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.
Poly_raptor says... #2
Larun, Ethersworn Lobotomist
Legendary Creature - Vedalken Artificer
Deathtouch, Vigilance
Ward - Exile 2 cards from your hand
When Larun enters or attacks choose a card type, then you may search target opponents library and choose a card of that type and exile it.
2/6
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Create a new god in line with the new amonket gods for aethedrift, use a colour combination that hasnt been used for a new god yet.
February 21, 2025 2:33 a.m.
Unket, Hand of Dedication
Legendary Creature - God
Indestructible, Lifelink
As long as you control three creatures with different creature types, creatures you control have Undying and Menace.
Whenever a creature you control dies, gain 2 life and put a +1 +1 counter on target creature.
5/5
"The dead cannot reawaken without the living, and the living cannot survive the desert alone. But I was not born from need or compromise, I was born from the love they share."
Unfortunately the lore heavily implies all 5 Theros gods were compleated like Heliod was. Create a card for one of the other 4 gods like Heliod, the Radiant Dawn Flip - Mono colored on one side with a phyrexian mana activation to flip to the other side which multicolored. The flip side must be two colors and one of them must be the god's original color like Heliod.
February 21, 2025 10:54 a.m.
Sanef, Vigilant of the Eternal
Legendary Creature – God
Indestructible
Sanef, Vigilant of the Eternal can’t attack or block unless you gained life this turn.
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, create a 1/1 Green Snake creature token.
Snakes you control have lifelink.
5/5
"She watches over the living, her gaze unblinking, her coils endless. Each life preserved is a vow renewed."
The Egyptian set with no Snake God is no Egyptian plane in my eyes!
Next Challenge: Create A Shapeshifter Tribal Commander that is at least blue and another color!
EDIT: Ninja'd worse than a Yuriko. Do above!
February 21, 2025 11:25 a.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #5
Nylea, the Horizon Huntress
Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
Flash
Reach
When Nylea enters, if she was cast, counter target creature spell, destroy target creature and / or gain control of target creature with less power.
: Transform Nylea, the Horizon Huntress. Activate only as a sorcery.
Horizon to horizon was her hunting grounds...
4/4
Nylea, Otherworldly Huntress
Legendary Enchantment Creature - Phyrexian God
Reach
Creature spells you control have flash.
Creature spells you control have "Counter target creature spell. If you do, sacrifice this creature as it enters."
Now, not even Kruphix can comprehend her reach...
5/5
Do FauxFaux's challenge above mine.
February 22, 2025 11:58 a.m. Edited.
Sliverguy420 says... #6
Morophon, the Omnipotent
changeling
trample, first strike, lifelink, vigilance, flying
as Morophon, the Omnipotent enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
creatures of the chosen type get +2/+2.
Next challenge: create a MV 3 dragon that is 2 colors and good enough to be a rare or mythic.
you may look at the top card of your library at any time. you may cast spells of the chosen type from the top of your library.
5/5
February 22, 2025 12:36 p.m.
Sliverguy420 says... #7
Next challenge: create a MV3 dragon that is 2 colors and good enough to be a rare or mythic.
February 22, 2025 12:37 p.m.
Crow_Umbra says... #8
Mardu Blitzwing
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, it deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.
Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it’s returned from the battlefield to its owner’s hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
3/2
I'm super excited for the return to Tarkir. Theros and Tarkir were brand new planes when I first started playing and getting into MtG.
Challenge: Create another enchantment honoring another Khan in the vein of Smile at Death.
February 22, 2025 2:58 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #9
Surrender to the Dragonclaw
Enchantment
At the beginning of combat on your turn, gain control of target creature with less power than a creature you control until end of turn. Untap it and it gains haste.
WotC announced a UB for AtlA. This is the first UB I'll definitely buy. Create a card for either the main set or one of the precons that we'll get for sure.
February 23, 2025 1:42 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #10
I would assume this is Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Admittedly it's a repost but God do I love this one so much.
Repeat
February 23, 2025 2:39 a.m.
Rincewind23 says... #11
(http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/appa-soaring-bison)
February 23, 2025 5:03 a.m.
Rincewind23 says... #12
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/appa-soaring-bison
this is a link to my Appa card on mtgcardsmith
My challenge is to create a card for either: Katara, Sokka, Ang or Momo.
February 23, 2025 5:06 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #13
Rincewind23: You need to ask a mod to enable your account for posting pictures.
Aang, Last Air Nomad
Legendary Creature - Human Avatar Monk
Flying, Prowess
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, choose one:
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Draw a card, then discard a card.
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Return target nonland nonland, noncreature permanent to its owner's hand.
2/2
Create another character from the show. We'd obviously get more than one Aang, so you could even redo him at another stage. Bonus points if you can do a flavourful Toph.
