green Dinosaur creature token with trample.
7/8
Make
Goldbeard, God of the Pillage
March 10, 2023 4:12 p.m.
Made_Compleat says... #25
Goldbeard, God of the Pillage
Legendary creature - God
Haste, Indestructible, Trample, Menace, Hexproof.
Affinity for treasure.
Whenever a Pirate deals one or more damage to one of your opponents, you create that many treasure tokens.
9/5
Make a new Admiral Beckett Brass.
I got ninja'd, but it was wild so it's all good :)
March 10, 2023 6:21 p.m.
griffstick says... #26
Trying to make a card that plays like Overwhelming Stampede in white and green. I thing this is perfect. It cares about how many creatures you control rather than how big the power of your creatures are. Also using battlcry to cut down on texts.
Next challenge is to make a card in 2 colors that's a finisher spell to a specific strategy.
March 10, 2023 7:11 p.m.
ArmageddonPanda13 says... #27
Endless Perdition
Sorcery
As you cast this spell, for each creature that entered your graveyard from anywhere this turn and for each creature card that left your graveyard this turn, add 1 to your doom count (it resets to 0 at the end of your turn.)
This spell costs less to cast for each point of your doom count.
Each opponent loses 2 life for each point of your doom count.
I don't know if this text would fit on a card but I thought it was a cool way to try to make a one-time tally of something viable in sorcery form.
Cool challenge so make another 2-color card that's a finisher for a specific strategy. Pray for no ninjas.
March 10, 2023 7:25 p.m.
Witch's Lamp
Artifact
At the beginning of each end step, if no players cast a spell this turn, put a glow counter on Witch's Lamp, Then if Witch's Lamp has three or more glow counters on it, you win the game.
It's a way to speed up Lantern Control.
Same challenge, but it must be either or .
March 10, 2023 8:15 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #29
White weenies wincon incoming.
Legion's Uprise
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, create two 1/1 red and white Soldier creature tokens with haste for each opponent you have.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control more creatures than the total of each opponent's life total combined, you win the game.
After the Phyrexians, Aurelia finally had enough. The only way to ensure peace, was through total war.
Let's see a Dimir wincon that has nothing to do with milling, draw or discard.
March 10, 2023 10:24 p.m.
Szadek, False Lord
Legendary Creature - Vampire
Flying, Trample, Ward (, Discard a card)
Whenever Szadek, False Lord deals combat damage to a player, gain control of target non-land permanent they control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control 9 or permanents you do not own, you win the game.
7/7
Do a Simic Wincon that you can't just throw mana at it to win.
March 11, 2023 12:24 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #31
ArmageddonPanda13: Are you aware that the cost on your spell is redundant? It could be this and work the same:
Endless Perdition
Sorcery
Each opponent loses twice X life, where X is the number of creature cards put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn plus the number of creature cards that left your graveyard this turn.
Spelled out like this, this looks pretty terrifying. A powerful wincon for aristocrat decks countaining .
Now, back to the challenge.
March 11, 2023 1:25 a.m.
Accelerated Diversity
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control with mutate dies, you may put each creature mutated underneath it onto the battlefield under your control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control at least 7 creatures with the only instance of a particular creature type among creatures you control, you win the game.
Create a mutate commander
March 11, 2023 1:57 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #34
Rosh, Crystalline Madness
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Hexproof
The first creature spell you cast each turn has Mutate, and it's Mutate cost is equal to its casting cost plus .
Whenever a creature you control dies, if it has mutated one or more times, you may return up to one of the creature cards to your hand. (The rest are still moved to your graveyard.)
5/6
I'd imagine he's a massive pulsating cluster of red and green crystals.
Wild
March 11, 2023 11:09 a.m.
markbeloit says... #35
Search for Respite
Sorcery
Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a land card. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control. If three or more cards were revealed this way, draw a card. Then put the rest of the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Wild
March 11, 2023 12:26 p.m.
Mental Block
Creature - Illusion Wall
Flash
Creatures blocked by Mental Block don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
2/6
Create a card that exiles and recasts itself. Arc Blade is one example of this, but if you have a different idea, go for it.
March 11, 2023 1:35 p.m.
Gitaxias86 says... #37
Lighthouse Geist
Creature - Spirit
Flash, Flying
The next time you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may pay up to less to cast that spell. If you do, exile Lighthouse Geist.
Whenever you cast three or more instant and/or sorcery spells in a turn, you may cast Lighthouse Geist from exile without paying its mana cost.
2/2
Wild
March 11, 2023 8:04 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #38
Liliana, Death's Compleate
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Compleated
+1 Put a Toxic 1 counter on up to one target creature. Mill 4.
-2 Create a 2/2 black Phyrexian Zombie creature token with menace and Toxic 1.
-9 Return all creatures from your graveyard to the battlefield. They become Phyrexian Zombies in addition to their other types and gain Toxic 3.
5
Make a new The Ur-Dragon
March 11, 2023 8:28 p.m. Edited.
Made_Compleat says... #39
Ur-Dragon, Draconian Overlord
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon Avatar
Flying, haste, ward .
Eminence - Other dragon spells you cast cost less to cast.
Whenever Ur-Dragon, Draconian Overlord attacks, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of attacking Dragons you control. You may cast any number of Dragons from among them without paying their mana costs. Those dragons enter the battlefield tapped and attacking.
