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.

Epicurus says... #1

Kiora, Polluted

Legendary Planeswalker - Kiora

Completed (the symbol in Kiora's mana cost may be paid with , or 2 life. If life was paid, ~ enters the battlefield with 2 fewer loyalty counters)

+1 Tap target permanent, then untap another target permanent

-X Populate X times

-4 Create two 4/4 blue Phyrexian Octopus creature tokens with Toxic 2

5


Make a nonlegendary Phyrexian Octopus in mono blue, with Islandhome (this is a discontinued mechanic with the Oracle text "if defending player controls no Islands, this creature can't attack," and, "When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.")

April 23, 2023 2:23 a.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #2

Sea Strangler

Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Octopus (Mythic)

Islandhome

When Sea Strangler enters the battlefield, exile any number of target nonland permanents an opponent controls with total mana value equal to or less than the amount of you paid when casting Sea Strangler. Those permanents remain exiled for as long as you control Sea Strangler.

When Sea Strangler enters the battlefield, mill a number of cards equal to the amount of life you paid while casting it. Return any number of islands from your graveyard to your hand. You have no maximum hand size until the beginning of your next upkeep.

4/4


Following the prompt set before you, where you do something based on the amount of mana paid, and something else based upon the amount of life you paid, make a nonlegendary mono-red Phyrexian Giant. It needs to be a Mythic.

April 23, 2023 2:52 a.m.

Blade1945 says... #3

Champion of Steel

Creature-Phyrexian Giant (Mythic)

When Champion of Steel enters the battlefield mill the top 3 cards of each opponent's library for each paid to cast this card.

When Champion of Steel enters the battlefield search your library for a basic Mountain for the number of life paid to cast this card.

Champion of Steel's power and toughness are equal to the amount of mountains you control

/

April 23, 2023 7:33 a.m.

Blade1945 says... #4

Champion of Steel

Creature-Phyrexian Giant (Mythic)

When Champion of Steel enters the battlefield mill the top 3 cards of each opponent's library for each paid to cast this card.

When Champion of Steel enters the battlefield search your library for a basic Mountain for the number of life paid to cast this card.

Champion of Steel's power and toughness are equal to the amount of mountains you control

/

Next person has to make a human soldier named Master Chief

April 23, 2023 7:36 a.m.

TheoryCrafter says... #5

Master Chief

Legendary Creature- Human Soldier

Mythic Rare

When ~ enters the battlefield create a blue legendary Illusion Construct artifact creature token named Cortana with 0/1 and "whenever ~ deals combat damage to a permanent or player, draw a card".

~ enters the battlefield with a Shield Counter. At the beginning of each end step, put a shield counter on ~ if he doesn't have one.

~ cannot be equipped with more than two equipment. 2/2


Choose one:

Option 1: Create an unset version of The Master Chief. It must include the following Oracle text:

"As an additional cost, sing or whistle the opening bars to the theme of the video game Halo. If anyone joins in, all creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn."

Option 2: Build a card around this Flavor Text:

"Elite's Dead! Run away!" -Grunt soldier, last words.

April 23, 2023 9:26 a.m.

Blade1945 says... #6

What do we make next TheoryCrafter

April 23, 2023 9:35 a.m.

TheoryCrafter says... #7

Blade1945, At the bottom of my last post you have two options. You get to choose which of the two options to do for the challenge. Have fun!

April 23, 2023 9:51 a.m.

Deezy829 says... #8

Is it okay to skip a prompt if we are unfamiliar with the source material its based on?

April 23, 2023 1:18 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #9

He's asking for an unset card based on the HALO game and novel series.

Generally speaking users just wait out a challenge they aren't sure of.


Grunt Reinforcements

Sorcery

Multikicker

Create three 1/1 red Grunt creature tokens with haste. Copy this spell for each time it was kicked. If it was kicked more than once, the tokens enter the battlefield tapped.

"Elite's dead, run away!" - Grunt Soldier's last words.


Wild

April 23, 2023 1:32 p.m.

Thaumaturge's Anthem

Instant

Until your next turn, X target creatures gain Hexproof and can't be blocked.

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent this turn, draw a card.


Create an Ikoria Apex Monster in a Shard colour. Consider the creature type patterns for the colours and the focus on mutate triggers.

