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.
TheoryCrafter says... #3
Tolnek Qupaca
Legendary Creature- Merfolk Knight
Rare
As long as ~ is equipped with three or more equipment, mana doesn't empty as steps and phases end.
Equipment you control has Ward where X is the number of equipment attached to ~.
2/3
Create 2 legendary creatures with Partner. One of them must have reconfigure. They must become a melded creature.
October 29, 2022 8:44 a.m.
markbeloit says... #4
Ar, the Sentient Sword
Artifact Creature - Equipment Sword
Partner with Els, Swordmaster (When this creature enters the battlefield, target player may put Els into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Flying, first strike, lifelink
Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike. lifelink, and menace.
Reconfigure (: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
2/2
Els, Swordmaster
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Partner with Ar, the Sentient Sword (When this creature enters the battlefield, target player may put Ar into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Els, Swordmaster gets +1/+1 for each Equipment attached to it.
1/3
Make two commanders that "Partner with" each other.
October 29, 2022 3:30 p.m.
markbeloit says... #5
Crap, didn't become melded, I forgot :(
Redo last challenge
October 29, 2022 3:31 p.m.
Ice Orb Remune
Legendary Artifact Creature - Elemental Equipment
Partner with Star Mantle Yara
Reconfigure
Equipped creature gets +0/+2.
Whenever Ice Orb Remune or equipped creature attacks, tap up to two target creatures.
(Melds with Star Mantle Yara)
1/4
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Star Mantle Yara
Legendary Enchantment Creature - Elemental
Partner with Ice Orb Remune
Bestow
Vigilance
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has vigilance.
If an Ice Orb Remune you own and control is attached to a Star Mantle Yara you own and control or vice versa, exile them, then meld them into Crystal Yara-Remune.
2/2
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Crystal Yara-Remune
(Wu) Legendary Artifact Enchantment Creature - Elemental
Vigilance
Whenever Crystal Yara-Remune attacks, tap all creatures defending player controls. For each creature tapped this way, you may pay 1. If you do, put a stun counter on that creature.
: Exile Crystal Yara-Remune, then return Ice Orb Remune and Star Mantle Yara to the battlefield under your control.
3/6
I have no idea what the lore, story, or anything behind this odd creature is. You take a ball of ice, infuse it with starlight, and it becomes a thing of great beauty and wonder.
Epicurus had a challenge in post 6 on this page that never got completed. Make a sorcery you'd want to put into your favorite deck.
October 29, 2022 4:08 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #8
Gored By The Horns
Sorcery
Target Minotaur you control deals damage equal to its power to any target.
The horns of a Minotaur stay razor sharp by continuously honing and refining their tips and edges on plate steel and bone alike.
Wild.
October 29, 2022 6:54 p.m. Edited.
Reinforce the Gate
Instant
Target creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is the combined toughness of each other creature you control, gains reach, and may block any number of creatures this turn.
In most decks, it's an overpriced Fog. In Doran, it's a one-sided board wipe.
Wild again.
October 29, 2022 7:25 p.m. Edited.
griffstick says... #11
October 29, 2022 8:03 p.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #13
Coat of Bones
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature.
As you cast Coat of Bones, create X 1/1 black Skeleton creature tokens. They have ": Regenerate this creature."
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each Skeleton you control and has ": Regenerate this creature."
Double ninja!
See above
October 29, 2022 8:07 p.m.
Jesus of Nazareth
Legendary Creature - Human God
Protection from non-white
Whenever ~ dies, exile Him with 3 time counters on Him. He gains Suspend.
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, if He entered from exile, destroy all non-white creatures, then return all white creatures from your graveyard to the battlefield
: Return target creature from your graveyard to the battlefield
1/1
Protection from pretty much everything, so you'd basically have to sacrifice Him to get Him into exile. Which is rather fitting, don't you think?
Repeat the challenge, because I don't think that's what TheOfficialCreator was expecting.
October 29, 2022 9:02 p.m.
TheoryCrafter says... #16
legendofa, adding Bestow to Star Mantle Yara was awesome! The whole meld was great! Well done!