10/10
Yep, an even more unbalanced commander. Enjoy!
My last challenge didn't get done, so I'm putting it here again. Please make a new Admiral Beckett Brass.
March 11, 2023 9:20 p.m.
Captain Beckett Brass
Legendary Creature - Human Pirate
Haste
Whenever a Vehicle you control deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
You may sacrifice one or more Treasures to pay for a Vehicle's Crew cost, where one Treasure is equal to 1 power.
"It's a never ending circle. More loot requires more ships to hold it. More ships means I can get more loot."
2/3
Beckett Brass before she got promoted. And UR Vehicles isn't an established design space either.
Let's see... Make a card that isn't a Werewolf that can care about Day/Night
March 11, 2023 9:46 p.m.
Gitaxias86 says... #41
Stinky Cheese
Artifact - Food
When Stinky Cheese enters the battlefield, target opponent gains control of it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, Stinky Cheese deals two damage to you.
, , Sacrifice this artifact: You lose 4 life.
Wild
March 11, 2023 11:03 p.m.
King Aghu III
Legendary Creature: Dragon
Reach
Whenever a creature you control does combat damage to a player or planeswalker, put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to that creature's power on another creature you control.
Creatures have trample (Including your opponents)
5/5
King Aghu III continued with the proggressive changes pioneered by his brother, Aghu II. seeing the subjects smothered under his brothers laws and systems, he created an status system based off of the strong bolstering the weak. This would insure the storng glory and the weak a chance to catch up back to speed.
During his rule, he would also create a cabinet of advisors for himself and his people/ create one of those advisors.
March 11, 2023 11:46 p.m.
Muunfir, Royal Intendant
Creature - Human Advisor Noble
Vigilance
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, surveil 1. If you put a nonland card into your graveyard this way, create a Treasure token.
3/3
Create the leader of an opposing faction seeking to overthrow/conquer Aghus regime.
March 12, 2023 1:21 a.m.
Just to put the Aghu Dynasty in one place:
King Aghu I would his subjects to their limits, unleashing all of their might at the cost of their lives. After squeezing them dry, he would revive them from the dead. He closely follows a tight cycle of life and death in his journey to domination.
Aghu II now studies the harsh philosophies of progress and might practiced by King Aghu I on his road to the throne. He pushes extreme competition within his subjects as an interpretation of the brutal and obssessive route to progress King Aghu I vied for.
King Aghu III continued with the proggressive changes pioneered by his brother, Aghu II. seeing the subjects smothered under his brothers laws and systems, he created an status system based off of the strong bolstering the weak. This would insure the storng glory and the weak a chance to catch up back to speed.
During his rule, he would also create a cabinet of advisors for himself and his people.
March 12, 2023 4:36 a.m.
Bridei the Bellower
Legendary Creature - Dragon Soldier
Flying, ward
When Bridei the Bellower enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.
When Bridei the Bellower leaves the battlefield, remove all +1/+1 counters from permanents you control and Bridei deals that much damage to any target.
6/6
"Aghu is no king! He's a bored child, with his subjects as his toys!"
We got an advisor for Aghu III, so either create a second in command for Bridei or develop the land/plane where this takes place.
March 12, 2023 4:58 a.m.
Made_Compleat says... #47
Mehlu, Seat of the Dragons
Legendary land - Lair
When Mehlu, Seat of the Dragons enters the battlefield, choose three colors. Then, return an untapped land that can produce one of those colors of mana to your hand.
Mehlu enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, : Add one mana of each of the chosen colors.
Here we have Mehlu, the capital of the empire. While it used to be glorified slave pits, the reforms championed by Aghu III are changing that.
Create one of the following:
Bridei's second
Bridei's stronghold
Another of Aghu III's advisors
Someone who lives in the Aghu Empire. They can't be a dragon.
March 12, 2023 1:31 p.m.
Firsg, Armory of the Scaled
Legendary Land - Lair
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 Red, White and Blue Dragon Soldier Token.
As long as you control a Soldier creature, ~ gains ": Add , , or to your mana pool for each Soldier creature you control. This mana can only be spent to activate abilities of Soldier Creatures or to cast Soldier Creature Spells."
"Located in the frigid mountain peaks on the edge of the Aghu Empire, the stronghold of Firsg is known far and wide for the rigorous training and and harsh instruction it provides to the soldiers of the Aghu Empire. Their motto reads, 'For those who persevere, victory is assured.'"
I really love this, so I have to continue. Feel free to ignore!
Hrissif, Drum of Liberation
Legendary Creature - Dragon Bard Soldier
Haste
Battle Cry: Whenever ~ attacks, each other attacking creatures you control gains +1/+0 until the end of the turn.
Whenever ~ becomes tapped, untap each other Soldier creature you control.
3/4
"With a revolution, there must be a rallying cry; A rhythm to guide the hands and feet of those who desire change. I am the pounding of their boots, the very pulse of their hearts."
Please continue!
March 13, 2023 9:42 a.m. Edited.
Made_Compleat has two challenges remaining on his card, my bad!
FauxFaux says... #1
Arch-Demon of Suffering
Creature - Demon Wizard
Flash, Flying
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, choose target player. Remove all counters, emblems and Auras attached to them.
"Petty trinkets, diluted poisons, crude curses. All of them. Low-level tricks for low-level worms."
4/4
Wild
March 8, 2023 2:29 p.m. Edited.