April 23, 2023 1:37 p.m.

legendofa says... #11

Satha, Apex of Confidence

Legendary Creature - Dinosaur Cat Beast

Mutate

Haste, vigilance

Whenever this creature mutates, put a +1/+1 on it and up to one other target creature.

5/3


I'm doing two, with or without permission.

Xauctos, Apex of Shadows

Legendary Creature - Elemental Nightmare Dinosaur

Mutate

You may cast Xauctos, Apex of Shadows as though it had flash using its mutate ability.

Flying, deathtouch

3/4


Microscopic typeline on that second one.

Continue the cycle, or wild.

April 23, 2023 5:25 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #12

Shards? So Naya, Grixis... Jund, oh god what are they... uuuh... Bant annnnnnnnnd... hmm. frick... ESPER! wow my brain isn't working today


Engulthra, Deceiver of Wills

This artwork was borrowed from Fiend Artisan.


Reads very Esper, but is highly destructive like Jund. Hence the name, Deceiver of Wills.

Repeat the cycle. Esper and Bant are left.

April 23, 2023 7:24 p.m.

philias says... #13

Vohjex, Mind Builder

Legendary Creature: Crab Wolf Dinosaur

mutate:

When this creature mutates, scry X, where X is the number of times this creature mutated.

After you scry, manifest the top card of your library.

At the begining of each turn, you may scry 2

4/3


Bant and Jeskai! the only shard left is Esper

April 23, 2023 11:55 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #14

Jeskai is wedge my dude

April 24, 2023 midnight

FauxFaux says... #15

Crysix, Apex of Refraction

Legendary Creature - Illusion Spirit Dinosaur

Mutate:

Whenever this creature Mutates, create a non-legendary copy of ~ and Mutate another target non-Human creature you control.

Whenever the mutated creature attacks, create a token that is a copy of ~, except if it is legendary create a non-legendary copy of it tapped and attacking target player or planeswalker. Exile it at the end of combat.

3/3

"Light bends, and we perceive light; Reality bends, and we perceive the non-reality."


Since were gonna revisit Eldraine...(yayyyyyy. Sarcasm!)

I'd love to see a card based on the plane, but somewhat twisted, since the plane is based on Fairy Tales!

April 24, 2023 8:51 a.m. Edited.

Deezy829 says... #16

Pinocchio, Thief of Flesh {B}{B}{B}

Legendary Artifact Creature - Construct

P:0 T:3

Whenever a creature your opponent controls dies, you may have Pinocchio’s power and toughness become equal to that creatures power and toughness until end of turn.

Create a card that depicts Urtet as the last surviving Myr.

April 24, 2023 9:55 a.m.

markbeloit says... #17

Urtet, the Last

Legendary Artifact Creature - Myr

You may pay 2 life rather than in Urtet's mana cost.

Urtet, the Last has the abilities of all Myr cards in all graveyards.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are ten or more Myr cards in your graveyard, target player loses the game.

2/2


Wild.

April 24, 2023 4:33 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #18

Kolaghan, The Perfect Storm

Legendary Creature - Elder Phyrexian Dragon

Flying, haste

Dragon spells you control cost less to cast.

Dragon spells you cast have Storm. Copies of those spells enter the battlefield as tokens.

Nontoken Dragons you control have haste.

4/4


Make a legend you wish we got to see in the recent Phyrexian arc that we didn't.

April 24, 2023 6:06 p.m.

legendofa says... #19

Mayael and Sedris

Legendary Creature - Zombie Elf

, : Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature card with power 5 or greater from among them or from your graveyard onto the battlefield. Put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.

7/7


Alara FTW!

Create an Ogre Centaur creature.

April 24, 2023 6:43 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #20

I imagine it's like a Centaur, but the muscular build of a rhino


Rubblebelt Colossus

Creature - Rhino Ogre Centaur Warrior

This creature can't be countered.

Haste, vigilance, double strike, trample, menace

Borborygmos feared no man, no beast, no dragon or demon. But this was none of those things.

5/8


Okay my inner Timmy is freaking the F out right now omg could you imagine if this thing was printed omg omg omg

Eeeee okay make a colossal Wurm for 15 mana with a 15/15 statline.

The challenge?

Can't have ;)

April 24, 2023 9:26 p.m.

legendofa says... #21

TypicalTimmy I have to admit, I always figured your inner Timmy was more of an outer Timmy.

