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.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #2
Qal Sisma, Savage Ridge
Legendary Land - Mountain Forest
~ enters the battlefield tapped.
: The next creature spell with power 4 or greater you cast this turn costs less to cast and can be cast as though it had flash.
Yes, the land types automatically give the corresponding mana abilities. And this obviously had to enter tapped. Strictly better Taiga isn't exactly printable after all ;)
Make a legendary Aurochs.
July 7, 2024 2:12 a.m.
DeinoStinkus says... #3
Linebreaker, Elder Aurochs
Legendary Creature - Elder Aurochs
Hexproof
Snowbound - Other Aurochs you control have hexproof as long as you control six or more snow lands.
Whenever an Aurochs you control attacks, it gets +0/+1 until end of turn for each other attacking Aurochs.
Whenever Linebreaker attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Aurochs and gains trample.
3/5
Make another snow synergy card.
July 7, 2024 1:11 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #4
Engulfing Avalanche
Snow Sorcery
Destroy each nonland, nonsnow permanent with mana value equal to or less than the number of snow permanents you control.
Create the magical liopleurodon
If you don't know what that is, shame on you
July 7, 2024 1:17 p.m.
DeinoStinkus says... #5
The Magical Liopleurodon
Legendary Creature - Lizard Beast
Ward - Mill ten cards.
The Magical Liopleurodon costs less to cast for each card you've looked at while scrying this turn.
At the beginning of each upkeep, investigate.
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, scry 2. Then if it's the fifth Clue you've sacrificed this turn, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
7/12
Create a card representing Candy Mountain.
July 7, 2024 1:22 p.m.
Candy Mountain
Legendary Land:
Tap two creatures you control, sacrifice a creature: add
Make a decepticon
July 7, 2024 6:56 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #7
At first I was like, wtf man... Then I had to thic nk about it for a moment and like, omg lol
July 7, 2024 7:08 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #8
I was going to originally make him a 6/6 with trample, up to 3 Decepticons and only costed .
But I felt bad excluding , and wanted to be more true to the character design with 5 Decepticons. So for the extra color I bumped his power by +1, and gave the option of up to +2 more exiled Decepticons if the player would like.
Oh, I guess the official subtype is "Robot". Oh well
Wild
July 8, 2024 12:26 a.m. Edited.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #9
Let's celebrate the newfound unity between snakes and nagas ;D
Sidisi's summons
Sorcery
Target player mills four cards. For each card discarded this way, you create a 1/1 green snake creature token.
Whenever a nontoken snake enters the battlefield under your control, you may return ~ to your hand from your graveyard.
Create a sandwurm.
July 8, 2024 12:53 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #10
I got the wording mixed up. The first part reads "for each creature card milled this way".
July 8, 2024 1:03 a.m.
(is green) Creature: Wurm
Trample, Haste, Absorb 3, ward- sacrifice an artifact
~ costs less to cast for each spell your opponents have cast last turn
An additional cost to cast ~, sacrifice a desert
At the beginning of the next endstep, return ~ to it’s owners hand
8/8
Make a simple commander that doesn’t fit a particular niche
July 8, 2024 2:11 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #13
Ferran, Speaker of the Wilds
Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman
Creature spells you cast with mana value 6 or greater enter the battlefield with your choice of a haste or trample counter.
Partner
3/3
That's simple right? Eludes toward stompy, but with Partner you could make a rather diverse deck, breaking traditional niches and archetypes altogether.
Make a non-legendary creature who costs 11mv with power and toughness 12/13
July 8, 2024 2:18 a.m. Edited.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #14
Discounted Golem
Artifact Creature - Golem
~ costs less to cast for each different mana value among permanents you control.
When ~ enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to target creature, 2 damage to another target creature and 3 damage to a third target creature.
~ can't be blocked except by four or more creatures.
12/13
I'm currently looking for a deck to include Wire Surgeons into, and I haven't yet found a commander that works for me. Create a commander that wants to run that card.
July 8, 2024 2:31 a.m. Edited.
