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.
TypicalTimmy says... #2
Legendary Planeswalker - Niko
When Niko, Prism Capture enters the battlefield, exile up to one target creature or planeswalker with mana value X.
+2 Scry 1, draw a card then discard a card. If you discard a land, Niko deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
-2 Create a 0/1 colorless Prism artifact creature token. It has ", sacrifice this creature: Add one of any color."
-X You may spend any color of mana to cast the creature or planeswalker exiled with Niko. If you spend mana only produced by Prism tokens, create X copies of it. They are non-legendary.
3
Let's see a Compleated Ob Nixilis.
April 5, 2023 5:29 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #3
Legendary Planeswalker - Niko
When Niko, Prism Capture enters the battlefield, exile up to one target creature or planeswalker with mana value X.
+2 Scry 1, draw a card then discard a card. If you discard a land, Niko deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
-2 Create a 0/1 colorless Prism artifact creature token. It has ", sacrifice this creature: Add one of any color."
-X You may spend any color of mana to cast the creature or planeswalker exiled with Niko. If you spend mana only produced by Prism tokens, create X copies of it. They are non-legendary.
3
Let's see a Compleated Ob Nixilis.
April 5, 2023 5:29 a.m.
Swing4Lethal says... #4
Ob Nixilis, Compleated Destroyer
Legendary Creature - Demon
Landfall: Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control put an oil counter on Ob Nixilis.
Ob Nixis get +1/+1 for each oil counter on it. If Ob Nixilis has 5 or more oil counters on it, it gains flying.
Remove 3 oil counters from Ob Nixilis: Destroy target creature
4/4
Now do a Compleated Thalia.
April 5, 2023 9:44 a.m.
Thalia, Porcelain Legionnaire
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Soldier
First Strike
Non Phyrexian spells cost your opponent more to cast.
Non Phyrexian permanents your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.
2/1
"Finally, peace."
Make a mono green card that gives protection/evasion to mana dorks.
April 5, 2023 10:07 a.m.
griffstick says... #6
I was working on making art for ob Nixilis so Swing4Lethal this is your art work.
April 5, 2023 10:38 a.m.
Gwenna, Gaea's Ambassador
Legendary Creature - Elf Druid Advisor
Creatures you control with mana abilities get +1/+1 and have Hexproof
Forest lands you control are creatures with base power and toughness 0/0 in addition to their other types
3/4
I have no idea if this fits in with their lore, as far as what Gwenna's powers are. Furthermore, I don't know how one could maximize this iteration of Gwenna such that it becomes a legitimate commander option. However, it definitely seems like something Johnny could figure out. Interesting combo of abilities, nonetheless. I stand by this design.
Take another lesser used, mono-colored legendary creature with only one card, and give it another version.
April 5, 2023 12:41 p.m.
Heloid, God of Gods
Legendary Enchantment Creature- God
6/6
Hexproof
As long as your devotion to white is less than 6, Heloid, God of Gods isn't a creature.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to 2 target creatures you control.
: Create 5 2/2 White soldiers with Double Strike and Haste
April 5, 2023 4:07 p.m.
This one's for you, K.
Disappearing Ship
Enchantment
When Disappearing Ship enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Your opponents play with their hands revealed.
When Disappearing Ship leaves the battlefield, shuffle your hand into your library, then draw that many cards.
"Okay, it's been long enough. What did you do with the ship?"
If you know the joke that this is based on, wild card. If you don't know the joke, same challenge.
April 5, 2023 5:48 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #12
The Noisy Cricket
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Whenever a creature becomes equipped with The Noisy Cricket, tap it.
Equipped creature has ", return this creature to your hand: Deal 10 damage to any nonplayer target."
Equip
"Come on, man, you - you get a Series Four De-atomizer and I - I get a little - little midgy cricket?"
Question: You have a triggered equip ability, and an activated ability.
Can you tap and deal the 10 damage IN RESPONSE TO the triggered ability on the stack when you equipped it? Or no because of priority?
