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.
StarRushford says... #2
Wildcard
Legendary Unknown - Shapeshifter
This spell can be cast as any card in the game that you own, except its cost is , it is Legendary, and it is a Shapeshifter in addition to its other types.
Create a new card type! Not subtype, card type.
If it is 12 hours since this has been made, to prevent this stalling the entire thread, make a MTG Pokemon card.
May 5, 2025 7:49 p.m.
I just try to spread my posts here out a little.
Pile of Broken Rubble
Plot
When this plot is revealed, create five colorless Equipment artifact tokens named Rock with “Equipped creature has ‘, , Sacrifice Rock: This creature deals 2 damage to any target’” and equip .
Straight from the "Uncovered Cavern" plot booster.
Choose a legendary creature that only has an Arena digital printing and make a paper-legal card for it. List here (includes some digital versions of paper cards--skip those, and pick one that doesn't have a paper version).
May 5, 2025 9:04 p.m.
LunchBox1211 says... #4
Cerise, Fear's Bane
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric Knight
First Strike, Lifelink, Vigilance. At the beginning of each Opponent's End step, you may search your library for up to two different cards with mana value equal to or less then the amount of life you gained this turn, shuffle you deck, and show them to that opponent. They choose one of those cards. Put that card into your library 5th from the bottom, and all other shown cards into your hand.
4/5
Cerise, Slayer of Fear. Seeking a card can't really exist in paper MtG, so I'm just going to let you tutor multiple cards and let your opponent choose which one you get to keep.
Make an Angel that has "you win the game" on it and also cares about being the Monarch.
May 5, 2025 9:18 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #5
"At the beginning of your upkeep, if you are the monarch you win the game."
LMAO
I'm doing computer training for a new work program we have so I can't make a full design right now. I just thought that would have been hilarious to see printed was all.
Carry on
May 5, 2025 9:48 p.m. Edited.
StarRushford says... #6
Angel of Kings
Legendary Creature - Angel
Flying
Multiple instances of the Monarch can exist. (Combat damage only removes 1 instance of the Monarch per instance of combat damage.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you become the Monarch.
At the beginning of your upjeep, if you have 7 or more instances of the Monarch, you win the game
7/7
Make a demon that says "You lose the game" and cares about Night.
May 6, 2025 12:12 a.m.
Imbilz, Master of the Cycle
Legendary Creature - Demon Druid
Flying, Ward - Sacrifice a permanent
Whenever a creature you control dies, if it is Day, each opponent sacrifices a creature. If it is night, you draw a card.
Whenever Day would become Night or vice versa, you may pay . If you do, any it is Day, it remains Day. The same is true for Night. Each time the Day and Night cycle is prevented from changing this way, you gain an experience counter.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if it is night and you have 7 or more experience counters, you win the game.
5/5
"Any aspect of nature has the capacity to be selfish, to crave power, any predator will tell you. I too am a natural predator child, simply on a much larger scale."
Create one half of a Legendary partner pair of a Kirin Mount and a Celestial Rider. You should create the Kirin and leave open synergy space for someone after you to create the rider partner. Let's avoid Saddle please.
May 6, 2025 8:55 a.m.
Kazumi, Shepherd of Redemption
Legendary Creature - Kirin Spirit
Flying, SoulShift 4
Partner
Whenever ~ attacks, if you control three other Spirit Creatures, you may search your library for a Spirit, Plains or Mountain card, reveal it, and put it into your hand.
At the beginning of your endstep, if ~ is in your graveyard, you may sacrifice a Spirit you control. If you do, return ~ to the battlefield tapped at the beginning of your opponent's next upkeep.
4/5
"A Spirit to guide Spirits on Kamigawa. How paradoxical; Not since the Kami War have relations between the dead and living been so blurred. Contorted. Disturbed. Hopefully this signals a return to more...contemporary beliefs."
Create this creature's Celestial Rider!
May 6, 2025 9:21 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #9
Ok, so let's pretend Kazumi has Partner with...
Kekomi, Flock's Redeemer
Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Cleric
Partner with Kazumi, Shepherd of Redemption
Ward
At the beginning of each combat, you may return a land you control to its owner's hand. If you do, create three 1/1 red spirit creature tokens with haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.
2/4
Create the enemy character to these two.
May 7, 2025 3:32 a.m.
Kinsaigai, Wandering Calamity
Legendary Creature - Spirit
Wither
, Sacrifice Kinsaigai: This creature deals X damage to each other creature, planeswalker, and player.
5/4
"Why do you resist me? Would you bring an army to bear against an earthquake, or sign a contract with a tsunami? I am here, and I destroy. That is all."
Create a card to fill out the conflict between these characters.
May 7, 2025 3:57 a.m.
Nature VS Nurture
Enchantment
Whenever you return a land to your hand choose one:
Nature - You may play up to two extra lands this turn. Then, if you have played three lands this turn, destroy target nonland permanent.
Nurture - Choose a creature you control. Until your next turn this creature gains "Return this creature to your hand: Another target permanent gains hexproof until end of turn."