Legendary Artifact Creature - Vedalken Artificer
Modular 5
Other artifact creatures you control have modular 1.
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, you gain 1 life. If it was a nontoken permanent, create a token copy of it, except it's a 0/0 creature in addition to its other types.
0/0
Pretty sure this isn't broken with anything. Partially inspired by Anikthea, Hand of Erebos, which exiles the cards it creature-izes, but I don't want this to interfere with encore.
Create a Goblin commander.
July 8, 2024 3:23 a.m.
Zada, Hedron Prophet
Legendary Creature - Goblin Wizard
Spellcraft: Whenever you cast or copy an Instant or Sorcery spell, create a 1/1 Red Goblin Creature Token. If you control 5 or more Goblin creatures, you may Scry X, where X is the number of Goblins you control, then you may draw a card.
If an Instant and Sorcery spell you cast would put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
2/3
Wild!
July 8, 2024 7:23 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #17
Eruptophant
Creature - Elemental Elephant
Trample, Menace, Haste
Whenever ~ attacks, choose one:
-
Destroy target land.
-
Destroy target artifact.
6/3
Wild
July 8, 2024 7:57 a.m.
Swing4Lethal says... #18
Master Necromancer
Creature - Human Wizard
Zombies you control get +1/+1
; : Return target creature with mana value X in a graveyard to the battlefield tapped under your control, where X is the amount of mana spent to activate this ability. It's a black zombie in addition to its other types.
2/4
"When I speak, the dead listen" - Liliana Vess
Create a card based on your actual favorite thing in the world. No matter what it is.
July 8, 2024 10:18 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #19
Dr. Shelly Bean
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric Advisor
At the beginning of your upkeep and whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, create a Medicine token. It is a colorless artifact with ", , sacrifice this artifact: Choose one. You gain 4 life. Remove a poison counter from target player. Remove all -1/-1 counters from target creature and tap it, it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step."
"I love you, Gummy Bear."
2/3
My fiance.
Her name is Michelle. One day I called her Jelly Bean, then realized Shelly rhymes with Jelly and Shelly is a common nickname for Michelle. So I called her Shelly Bean and she fell in love with it.
I don't know how or where she came up with calling me Gummy Bear but it's probably because I'm so gosh darn sweet and a little chubby now lol
Anyway, she's in college for endocrinology to become a doctor seeking to specialize in care for diabetics. She is currently working toward medical progress with Type 3 diabetes, which is when diabetes affects the brain.
Her college and professor are looking into how it affects the brain, and ways to ameliorate the symptoms. They are currently in the mice trials, with surprisingly conclusive results.
These studies can also be applied toward Type 1 and Type 2 as well. Several universities are all on board with these trials.
In fact, within our lifetime we may see the first rough "cure" for diabetes, which would be more of a medical based plan to help reverse the effects of it, or at least subdue them.
Anyway, wild or repeat
July 8, 2024 11:20 a.m.
DeinoStinkus says... #20
I mean, I already have a card based on my most favorite thing in the world >w<
But I digress.
Magus of the Dinguses
Creature - Human Shaman
Whenever a creature or land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Magus of the Dinguses deals 2 damage to each player.
{1}, {T} Sacrifice a land: Create a 3/3 red Elemental creature token.
1/2
Create a card that sacrifices lands, but in white or black. No multicolored.
July 8, 2024 1:21 p.m.
I love that I was working on the prompt this morning before someone beat me to it - but all three of us were going to make cards of our respective partners :3 Just warmed my bones
July 8, 2024 2:16 p.m.
Tar-Spewer Arimaspos
Creature: Cyclops Horror
You may cast ~ by sacrificing three untapped swamps rather than pay its other costs
When ~ enters, each opponent loses 3 life for each swamp you control plus each swamp in your graveyard. You gain 1 life for each swamp you control plus each swamp in your graveyard.
6/6
Plain-Scourge Griffin
Creature: Griffin
Flying, Menace
Sacrifice a plains: add
1/1
Make mono-blue creature recursion or mono-green exile
July 8, 2024 3:37 p.m.
