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.
Silumgar's Angel
Creature - Angel
Flying
Exploit
Whenever you sacrifice one or more creatures for the first time each turn, creatures you control gain ward until end of turn.
3/3
She learned everything she could about protecting herself from dragons before stepping through the Omenpath, but she neglected to protect her mind.
Create a character, legendary or not, who has a pet dragon.
January 13, 2024 10:24 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #3
Aerwyn, Lavacore Breeder
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Partner with Sylorax, Lavacore Broodmother
~ has haste as long as you control two or more dragons.
, sacrifice a nondragon creature: Draw a card, then create a 0/1 red dragon egg creature token.
Whenever you sacrifice an egg, you may pay . If you do, put a dragon creature card with mana value X or less from your hand onto the battlefield.
3/3
Create a Sylorax, Lavacore Broodmother.
January 14, 2024 5:04 a.m. Edited.
Shougith the Eyehead
Legendary creature - Homunculus Wizard
3/3
When Shougith the Eyehead enter the batelfield you may draw a card and discard a card
At the beginning of your upkeep exile 2 card from your hand
You may play cards exiled with Shougith the Eyehead
At the begging of your end step if you dont have seven cards in hand you lose times 1 life were is the diference
Create a 5 colored legendary beholder for spellslinger decks
January 14, 2024 11:18 a.m.
Glorious beholder
Legendary Creature - Beholder
Flying
Whenever you cast a green instant or sorcery create a 1/1 beholder creature token with reach, it is every colour
Whenever you cast a White instant or sorcery you gain X life, where X is the greatest power amongst beholders you control
Whenever you Cast a black instant or sorcery, ~ deals 1 damage to each opponent, you may return a beholder from your graveyard to the battlefield
Whenever you cast a blue instant or sorcery, counter target spell unless its controller pays
Whenever you cast a red instant or sorcery you may discard a non-Beholder card, if you do draw a card
Whenever you cast a colorless instant or sorcery, ~ Gains annhilator X where X is the number of colorless instant and sorcery cards cast this turn.
6/6
Too much text for a real card, but this is not real alas. This thing can actually just control the entire battlefield. Maybe the ability with the blue spells is OP but there's not really any cards for reference. Never played DnD but that's my shot at a wubrg legendary beholder.
Create an Uncard, that is a sliver that actively harms other slivers, (not just other slivers get -1/-1 make it creative)
January 14, 2024 2:29 p.m.
TheForsakenOne says... #6
Treasonous Sliver
Creature - Sliver
At the beginning of each players upkeep that player gains control of all Slivers. Untap those creatures, they gain haste.
1/6
Create a creature with the Heroic ability representing false/engineered heroics in its flavor and text.
January 14, 2024 2:58 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #7
"Hero" of Lylonal
Legendary Creature - Human Coward (Uncommon)
Defender, haste
Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets "Hero" of Lylonal, create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
The nameless visage of a hero was born out of sheer cowardice, whereby he would often run from the everyday fight. Seeking to whimper behind the mantle of the guards, he would often falsely accuse anyone of wrong doing. In time, the guards learned to listen though not for his compelling lies, but for his father's congressional coin.
2/2
A tale of the making of pure evil.
Create the inevitable buyout into power, Rythal, Monarch of Lylonal and make him your choice of Rakdos or Mardu.
January 14, 2024 4:09 p.m.
griffstick says... #9
Make a new Yarok, the Desecrated before he was desecrated
January 14, 2024 7:24 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #10
Yarok, The Holy
Legendary Creature - Elemental Spirit
Double strike, Lifelink
Whenever you would gain life, you gain twice that amount instead unless an opponent exiles a card from their hand.
2/5
Can't think of appropriate flavor text on account of driving in the snow and ice lol
Do you have a beloved Planeswalker we haven't seen in a while (At least a year)? Go ahead and make them a card
January 14, 2024 9:09 p.m.
Dack, Clockwork Mender
+1: Return up to one target artifact card with mana value one or less from your graveyard to your hand
-1: Create a 0/1 colorless myr creature token with “: add or .
-6: Return all artifacts from your graveyard to the battlefield.
3
Make a non-werewolf card using nightbound / daybound (can be wolf/ werewolf related, just can’t have either type)
January 14, 2024 9:29 p.m.
Dack, Clockwork Mender
+1: Return up to one target artifact card with mana value one or less from your graveyard to your hand
-1: Create a 0/1 colorless myr creature token with “: add or .