April 24, 2023 11:42 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #22

I try to hold back when I do card designs but this time I just couldn't help myself

Lol the worst part is, it sucks. Imagine hard casting that and it dies to removal because I forgot the hexproof T-T lol

April 25, 2023 1:21 a.m. Edited.

legendofa says... #23

That's what Tyvar's Stand is for.

April 25, 2023 1:25 a.m.

Submerged Chasmcrawler

Creature -- Wurm

Suspend 8 --

When you suspend Submerged Chasmcrawler or cast it from your hand, create a 0/1 blue Wurm creature token named Wurmling. When Chasmcrawler enters the battlefield from being suspended in exile, sacrifice the token.

Whenever you remove a time counter from a creature you control in exile, put a +1/+1 counter on target Wurmling you control.

15/15

After the eastern coast was flooded, traditionally landlocked wurms took to burrowing under the seabed, rising only to consume entire fleets for sustenance.


The Wurmling token is supposed to represent the actual Wurm as it rises closer and closer to the ocean floor.

Make an Un-card with a name that can be anacronymized as the word PECAN, becuase the card cares about pecans. Pray for no ninjas.

April 25, 2023 1:45 p.m.

AAAAH wait I forgot the "no green" stipulation.

Honestly this card would probably fit mechanically in mono-blue anyway, so here's the fixed version:


Submerged Chasmcrawler

Creature -- Wurm

Suspend 8 --

When you suspend Submerged Chasmcrawler or cast it from your hand, create a 0/1 blue Wurm creature token named Wurmling. When Chasmcrawler enters the battlefield from being suspended in exile, sacrifice the token.

Whenever you remove a time counter from a creature you control in exile, put a +1/+1 counter on target Wurmling you control.

15/15

After the eastern coast was flooded, traditionally landlocked wurms took to burrowing under the seabed, rising only to consume entire fleets for sustenance.

April 25, 2023 1:47 p.m.

philias says... #26

Nacep Runner

Creature: Squirrel

tap a forest you control; grab a pecan and put it on the table unless a player at the table has a nut allergy.

pecans you control have ", sacrifice this artifact (crush the pecan) ; choose the mode equal to X 1. Gain 2 life 2. Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature 3. Draw a card 4. have a creature you control"

1/1


Create an infinite room within a single card

April 25, 2023 9:31 p.m.

mudkipdude says... #27

explain please. if an infinite room is a kind of combo, i probably don't know it.

April 25, 2023 9:40 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #28

The Backrooms

Legendary Enchantment

When The Backrooms enters the battlefield you may exile a creature you control. If you do, exile target creature.

At the beginning of each players upkeep, exile target creature they control.


Internet memes.

Uuh, fugg it wildcard

April 25, 2023 11:08 p.m. Edited.

mudkipdude says... #29

The Death Note

Legendary Enchantment Artifact

When ~ enters the battlefield, the opponent gets an emblem with ": Create an L Clue token". When ~ leaves the battlefield, the emblem is destroyed. (It's a token with ": draw a card. Remove a pressure token from a card an opponent called ~."

: Exile target creature. Activate only once per turn. Then, add a pressure counter to ~.

The only way to remove pressure counters from this card is by L Clue.

When ~ would have a pressure token removed from it when ~ has no pressure tokens on it, exile it. It cannot come back to the battlefield, and you drop to 5 health.

This was a wordy card. i was watching this show when i made it, too. anyways, make a 4 colour card thats an elf, a wolf, a cat or a dragon.

April 25, 2023 11:33 p.m.

legendofa says... #30

Ishiban, Nekoru Stalker

Legendary Creature - Cat Dragon

Flash, flying

: Ishiban, Nekoru Stalker phases out. When it phases in, it deals damage equal to its power to target creature.

4/4

The silence of a cat, the magic of a dragon, and the unpredictability of both.


Create a card that creates Saprolings tokens.

April 26, 2023 12:18 a.m.

mudkipdude says... #31

Overgrown Corpse

Enchantment - Aura

Enchanted creature gains -X/+1, where X is target creatures power.

When enchanted creature exits the battlefield, create Y 0/2 Saproling tokens, where Y is enchanted creatures converted mana cost and toughness added together.

Everything will die. That doesn’t mean there’s no room for growth.

Create a companion card.

April 26, 2023 12:35 a.m.