February 23, 2025 7:45 a.m.
Rincewind23 says... #14
seshiro_of_the_orochi I am still kind of new to tapped out, as I mainly use it for drafting sets and forums like this one. How would I go about finding a mod to let me use images?
Use the promt from seshiro_of_the_orochi
February 23, 2025 9:07 a.m.
Poly_raptor says... #15
Sokka, Leader of the Southern Water tribe
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
When Sokka Enters, create a legendary artifact equipment token called boomerang.
Unattach an equipment from Sokka, Sokka deals 1 damage to target creature an opponent controls, tap that creature and put a stun counter on it.
2/2
Boomerang
Legendary Arifact - Equipment
When Boomderang enters attach it to target legendary creature you control.
Equipped creature has +1/+1 and reach.
Equip:
Continue with the A:tla theme, whatever takes your fancy. I could do this all day.
February 23, 2025 10:23 a.m. Edited.
Poly_raptor says... #16
For some reason my above posted twice. Edited this one.
February 23, 2025 10:23 a.m. Edited.
Rincewind23 says... #17
Secret Tunnel!
Land - Mountain
Add
Two target creatures you control can’t be blocked until end of turn. If they share a colour, they gain +1/+2
Secret Tunnel! Secret Tunnel! Through the mountains, Secret Tunnel!
February 24, 2025 12:48 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #19
I wanted to encapsulate his wisdom with his rage; his power with his grace; his teachings with his punishments.
I hope I did him well <3
Continue with ATLA or wild if you'd like to move on.
February 25, 2025 2:51 a.m. Edited.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #20
Kyoshi, Avatar of the Earth
Legendary Creature - Human Spirit God
When ~ enters the battlefield, or whenever an opponent attacks you or a planeswalker you control, create a 1/1 white and green soldier token named Kyoshi Warrior.
Whenever a Kyoshi Warrior you control dies, ~ deals damage equal to its power to any target.
5/4
"I offer you this wisom: only justice will create peace."
Do another ATLA card!
February 25, 2025 3:30 a.m.
Determined Princess
Creature - Human Noble
Undying
This creature deals X damage to any target as it enters. If that target was a rebel or avatar creature, it deals double that damage instead.
If damage is not dealt this way, as this creature enters put a Menace counter on it.
2/2
"I'm about to celebrate becoming an only child!"
They'd need some nonlegendary creatures, so I always like to think of what they'll do with those.
Continue!
February 25, 2025 9:36 a.m.
Rincewind23 says... #22
Friendly Otter-Penguin
Creature- Otter Penguin
Islandwalk
Whenever Friendly Otter-Penguin attacks, target Bender gains Islandwalk
Um just continue OR do a card for Tarkir: Dragonstorm
February 25, 2025 3:03 p.m.
Poly_raptor says... #23
Aang, The Avatar
Legendary Creature - Human Monk
- Aang gains Flying until end of turn
- Aang gains Hexproof until end of turn
- Aang gains Double strike until end of turn
- Aang gains Trample until end of turn
Aang has +1/+1 for as long as it has flying, the same is true for double strike, trample, and hexproof
3/3
Continue with A:tla
February 25, 2025 3:19 p.m.
Ko The Face Stealer
Legendary Creature - Spirit Horror
This creature cannot be blocked if defending player controls a creature with the same name.
: This creature becomes a copy of any creature an opponent controls except it gains, "This creature cannot be blocked if defending player controls a creature with the same name."
1/5
Wild.
February 27, 2025 1:48 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #25
The Last Sliver
Legendary Creature - Sliver
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile target sliver card from your hand, graveyard or on the battlefield.
Slivers you control have abilities of Slivers you own in exile.
"Evolution, evolved."
6/6
Make a new card for The Ur-Dragon
February 27, 2025 6:53 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #26
The Ur-Dragon, God among Gods
Legendary Creature - Dragon Avatar God
This spell costs less to cast, where X is the highest mana value among dragons you control.
Ward - Sacrifice a legendary creature.
Vigilance, Flying, Lifelink, Haste, Trample
At the beginning of each combat, other dragons you control gain Vigilance, Flying, Lifelink, Haste and Trample until end of turn.
7/7
Creating a new card for this...thing...is pretty hard without making it omega-level broken. This feels not too broken for the character.
Create a new and more fitting card for O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami.
March 1, 2025 6:19 a.m.
O-Kagachi, The Great Old Serpent
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit God
Affinity for Spirits
Flying, Hexproof, Protection from Nonspirits
When ~ enters, exile each graveyard
You may cast creature spells any player owns from exile, and you spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells. Creatures that enter in this way are Spirits in addition to their other types.