Epicurus, I'd say it counts. But since we're on repeat...
The Red Death
Image: A ghostly Skeleton in Red is about to stab a nobleman in the chest as people all around him appear dead from what looks like Ebola.
Legendary Enchantment
Rare
Walls cannot block.
At the beginning of each upkeep, put an infection counter on each creature, planeswalker and player.
At the beginning of each end step, each creature, planeswalker and player with an infection counter on it is dealt 1 damage. .
This spell was inspired by Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe.
Create a spell based on a horror story NOT from H.P. Lovecraft.
October 29, 2022 9:10 p.m.
Fortheboys11 says... #17
The Tell-Tale Heart
Artifact
When The Tell-Tale Heart enters the battlefield, and at the beginning of you upkeep, destroy target creature.
Whenever a creature dies, put a Heartbeat counter on The Tell-Tale Heart.
At the beginning of your endstep, if The Tell-Tale Heart has 3 or more Heartbeat counters on it, destroy all creatures you control, then you lose life equal to the number of creatures you don’t control.
Don’t know if this counts as a horror story, so repeat
October 29, 2022 11:51 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #18
Stampeding Boars
Creature - Boar
Trample
Other boar creatures you control have trample.
Whenever a player casts a non-creature spell, counter that spell. If a spell is countered this way, its controller creates an X/X green boar creature token, where X is equal to that spells mana cost.
4/4
A Gruul Dovescape? Yes, indeed, and I want this to be an actual card sooo badly. As boars are such a cool creature type, create another boar tribal card.
October 30, 2022 8:04 a.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #19
Domri, Alara Unleashed
Legendary Planeswalker - Domri
Boar creatures you control have trample.
+1 Create a 3/3 green Boar creature token. It gains Riot until end of turn.
-3 Target creature you control fights another target creature you don't control.
-X Create X 2/2 green Boar creature tokens.
3
We have several Planeswalkers who have Naya potential. Ajani use to have red. Huatli has shown both Boros and Selesnya, but not together. Jarad is Naya in part.
Let's see an actual Naya Planeswalker.
October 30, 2022 10:15 a.m.
Hazezon Tamar, Magus of the Wastes
Legendary Planeswalker - Hazezon
+3 Return up to 2 target lands from any graveyard to the battlefield under your control. They become Deserts in addition to their other types.
-4 Create a 1/1 white, red and green Sand Warrior creature token for each land you control. Create an additional of these tokens for each Desert you control.
-8 Creatures you control gain Menace and Trample and get +1/+0 for each land you control until end of turn. Sand Creatures you control get an additional +1/+0 for each Desert you control. Creatures you don't control get -1/-0 until end of turn for each Desert you control.
7
Wildcard.
October 31, 2022 12:40 a.m.
Fortheboys11 says... #21
Observer of Elegance
Creature- Human Rouge
Flash, Flying
Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under an opponent’s control, its controller mills a card, then you create a treasure.
1/3
Make an artifact that you would play in your favorite commander deck, and don’t make it another mana rock.
October 31, 2022 8:13 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #23
Taurean Wardrum
Artifact
Minotaur creatures you control get +1/+0.
: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
For Momo: Twice the horns, twice the fun
Repeat, please.
October 31, 2022 9:31 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #26
Molten Core Hellkite
Artifact Creature - Dragon
Flying, haste
As you cast Molten Core Hellkite you may sacrifice any number of permanents. Each permanent sacrificed in this way pays for .
When Molten Core Hellkite enters the battlefield, it deals X damage to each target where X is the number of permanents sacrificed when you cast it.
5/5
Not that great at face value, but having a wrath on a stick that misses itself which also has its own form of cost reduction is always nice. See Deathbringer Regent as an example.
So if you need that hard reset, go for it. And since my Miirym deck has a strong Treasure theme, rather than sacrificing them to add mana, I can sacrifice them as part of his cost, and wrath for free.
I'm not sure how an Artifact Creature - Zombie would look, so that's your challenge.