"On Kamigawa spirits came into existence long before any other sentient peoples. They represent now what they always have, the primordial forces of the universe: change, creation, destruction, and growth."
A while back we were turning our favorite DND or RPG characters into custom cards. I like seeing people share their favorite stuff so let's repeat that challenge!
May 8, 2025 10:40 a.m.
StarRushford says... #12
Eclipse
Legendary Creature - Fox God
Indestructible, Hexproof
Protection from all cards and effects you do not control
Eclipse cannot lose Indestructible, Hexproof, or Protection in any way.
Eclipse cannot be exiled, turned face down, or lose any abilities in any way
Eclipse cannot lose power or toughness.
If Eclipse would enter a graveyard or exile, they instead are put onto the battlefield.
5/100
Repeat
May 8, 2025 2:02 p.m.
StarRushford says... #13
Eclipse's Lore:
They are a kitsune, and they did a favor to a goddess. They were given about 20 layers of death prevention, so are unkillable.
I tried my best to make it unkillable in any way. lmk if you can find any way to kill it or remove it!
May 8, 2025 2:05 p.m.
StarRushford Shuffling in (Collision of Realms, Sway of the Stars, The Great Aurora) would get Eclipse off the battlefield. If you count theft as removal, and depending on how the last ability works (...instead they are put onto the battlefield under your control vs. under its owner's control), something like Insurrection + boardwipe would work.
May 8, 2025 2:22 p.m. Edited.
StarRushford says... #15
thanks! I really should've gone with my original idea for the last idea, "Eclipse cannot leave the battlefield."
I also just realized: Eclipse can be countered.
But thanks!
May 8, 2025 2:34 p.m.
Ánrothán, the Reckoning
Legendary Creature - Aasimar Warlock Paladin
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 blue and green faerie shapeshifter creature token.
Whenever this creature or another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may put a shield counter on another target creature you control.
Sacrifice this creature: Change the target of spell, ability, or damage source to Ánrothán, the Reckoning.
4/6
"My goal is to help everyone bring out their best self. After a brief conversation, I can tell you this man's best self is a dead one."
(Backstory if you want it) Ánrothán, is a Paladin and Celestial Warlock, and one of my all time favorite characters. A cleric from a young age, she had a close and deep connection with Ylfa, Goddess of Inter-connectivity, until said goddess was being changed against her will by a nasty sect of the conclave. Ánrothán killed her goddess, and told the conclave it was the goddess's will that they go out and act in the world in her place.
She spent decades doing her best to get by, to make the world better, before ultimately deciding to join adventuring guilds for . . . easier access to people who wanted to propagate systems of violence and subjugation. Having fully divested herself from her religion but not her faith, she lives as a paladin until one day a spear sprouts from her stomach on a mission, a spear that undeniably bears the same energy as her long dead and gone goddess. As time goes on and her pact magic develops to help her tank damage, heal her friends, and protect the right people, she begins to question if she ever understood what really happened so long ago.
She has insane AC, Shield, temp HP, compelled duel, not to mention the heals and support with Aid, Bless, Cure Wounds, etc. She's the ultimate healer tank, and she's here to help! And sometimes, when people don't want to play fair or own up to their actions, she's more than happy to put them down.
Repeat!
May 8, 2025 3:10 p.m.
Rustle, Embossed Kenku
Legendary Creature - Bird Rogue
Skulk, Ward:
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure Token. If you have three or more Treasure tokens, you may sacrifice them. If you do, put a Flying Counter on ~.
At the beginning of each opponent's combat step, you may have ~ become a copy of target creature that player controls until the end of the turn.
2/3
A simple Kenku NPC I once encountered in a one-shot my friends and I did to pass some time. a useful party member for our...4 Barbarians with a total of 4 charisma. We needed a party face, and by the gods we got one. (That only mimics what others say.)
Repeat or Wild!
May 9, 2025 7:25 a.m.
Take me by surprise
Instant
Miracle (You may cast this card for its Miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn)
Return 4 creatures to their owners hands
"I meant it every time"-Feldon
Make a creature or planeswalker with miracle
May 9, 2025 8:47 a.m.
Engineered Cataclysm
Sorcery
Miracle (You may cast this card for its Miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn)
Destroy all creatures and artifacts. Each player may dicard any number of cards. Then, gain life equal to the number of creature cards in each graveyard.
"You prayed for this, day in and day out, so look upon your deliverance! Taste your wishes like ashes in your mouth and know that they were small and selfish, but granted none the less."
Create the demon speaking in the flavor text above. They should be at least partially black if not mono black and genuinely love to grant wishes (that they know their patrons will deeply regret)
May 9, 2025 10:38 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #20
Yivgzaak, Archdemon of Wishes
Legendary Creature - Demon
Flying, trample, haste
, sacrifice Yivgzaak: Target opponent loses the game. Then, you lose the game.
"A small price to pay for eternal obedience and servitude."
7/7
I wonder if the Rules Committee would ban this or not?
Wild
May 9, 2025 10:48 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #21
TypicalTimmy: The bullshit thus card could produce is hilarious. Love it!