6/6
Make a new card for Drizzt Do'Urden
March 2, 2025 3:08 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #28
Drizzet, Agent of Death
Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior
Double strike
Drizzet ignores ward, hexproof or shroud when targeting.
: Turn Drizzet and one other creature or planeswalker face down. They keep their names, types, colors and printed power and toughness but lose all other abilities. You may turn Drizzet up at any time. When you do, turn the other permanent up as well.
3/6
To emulate his fairy fire (bypassing protections) and his sphere of darkness (face down).
Double strike emulates his scimitars, Icing Death & Twinkle as well as the fact he is a honed warrior.
Now you can ignore a Commanders hexproof, turn it face down with Drizzet, then Path that bitch. Lol
Wild
March 2, 2025 2:13 p.m.
markbeloit says... #29
Thunderous Growth
Sorcery
Thunderous Growth deals 2 damage to each creature.
Morbid - If a creature died this turn, search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Wild
March 2, 2025 4:24 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #30
Juri and Judith, Entertainers
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Other nontoken creatures you control have Riot.
Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice an attacking creature. If you do, draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
3/4
Wild
March 2, 2025 11:39 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #31
Zyxavar, The False God
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi Titan
Lifelink, haste
Annihilator 3
Whenever Zyxavar attacks, you may choose to have its annihilator ability not trigger. If you do, put a shield and a ward counter on it and draw a card.
Zyxavar gets +1/+0 for each shield counter and +0/+1 for each ward counter on it. If you drew a card when it attacked, you have no maximum hand size this turn.
6/7
I would love to borrow this artwork for it, but Reddit doesn't allow image sharing and Imgur recently took a massive shit on mtg.design
Wild
March 2, 2025 11:52 p.m.
TheoryCrafter says... #32
Lot Removal
Enchantment
When ~ enters, mill five cards. Then put a creature card or basic swamp card from the graveyard into your hand.
When a spell or ability causes your entire graveyard to be exiled, sacrifice this enchantment and all creatures enter the battlefield as black zombie creatures instead.
"Well, that's one way to relocate the graveyard." –Guillen, Tender of Grounds.
Create Guillen, Tender of Grounds. He cannot have any form of necromancy, but his flavor is of that of a graveyard caretaker.
March 3, 2025 7:34 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #33
I would like to think Guillen was born a Human on Innistrad, where he spent decades dutifully tending the graveyards. Overtime the plane grew to respect him. Not just the Humans, but evil forces as well. Vampires found his enthrallment fascinating. Werewolves appreciated his kindness to nature. Spirits were soothed by his respect. Even Demons admired his unshackled demeanor.
When his time finally came of old age, the plane entombed him in a mausoleum of roots, planting the seeds to have him reborn as a Dryad, where he now continues as Innistrad's grave keeper.
Wild
March 3, 2025 11:19 a.m. Edited.
Tivsh, Scale of the Generations
Legendary Creature - Spirit Advisor
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you may pay where X is equal to or less than the amount of life you have gained this turn.
If you do, lose X life and draw X cards.
Whenever you lose life for the first time during each of your turns, you may put a lifelink counter on target creature you control.
2/2
"You are all my children. And children must learn that pain is a part of life."
I have been building a primer for the new Abzan Dragon from Tarkir and it has me brewing fun "if you lose life on your turn" strategies. The Abzan maintain relationships with their ancestors via spirit trees and rely on their counsel and expertise so I wanted a card that highlighted Abzan culture/social structure.
Makecard that cares about losing life on your turn. Bonus points if it highlights Abzan culture in some way
March 3, 2025 11:34 a.m.
Rincewind23 says... #36
sorry, that went wrong. and now ive lost it, will try again later
March 3, 2025 1:08 p.m.
Rincewind23 says... #37
Kalena, Ally of the Ancestors
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Whenever you cast a creature card from your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Kalena, Ally of the Ancestors. Whenever you lose life during your turn, you may cast a creature card from your graveyard with converted mana cost less than or equal to the amount of life lost.
2/3
March 3, 2025 1:15 p.m.
(Rincewind23 don't forget to set a challenge for the next person)
March 3, 2025 1:43 p.m.
Rincewind23 says... #39
oh gosh, I am so sorry. Create a legendary creature for the Mardu.
March 3, 2025 2:49 p.m.
Crow_Umbra says... #40
Delna, Trade Route Ambassador
Legendary Creature - Orc Advisor
Whenever one or more creatures attack one of your opponents or a planeswalker they control, those creatures gain menace until end of turn.
Whenever one of your opponents attacks the opponent with the most cards in hand, you and that player each draw a card.
Whenever a player attacks one of your opponents, if that opponent has more land than another of your opponents, you and that attacking player create a tapped treasure token.