October 31, 2022 12:11 p.m. Edited.
There are three, and they're all humanoid, so let's go for something a little different.
Augmented War-Skaab
Artifact Creature - Zombie
As an additional cost to cast Augmented War-Skaab, exile an artifact card and a creature card from your graveyard.
Whenever Augmented War-Skaab attacks, each player mills two cards. For each creature or artifact card milled this way, Augmented War-Skaab gets +1/+1 until end of turn. If two or more creature or artifact cards were milled this way, Augmented War-Skaab gains flying until end of turn.
2/3
Innistrad has not seen wide-scale war in centuries, but the original stitchers' techniques can still be found.
I guess this needs some art to see what it actually looks like... Um... Could someone please pull something together for this?
Anyway, create an artifact angel, sphinx, hydra, dragon, or demon.
October 31, 2022 12:34 p.m.
I meant to leave dragon out of the challenge. Create an artifact angel, sphinx, hydra, or demon. PS- This doesn't need to be a cycle.
October 31, 2022 12:36 p.m.
hiddengibbons says... #29
Darksteel Hydra
Artifact Creature - Hydra
Indestructible, Modular X (This creature enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)
0/0
Create a creature with an ability or mechanic normally only seen in non-creature spells
October 31, 2022 1:25 p.m. Edited.
Timid Hermit
Creature - Human Druid
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
When ~ enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token
Squirrels you control get +1/+1
2/2
Repeat!
October 31, 2022 1:45 p.m.
Remnant of the Storm
Creature - Elemental Avatar
Spell Mastery: As long as there are two or more Instant or Sorceries in your graveyard, copy this spell twice. The copies are token creatures.
Haste
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, exile an Instant or Sorcery from your graveyard. You may cast that spell without paying its mana cost. If you do, sacrifice ~.
2/1
"The Thousand-Year Storm in its entirety may have subsided or drifted outside Ravnica, however it is not uncommon for a stray bolt to strike an innocent passerby or building."
Wild!
October 31, 2022 1:47 p.m. Edited.
Hundred Storms Meteor Shower
Instant
Do a total of 100 damage to any number of targets (the amount of damage you do to the targets must add up to exactly 100)
Only a great shaman could ever cast such a dangerous spell and control the fallout
Create a card themed around a silver-age horror movie monster, such as the samp thing or invisible man.
October 31, 2022 2:45 p.m.
griffstick says... #34
I really wanted to make a game ending card.
Now for the challenge from above.
Now I'll give you a few options.
Create a game ending instant for blue. Or create another iconic movie monster from the past.
October 31, 2022 3:38 p.m. Edited.
hiddengibbons says... #36
The Thing
Legendary Creature - Horror
When ~ enters the battlefield, exile target creature or planeswalker and ~ enters the battlefield as a copy of that permanent
Nobody trusts anybody now, and we’re all very tired
0/0
Wild
October 31, 2022 7:10 p.m.
Fortheboys11 says... #37
Cold Hard Facts
Enchantment
Whenever a snow permanent enters the battlefield, investigate
Whenever you sacrifice a clue, put a stun counter on target tapped creature an opponent controls.
Make a card with the abilities of you favorite non basic land, except it’s a creature
October 31, 2022 7:57 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #38
Happy Halloween!
Sorcery
Each player creates a number of Food tokens equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield.
Vault of the Archangel and Gavony Township are among my favorites.
Archangel of Life and Death
Creature - Angel Nightmare
Flying, lifelink, deathtouch
, : Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
4/4
Wild
October 31, 2022 8:14 p.m.
Law of Causality
Enchantment
Spells can't be countered
Cards can't leave graveyards or exile
Whenever a nonland, nontoken permanent enters the battlefield, if it wasn't cast, exile it
If a player would lose the game for any reason other than their life total becoming 0 or less, instead that player's life total becomes 1
Okay, I think that takes care of counterspells, cheats, recursion and alternate wincons.