DeinoStinkus says... #23
Pooling of Memories
Sorcery
Shuffle up to X target creature cards in your graveyard into your library, then for each of them, create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 2/2 blue Illusion with "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, exile it."
Exile Pooling of Memories.
Mono-green exile is next! Don't just do Tear Asunder.
July 8, 2024 4:22 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #24
Snatch and Throw
Sorcery
Exile target nonland permanent.
Jovel, First Mate, always wanted the ability to fly. Unfortunately for him, the Brachiosaurus was more than willing to oblige...
Artwork would show a Brachiosaurus throwing a pirate high into the air, Team Rocket style from Pokemon lmao
It could be adapted for sets like Eldraine where a Giant is throwing a carriage, Zendikar where an Elemental is throwing a large Wurm, Theros where a Hydra is throwing one of the Gods weapons, etc
Good stuff, good stuff
Repeat, because I'd like to see what someone else can come up with~
July 8, 2024 6:09 p.m. Edited.
Binding Focus Stone
Artifact
, : Exile target card from a graveyard.
, : Exile target artifact or land.
Binding Focus Stone has all mana abilities of all cards exiled by this card.
That last sentence might need some templating work.
Create a card that shuffles itself into your library when it resolves.
July 8, 2024 6:30 p.m.
DeinoStinkus says... #26
Eternal Echo of the Thrilling Tour-our-our!
Instant
A deck can have up to ten cards named Eternal Echo of the Thrilling Tour-our-our!
Each opponent mills X+1 cards, where X is the number of spells you've cast this game named Eternal Echo of the Thrilling Tour-our-our! Draw X cards, then discard X cards.
Shuffle Eternal Echo of the Thrilling Tour-our-our! into your library.
Make another card with the name of a song!
July 9, 2024 1:11 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #27
Living Dead Girl
Creature - Human Zombie
Lifelink, deathtouch, vigilance, menace
3/3
I know, I know... I cheesed it.
Repeat because I don't like the fact I did that, but I couldn't resist!
July 9, 2024 1:57 a.m.
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Legendary Creature: Avatar (Mythic)
Whenever ~ becomes the target of a spell or an ability an opponent controls, put a “ward- tap a creature, artifact, or land you control” counter on ~ as the spell or ability resolves
Whenever ~ takes damage, either put a +1/+1 counter on it or phase it out
At the beginning of each endstep, if ~ has 14 or more counters on it, exile it, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owners control.
0/4
Around the World (Is Black and Blue)
Legendary Creature: Avatar
Ward- Discard two cards, Indestructible, Double-strike
7/7
I picked 14 in reference to the number of songs on “Discovery” and 7 for around the world.
Repeat the previous challenge
July 9, 2024 2:02 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #29
Behind Closed Doors
Instant
Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains Menace and Haste. If it would die this turn, return it to its owner's hand instead.
"Chairs thrown and tables toppled, hands armed with broken bottles, standing no chance to win, but we're not running!"
Repeat
July 9, 2024 2:16 a.m. Edited.
Holding Out for a Hero
Enchantment
Exalted
Creatures you control get +2/+1.
When a creature with first strike, double strike, vigilance, or haste enters under your control, sacrifice Holding Out for a Hero and put a double strike counter, a haste counter, and a vigilance counter on that creature.
Keep it going. Same challenge: Make a card with the name of a song.
July 9, 2024 2:27 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #31
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Enchantment
Whenever an opponent would draw one or more cards except for their draw step, they instead reveal that many cards plus one from the top of their library. You choose which card goes into their hand, and the rest go into their graveyard.
Good, solid challenge! Repeat!!
July 9, 2024 2:50 a.m. Edited.
Karma Police
Creature - Human Soldier Detective
Vigilance
Whenever one or more sources deal damage to a player, choose one of them. It deals that much damage to its controller as well.
2/4
I figured if no creatures could deal damage that wasn't reflected back, that might make stuff like lifelink a bit broken and feel unfair against damage based decks so I decided to make him be more of a witch hunter than an unbiased justice which feels a bit more in line with the song itself.
That was fun, lets get another!