2/3
This was made with inspiration from one of the recent Planeswalker's Guide to Tarkir articles, "Due to their centrally located territory, the Mardu establish treaties with other clans to protect trading caravans from dragons or other clans, taking a portion of the traded goods as payment."
Create a Sultai farmer as inspired from the article, or wild.
March 3, 2025 3:09 p.m.
hiddengibbons says... #41
Terrafarmer
,, sacrifice a land: Search your library for a land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
1/3
Create a spider bear creature
March 4, 2025 12:52 a.m.
uwu_master_9000 says... #42
Horror of the Cave
Legendary Creature - Spider Bear
Double strike
: ~ gets reach until end of turn.
When a creature is damaged by ~, put a stun counter on that creature.
2/2
I'm imagining the art being black with 8 red eyes.
Make a card that has to do with pips in mana cost that isn't just plain devotion. So like opponent's devotion or comparing devotion or total devotion to anything or like not at all devotion related. :D
March 4, 2025 2:16 a.m.
Blessings to the Bountiful
Sorcery
Each player counts the number of green mana symbols among permanents they control. The player with the most searches their library for a land card and puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then they may put a creature card with mana value X or less from their hand onto the battlefield where X is the number of lands they control. If two players are tied for the most green mana symbols, both players do this instead.
"Care for and respect the land and it shall do the same for you."
Create a card that rewards opponents and punishes them with said reward.
March 4, 2025 12:38 p.m.
hiddengibbons says... #44
Mana Burn
Legendary Enchantment
Whenever an opponent taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced.
As steps and phases end, your opponents lose x life where x is the amount of unspent mana in their mana pool.
At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep, ~ deals x damage to that player where x is the number of untapped lands he or she controlled at the beginning of this turn.
Wild
March 4, 2025 1:04 p.m.
Rincewind23 says... #46
Can somebody please tell me how to upload an image onto this
March 4, 2025 3:34 p.m.
DeinoStinkus says... #47
Fifth button from the left, then copy and paste the image link into the dialog box that pops up
March 4, 2025 3:45 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #48
Paradigm Changeling
Creature - Shapeshifter
Changling
Paradigm Changeling is all colors.
4/4
Trying something new. It is all colors but casts for colorless. It's also all subtypes.
Meaning it fits in all tribal builds and all color-matters builds without being restricted to color identity with casting cost.
Sort of like a staple for specific builds, but it's common.
And if you've got nothing else going on, it's a 4/4 for 3 which that alone in of itself is pretty good.
Wild
March 4, 2025 5:07 p.m. Edited.
hiddengibbons says... #49
Destruxus, The Creeping Death
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Shade
Haste, Flying, Trample, Double Strike, Hexproof, Vigilance, Infect.
Whenever ~ attacks, you may pay X. If you do, ~ gets +x/+x until end of turn and target opponent sacrifices x permanents.
-3/-3
Create a powerful creature with strange drawbacks that require a deck to build around it in order to overcome the drawbacks and use the creature to deadly effectiveness
March 4, 2025 10:04 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #50
hiddengibbons, I see it's a -3/-3. Was this a mistake? -3 toughness would be moved to the graveyard via state based actions upon entering the battlefield unless you have anthems or counters to bring it up to at least 0?
Based on the ability it looks like perhaps you meant -3/3 so that when it attacks you can bring -3 up to any amount you can pay. So X = 7 would make it a 4/10
Not sure if I'm the crafter for such a challenge but I'll give it a shot.
- Create a powerful creature with strange drawbacks that require a deck to build around it in order to overcome the drawbacks and use the creature to deadly effectiveness
Geralf's Masterful Abomination
Legendary Creature - Giant Zombie
Last strike, haste
Whenever Geralf's Masterful Abomination destroys another creature with combat damage, you may mill cards equal to that creatures mana value. If you do, return it to the battlefield under your control. It becomes a zombie in addition to its other types.
"Geralf, I must say you've really outdone yourself." - Gisa
"Thank you, dear sister. I-"
"This is easily the worst thing you've made yet!"
4/-4
Given how many lords and anthems there are for Zombies, it'll be pretty easy to bring him above -4 toughness.
Haste so he can be useful, which is also a hilarious pairing with last strike.
Repeat the challenge; I would like to see what's up next.
TypicalTimmy says... #1
Catrina, Oath of the Mirror
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery that targets only Catrina, you may copy it. If you do, choose a new target. (The copy must choose a different target.)
: Transform Catrina. Activate only as a sorcery.
"One for all!"
3/4
Catrina, Broken Mirror
Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Knight
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery that only targets Catrina, copy it for up to each other Phyrexian you control. Each copy targets up to one of those Phyrexians.
"and all for one..."
4/3
Nice little Esper toolbox build
Wild
February 20, 2025 10:45 p.m. Edited.