Make that large insect alien from Men in Black 1. The one trying to get back on the space ship at the end. Remember Unfinity gave us Alien as a race so you can do Alien Insect.
April 5, 2023 6:11 p.m. Edited.
How many potatoes does it take to starve an Irishman?
Zero
Sorcery
If you cast this spell without paying it's mana cost, you lose the game
Exile all permanents
Target player skips their next turn
Not necessarily based on a joke, but does take its name from the punchline.
Damn, ninja'd three times. And I even refreshed!
See challenge above.
April 5, 2023 6:16 p.m.
griffstick says... #14
TypicalTimmy. It should have been worded, Equip tap this creature:
Then Whenever a creature becomes equipped with The Noisy Cricket, tap it. Wouldn't be necessary on the card.
To answer your question yes you can respond to it unless it's worded like I said.
April 5, 2023 7:52 p.m. Edited.
griffstick says... #15
Or "as an additional cost to Equip , tap the creature you equip.
April 5, 2023 7:58 p.m.
Edgar of the Hivemind
Legendary Creature - Alien Insect Human
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, choose target Human creature. ~ becomes a copy of that creature, except it's name is ~, and is a Human creature.
Enrage: Whenever ~ is dealt damage, ~ becomes a 10/10 Insect Alien with Haste and Trample. This ability only triggers once each turn.
X/X
“Bugs thrive on carnage, tiger. They consume, infest, destroy, live off the death and destruction of other species.” —K
Please. I beg of you, future challenger; make me Frank the Pug.
April 5, 2023 9:43 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #17
Frank the Pug
Legendary Creature - Alien Dog
Vigilance
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, if it has mana value 1 or greater each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. If it is legendary, each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life instead.
Tap 5 equipment with different names and mana values, : Exile target nonland permanent.
"Ooh wow those are some great guns. And I don't mean your arms. Don't get me wrong you've got great arms, you know for a Human. But I was referring to your firearms. Although that cavitates a magnetically suspended ion-plasma soup crystalized under the Hynman-Vern principal so it's not really a firearm, per se."
2/2
I had to make an annoyingly long tangent. Sorry not sorry.
Okay imma need you to make The Worm Guys
April 5, 2023 11:14 p.m.
TheoryCrafter says... #18
The Worm Guys
Image: Just pick one from Men In Black.
Legendary Creature- Alien Worm
Rare
When ~ enters the battlefield, create X food tokens equal to the number of creatures and planeswalkers on the battlefield.
If an opponent would win the game on the next turn, you may exile ~. If you do, you cannot lose the game and your opponent cannot win the game until the beginning of your next upkeep.
0/1
Note: The food tokens accompanying this card have images of cups of coffee.
The challenge was originally going to be to make an instant or sorcery around my favorite line from the film, but between foul language and the possibility it getting misconstrued as an endorsement for police brutality, I'm just going to make it Wild.
April 6, 2023 11:41 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #19
Edgar, Roach's Host
Legendary Creature - Human Peasant
Skulk
When ~ dies, exile it. If you do, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card that's an Insect, Spider, Scorpion, Worm, or Wurm. Put that creature card onto the battlefield and shuffle the rest into your library.
1/3
"I want sugar water!"
Wild
April 7, 2023 6:32 a.m.
Home O' Habilis
Legendary Land - Cave
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, choose a creature. As long as ~ is in play, that creature gains: "At the beginning of your endstep, create a 1/1 Human creature token."
"Unng never thought using a rock THAT way would yield results. Unng was, as usual, wrong."
Wild!
April 7, 2023 7:07 a.m.
All Consuming Kudzu
Creature - Plant Elemental
When all consuming Kudzu enters the battlefield, put a root counter on target creature. A creature with a root counter on it is colorless forest land. When ~ leave the battlefield, remove all root counters placed by ~.
All Consuming Kudzu's power and toughness are equal to the number of forests in play.
/
"Ginka couldn't get out fast enough, now his corpse looks like a topiary. Kinda think he looks better this way."
Wish green had more plant and elemental creatures like this. Less humanoids in general.
Make a card for a mechanic we don't see much that you enjoy.