Make a Stax card. (Stax stands for "Sac, tap, tax," and is a deck archetype that wins by preventing opponents from doing anything. There are a lot of ways to design this style, but the hallmarks are resource denial, repeatable removal, prison effects, stackable taxation, etc.)
October 31, 2022 9:46 p.m.
griffstick says... #40
That card doesn't stop players from winning the game. It stops players from losing the game.
So... cards like Felidar Sovereign and Mortal Combat still win that player the game. You cards checks for players losing the game. Not winning the game. So this card doesn't stop a player from winning with Thassa's Oracle. It does stop players from winning with mill and infect
November 1, 2022 12:12 a.m. Edited.
griffstick says... #41
I think it would be cool to see a colorless stax card that can be used to stop players from "winning" the game.
November 1, 2022 12:14 a.m.
Huh. I had heard that Stax came from $T4kS (The $4k ($4,000) Solution, with the $ and T switched), with influence from Smokestack. Is that wrong?
Anyway, one of my dream EDH decks is competitive Nath Stax (O Chains of Mephistopheles, why must you be so expensive?), so for that,
Fall to Despair
Enchantment
Noncreature spells cost more to cast for each noncreature spell that player cast this turn.
At the beginning of each end step, if a player cast no spells this turn, that player discards a card.
No glory. No opportunity. Nothing but a bleak and unforgiving destiny.
Create a creature that wants you to have a specific number of cards in hand, like Triskaidekaphile.
November 1, 2022 12:19 a.m.
griffstick says... #43
Create another card that shuts down a problem in the game of magic.
Ninja'ed
November 1, 2022 12:41 a.m. Edited.
Stacked Deck
Legendary Artifact
At the beginning of your end step, if your maximum hand size is less than 7, draw cards up to your maximum hand size.
Get my Thought Nibbler's out for that.
Create a card that benifits and punishes the same action.
November 1, 2022 2:16 a.m.
Beasts of Burden
Enchantment
At the beginning of each players' upkeep, put a Ward Counter on ~. Then that player may sacrifice a creature or artifact for each Ward Counter on ~. If they do not, each other player creates a X/X Green Beast creature token with Trample, indestructible and "This creature's power and toughness are equal to the amount of the Ward Counters on ~." Then, sacrifice ~ if there are 10 or more Ward Counters on it.
Sacrifice a permanent: Put a Ward Counter on ~. Any player may activate this ability.
"The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession." - Martin Luther
A very Green Stax card, I'd say; for all those Green Stax decks, I suppose lol
Make me an off brand mechanic, color shifted!
November 1, 2022 9:42 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #47
Sandstorm Elemental
Creature - Elemental
Menace
Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, put a -1/-1 counter on each other creature. If the land is a desert, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature you don't control instead.
5/5
"What's the name of that stoooOOOOOOHHHH..."
- Darudius, Desert Expeditioner
Make more desert tribal.
November 1, 2022 10:21 a.m.
hiddengibbons says... #48
@seshiro_of_the_orochi: Liked the Darude reference
Lair of the Sand People
Legendary Land - Desert Lair
~ enters the battlefield tapped.
When ~ enters the battlefield, create a red 1/1 human warrior creature token with desertwalk for each desert you control.
: Add .
Repeat challenge
November 1, 2022 11:38 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #50
Spreading Sands
Enchantment
Non-basic lands that aren't deserts lose all abilities and gain ": Add ".
Tap two untapped desert lands you control: Draw a card.
Emperor of the Dunes
Legendary Creature - Wurm
Trample, Ward - Sacrifice a land.
~ can't be blocked by less than three creatures.
Tap three untapped desert lands you control: Create a 5/5 green wurm creature token.
7/9
More deserts!
TypicalTimmy says... #1
Ictinus, Grand Architect
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
Artifacts you control have ": Add one of any color."
Whenever you cast a Historic spells, scry 1 and reveal the top card of your library. If it's an artifact card, add .
2/3
Turn another real-world famous person into a Commander for a hypothetical return-to-Legends set.
They must be greatly impactful, not just a comedian / actor / singer. Something worthy of a card.
October 29, 2022 8:30 a.m.