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.
hiddengibbons says... #2
Mirran Insurgency
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, Create a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token.
Metalcraft- Creatures you control have haste if you control three or more artifacts
Although the sacred contagion had taken hold and the Phyrexian’s conquest was inevitable, pockets of Mirran resistance continued to fight on.
Repeat
December 14, 2022 11:22 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #3
Kashi-Tribe Stalker
Creature - Snake Warrior
Vigilance
Whenever ~ deals damage to a creature, tap that creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Other snakes you control have vigilance.
1/2
A rare for Champions of Kamigawa.
I'd like to see a giant lord from either Kaldheim or Eldraine (explicitely the plane, not the set).
December 14, 2022 1:18 p.m. Edited.
Loial Addresses the Stump
Sorcery - Adventure
Look at the top 6 cards of your library. You may reveal a creature with power 5 or greater from among them, and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Until your next turn, the next Giant you cast costs less to cast.
Loial, Son of Arent
Legendary Creature - Giant
Giants you cast cost less to cast.
Other giants you control have haste.
6/6
"The giants have begun to live together and hold council. Some say they may even start their own Court and Kingdom, with Loial at their head."
Loial is a reference to a book series if anyone gets it! He is from Eldraine and is a leader among giants, bringing together an otherwise solitary people. Make a tribal lord for a plane that doesn't have any species of that tribe - I.e. Merfolk lord from Kaldheim, Kor lord from Innistrad, etc.
December 14, 2022 2:03 p.m.
IXALAN_Crazy says... #5
Kolmar of the Death Stampede
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Vigilance
When Kolmar enters the battlefield, return up to one dinosaur creature card from your graveyard to your hand, then return up to one dinosaur card with converted mana cost 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Rare for Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
2/2
December 14, 2022 2:15 p.m.
IXALAN_Crazy says... #6
Next person: make a common vampire card with CMC 10.
December 14, 2022 2:15 p.m.
griffstick says... #7
Thirsty Bloodsucker
Creature - Vampire (common)
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Lifelink
5/5
We will be getting Lord of the rings mtg cards soon. Your challenge is to make Gandolf a card
December 14, 2022 6:35 p.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #8
I am 0% versed in LOTR so I won't even attempt this, but here's an additional challenge to add onto griffstick's, if you (the user whom accepts the challenge) would like.
He must thematically transform from Gandalf the Grey into Gandalf the White.
December 14, 2022 8:16 p.m. Edited.
Helm's Deep
Legendary Land
: Add
Tap any number of creatures: Helm's Deep becomes a 0/X Wall Creature with Defender and "Helm's Deep can block any number of creatures." until the end of the turn, where X is the number of creatures you tap.
"Give me a year, and a hundred of my clan, and we can make this place a fortress upon which armies will break like waves." - Gimli
I know you said character, but this is LotR. The setting is a character, it's that well done.
Another LotR Land, if you please.
December 14, 2022 9:56 p.m.
StardustDragon11 says... #10
Rivendell, The Realm of Eldrond
Legendary Land
add , or , spend this mana only to cast or activate abilities of Dwarves,Elves, Halflings, Humans or Sagas
Keep it going with LOTR or Hobbit lands
December 14, 2022 11:16 p.m.
The Shire
Legendary Land
: add or
: create a 1/1 hobbit with unblockable and ward or create 2 food tokens.
Elevensies anyone?
Repeat.
December 14, 2022 11:39 p.m.
Orodruin, Mountain of Fate
Legendary Land - Mountain Swamp
Pay 1 life, : Add , , or to your mana pool.
, Sacrifice ~, : ~ deals 2 damage to each creature and planeswalker on the battlefield. Damage dealt this way cannot be prevented. If a creature or planeswalker would be put into the graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
Repeat or Wild!
December 15, 2022 7:12 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #13
Last March of the Trees
Tribal Instant - Treefolk
Sacrifice any number of lands. Create X 2/5 green treefolk forest land creature tokens, where X is the total number of lands you sacrificed this turn. Then, if you control ten or more treefolks, creatures you control get +3/+0 and gain trample and haste until end of turn.
Wildcard.
December 15, 2022 7:43 a.m.
IXALAN_Crazy says... #14
Merciless Marauder
Creature - Human Pirate
Deathtouch
When Merciless Marauder enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, destroy target creature an opponent controls.
2/2
A rare for Ixalan.
Next challenge: make a card with a NEW subtype that isn't in MTG.
December 15, 2022 10:21 a.m.
Multani's Blessing
Invocation
Enchanted creature gains hexproof and "Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, put a +1 +1 counter on this creature."
"Multani has taught me many lessons, but one has stood above them all. And today, I will teach it to you: Do not suffer fools."