Calimero, the Stormcore

Legendary Creature - Bird Elemental

Companion - Each instant and sorcery card in your starting deck has a Mana Value of 6 or greater.

Flying

Instant and sorcery spells with Mana Value 6 or greater you cast cost less to cast and have Replicate .

3/4


No cycle. Just assume this is what Izzet got instead of Lutri.


Create a commander you don't want to cast from the command zone.

April 26, 2023 12:43 a.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #33

Necrobloom, Garden of Death

Legendary Creature - Plant Zombie

Defender, deathtouch

You may cast Necrobloom from your graveyard.

At the beginning of your upkeep, mill 3.

Whenever a land enters your graveyard from anywhere, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with Decayed.

Whenever you cast Necrobloom from your graveyard, create a number of 1/1 black and green Plant Zombie creature tokens equal to the number of lands you have in your graveyard.

2/7


How about another Commander who makes unique and interesting tokens we haven't seen before, even if they are simple ones like these little guys.

April 26, 2023 1:30 a.m.

Asder says... #34

Anafenza, Eternal Guardian

Legendary Creature - Spirit Soldier

Whenever one or more creatures enter the battlefield under your control, create a colourless Scale artifact token with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Prevent the next 1 damage that target source would deal this turn."

: Create a 1/1 white Warrior token.

3/4


Create another card that uses scale tokens

April 26, 2023 7:42 a.m.

markbeloit says... #35

Abzan Apothecary

Human Cleric

: Create a Scale token. Activate this ability no more than once each turn. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.")

2/3


Reworded the wording for Scale token slightly.

Wild.

April 26, 2023 11:46 a.m.

hiddengibbons says... #36

Lord of Butterhorn

Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Food Zombie Warrior Knight Cleric Soldier Rebel Ally

When ~ enters the battlefield, each opponent gains 2 life, returns up to two creatures from his or her graveyard to his or her hand, and you draw two cards.

: Regenerate

4/10

Synergies with many tribal deck builds. I imagine the artwork being a picture of Lord of Tresserhorn offering a pastry rather than ushering the viewer to a chopping block. Make another version of an existing card with a hilarious play on words

April 26, 2023 12:45 p.m.

mudkipdude says... #37

Chromium, the Mutt(able)

Legendary Creature - Dragon Dog

Vigilance, Haste

: ~ loses all abilities and becomes a 1/2 Dog with indestructible and hexproof.

8/8

Doesthedogdie would have a fit

Anyways, I hate the day/night mechanic and love the dungeon mechanic, so build a dungeon or build a card that condemns that day/night decks and helps the dungeon decks

April 26, 2023 5:12 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #38

Dungeon Crawl

Enchantment

When Dungeon Crawl enters the battlefield, venture into a Dungeon.

Whenever you venture into or complete a Dungeon, if it isn't day or night it becomes one of your choice. Otherwise, if it is day you may have it become night and if it is night you may have it become day.

Whenever you complete a Dungeon, if it is day create X treasure tokens where X is the number of levels of that Dungeon. If it is night, create that many 1/1 red Kobold creature tokens with haste instead.


Surprisingly, this challenge was pretty easy for me. Probably because I absolutely loathe Day/Night but love Dungeons, also.

Hmm let's see...

Oh I know. It's silly but make a Planeswalker who creates and cares about food tokens. Their ultimate should find an interesting synergy or way to repurpose them, to make it worth while.

April 26, 2023 10:09 p.m.

berryjon says... #39

The Gingerbread Wife
Legendary Planeswalker - Gingerbread
+1: Create two Food tokens.
0: The Gingerbread Wife becomes a 1/1 Golem creature with Haste and First Strike until the end of your next turn. Prevent all non-combat damage that would be dealt to it.
-2, Sacrifice X tokens: Target creature gets +X/+X until the end of the turn.
2
"Garruk should stop making enemies." "Yes, he's starting to be quite literal about it." - Will and Rowan Kenrith


I'm hungry. More food!

April 26, 2023 10:46 p.m.

mudkipdude says... #40

A Grand Feast

Legendary Enchantment

Indestructible

When ~ enters the battlefield, create X food tokens, where X is the twice amount of food tokens under your control, minumum 2 tokens.

At the start of your upkeep, create X food tokens.