April 7, 2023 10:57 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #23
I really honestly enjoyed Exert. I'm going to try something strange and put Exert on Zendikar, actually.
Granite Slinger
Creature - Elemental
Haste
Whenever Granite Slinger attacks, you may exert it. If you do, sacrifice a Mountain you control. Granite Slinger deals damage equal to its power to any number of targets, divided as you choose.
4/4
Not sure how a rock elemental can become tired, but hey it was a fun build.
I flew from Kansas to Texas to Chicago today coming home from my business trip. We were in Kansas taking classes to become licensed in handling ammonia within an industrial setting. I took two exams, passed the first safety exam with 100% and the second theory of application exam with an 85%.
Anyway, long story short, I abandoned my coworker in Texas, hahaha. He never made it to the flight because he wanted to stand around and argue with staff. So I just walked away and made it on time, but he never boarded.
Challenge: Make a card where you purposefully abandon a creature for benefit. Your goal is to figure out what "abandon a creature" might mean.
April 7, 2023 12:23 p.m.
TheoryCrafter says... #24
Adaptive Feint
Sorcery
Uncommon
Army token creatures you control have Afflict 4 and "Whenever this creature attacks a battle, planeswalker or player and isn't blocked, it may deal that damage to another target instead".
Dang it! Ninja'd. Do above challenge.
April 7, 2023 12:25 p.m.
Unwilling Decoy
Instant
Target attacking creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the power of another target attacking creature you control. That creature's base power and toughness become 1/1.
When chased by angry bears, it is not enough to be faster than your friends.
Create a legendary artifact creature.
April 7, 2023 12:39 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #27
Loner's Abandonment
Enchantment
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may return each creature you control to its owner's hand. If you return to hand at least one creature this way, the creature spell enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter for each creature returned to a player's hand this way.
, discard a creature card: Target creature gains Hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
I was ninja'd.
April 7, 2023 12:43 p.m. Edited.
TheoryCrafter says... #28
TypicalTimmy, Great minds think alike.
Walker-1, Army of Many
Legendary Artifact Creature- Construct
~ Enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters.
Remove a +1/+1 counter: Place your choice of counter among Defender, First Strike, Flying, Haste, Hexproof, Indestructible, Lifelink and Vigilance.
When ~ dies, create X 1/1 Blue and White soldier Creature tokens where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on ~.
0/0
Create a battle where the flip side is a permanent that can turn into a battle.
April 7, 2023 1:09 p.m.
Sudden Death
Battle - Royale
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, each player chooses a creature they control. Until ~ leaves, only the chosen creatures can attack or block. Whenever a creature chosen this way would leave the battlefield or die, instead tap it and it gains: "This creature cannot untap until only one creature chosen with ~ is untapped."
The owner of the last untapped creature chosen this way transforms ~ and puts it onto the battlefield transformed under their control.
Champion of the Grand Royale
Enchantment
Indestructible, Hexproof
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card.
Spells you cast cost less.
Whenever an opponent deals combat damage to you with only one creature, that opponent may sacrifice all but one creature they control. If they do, each other player sacrifices all but one creature they control. ~'s controller chooses a creature they control. That creature gains +3/+3 and First Strike. Transform ~.
"Well, the rules of combat have changed! Calling all competitors to Valor's Reach! We have ourselves a glorified Free-For-All!"
Hopefully fulfills the challenge! Wild!
April 8, 2023 10:05 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #30
I honestly tried three separate times. Once with the Silver Moon and turning it into a Phyrexian Emeakul, once called a Thousand Year War generating massive combat swings, and another as a Mardu Demon Dragon. Just couldn't nail her down right.
Blood for Blood
Instant
Counter target spell. You lose life equal to its mana value.
My brain is slush right now. Can't think of good flavor text. Sorry.
Uuuh, okay Orzhov counter spell is pretty crazy, right?
Take another guild and make a card for them that you wouldn't normally expect to see. For example, a Gruul creature with lifelink would be a little crazy. Or an Izzet spell that cares about enchantments. Hell a Boros draw spell technically fits the build.