July 9, 2024 4:17 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #33
Mamba No. 5
Creature - Phyrexian Snake
Infect
: Regenerate ~.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Mamba No. 5."
1/1
Anyone got that reference? ;D
Create a legendary gamer for MTGRemy. If you don't know him, find out about him on Youtube before posting.
July 9, 2024 7:55 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #34
MTGRemy
Legendary Creature - Human Bard
Whenever you cast an instant, sorcery or saga from your hand, you may exile that spell and then search your library for a card with the same types and colors with mana value equal to or less than the exiled spells. If you do, you may cast it without paying its mana costs, then shuffle your library. Exile that card instead of putting it anywhere else.
2/2
Since he makes MTG parody music videos, so I tried to emulate that by allowing him to make "parody copies" of spells. I know that doesn't truly capture the essence of it, but I thought it came close.
The absurdity of his power level is that you could hold onto a spell such as Quick Study in order to cast Whirlwind Denial
In order to balance the fact that literally every single spell in your deck potentially becomes a tutor, both the originally cast card and the tutored one become exiled.
Wild
July 9, 2024 10:52 a.m.
DeinoStinkus says... #35
seshiro_of_the_orochi OMG!!!!! I love Rise Against so much!!!
Whispy Woods, Guardian of the Woods
Legendary Creature - Treefolk Warrior
Defender, reach, trample
Enrage - Whenever Whispy Woods is dealt damage, create a Food token.
As long as you've sacrificed a Food token this turn, Whispy Wood can attack as though it didn't have defender.
6/6
Create a quest card, a la Quest for the Goblin Lord.
July 9, 2024 12:21 p.m.
Quest of the Spheres
Legendary Enchantment - Sphere
Whenever you pay life to activate abilities or cast a spell, put a quest counter on ~.
As long as ~ has a Quest counter on it, Creature spells you cast and creatures you control become Phyrexian in addition to their other types. If ~ has 3 Quest counters on it, whenever you tap a land for mana, add one additional mana of any type that land produced, and lose 1 life.
Whenever ~ has 9 Quest counters on it, sacrifice it. You get an emblem with: "Creature spells you cast become Phyrexian in addition to their other types. Whenever you cast a Phyrexian spell, activate an ability of a Phyrexian, or pay life to cast a Phyrexian spell or activate an ability of a Phyrexian, each opponent loses life equal to the amount of life paid this way."
"New Phyrexia, once known as Mirrodin, had 3 layers. After the compleation of the plane, the Praetors sought to expand New Phyrexia to the 9 nine layers of their father's realm. Now, since the war on the multiverse, they accomplished their goal."
Repeat!
July 9, 2024 12:46 p.m.
DeinoStinkus says... #37
Quest for the Jamba Heart
Enchantment
Whenever a legendary creature an opponent controls dies, put a quest counter on Quest for the Jamba Heart, then draw two cards and lose 2 life.
When Quest for the Jamba Heart has four quest counters on it, sacrifice it. When you do, choose one: - Search your library or graveyard for an Avatar, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. - Put your commander from the command zone onto the battlefield.
Another quest!
July 9, 2024 12:58 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #38
TheOfficialCreator: They're a great band with lots of great messages. And that song kicks especially hard :D
July 9, 2024 2:47 p.m.
Quest for st.kevins stump
Enchantment
Whenever an island enters the battlefield under your control put a quest counter on ~
When you put the third quest counter on ~ transform it
"why ever do they call it st.Kevins stump"
St.Kevins Stump
Legendary land
: each creature you control gets +0/+5 until end of turn
"ermmmm.... I suppose st.kevin must've sat there once"
Create an in Inuit inspired card
July 9, 2024 6:29 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #40
Blizzard Shelter
Snow Land
: Add .
, : Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of snow permanents you control.
Create a red card that both ramps and draws cards.
July 10, 2024 9:16 a.m.
Goblin Smelter
Creature - Goblin Artificer
When ~ enters the battlefield draw two cards then discard a card
When ~ dies add
2/2
"Goblins act both as adequate smiths and excellent fuel"-Vottontuu, Ironworks overseer
It is hard to create a red card that acts as ramp and card draw because red is uniquely bad at both of them.
