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.
GoldenDiggle says... #2
Ambitious Passion
Enchantment
Creatures you control have haste.
, discard a card: Scry 3, draw a card.
, sacrifice a creature: Destroy Target creature, it cant be regenerated.
, sacrifice a land: Ambitious Passion deals 2 damage to any target. Search your library for a basic land and put it into your hand.
Repeat challenge, I like this one.
July 21, 2023 5:39 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #3
Eremin, Titanshifter
Legendary Creature - Human Giant Peasant
: If you don't have a Fury Emblem, you get a Fury Emblem. It has "Creatures you control named ~ get +2/+2 and have Haste.
: If you don't have a Strength Emblem, you get a Strenght Emblem. It has "Creatures you control named ~ get +2/+2 and have Trample.
: If you don't have a Wisdom Emblem, you get a Wisdom Emblem. It has "Creatures you control named ~ get +2/+2 and have Ward "
2/2
Create a Nekrataal style card in Selesnya colours.
July 21, 2023 8:44 a.m. Edited.
griffstick says... #4
Ramos, Dragon of Infinite
Legendary Artifact Creature - Dragon
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control 5 or more permanents with exactly four colors in its casting cost, you may pay , if you do take an extra turn after this one. Activate once per turn and once per game.
6/6
I may put art to this today or tomorrow.
Your next challenge is to do the same thing but make this card a legendary creature named after someone in this thread. This should be fun.
Dang. Ninja'ed
July 21, 2023 8:48 a.m. Edited.
griffstick says... #5
Scarred Heart Vigilante
Creature - Snake
Trample
When Scarred Heart Vigilante enters the battlefield it gains deathtouch until the end of turn, then it deals damage equal to its power to target creature.
3/3
Ok now do my challenge from above or do this one again
July 21, 2023 8:56 a.m.
Harggus, Marshprince
Legendary Creature - Frog Lizard Noble
When Harggus, Marshprince enters the battlefield, if you control six or more lands, add .
Activated abilities of creatures can only be activated as sorceries.
: Populate.
: Proliferate.
: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token, then put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
3/3
Double ninja'ed. Um.
Selesnya Sharpshooter
Creature - Elf Archer
First strike
When Selesnya Sharpshooter enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated.
2/1
"They're not much for pomp and ceremony. They'll strip the medals off your chest before you finish polishing it." - Alovnek, Boros Guildmage
Create a card named after someone in this thread as a four-color legendary Creature.
July 21, 2023 8:57 a.m.
Griffstick
Flying
When Griffstick enters the battlefield, target opponent gets a colorless token name Stick with "Tap a creature you control, : If you don't control Griffstick, give Stick to another player.".
When Griffstick deals combat damage to a player with Stick, gain control of Stick.
Griffstick attacks a player with a Stick if able. As long as you control Stick, Griffstick has defender.
5/7
"No take, only throw" -Griffstick
This challenge was neat, lets keep it rolling! Create a card named after someone in this thread as a multi-coloured legendary Creature.
July 21, 2023 9:21 a.m.
griffstick says... #8
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Flying, Counter-strike (damage delt to this creature deals that much back to its source)
: TypicalTimmy gets +1/+1 and lifelink until end the of turn.
: TypicalTimmy gets +1/+1 and trample until end the of turn.
: TypicalTimmy gets +1/+1 and ward until end the of turn.
TypicalTimmy cost less to cast for each card type from among cards types in your graveyard.
7/7
Keep it going
July 21, 2023 7:40 p.m. Edited.
hiddengibbons says... #9
Legendofa
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter
The "legend rule" doesn't apply to permanents you control.
You may have ~ enter the battlefield as a copy of any permanent on the battlefield except it doesn't copy that permanent’s color and it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have ~ become a copy of target permanent, except it doesn't copy that permanent’s color and it has this ability." If ~ copies a non-creature permanent, ~ is a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature in addition to that permanent’s types and subtypes.
2/2
Continue
July 21, 2023 8:15 p.m.
hiddengibbons says... #10
In no way is the above card meant to imply that legendofa is a copier or plagiarist in any way. It’s meant to be a card that is anything on the battlefield legendary
July 21, 2023 8:25 p.m.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Dude 4/4
Indestructible
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, it gains your choice of Flying, Haste, or a +1/+1 counter. If the creature is red, it gains all three.
Search your library for a creature, reveal it and put it into your hand before shuffling your library. Then reveal a card at random from your hand. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield under your control.
Its a fun challenge, lets keep it going.
July 21, 2023 11:56 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #12
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
You may pay to cast this creature rather then paying its mana cost.
When Epicurus enters the battlefield, create a Food token for each color of mana spent to cast it.