An invocation is an aura that can be played at instant speed.
Fun challenge. Make another card with a NEW subtype that isn't in MTG.
December 15, 2022 11:07 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #16
Kfrag, Baloth King
Legendary Creature - Baloth
Baloth creatures you control enter the battlefield with your choice of a +1/+1, deathtouch, haste or trample counter.
Whenever Kfrag enters the battlefield or attacks, create a 4/4 green Baloth creature token.
Sacrifice a Baloth: Draw two cards. You lose life equal to the amount of cards in your hand.
5/5
Really want Baloth to have its own subtype.
Wild
December 15, 2022 11:15 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #18
Kruphix, All-Seer
Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
Indestructible
Unless your devotion to green and / or blue is seven or greater, Kruphix, All-Seer isn't a creature.
Kruphix costs less to cast for each card in your hand.
You can't draw cards.
At the beginning of your upkeep, search your library for a card and put it into your hand. You may search your library for up to one nonland and one land card instead. If you do, reveal them and put them into your hand. Shuffle your library afterwards.
4/7
Got busy at work and didn't submit.
See above.
December 15, 2022 7:23 p.m.
StardustDragon11 says... #19
The Elder Slime
Legendary Creature-Ooze Shapeshifter
(The elder slime is all colors and colorless.)
Clockwork Phantasm enters the battlefield as a copy of every creature on the battlefield and in each graveyard except it has base power and toughness 1/1
1/1
Make a legendary fish
December 15, 2022 7:30 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #20
Mahana of the Tropics
Legendary Creature - Fish God
Islandwalk
: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast creature, enchantment or sorcery spells.
, : Shuffle your hand and graveyard into your library, then draw seven cards. Activate this ability only once per turn and only at the beginning of your upkeep. Exile Mahana of the Tropics.
2/2
Mahana is Tahitian for "sun".
It'll be a strange one, and very rail-roaded, but I think it's an interesting design and I want to see what you guys / gals can come up with, under such tight parameters.
Your card must adhere to all of the following; The rest is up to you:
- Nonlegendary
- Octopus Hydra subtype combination
- At minimum mono-blue
- Monstrosity (Therefore set on Theros)
Enough to reign in the design space, while giving you a lot of fluidity depending on what additional color(s) you'd like to add, if any.
December 15, 2022 9:29 p.m.
Titan's Bane
Creature - Octopus Hydra
: Monstrosity 4
When ~ becomes Monstrous, exile each opponent's graveyard
3/3
Repeat the challenge.
December 16, 2022 12:32 a.m.
Spawn of Batyra
Enchantment Creature - Hydra Octopus
When Spawn of Batyra enters the battlefield, create a token copy of Spawn of Batyra.
: Monstrosity X, where X is the number of creatures you control named Spawn of Batyra.
1/1
Create a Zombie Rogue.
December 16, 2022 1:02 a.m.
Corroding Shambler
Artifact Creature - Zombie Golem
At the beginning of your end step, put a -1/-1 counter on Corroding Shambler, then create a tapped 2/2 colorless Zombie artifact creature token with Decayed
3/3
Continue the Zombie theme. Next, make an enchantment that creates a zombie token when it ETB, then has some kind of static ability. Can have other abilities if you'd like (activated, triggered, etc.). Must have white and/or blue in it's color identity, but can have black or not, or other colors if you'd like.
December 16, 2022 3:43 a.m. Edited.
StardustDragon11 says... #25
When there is no room left in hell
Legendary Enchantment
When When there is no room left in hell enters the battlefield, create X 2/2 tapped black zombie creature tokens where X is the number of creatures in all graveyards.
Whenever a nontoken creature dies each player mills a card
Create a 1/1 dragon
December 16, 2022 10:46 a.m.
IXALAN_Crazy says... #26
Lastborn Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying, hexproof, indestructible, haste
1/1
Rare
Create a card with CMC 20 and with no cost reducing effects.
December 16, 2022 11:12 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #27
Segovian Hellkite
Creature - Dragon
Flying
: ~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Create a non-legendary 6/6 dwarf with ab MV of 8.
Do the ninja.
December 16, 2022 11:13 a.m.
hiddengibbons says... #28
Day of Night
Instant
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Exile all permanents, then create an X/X black Demon avatar creature token, where X is the number of permanents exiled this way.
”Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing” -Edgar Allan Poe “The Raven”
Create a Vanilla legendary Creature with exciting flavor text (like the ones in Legends)
December 16, 2022 11:31 a.m. Edited.
Kolo Meha, Demolitionist of the Kentsu
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
"With a plane shattering boom, the keep of Ramses, Assassin Lord was annihilated. Once an imposing mansion of the Imperial Regent, following the application of seventh circle magic, was little more than cinders and ash."
