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
Frostmourn Avenger
Snow Creature - Angel Elemental
Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, tap target creature you don't control and put a stun counter on it.
: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
4/7
Let's see a dragon elemental.
August 5, 2025 1:28 a.m.
Smogbreath Debaser
Creature - Dragon Elemental
Flying
When Smogbreath Debaser enters the battlefield or attacks, put a soot counter on it.
Each other creature thats not a Dragon or Elemental gets -1/-1 for each soot counter on it.
2/7
Create a beast elemental, or another card that uses soot counters such as Smokestack
August 5, 2025 3:01 a.m.
Ashen Wastes
Land
Whenever ~ enters, but a Soot Counter on it.
, Remove a Soot Counter from ~ and take 3 damage: Add to your mana pool.
: add to your mana pool.
Whenever ~ becomes tapped while it does not have a Soot Counter on it, take 1 Damage.
Create a card that uses another obscure/unique counter!
August 5, 2025 3:06 p.m.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #5
Fireheart's Fury
Sorcery
Put a blaze counter on target land. For as long as than land has a blaze counter on it, it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, this land deals 1 damage to you."
Retrace
(Went for the twofer with an obscure counter and an underused mechanic!)
Create a necromancer who thinks they are a hero (may or may not actually be a hero).
August 5, 2025 5:19 p.m.
Twilik, Lifebringer
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Lifelink
Whenever another creature you control with mana value 3 or less dies, you may pay . If you do, that creature becomes zombie in addition to its other types then return it to the battlefield with a finality counter and transform Twilik.
"I can save everyone. I must save everyone."
2/1
Twilik, Fallen To Hubris ()
Legendary Creature - Human Necromancer
Lifelink
: Each player may return a creature from their graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter. Those creatures are zombies in addition to their other types. For each creature returned this way, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed.
2/4
Create a heroic figure (e.g. knight, angel, noble ect) who is in some way villainous. Bonus points if you can find a way to reflect that in its mechanics.
August 5, 2025 7:36 p.m.
Odric, Cursed Crusader
Legendary Creature - Vampire Soldier
Lifelink
Whenever ~ attacks, you lose 3 life unless you sacrifice a creature or Blood Token.
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to an opponent, Vampire, Werewolf, Devil, or Zombie, create a Blood Token if that creature dies this turn.
Sacrifice a Blood Token: each opponent loses 3 life and sacrifices a creature they control. Only activate this ability once during your turns.
3/3
"Henrika has cursed me, Avacyn and her faithful scorn me, yet all the more, I shall endure. Innistrad shall be for Humanity; even if I won't live to see it be."
Create a villain turned hero/anti-hero, bonus if its a character from established MTG lore, and would be appropriate!
August 5, 2025 8:30 p.m.
Baron Sengir, Dark Protector
Legendary Creature - Elder Vampire Noble
Flying
Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter Baron Sengir. If an opponent controlled that creature or if it was colourless, instead put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
When Baron Sengir dies, exile it with three hibernation counters. At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, remove a hibernation counter from Baron Sengir. Then if there are no hibernation counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped.
"Ulgrotha is mine. These foreign creatures are no different to the others that have tried to oppose me."
4/4
Based on Anticausal Vestige, I think the next big villain is gonna be eldrazi again with more of a focus on where they came from rather than the titans.
Imagine what they might add, and create a card which is a part of this new addition to the eldrazi lore. Think along the lines of a new titan, a portal that they come through, or something from a faction which opposes them.
August 5, 2025 9:52 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #9
Shirk, Titan not yet
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi Scion
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast it.
Flying, trample, menace
As long as this creature's power is 10 or greater, it has indestructible and hexproof and isn't a scion.
"Yes, kill me again, you fools, for I shall return even mightier!"
0/1
Let's see more of this story arc.
August 6, 2025 2:34 p.m.
Demented Augment
Creature - Eldrazi
As an additional cost to cast Demented Augment, you may exile any number of Eldrazi cards from your graveyard and/or hand. Demented Augment enters with a +1/+1 counter for each card exiled this way and two additional +1/+1 counters for each card with mana value 7 or greater exiled this way.