Food tokens you control have ", , sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control."
3/3
I decided to make something for your Ramos deck because your Squirrel deck doesn't need anymore damn help, lol
July 22, 2023 3:40 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #13
Lol make a spell for Ikoria that makes 2/2 white and blue Bird Shark tokens that have Flying
July 22, 2023 3:43 a.m.
markbeloit says... #14
Confluence of Currents
Enchantment
Whenever you cast an instant spell, create a 2/2 white and blue Bird Shark creature token with flying and vigilance. That token gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Whenever you cast a sorcery spell, create a 2/2 white and blue Bird Shark creature token with flying and vigilance.
Make a green card that flavorwise includes a vine or vines.
July 23, 2023 8:57 a.m.
griffstick says... #15
Vine Wrapped Behemoth
Creature - Elemental Beast (uncommon)
Trample
Whenever a creature deals damage to Vine Wrapped Behemoth, tap that creature and put that many stun counters on it.
"From its deep slumber, out of the ground it rose. Dragging the roots and vines that have long wrapped its self around it and becoming one with the beast."
4/4
July 23, 2023 1:25 p.m.
griffstick says... #16
Make a card for the newest Multani
Card for reference
July 23, 2023 1:33 p.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #17
Hand size, lands in the graveyard, enchantment hate. Got it.
Multani, Cultivator of Yavimaya
Legendary Creature - Elemental Avatar
Ward - The number of cards in your hand.
When Multani enters the battlefield, draw X cards. You may then reveal your hand. If you do, destroy all other noncreature, nonland permanents with mana value less then or equal to the number of lands in your hand.
Discard a land, : Draw a card. Draw two cards if that land was legendary, instead.
4/4
Wild
July 24, 2023 1:43 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #18
Floodmaker
Creature - Beaver
Islandwalk
, Sacrifice a Forest: Search your library for a swamp card or an island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
2/4
Create a legendary shaman.
July 24, 2023 2:41 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #19
Darrek, Master of Monsters
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
When you cast Darrek, choose up to five different nonhuman creature types. You may only have up to five chosen at any given time. (Replace older options with newer ones.)
Whenever you cast a legendary, nonartifact creature with the chosen type, you get an experience counter.
Creatures of the chosen type cost less for each experience counter you have.
3/4
EXPERIENCE COUNTERS ARE BACK BABY (Not really I just wish they would be T-T)
You know what that means
Make a legendary creature with your favorite keyword mechanic!!
July 24, 2023 2:45 a.m. Edited.
TheoryCrafter says... #21
Nekht, Lazotep-Clad
Image: Nekht, though not an eternal, wears lazotep armor. Attached to his belt is the Dagger of the Worthy seen in the Hour of Devastation set.
Legendary Creature- Jackal Warrior
Rare
Afflict X+1, where X is the number of equipment attached to this creature.
You cannot draw cards.
Whenever ~ attacks and isn't blocked, exile cards from the top your library equal to the amount of combat damage dealt. You may play them from exile.
"Just because Nicol Bolas destroyed our world, doesn't mean we should refrain from using his tools. What better way to defy him than by this?"
3/2
Create a card that would be busted for a Horde deck in the Horde format.
July 24, 2023 7:38 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #22
Archdemon of Invasions
Creature - Demon
Flying, trample, Hexproof, haste
When Archdemon of Invasions enters the battlefield, if you didn't pay its mana cost, exile it and half of your library, rounded up. Create eight 1/1 black Imp creature tokens with flying plus an additional token for each creature card exiled in this way.
8/8
Wild
July 24, 2023 9:35 a.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #23
I tried to make it where you could pay 8 mana and get a hell of a good Demon, or cheat it into play and suffer a tremendous loss of resources, but get a ton of value for it as well.
A bunch of 1/1s with flying is nothing to scoff at. That's a very hard thing to block, especially since in Horde the Horde Deck always has haste.
July 24, 2023 9:39 a.m.
Spring Blossom
Enchantment
Whenever you play a land, put a flower counter on Spring Blossom. If that land was a Forest or Plains, put an additional flower counter on Spring Blossom.
At the beginning of each upkeep, you may remove all flower counters from Spring Blossom. If you do, gain 1 life for each counter removed this way. If you removed four or more counters, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Create a snow instant or sorcery.
July 24, 2023 12:23 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #25
Flash Freeze
Snow Instant
Tap target permanent, remove it from combat and put a snow counter on it. It gains "This permanent can't untap or have it's activated abilities as long as it has a snow counter on it."
Pretty broken. How to remove counters :(
Wild
July 24, 2023 12:48 p.m.
griffstick says... #26
Since I made my wife a card I decided to make my own with the same art style.