3/3
An old Legend from well, Legends block. Make a card for another old legend, coincidentally someone Kolo Meha killed referenced above, Zalgadib, an efreet in service to Ramses Overdark!
December 16, 2022 12:20 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #30
According to this page, Zalgadib was offered a deal in which he could eat Ramses, should Ramses' reign end. That never came to be.
Efreet tend to be mono-red, or Izzet in nature. But given the context, I'm going Rakdos.
Zalgadib, The Insatiable
Legendary Creature - Efreet
Devour 2
As you cast Zalgadib, The Insatiable, you may sacrifice another commander you control. If you do, add mana in any combination of their colors equal to their mana value. You don't lose this mana until the beginning of your next upkeep.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
3/2
Yes I am well aware he doesn't really "do anything", but his lore is bare bones. Not much to really focus on, without reading an entire story in a single sitting.
And yes, I am also aware of Thromok the Insatiable having a similar name and design concept. But again, bare bones on the lore, so I wanted to name him something that pinned it down well.
Sorry if that felt cheesed. Really did try a good design for him. But hey, floating free mana of any color(s) for a full rotation of the table though, that's pretty slick isn't it?? :D
I think the Partner is where he really shines well, though. I purposely made him an odd mana source so Obosh, the Preypiercer can see him, giving you access to three Commanders.
Okay that's enough belly aching.
Make a legendary snow land for Christmas :3 (Or Hanukkah!)
December 16, 2022 6:01 p.m.
Uncanny Silence
Instant
Multikicker
Counter target spell. Players can't attack or activate abilities other than mana abilities until end of turn.
For each time Uncanny Silence was kicked, tap and put a stun counter on target permanent.
No birds or insects or wind could be heard. Even the campfire's crackle fell away.
Going back to seshiro_of_the_orochi's challenge, create a non-legendary 6/6 dwarf with a MV of 8.
December 16, 2022 7:30 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #32
Titanium Miner
Creature - Dwarf
Deathtouch against artifact creatures, constructs, elementals and golems.
When Titanium Miner enters the battlefield, destroy all artifacts and create that many treasure tokens.
Sacrifice three treasures, : Search your library for a basic land and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Shuffle your library.
6/6
Followers of mine may recall my personal Planeswalker, Acorn. She's a Golden Squirrel from Kaladesh who made her way aboard The Weatherlight to Zendikar. The strain on her little body caused a child like intelligence to blossom and a spark to ignite. Her magical powers are the ability to essentially "find" anything, usually represented in card format by tutoring lands, creating food tokens and creating plant or squirrel tokens, though also +1/+1 counters and life.
Your challenge is to ignite the spark of another non-intelligent animal, such as a raccoon or bear or something. Obviously these two are highly intelligent, but you know what I mean.
Non-sapient, I suppose.
And remember, it's to be an actual animal. Not an animalistic Humanoid, such as a Leonin or Rhox for cats and rhinos, alike
December 16, 2022 8:13 p.m.
hiddengibbons says... #34
Ayula, Bearer of the Wild
Legendary Bear Planeswalker - Ayula
+1: Create a 2/2 green bear creature token.
-1: Bears you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.
-6: you get an Emblem with “at the beginning of your upkeep, create X green bear creature tokens where X is 1 plus the number of bears you control”
3
I created this card with “Bear” super type. I’m not sure what that means, but I like bears. Bears will be a thing! The next challenge is to create a card that will explains/justifies the “Bear” super type of card in some way. How does this work? What does this mean?
December 17, 2022 5:47 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #35
This sat the whole day. Let's do something similar to The Monarch.
The Bear
Before the first turn of a game, you may reveal a card with a bear super-type from your library. If you do, you start the game as the the Bear.
Whenever a creature with power equal to its toughness enters the battlefield under any player's control, that player becomes the bear.
When a player becomes the bear, they may draw a card and put a land card from their hand onto the battlefield.
Wildcard.
December 17, 2022 1:37 p.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #36
Really only sat 7 hours. We've had challenges go over 24 hours before.
As with Yurlok of Scorch Thrash, Skrel fundamentally changes a core concept of the game.
Make another Commander who also changes a core concept of the game. Preferably not a limit to the maximum hand size, as that one is fairly common.
December 17, 2022 2:08 p.m.
StardustDragon11 says... #37
Zereth, Explorer Beyond Reality
Legendary Creature-Elf Scout
Players may play any number of lands per turn.
At the beginning of each player's end step return up to three lands they control to their hand.
3/2
Keep it rolling.
December 17, 2022 9:16 p.m.
The One of Many Minds
Legendary Creature - God
If a player would draw a card they may choose to draw from any zone which has cards in it(Zones include libraries, graveyards, exile, the battlefield and hands).