-6: Return all artifacts from your graveyard to the battlefield.
3
Make a non-werewolf card using nightbound / daybound (can be wolf/ werewolf related, just can’t have either type)
January 14, 2024 9:29 p.m.
TheForsakenOne says... #13
Pretty sure the reason we haven't seen Dack Fayden in a while is because he's dead
January 14, 2024 9:36 p.m.
I like Garruk as a character, but he's been used more as a story element recently. Moving on from picking fights with cookies...
Garruk, Garenbrig Champion
Legendary Planeswalker - Garruk
+1 Whenever a creature attacks this turn, it gets +2/+2.
+1 Create a 3/3 green Giant Warrior creature token with trample and reach.
-5 Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature for each creature you control with power 3 or greater.
And ninja'ed.
Lonesome Road
Land
: Add .
, : Target creature can't attack or block this turn.
Daybound
A quiet road winds through the wilderness. Who knows where it goes?
//////////////////////////////
Hellway
Land
: Add or .
, : Hellway deals 1 damage to each attacking or blocking creature. Exile each creature dealt lethal damage this way.
Nightbound
Follow the road to doom.
There's a skipped challenge at the top of this page. Create Sylorax, Lavacore Broodmother (partners with Aerwyn, Lavacore Breeder, post #1 on this page).
January 14, 2024 9:48 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #15
TheForsakenOne unfortunately this is true, however I could see another Commander Planeswalker set where Dack is at the helm. Similarly to how Serra is dead but we got a card for her with Serra the Benevolent
January 14, 2024 10:50 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #16
legendofa: Thanks for bringing up that challenge again. The skip was btw caused by the first wandering homunculus for quite a while. Guess that's a good omen ;D
January 15, 2024 11:20 a.m.
Sylorax, Lavacore Broodmother
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Partner with Aerwyn, Lavacore Breeder
Flying
When Sylorax, Lavacore Broodmother enters the battlefield, if it was cast from your hand or the command zone, for each egg you control, destroy a non-land permanent an opponent controls with mana value less than the number of eggs you control, then create a number of 0/1 red dragon egg creature tokens equal to the number of non-land permanents destroyed this way.
At the beginning of combat on each of your turns, each other non-egg dragon you control get +X/+0 and trample until end of turn, where X is the number of Eggs you control.
5/5
Create a bant or temur legendary creature that isn't a fish, but is a fisherman flavorfully (I don't know what the creature type should be seeing as fisherman isn't a creature type) and cares about fish tribal.
January 15, 2024 5:29 p.m.
sergiodelrio says... #18
Captain McDeen
Legendary Creature - Human Pirate
: Choose target Island and target Fish. Phase out those permanents face down and shuffle them. An opponent of your choice guesses which one is the fish. Turn them face up. If they guessed correctly, you create a food token. Otherwise those permanents phase in, then untap those permanents.
: Target creature becomes a Fish in addition to its other types until end of turn
: Target land becomes an Island in addition to its other types until end of turn
1/1
Geez, that turned out a lot wordier than I wanted - WILDCARD
January 15, 2024 7:23 p.m. Edited.
TheForsakenOne says... #19
Gr'Lyck, Prophet of the Oil
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Priest
At the beginning of your upkeep, put an oil counter on target permanent.
Permanents with Oil counters on them have +1/+1 and "Remove an oil counter from this permanent: Scry X where X is the number of permanents you control with oil counters on them."
Whenever a permanent with an oil counter dies or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it. You may cast cards exiled with Gr'lyck, Prophet of the Oil for as long as they remain exiled and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.
5/5
Make A commander around a primarily limited mechanic
January 15, 2024 9:38 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #20
Bane of the Gods
Legendary Creature - Hydra Chimera Dragon
Indestructible, flying, menace
Whenever a nontoken creature you control becomes monsterous, you may make a token copy of it. It enters the battlefield tapped.
Monstrosity 4: : When Bane of The Gods becomes monsterous, exile all other nonland permanents.
5/5
Wild
January 15, 2024 10:26 p.m.
markbeloit says... #21
Hound of the Wild Hunt
Legendary Creature - Hound
Hound of the Wild Hunt can't be blocked by creatures with power 1 or less.
When Hound of the Wild Hunt attacks, each player must sacrifice all Treasure tokens they control. If the defending player controls three or more lands, draw a card.
4/3
Wild
January 15, 2024 10:53 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #22
I'm going to amend my Bane of the Gods.