As long as this creature's power is 7 or greater, this creature has annihilator 2.
1/1
It was created from possibility and potential in the Blind Eternities. It destroys possibility and potential everywhere it exists.
Create an Eldrazi portal.
August 6, 2025 3:11 p.m.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #11
Wound in the World
Legendary Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return a colorless card from exile to your hand.
At the beginning of your draw step, exile all colorless creatures you control.
Once during each main phase, you may cast a colorless spell from your hand without paying its mana cost. If that spell becomes a creature, that creature gains haste.
We came from the void, and to the void we will all return.
Make a Conspiracy-esque card that interacts with the draft format, similar to Agent of Acquisitions or Deal Broker or Cogwork Librarian *list*
August 6, 2025 4 p.m. Edited.
Envious Prospect
Creature - Human Wizard
As you draft a card, you may reveal it and Envious Prospect from your card pool. If you do, Envious Prospect is a copy of that card except that it costs and is called Envious Prospect.
Envious Prospect enters the battlefield as a copy of another creature you control.
0/0
I have no idea if that's worded correctly but I reckon you guys get the gist.
Make a Spacecraft that cares about a specific creature type.
August 7, 2025 7:18 p.m.
Rediscovered Relic
Artifact - Spacecraft 7/4
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this spacecraft. If a lizard station's this spacecraft, treat it's power as one more. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 8+)
8+ Flying
20+ First Strike. Whenever a lizard you control attacks, it gets +1/+0 and first strike until end of turn.
This was interesting, let's see another spacecraft that cares about a specific creature type.
August 7, 2025 9:17 p.m.
Carapaced Cruiser
Artifact - Insect Spacecraft
Station
When Carapaced Cruiser enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
(4+) Ward - 3/3
(8+) Insects you control have "Ward - " and get +1/+1. 3/6
Giving it the insect creature type felt right given its supposed to be a living space bug.
Create another spacecraft or vehicle that has a creature type.
August 7, 2025 10:20 p.m.
austintayshus says... #15
Goblin Boomship
Artifact - Goblin Spacecraft
Station
Sacrifice a goblin: Put 3 charge counters on ~.
+25: Flying,
Sacrifice a goblin: ~ deals 5 damage to any target.
6/3
Inspired by Goblin Grenade
Challenge: Repeat
OR
Make a planet that cares about food tokens
OR
Make a legendary Servo artifact creature.
August 7, 2025 11:13 p.m. Edited.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #16
Taramiel, Genesis Defender
Legendary Kindred Artifact - Spacecraft Angel
When this artifact enters, search your library for up to one legendary human creature card, reveal it and put it onto your hand, then shuffle.
Station
3+: Flying, Trample
6/6
10+: Vigiliance, Lifelink
12/12
I've never actually watched Evangelion, but this seems appropriate from the outside perspective.
Create a kaiju for this to fight against.
Ninja'd. See above.
August 7, 2025 11:34 p.m. Edited.
The Great Unity
Legendary Artifact Creature - Servo
Flash, Shroud
Whenever a counter is placed on a permanent an opponent controls, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
As long as there are 5 or more counters on this creature, it loses Shroud, gains Trample, and becomes a Mutant Giant in addition to its other types.
As long as there are 10 or more counters on this creature, whenever this creature attacks, it may only be blocked by creatures with power and toughness greater than 10 (This is in total, not each)
"RISE! Oh Great Unity! Bring Forth grand salvation for this world, AND DESTROY THE DEFENDER!!!"
1/1
Make whomever made this creature to fight against the previous entry!
legendofa says... #1
First thought is something like Death's Shadow or Daemogoth Titan, some giant beater with a low MV and big downside. Can't come up with a better idea, but let's see if it can be tweaked a little and go in a slightly different direction.
Tornado Demon
Creature - Demon Elemental
This creature enters tapped with two stun counters.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a stun counter on this creature.
Whenever you put a stun counter on this creature, you may put a stun counter on another target nonland permanent.
9/9
If nothing else, this gets my combo juices going.
Create an Angel Elemental.
August 5, 2025 1:01 a.m. Edited.