Yep. Think that one busts the game. Non targeting so I can draw your hexproof Blightsteel Colossus off the battlefield.
Think drawing from anywhere changes the core concept.
Make me a non-creature card that cares about toughness.
December 17, 2022 10:03 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #40
Gargoyle Watch
Enchantment
Gargoyle creatures you control can attack as though they didn't have defender and deal combat damage equal to their toughness rather than their power.
: Create a 0/4 colourless gargoyle artifact creature token with defender and flying. This ability costs X less to activate, where X is the total toughness of non-token creatures you control.
Create a wurm.
December 18, 2022 7:56 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #41
Worldending Wurm
Creature - Wurm
Trample
When Worldending Wurm enters the battlefield, if it was cast, destroy all lands and artifacts.
When Worldending Wurm is put into the graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into it's owners library.
15/15
Worldspine Wurm was the inspiration for this behemoth.
Challenge: Hey speaking of behemoth, make Behemoth into a brand new creature type.
Alternative challenge: Continue the cycle of mono-colored Mythic Wurms.
December 18, 2022 9:29 a.m. Edited.
StardustDragon11 says... #42
Shai-Halud, The Great Maker
Legendary Creature-Wurm
Haste, Lifelink, Reach, Trample and Vigilance.
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield if it was cast, each Desert deals damage to any target equal to the number of Deserts you control.
10/10
Keep it going.
December 18, 2022 3:57 p.m.
griffstick says... #43
Prakalis, Tri-Wizard Champion
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard (Mythic rare)
Players may have a sideboard of up to 49 cards.
Ordinance - When the game starts each player shuffles their library. Then takes half of the library and puts it into their Sideboard. (This happens befor you draw your first 7).
When Prakalis, Tri-Wizard Champion enters the battlefield transform Prakalis, Tri-Wizard Champion
3/3
Prakalis, Tri-Wizard Reject
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard (Mythic rare)
Flying
At the beginning of your endstep each player draws a card and each opponent loses 2 life
: untap another target creature
: untap two other target wizards
5/5
I worked on this for a long time since comment #35 and I wanted to share it with everyone. I was looking for something extremely different to satisfy the challenge in comment #35. Anyways this isn't satisfying the current challenge so continue with the above challenge
December 18, 2022 7:43 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #44
I'm confused. So you get a sideboard of up to 49 cards. But, for the most part, sideboards are largely out of bounds for Commander. You can't play with cards outside of the game, which is why Spawnsire of Ulamog doesn't work. So essentially what Prakalis really says is:
"At the beginning of the game, if Prakalis is in the command zone, each player exiles up to half of their library. If a player does this, they shuffle their library."
And then he transforms the moment he enters the battlefield?
I'm sorry but this is really confusing me here.
One really cool consequence of this however is being able to cut out a bunch of fluff and immediately hone a deck down to the barebones you need to win. So that's pretty awesome, at least.
December 18, 2022 8:12 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #46
Just so we don't get too far off track, the challenge is basically creating a cycle of mono-colored Mythic Wurms, inspired by and following Worldspine Wurm. I did a mono-red version and issued the challenge on post #41 of this page, called Worldending Wurm. StardustDragon11 took the challenge a bit off kelter by making it a legendary creature in mono-white and changed around some of the design quite a bit.
So I guess the challenge is to continue it with the mono-blue and mono-black version? Legendary or otherwise, I suppose.
December 18, 2022 8:56 p.m.
griffstick says... #47
Obviously Prakalis, Tri-Wizard Champion would a cmdr card product being that ordinance ability only works in the cmd zone. And it would be something you'd see in a cmdr set where the headline cmdr of the products all have ordinance and each ordinance is unique to that cmdr product.
The transform part of the cmdr is because I needed more room for text.
December 18, 2022 9:32 p.m.
griffstick says... #48
I guess I should have made is have
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Rather than make it transform.
I suppose you're right TypicalTimmy because as I keep thinking about it I think it's confusing too.
December 18, 2022 9:38 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #49
Grixis Vampire Control
Deck name: "Lord Death, Leader of the Sullied", since we like to do puns and all that jazz.
Make an Angel Soul Sisters deck in Bant, and make her interesting enough other than just gaining 1 life per creature.
December 18, 2022 11:01 p.m. Edited.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #50
Legendary Creature - Angel Soldier
Flying, Vigilance
Whenever ~ or another angel you control enters the battlefield or dies, you gain life equal to its toughness.
, Sacrifice an angel: Until end of turn, whenever an angel you control deals combat damage to an opponent, its deals twice that damage instead.
3/4
Create a "Legendary Creature - Badger Berserker".
griffstick says... #1
Ninja do above
December 14, 2022 1:38 a.m.