It's Monsterous ability now reads
"When Bane of The Gods becomes monsterous, exile all other nonland permanents that aren't monsterous."
This way you don't lose your creatures you have been paying into, as well
January 15, 2024 11:35 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #23
Banana Dealer
Creature - Ape
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player creates a colorless artifact token named Banana with “{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add {R} or {G}. You gain 2 life.”
Tap an untapped Ape you control: Choose target nonland, noncreature permanent. Target player who controls a Banana gains control of that permanent, then sacrifices an Artifact.
3/4
January 15, 2024 11:40 p.m.
The Verdant Surf
Enchantment
When The Verdant Surf enters the battlefield, for each opponent put a flood or grove counter on target land they control. (A land with a flood counter on it is an island in addition to its other types. A land with a grove counter on it is a forest in addition to its other types.)
At the beginning of each combat choose Islandwalk or Forestwalk. Merfolk you control gain that ability until end of turn.
Sacrifice The Verdant Flood: You may return any number of creatures you control to your hand. If four or more merfolk are returned this way, you may put a merfolk from your hand onto the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.
"The Verdant Surf is a section of ocean and island rivers so choked with life that no ship can pass. The only ship to ever return did so without a crew."
Create an green white card that depicts murder or crime or general nefarious wrongdoing.
January 16, 2024 9:27 a.m.
Forced Indoctrination
Enchantment - Aura
Enchanted creature is a 1/1 white Soldier Citizen creature with no abilities and is goaded.
The Free City of Sheraul recruits its guards through kidnapping and trains them through brainwashing.
Trial by Combat
Enchantment
No more than one creature can attack each turn.
No more than one creature can block each turn.
Whenever a creature blocks, it fights each creature it's blocking.
The arena is no escape from Sheraul City. If you lose, you die. If you win, you replace the champion you defeated.
Council of Sheraul
Legendary Creature - Noble Advisor
Vigilance
Whenever another creature you control attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it gains first strike and trample until end of turn.
2/7
Everybody in Sheraul City will obey the Council to their last breath, willingly or otherwise.
Serve the City
Instant
Create a 1/1 white Soldier Citizen creature token.
Morbid--If a creature died this turn, instead create two of those tokens.
Citizens who gave their lives for the city are enshrined in the Hall of Martyrs. A new wing is added whenever the city tries to expand.
I wish there were more evil-ish cards, so here's a setting that specifically takes advantage of the aggressive, heavily stratified, restrictive, and cultish society that's the darker side of this color pair. If you're born there, you're locked into your lifestyle at birth. If you're "recruited," the best you can hope for is to become an arena champion.
Create a benevolent card somewhere in the color identity.
January 16, 2024 10:22 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #26
Archfiend of Knowledge
Creature - Demon
Flying
When Archfiend of Knowledge enters the battlefield, draw two cards.
At the beginning of each players upkeep, they draw two cards.
At the beginning of each players end step, Archfiend of Knowledge deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand, unless they discard half of their hand rounded up.
When Rafaela wished for ultimate knowledge and power, she assumed she would be granted it personally. Instead, the Djinn summoned an old friend...
4/4
Make a card with the name
Goblins in Paradise
January 16, 2024 10:48 a.m.
Goblins in Paradise
Enchantment
At the beggin of your end step create a 1/2 goblin and put a wow counter on Goblins in Paradise
remove 2 wow counters of Goblins in Paradise: sacrifice 2 Goblins and create 1 treasure
"I need this more than I need you"
- Pashalik Mons
Create Elephant of paradise (like the bird but can't be green, and make it flavour)
January 16, 2024 11:12 a.m.
Made_Compleat says... #28
Elephants of Paradise
Creature - Elephant
: Add . Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.
0/3
They cross the savanna with slowly, as if taking in the view
Create a legendary sorcery.
January 16, 2024 11:20 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #29
Blastmaster's Hammerfist
Legendary Sorcery
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if it targets a creature you control named Mojo, the Blastmaster.
Target creature you control deals damage equal to twice its power to target creature or planeswalker. If that creature has Trample, you may have it deal excess damage to that permanent's controller instead.
Create said Mojo, the Blastmaster.
January 16, 2024 11:29 a.m.
Made_Compleat says... #30
Mojo, the Blademaster
Legendary Creature - Snake Naga Druid
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control another unmodified creature, create a token artifact equipment called Lavaforged Fang with "Equip . Equipped creature has haste and trample." You may equip all tokens created in this way to a Snake or Naga you control. Then, if all other creatures you control are modified, draw a card.