Next challenge: Create a monoblue card that boosts creatures
July 10, 2024 10:57 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #42
moo1234: That's exactly the reason I issued the chaalenge ;)
July 10, 2024 11:02 a.m.
Essei, Seedpod Strategist
Legendary Creature - Bird Soldier Advisor
Flying
When Essei, Seedpod Strategist enters, put a flying counter on target creature and a +1 +1 counter on target creature.
Whenever you draw a card, creatures you control with counters on them get +1 +1 until end of turn.
3/3
"'Such beautiful songs from someone whose mind so uniquely excels at violence!' - Gev, Adventurer"
Made it Bloomburrow style because I am loving all the cards we have seen so far. Create a Bant commander that utilizes the Offspring mechanic from... you guessed it Bloomburrow!
July 10, 2024 11:17 a.m.
DeinoStinkus says... #44
Goose Mother, Geriatric Aves
Legendary Creature - Bird
Ward , where X is the number of creature tokens you control.
Creature spells you cast have offspring .
Tokens you control aren't legendary.
Whenever you create one or more tokens that are a copy of a creature, you may pay any number of times. If you do, create that many extra tokens that are a copy of that creature.
4/5
Make a black creature with offspring.
July 10, 2024 11:34 a.m.
TheOfficialCreator Oooohhhhh I want this. You put everying I love all together onto one card I wish this was real so bad!! Well done.
July 10, 2024 11:45 a.m.
Xlix, the Blightspawn
Legendary Creature: Pest
Offspring
Lifelink, Wither
When ~ enters, ~ does 1 damage to any target
1/1
I made another Xlix a few years back:
Xlix, Vilespawn Tar-Spitter
Legendary Creature: Pest
Gravestorm (When this card enters the battlefield, create a copy of it for each permanent that entered your graveyard from the battlefield this turn)
Deathtouch
When ~ dies, it does 1 damage to any target
1/1
Create a new card for a pre-existing legendary creature
July 10, 2024 1:50 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #47
Kibo, Uktabi Sovereign
Legendary Creature - Monkey Noble
Vigilance, Trample, Haste
Whenever ~ attacks, each opponent sacrifices an artifact. For each artifact sacrificed thus way, you create a colorless artifact token named Banana with “, Sacrifice this artifact: Add or . You gain 2 life.”
Sacrifice X artifacts, : Gain control of target nonland permanent with mana value X or less.
6/5
Wild
July 10, 2024 2:04 p.m.
Hard-Shell Juggernaut
Artifact Creature: Juggernaut
Trample, Notch 3 (this creature enters with 3 shield counters. when this creature has no shield counter on it, sacrifice it. This creature cannot have it’s toughness reduced)
~ must attack each combat if able
5/5
Create another card with Notch
July 10, 2024 2:51 p.m.
Blind Faith
Enchantment
Creatures you control when attacking get +5/+0
"It's coming home... Right"
Currently terrified and about to watch the Netherlands Vs England
Ninjad do above challengge
TypicalTimmy says... #1
I really liked the concept of Mutate, but I was saddened by both how clunky it seemed to be and how problematic it was. The issue I took with it is you could invest an incredible amount of mana into a creature, then it dies and everything goes to the graveyard.
While I understand this is true with auras, auras also cost less and aren't as limited.
So if I could make a card to help make Mutate easier to play with, it would be cost reduction and recursion.
Quartzwood Forest
Legendary Land - Forest
: Add
The first spell you cast each turn for its mutate cost is reduced by . Each additional spell cast that turn for its mutate cost is reduced by .
Whenever a creature you control dies, if it was mutated, choose up to one of the creature cards and put it back into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
Now, being a Forest, do I actually need to add ": Add "? Or is that intrinsic to a land with the Forest subtype?
Ahh, heck I'll add it just to be safe.
Let's see another legendary land. Haven't seen one of those posted here for a good while.
July 7, 2024 2 a.m.