You know, something that's unexpected for those colors.
April 8, 2023 11:22 p.m.
griffstick says... #31
Sparkles
Legendary Creature Drake (uncommon)
Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, your next Enchantment spell gains flash until the end of turn.
1/3
April 9, 2023 12:38 a.m.
Psychocerebral Replication
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature you control
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
As long as enchanted creature and the exiled creature share a creature type, enchanted creature is a copy of the exiled card.
Izeet research into spirit channeling made rapid progress once they learned that ghosts don't appreciate being set on fire.
This card took me through Dead Ringers levels of awkward wording. Everything I tried was either ambiguous or wordy, and I'm still not totally satisfied. Izzet Reanimator, anyone?
Anyway, I got ninja'ed, but no new challenge. Create a card inspired by a tarot card.
April 9, 2023 12:49 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #33
Temperance
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature is dealt combat damage, at the end of combat put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of combat damage it sustained. If it did not sustain any combat damage, sacrifice it instead.
I just did a super quick Google search. Temperance basically means that you are about to go through a painful journey that will make you stronger, if the card is revealed in the upright position. If it is revealed upside down, it means you are leading down a path that will ultimately destroy yourself.
Make a Commander using the image below.
April 9, 2023 11:04 a.m.
markbeloit says... #34
Halvar, the Dragon Summoner
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
,, Discard a card with mana value X from your hand: Create an X/X red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
2/4
I know there's already a magic card named Halvar in mtg, but there are plenty of people with the same name in this world. Should happen there too, right?
Wild.
April 9, 2023 6:44 p.m.
Knights of Bell Hill
Creature - Human Knight
Myriad, menace, flanking
Whenever a creature you don't control dies, if its toughness was 0 or less, draw a card.
3/3
As valorous as any courtly order, the Knights of Bell Hill have ended threats that their lords knew nothing about.
My idea here is that the Knights of Bell Hill are an order that rely on speed, tactics, and magic than on direct confrontation. They're not malicious, but they are reclusive, and many people think that they're ghosts, or that they don't exist.
If you want to build off this, create a card related to the Knights of Bell Hill. Otherwise, wild.
April 9, 2023 7:26 p.m.
Made_Compleat says... #37
Knight's Strategem
Instant
Creatures you don't control get -0/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Some call it immoral, but the Knights of Bell Hill go with what works.
Create a druids tribal card.
April 9, 2023 9:19 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #38
Kynel, Oath of Prosper
Legendary Creature - Elf Druid
Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 3 life.
Druids you control have ": Add one of any color mana that a basic land you control could produce."
Creature spells you cast that have mana value 8 or greater have Convoke.
3/4
She might be Druid tribal but you know she's also big noodle boi tribal.
Let's see another Commander who specifically cares about one tribe (like Druids) but is set up to actually support something different.
April 9, 2023 9:54 p.m.
Saint Traft, Worshipped
Legendary Creature - Spirit Advisor
Humans you cast cost 1 less , , or to cast.
When a human creature you control enters a graveyard, create a token that is a copy of it, except it's a 1/1 flying spirit.
Sacrifice two humans you control: Saint Traft, Worshipped gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
2/2
"Buried alive or found dead on the battlefield, it makes no difference to me. The Church of Avacyn is dead. Long live the Sect of Traft."
Humans really are just pre-spirits when you think about it! I've always what would wondered if Innistrad adopted a more Orzhov style of spirit protection and procurement. In this deck you could also mill yourself for some fun shenanigans too, ended up really liking this design. Either way, we can all agree spirits as a tribe deserve a little love.
Make a Bant Convoke commander that does something more then just give other spells convoke!
April 10, 2023 9:21 a.m.
Kurosemaru, One with Nothing
Legendary Creature - Human Demon
Deathtouch
Hellbent: As long as you have no cards in your hand, ~ gains: "Whenever you would draw a card, instead return a card from your graveyard to your hand."
Demons you control gain: ", Discard a card: You lose 3 life."