4/5
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade noises
Make another card referencing Mojo. Bonus points if it's either a legendary equipment or his rival.
January 16, 2024 11:37 a.m.
Jommo the Hammernoobie
Legendary Creature - Rat Artificer
When Jommo the Hammernoobie enters the battlefield you may exile target creature or equipment, if you exile a creature destroy all artifact attach to the creature and if the creature it's Mojo the Blademaster draw a card, if you exile a artfact search your library "The Jommo Hyper powerfull hammer"
3/4
Create The Jommo Hyper Powerfull hammer (make this a bad card)
January 16, 2024 11:53 a.m.
The Jommo Hyper Powerful Hammer
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Indestructible
Epuip
Enchanted Creature gets +10/+10 and gains Indestructible, Vigilance, Flying, Haste, Trample, Menace, and Protection from Artifacts.
"Jommo forged his hammer using the energy from the great Volcano of Galaheir, The head was made of a metal from a fallen meteorite, and he cut down the Great tree Aulegoras, the ancestor of all trees. Unfortunately, he forgot to add a safety grip."
This is perhaps a little too stupid, but maybe there's some card I don't know that combos well with it.
Create an izzet instant/sorcery with the flavour text "The result of mixing salt of water without safety goggles" or some variation on that.
January 16, 2024 12:49 p.m.
Painfully Underwhelming Experiment
Instant
For each creature you control, flip a coin. If the result is heads, put a stun counter on a creature an opponent controls with no stun counters and tap it. If the result is tails put a stun counter on a creature you control with no stun counters and tap it. Then the player who controls the most or tied with the most amount of creatures with stun counter on them draws a card.
The result of mixing salt of water without safety goggles is a underwhelmingly painful sensation. Next time, don't stir so violently as to prevent splashing into eyes.
Wild Card
January 16, 2024 2:43 p.m.
markbeloit says... #34
Kull, King Ape
Legendary Creature - Ape Wizard
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may search your library for a card that shares a type with that spell and has the same mana value. Reveal the card. You may cast it without paying its mana cost unless any player pays . Then shuffle your library.
4/4
Might be miserable in commander, though. Too much shuffling.
Wild
January 16, 2024 3:04 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #35
I honestly thought Goblins in Paradise would be a challenge that sat for a while. Good job, Felipix on making an actually workable card out of such a dumb name, lol
January 16, 2024 7:01 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #36
Vraska, Idol of Wrath
Legendary Planeswalker - Vraska
Whenever you sacrifice a treasure token, add one additional mana of the chosen color.
+2 Exile target creature. It's controller creates a 0/X colorless Artifact Creature token with subtypes equal to the subtypes of the exiled creature and X being its toughness. It is a Treasure in addition to its other types.
-3 Exile an artifact or creature card from your hand. Create two treasure tokens. Create four if it was legendary instead.
-8 Exile all creatures. You create twice as many treasure tokens.
3
Sort of a "What If...?" inspired Planeswalker. As in, what if Vraska turned others to gold, instead of stone.
Make another What If Planeswalker, where you slightly alter their magical abilities to put them in a new color pattern.
Like, what if Garruk was a Demon hunter
What if Ajani brought out the worst in others instead of the best (Although that's just Angrath with extra steps)
What if Nissa held power over animals, not elements
What if Ugin was 5 colors, not colorless
Etc
January 16, 2024 7:11 p.m. Edited.
Urza, The lord High Enchanter
Legendary Planeswalker - Urza
When you cast Urza, The lord High Enchanter look at the top 5 cards of your library, you may put as many enchantments from among them into your hand.
+2: Create an enchantment Land that is also either a forest or plains
0: Exile Target Artifact
-9:You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your upkeep create a token that's a copy of each enchantment you control"
5
I know copying is kinda a blue mechanic but it's also specifically enchantments and it's on an emblem sooo....
Fun challenge do another one
January 17, 2024 5:05 a.m.
Chandra the Lake Soul
Legendary Planeswalker - Chandra
+2: create a 2/1 elemental Spix creature token with "when this creature die draw a card"
0: Each player draw a card, them you may reveal a island from your hand if you do draw a card
-7: Exile all non-land, non-Spix and non-chandra permanents then destroy all spix permanents
Chandra the Lake Soul can be your commander
Create wizards of the coast (a planeswalker)
January 17, 2024 1:14 p.m.
markbeloit says... #40
Wizards of the Coast
Planeswalker
+1: Draw a card.