At the end step of your turn, the player to your right gains control of ~.

mmmmmm Bucknard's Everfull Purse vibes. plus, BIIIIG synergy with Sam, Loyal Attendant

Create a 2 or 3 colour card that completely goes against the colour wheel. (i.e. a red draw card and a blue burn card)

April 27, 2023 12:10 a.m.

Epicurus says... #41

Savage Repugnance

Instant

Counter target spell. It's controller sacrifices two lands.

Ferocious - This spell costs less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.


Jund counterpell? Does that work?

Make a card named "Endless Winter." Has to have black in the color identity.

April 27, 2023 12:38 a.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #42

Love the flavor behind that, berryjon ;)

Epicurus, "I don't need it... I don't need it... I don't... I NEEEEED IIIIIIT!!" - Spongebob, when he was lacking water in Sandy's home.

April 27, 2023 1:10 a.m. Edited.

legendofa says... #43

Endless Winter

Snow Enchantment

Whenever a nonsnow permanent becomes untapped, its controller loses 1 life.

: Put a stun counter on target nonsnow nonland permanent.

Days, nights, weeks and months and years passed without thawing. The only thing that mattered anymore was the ice and cold.


Create a Equipment.

April 27, 2023 1:27 a.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #44

Fractal Sword

Artifact - Equipment

When Fractal Sword enters the battlefield, create X token copies of it.

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each Fractal Sword attached to it.

Equip .

Exponential sharpness is a derivative of the inverse-square law.


No, I don't know if the flavor text actually makes a lick of sense. Just sounded mathy. Also, Balan, Wandering Knight says hi.


Challenge:

  • Easy: Make a Naya Hydra Commander
  • Medium: Make a Naya Hydra that is not legendary
  • Hard: Make a Naya Hydra that is not legendary and is uncommon
  • Intense: Make a Naya Hydra that is not legendary, is uncommon and can't have any keyword abilities or in it's mana cost or activated abilities.
April 27, 2023 2:41 a.m.

Scargrowth Predator

Creature - Hydra

Trample

Whenever ~ would be dealt damage, prevent that damage. Put that mana +1/+1 counters on ~.

1/3


Stormwild Capridor and Ironscale Hydra say this is a legit design.


I wanna see a mythic rare goat.

April 27, 2023 8:16 a.m. Edited.

Tsukimi says... #46

Anafenza's Foregoat

Legendary Creature - Goat Steed

Menace, Trample

When Anafenza's Foregoat dies, if it wasn't a token, you may pay . If you do, create a token that is a copy of it, then return another target card from your graveyard to your hand.

3/3

"The dragons think her steeds an easy meal, and she is all too ready to prove them wrong."


Make your own MoM Aftermath card based on what you think might happen with your favorite plane/character/etc.

April 27, 2023 11:01 a.m.

mudkipdude says... #47

Ojutai Resists Compleation

Legendary Enchantment - Saga

: Exile all non-Dragon creatures with Compleated.

: If any player controls a Narset planeswalker with Compleated, you may exile that card and play a Narset planeswalker without Compleated from your hand.

: Search your library for 2 out of the following 4 cards:

  • Kolaghan's Compleation
  • Dromoka's Compleation
  • Atarka's Compleation
  • Silumgar's Compleation

: You get an Emblem with "When a creature with Compleated enters the battlefield, it gets -3/-3

saga-5: Exile this card, then return it to the battlefield flipped over.

And for the other side, let's use a card that I "commisioned" (being that I set the challenge earlier on) made by TypicalTimmy (credit where credit is due) being...

If that image didn't work (it's not working for me), here is the link: https://mtg.design/i/bval86.jpg

Create a card based off one of the (non-existent) cards I mentioned in this card, i.e. a Compleated Narset or a card named (dragonlord)'s Compleation.

April 27, 2023 8:06 p.m.

legendofa says... #48

Dromoka's Compleation

Enchantment

Whenever three or more creatures you control attack, create a 1/1 white Phyrexian Warrior creature token tapped and attacking. If a Dragon is attacking, put a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control.

Dromoka's clan always relied on cooperation. Phyrexia offered them total unity.


Create an equivalent to the Lorwyn flamekin in a different element.

April 28, 2023 11:29 a.m.

griffstick says... #49

With basic landcycling and unearth

April 28, 2023 4:36 p.m.

legendofa says... #50

griffstick I don't have a problem with that addition, but why those abilities?

April 28, 2023 5:13 p.m.

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