Wild
Or
Create an creature/enchantment aura, that works like bestow but in reverse. Celestial Archon for example. The bestow cost is more than its casting cost. Well make an Aura Enchantment that has a mechanic that allows you to play it as a creature instead and the cost to do so is more because when it dies it attaches to a creature as an Aura. See its bestow in reverse.
- Boon Satyr
- Chromanticore
- Kestia, the Cultivator
- Herald of Torment
- Nighthowler
- Eidolon of Countless Battles
- Hypnotic Siren
Cards for examples
July 24, 2023 8:28 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #27
Essence of Giantism
Enchantment
Creatures you control with mana value 6 or greater get +2/+2 and have trample.
Materialize
If you pay the Materialize cost, this enchantment becomes a 5/5 Giant creature with haste in addition to its other types.
Purphorous demanded a suit and weapon fit for a champion. The Nyx gave him so much more.
Does that work? If you agree, repeat. If not, you may either try again or go for a wildcard.
July 24, 2023 8:48 p.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #28
I could see the artwork being a Giant forming out of the constellation mid-swing.
God that would be terrifying.
July 24, 2023 8:52 p.m.
Vindictive Malice
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player sacrifices a creature.
Materialize
If you cast this spell for its Materialize cost, it becomes a 1/1 Horror creature in addition to its other types.
Create a unique way to ramp
July 25, 2023 12:39 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #31
It should read "You may cast this for its Materialize cost. If you do, (...)".
Sorry, was at work when I made it
July 25, 2023 12:39 a.m.
wallisface says... #32
Unique way to ramp:
Reckless Emergence
Enchantment
Creature spells you cast have Engorge (you may discard any number of cards when casting one. Each card discarded this way pays for ).
Whenever you cast a creature spell, if no cards were discarded as part of paying that casting cost, you lose 2 life.
Engorge is an ability I used in my own custom-cube for the Dinosaur-creatures (I never attached it to an enchant like above). The idea being that you can quickly ramp-out some massive beasties, but at the expense of your own resources (so whatever you cast, you better hope its good-enough to close out the game!).
Create a creature card with this Engorge ability. Bonus points if it does something that gets some kind of value from discarding cards.
July 25, 2023 1:44 a.m. Edited.
Bleak Summoner
Creature - Horror Wizard
Engorge
Each card you discard while casting this spell gains madness. The madness cost it equal to that card's mana cost.
Whenever you cast a spell with madness, each opponent loses 2 life.
It offers a generous trade: a small piece of its grand and powerful soul for a small piece of your weak and undeveloped mind.
4/4
The timing rules should work with this wording. Madness control is great.
Create a instant that doesn't deal damage or provide card advantage.
July 25, 2023 6:53 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #34
Dissect Destiny
Instant
Until end of turn, whenever you would scry any number of cards, target opponent mills that many cards instead. Scry 5.
Imagine a standard where this card would be the centerpiece of a deck. Create another card for that deck
July 25, 2023 9:54 a.m.
Pensive Pugilist
Creature - Human Monk
Whenever you Scry, ~ gains +1/+0 until the end of the turn.
"Why is it when I hurt someone's face, I'm the villain; why isn't it a crime that his face hurt my fist?"
1/2
Wild or repeat!
July 25, 2023 1:39 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #36
Ayana, Mother of Dragons
Legendary Creature - Ayulethien Noble
As long as Ayana, Mother of Dragons is your Commander, your deck may contain Dragon cards that are outside of Ayana's color identity.
Whenever Ayana enters the battlefield, attacks and at the beginning of your upkeep, mill 5.
You may play land cards and cast Dragon spells from your graveyard and spend any color mana to do so.
3/5
Made for a friend of mine. She is in love with this idea that a little Victorian-era girl named Ayana is the mother of all Dragons. I think it's a character from an high fiction fantasy she was trying her hand at a while ago.
Make a card for someone else you know.
July 25, 2023 6:29 p.m. Edited.
Demonic Protector
Creature - Demon Cleric
Ward - Sacrifice a creature
Other creatures you control have Indestructible.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, sacrifice a creature.
2/5
Create another card with two creature types not usually seen together
July 26, 2023 4:35 a.m.
mudkipdude says... #38
Stash Protector
Creature - Gremlin Paladin
When Stash Protector enters the battlefield, create two Stash tokens. (They’re colourless Artifact tokens with no abilities)
, sacrifice a Stash token: Stash Protector gets -1/—1 until end of turn. Any player may activate this ability.
5/6
Create a Gremlin card that maybe gives Stash tokens abilities, or something. Maybe just make a gremlin that interacts with Stash tokens
July 26, 2023 5:27 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #39
King of the Stash
Creature - Gremlin
When ~ enters the battlefield, create X stash tokens, where X is the number of artifact tokens you control.
