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
Siege Beast Company
Instant
Reveal the top ten cards of your library. You may put any number of creature cards with mana value 6 or greater from among them onto the battlefield under your control. Shuffle the rest into your library.
Wild.
December 30, 2025 2:25 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #4
moo1234: Best thing is it doesn't even feel that broken. It could see actual print and be fine.
December 30, 2025 3:53 p.m.
markbeloit says... #5
Dark Lightning
Instant
Dark Lightning deals 4 damage to up to two target creatures. You lose 4 life.
Recover — (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)
Make a Jund python.
December 30, 2025 7:31 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #6
Patient Predator
Creature - Snake
Devour X (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with X times that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
Vigilance, Menace
When this creature dies, return another target creature card with mana value equal to or less than this creature's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
4/4
Create a creature within Jund colours with vigilance.
December 30, 2025 11:47 p.m. Edited.
austintayshus says... #7
King of the Ashes
Legendary Creature - Zombie Noble
Vigilance, Deathtouch
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, exile all creatures and artifacts that player controls.
: Regenerate ~.
4/4
Make a Bant creature with deathtouch.
December 31, 2025 3:23 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #8
austintayshus: Holy Cow, that escalated quickly o.O
December 31, 2025 4:25 a.m.
Angel of Bant
Legendary Creature - Angel Avatar
Deathtouch, Lifelink, Flying, Indestructible
Angel of Bant costs more for each +1/+1 counter amongst creatures you control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove all counters from target permanent. If you do, put twice that many of those counters on another target permanent
7/7
'Into your hands I condemn my spirit'
Make an esper creature with haste
December 31, 2025 10:30 a.m.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #11
Angel of the Merciful End
Flying, Haste, Vigilance
When ~ enters, choose one:
Sacrifice a creature you control. If you do, destroy target creature an opponent controls.
Gain 4 life.
Scry 2, then draw a card.
4/4
Haste used to be primary in black, so I went with flying for blue and vigilance for white. Then the sac/destroy ability is also black, so I added gain life for white, and card draw for blue.
Make an Abzan card with Prowess.
December 31, 2025 10:54 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #12
Citadel Dropsledge
Creature - Human Soldier
Vigilance, Prowess
0/3
He makes up for speed with a lot of mass.
Go to EDHREC, klick random commander, and then create a card for the result.
January 1, 2026 11:44 p.m.
For Teysa Karlov:
Penitent Protector
Creature - Human Knight
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Penitent Protector.
When Penitent Protector dies, create a number of 1/1 Citizen tokens equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it.
2/2
The strength of duty and redemption lifts the weight of her guilt and grief.
Same challenge.
January 2, 2026 3:50 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #14
I got a deck for Firesong and Sunspeaker...
Radiant Constitution
Sorcery
Radiant Constitution deals 2 damage to any target for each paid to cast it.
You gain 2 life for each paid to cast it.
If Radiant Constitution was cast with five or five , double the amount of damage or life instead.
5 hits for 20 damage. That could be a T1 wincon in some formats. Definitely a powerful card.
Repeat
January 2, 2026 1:28 p.m.
TheoryCrafter says... #15
Fateful Persistence
Legendary Sorcery
Until the end of your turn, nontoken creatures you control get "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield under your control. This ability triggers once".
At the beginning of your end step, create a copy of each token creature you control.
Create an aura that must be sacrificed at the beginning of the upkeep of the enchanted player or enchanted permanent's controller.
January 2, 2026 7:12 p.m.
DubbleDecker says... #16
Death's Hourglass
Enchantment - Aura
Flash
Enchant target permanent. That permanent's controller loses two life. At the beginning of that player's next upkeep, they must sacrifice enchanted permanent.
Cycling
"Just a formality"
- Reaper Man
Make a plumber that summons rats and or snakes.
January 3, 2026 5:19 p.m.
Sewer-Maintanance man
Creature: Merfolk
Exhuast ; ff you sacrificed an artifact this turn, create a 1/1 black rat creature token with deathtouch.
Exhuast ; create a 1/1 green snake creature token with deathtouch.
1/1
"Leave the murk alone, and it will leave you be." Section 3, line 1 of sewer maintenance employee manual.
Make another card for the sewers
January 3, 2026 9:33 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #18
Legendary Creature - Crocodile Noble
Ward - Sewer-King's owner draws a card and you discard a card.
Crocodile cards in your graveyard have dredge 2.
4/6
Wild.
January 4, 2026 5:25 a.m.
New Disorder
Legendary Enchantment
New Disorder enters the battlefield tapped
When New Disorder enters the battlefield Exile all creatures with a void counter on them.
When New disorder leaves the battlefield for each creature in exile with a void counter return that creature to the battlefield under a random players control
Sacrifice New disorder: You gain 1 life
'And in the end Chaos will once again reign supreme'
make a card for an unset. or based on the city you live in (if you live in a city)
January 4, 2026 11:06 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #20
Ass Combat Coach
Creature - Donkey Warrior
Creatures deal combat damage equal to their toughness.
Lethal damage dealt to creatures is determined by their power rather than their toughness.
5/5
Create a legendary vehicle you'd run as a commander.
January 4, 2026 11:24 p.m.
markbeloit says... #21
Inferno Engine
Legendary Artifact - Vehicle
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Inferno Engine deals 1 damage to any target. Activate this ability only if Inferno Engine is a creature.
Crew 5
4/6
Repeat
January 5, 2026 8:51 p.m.
Trying to think of something unique. There's been legendary sailing ships, longships, cars, chariots, siege weapons, airships, thopters, and mechs, plus all the Transformers. Let's go back to Arabian Nights. And something I'd want to use as a commander.
Carpet of Suleiman
Legendary Artifact - Vehicle
Flying, hexproof
Whenever a creature crews Carpet of Suleiman, put a hexproof counter on that creature.
Legendary creatures may crew Carpet of Suleiman as though their power were 2 higher.
Crew 3
5/5
Create a card to play by candlelight on a dark and stormy night.
moo1234 says... #1
Siege Koala
Creature - Bear
Lifelink
At the beginning of your upkeep put a +1/+1 counter on Siege Koala
'The mere approach of an abzan war beast is enough to send enemies flying. Even the less conventional ones'
2/4
Create another card set on tarkir. it could be another animal in this cycle
December 30, 2025 1:07 p.m.