-3: Search your library for a card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
-7: Draw seven cards, then add .
5
Wild.
January 17, 2024 3:58 p.m.
markbeloit says... #41
Should be "Legendary Planeswalker" for above obviously. Sorry.
January 17, 2024 3:59 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #42
Glacial Cascade
Creature - Wall
Reach, defender
Whenever Glacial Cascade would be dealt damage, instead put a single -1/-1 counter on it.
When Glacial Cascade is destroyed, you may search your library for an Island and put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
0/5
So, I now work in industrial ammonia refrigeration (been here for a year end of this month).
Part of our system is something called a water chiller, which is a vessel that uses cold water to remove heat from ammonia for refrigeration purposes.
We have a pressure relief valve that failed, and water began siphoning up the vent to the roof and spilling over like a waterfall.
I also live in Illinois, where we have been experiencing a polar vortex. -12° F for the past two or three days. So that waterfall turned into a glacial cascade about a foot thick and about 50' tall
Today, after the pipe was cut and capped, I was given the task of removing that ice. So I was on a boom lift with a hammer, crowbar and wide chisel breaking enormous hunks of ice from the wall for 3-1/2 hours in 7° weather.
Honestly was a ton of fun. One section I broke free was a solid foot thick, about 4 feet wide and broke off in like a 10' length!! That was so cool watching it crash down and shatter against the pavement below!!
Anyway, that was my inspiration for the card ^_^
Challenge!!
Make a card inspired by your job!! Or if you are not employed, maybe a hobby / interest / schooling?
January 17, 2024 8:16 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #43
Eh maybe make it a 0/3 for the reference to my 3 hours of work. Plus at 6 mana, 5 turns is a huge ask
January 17, 2024 8:23 p.m.
Thallid Garden
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on Thallid Garden.
Remove three spore counters from Thallid Garden: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
Sacrifice two Saprolings: Search your library for a Fungus creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Yup, I'm cultivating fungi. Specifically, I'm seeing how they grow and develop in local winter conditions.
If you care about American football, create a card inspired by a college or professional team. Bonus points if it somehow references one of the NFL divisional games this weekend. Otherwise, wild.
January 18, 2024 3:45 a.m.
I'm a soccer football fan myself but I love the sheer size of American stadiums.
Create another Stadium land. like Anfield or the Groupama arena or highbury or the rungrado stadium or a stadium I've never heard of
January 18, 2024 12:32 p.m.
image link didnt work :(
it was this:
Soldier stadium the Lakefront UFO
Legendary Land - Stadium
~ enters the battlefield tapped
: Add or
: Create a 2/2 red and black human creature token with trample and haste
"bear down"
image link in case ur interested https://imgur.com/tSwx4hk
January 18, 2024 12:35 p.m.
griffstick says... #47
It wasn't an image link. If you whould have opened a link on the image then used that it should work.
https://i.imgur.com/tSwx4hk.png
January 18, 2024 7:47 p.m.
sergiodelrio says... #48
Allianz Arena
Legendary Land - Stadium
, pay 1 life: Add
, tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color. If this is the eleventh time this ability was activated this game you may pay . If you do, you win the game unless an opponent pays
Make another sports related card
January 18, 2024 8:29 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #49
(This is for wrestling)
Golden Belt
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +X/+X and gains menace and vigilance. They can block an additional X creatures each combat.
Equip
If I knew wrestling better, I'd have flavor text.
Either take literally any weapon Kratos has wielded in the God of War series and make it into a legendary equipment or aura
Or
Make Kratos. Personally I'd do Mardu Voltron but maybe you can come up with something better?
January 19, 2024 12:54 a.m.
mudkipdude says... #50
Kratos, God of War
Legendary creature - demigod warrior
First strike, haste
If Kratos’ toughness would go above 4, instead Kratos gets +X/+0, where X is the amount that Kratos’ toughness would go above four.
5/4
I haven’t played god of war, but hopefully this works. Create a discover card that cares about mana value
Asder says... #1
Ninjad but it's a wild so I'm just gonna leave it as is.
Angel of Consequence
Creature - Angel
Flying
At the beginning of each opponents end step, that player may pay for each spell that player cast this turn. If they don't, that player discards that many cards and you create that many treasure tokens.
The law of debt is absolute.
5/5
Again, but this time lets open it up to any evil faction in magic that has managed to recruit an angel for some reason or another.
January 13, 2024 10:14 p.m.