, sacrifice a Stash token: Target Gremlin you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
4/4
Wild
July 27, 2023 7:59 a.m.
Pheres Ruin-Mouth
Creature - Centaur Warlock
Pheres Ruin-Mouth gets -1/-1 for each other creature you control.
, Discard a creature card: Pheres Ruin-Mouth fights target creature.
6/6
When the Titans arose from the Underworld, they attracted the heretical and blasphemous as worshippers.
Loosely inspired by an NPC from a D&D campaign I ran for a while.
Create a split or fuse card.
July 27, 2023 3:45 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #41
As Above
Sorcery
Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. You gain life equal to the number of Angels you control.
So Below
Sorcery
Aftermath
Create a 4/4 black Demon creature token with flying. Target opponent sacrifices a creature for each Demon you control.
Make an Amonkhet Commander who focuses on Aftermath
July 27, 2023 6:34 p.m.
Photek, Vizier of Consequence
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Vigilance
Whenever you cast a spell from your graveyard, mill 3 cards then draw a card.
: Each player discards their hand then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way. Activate only once each turn and only if an opponent has drawn two or more cards this turn.
1/2
Create a legendary demon from Amonkhet
July 27, 2023 10:53 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #43
Anekhtakh, Devourer of the Sinful
Legendary Creature - Crocodile Demon
Menace, Lifelink
Whenever a player casts a spell, they put a -1/-1 counter on a creature they control.
Whenever another nontoken creature dies, if it had at least one -1/-1 counter on it, exile it, then create a token that's a copy of it.
6/6
Please create a cat lord from Amonkhet.
July 27, 2023 11:23 p.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #44
Mija, Exalted Heiress
Legendary Creature - Noble Cat
Cats you control have vigilance and deathtouch
Non-token creatures you control have "Exert - Whenever this creature attacks, you may exert it. If you do, create a 2/2 white Cat creature token with vigilance tapped and attacking."
The pharaohs worship the gods. The citizens worship the pharaohs. The slaves worship the citizens. The dead worship the living. But the gods? They worship the cats.
3/3
Wild :3
July 28, 2023 1:30 a.m.
mudkipdude says... #45
Rin, Pack-Bonded
Legendary creature - Cat
When ~ or another non token cat enters the battlefield, create 2 2/3 red dog creature tokens.
Whenever a dog you control dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target
Partner with Seri, Friend to Cats
Seri’s new freind was largely welcomed into the dog pack, but…
Create seri, friend to cats and give it the other half of the flavour text
July 28, 2023 6:30 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #46
Seri, Friend to Cats
Legendary Creature - Dog
Partner with Rin, Pack-Bonded
Whenever ~ or another nontoken dog enters the battlefield, create two 3/1 white cat creature tokens.
Cats you control get +2/+1 and gain Menace.
4/6
...but Seri had to first prove his worth for the cats.
Create a card to run aside Maeve, Insidious Singer.
July 29, 2023 3:12 a.m.
FolkOccult says... #47
Hellacious Melody
Sorcery (Uncommon)
Goad target creature, whenever that creature attacks one of your opponents this turn draw a card.
Storm
"With a single verse? Mutiny. With a song? I will have their entire fleet swallowing sea water." - Maeve, Sinister Lyricist.
WILD!
July 29, 2023 4:32 p.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #48
Abraham, Long-range Shooter
Legendary Creature - Human Cowboy
Vigilance
At the beginning of your upkeep, whenever Abraham attacks, you cast a sorcery or play a land, put a range counter on Abraham.
Remove X range counters, : Abraham, Long-range Shooter deals X damage to any target. If that target was a permanent and would be destroyed, exile it instead.
"Well innit that cute."
3/3
Make a Western style card called Down Range
July 29, 2023 4:38 p.m. Edited.
FolkOccult says... #49
Down Range
Sorcery (Rare)
If this spell targets a modified creature, it costs more to cast and can be cast as though it had flash.
Destroy target creature.
"You ought'a leave town while the goin's good."
WILD!
TypicalTimmy says... #1
Daxos, Refusal to Die
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Human Soldier
Toxic 2
Vigilance
If you have ten or more poison counters, instead you win the game.
, , sacrifice a non-Phyrexian Human: You get a poison counter. Activate this ability only once each turn.
Daxos has known more loss and tragedy then any man on the whole of Theros. He has experienced death first hand, and has defeated the Gods who abandoned him. A little oil won't slow him down.
3/4
Make anything that is four colors. Bonus points if it is like this where you have some as a casting cost and the rest as an activated ability.
July 21, 2023 1:52 a.m.