3/4
"When one becomes nothing, you become everything. I am everything."
I've always loved Hellbent. Thought is was fun and full of flavor. In edh, Hellbent is a very steep cost to attain, with little returns. So here's a Rakdos combo machine.
Damn. Pesky Ninja strikes again.
Matilda, Patron of the People
Legendary Creature - Human Citizen Rebel
Vigilance
Whenever you cast a spell with Convoke, untap all creatures used to cast that spell.
Untap each creature you control during each other players' untap steps.
2/4
Wild!
April 10, 2023 10:13 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #41
Grolnok and the Gitrog Monster
Legendary Creature - Frog Horror
Deathtouch
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you mill two cards.
You may play an additional land each turn if you play it from your graveyard.
Sacrifice a land: Exile a permanent card from your graveyard. You may cast it for as long as it's exiled.
6/6
Create a legendary Badger.
April 10, 2023 10:58 a.m.
Baraka
Legendary Creature - Tatarkan Warrior
Double strike
: Baraka gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
Chop Chop Blades - Whenever Baraka deals combat damage to a creature, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.
2/4
Create a wedge version of the Alara Shardblades (Bant Sureblade, Jund Hackblade, etc.)
April 10, 2023 1:12 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #44
Mardu Swiftblade
Creature - Hound Warrior
As long as you control another multicolor permanent, Mardu Swiftblade gets +1/+1 and has haste.
3/2
I mean it's basically just a different name, race and keyword ability. We could do Snake for Sultai, Bird for Jeskai, Human for Abzan and Yeti for Temur. Deathtouch, flying, hexproof and trample all work. Bingo bango bongo cycle solved.
Make a legendary Phyrexian Ooze
April 10, 2023 5:32 p.m.
TypicalTimmy Seems easy on the surface, right? Well, it was a little bit of a trap. If I may offer some thoughts, the Mardu Horde is red-centric, not black-centric, a Bird of the Jeskai Way that only has flying when it feels like it is a little odd, and I'm not sure Yetis use swords. It's a cycle that goes a little deeper than I think people understand.
Anyway, I'll stop chewing on your cards. Keep up all the good work!
April 10, 2023 6:14 p.m.
markbeloit says... #46
Corrupt Remains
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Ooze
Indestructible, lifelink, menace
At the beginning of your end step, put a corruption counter on target permanent.
Whenever Corrupt Remains deals combat damage to a player, put a corruption counter on target permanent that player controls.
When Corrupt Remains deals combat damage to a creature, put a corruption counter on that creature.
Sacrifice a permanent: Gain control of target permanent with two or more corruption counters on it.
What became of the oil afterwards was worse than anyone could have imagined.
2/5
Way to much text to be printed. If you're fleeing inspired, make a version of this that's slimmed down text-wise.
Wild.
April 10, 2023 6:36 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #47
Exponential Potential
Sorcery
Exponential Potential deals X damage to all targets where X is the total number of available targets.
"Math is for blockers."
Lol
Wild
April 10, 2023 7:26 p.m.
griffstick says... #48
April 10, 2023 8:55 p.m. Edited.
markbeloit says... #49
Scarlet Death-Vine
Creature - Plant
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, if Scarlet Death-Vine is untapped, tap it and and that creature. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's untap steps as long as both creatures are on the battlfield. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1-1 counter on each of the creatures.
0/8
Wild
April 10, 2023 8:57 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #50
Assimilate
Sorcery
Destroy target creature, then create a token copy of it, except that token is black and a Horror in addition to its other colors and types.
I wanted to do Tyranids for Warhammer 40k, but they are Temur and this spell felt distinctly black. I was at a loss of what race to pick next so I went with Horrors.
Speaking of which,
Make anything that has to do with Horrors.
legendofa says... #1
Appa and Momo
Legendary Creature - Beast Bat Lemur
Flying
Whenever one or more creatures attack you, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by another target creature.
Whenever Appa and Momo deals combat damage to a player, look at that player's hand.
2/5
Create a card that creates or uses Prism tokens.
April 5, 2023 2:57 a.m.