Curse of the Tumbleweed
Enchantment Creature - Plant
Skulk
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it becomes a curse aura enchantment and is no longer a creature. Attach it to the player it dealt damage to.
Creatures enchanted player controls gain ": Each opponent draws a card" and lose all other abilities.
1/4
"..."
Wild
May 9, 2025 2:34 p.m.
World-Weary Traveler
Creature - Kor Scout
When this creature enters, if you have less lands than an opponent, search your library for a basic land, reveal it, and put it into your hand.
3/2
To the Horizon
Sorcery - Adventure
Draw a card. You may play an additional land this turn.
Create another card with Adventure and/or Omen, and have the sides not in the same colour(s).
May 9, 2025 2:48 p.m.
Glowing Cat 1B
Creature - Cat Mutant
Whenever a card is put into a graveyard from a library, each opponent loses 1 life. This ability triggers once per turn.
1/1
Not a Place of Honour 1U
Omen - Sorcery
Target player gains 3 rad counters.
Create a land that gains an activated ability that is not a mana ability.
May 10, 2025 9:03 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #24
Avalanche Ridge
Land - Mountain
This land enters tapped.
As long as you control at least six other mountains, this land has ", : This land deals X damage to any target."
Creature a ninja fairy.
May 10, 2025 10:21 a.m.
Glen Elendra Hypnotist
Creature - Faerie Ninja
Flying
Ninjutsu
When ~ enters, target opponent discards a card. If it's attacking, you may instead have defending player discard a card at random.
1/1
Kamigawa and Lorwyn can learn a lot from each other. Some of that learning is more like stealing.
Create a counterspell.
May 10, 2025 1:57 p.m. Edited.
And I realize I forgot the challenge halfway through. Redo the ninja fairy.
May 10, 2025 2:05 p.m.
LunchBox1211 says... #27
Bitterbloom Sneak
Creature - Fairy Ninja
Ninjitsu
Flying.
2/3
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Drown in Shadows
Instant - Adventure
Counter target creature spell. Drown in Shadows deals 2 damage to each creature that shares a creature type with that spell.
Eh, why not both? Anyways, make a creature card with Forecast. Bonus points if you also give it Addendum AND a way to Detain permanents.
May 11, 2025 12:24 a.m.
Vexhall Arbiter
Creature - Vedalken Wizard
Vigilance
Whenever you Detain a non-land permanent an opponent controls the first time each turn, Investigate.
Forecast : Detain target non-land permanent an opponent controls. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)
Addendum: If you cast this spell during your main phase, for each Clue Token you control, Detain 1 target non-land permanent an opponent controls.
2/4
Wild!
May 12, 2025 8:13 a.m. Edited.
BirdieGirlie says... #29
Since we got Kotis, I've been thinking about how to do Villainous Wealth effects in other ways!
Allaye, Heist Leader
Legendary Creature - Elf Rogue
Haste
, , tap X creatures: Target opponent exiles the top X cards of their library. You may cast any number of nonland cards with converted mana cost/mana value X or less from among them without paying their mana costs.
Activate this ability only as a sorcery and only in your second main phase. Activate this ability only once per turn.
4/4
I'll pose the same question to the next poster!
May 12, 2025 2:07 p.m. Edited.
Never Enough
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters and whenever you cast a spell, each opponent mills 1. You may cast a spell milled this way without paying its mana cost if it has greater mana value than each spell that has been cast this turn. (This ability can trigger itself.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment and you lose life equal to the number of spells you cast this turn.
More Villainous Wealth vibes than actual effect. Hopefully this counts (and the effects makes sense).
Create a Basilisk creature.
May 12, 2025 5:37 p.m. Edited.
BirdieGirlie says... #31
Very interesting indeed!!
Ok.
The Basilisk
Legendary Creature - Basilisk
Poisonous
The Basilisk cannot attack.
When The Basilisk enters, each opponent creates a 1/1 chicken creature token named Rooster.
, sacrifice a serpent, lizard, or bird and a Treasure token: create a black Aura enchantment token named Turned to Stone with shroud and indestructible and "enchanted creature loses all abilities, can't attack or block, is colorless and has base power and toughness 0/1, and has shroud and indestructible." This ability may be countered by sacrificing or beholding a chicken or bird.
7/2
This might be a little too powerful and probably way too much text, but hey, the Basilisk is a powerful creature! Tried to reference its mythology as best I could.
I'd like to see a card that cares about the amount of lands you have in play. Maybe even out of green if you have an idea for how to make it work in another color!
May 12, 2025 10:23 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #32
Channel the Blackblade
Instant
Until end of turn, target creature gains "This creature's base power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control."
Draw a card. You may play an additional land this turn.
I recently got a copy of Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker. Create a card that synergizes with her.
May 12, 2025 11:26 p.m.
BirdieGirlie says... #33
I'm not sure if this effect/text has ever been a real thing, but it's what popped into my head!
Damage Control
Instant
You may choose new targets for each individual point of damage being dealt by target attacking creature. You take double damage this turn.
Power-crept Tasha, the Witch Queen ;P
May 13, 2025 12:43 a.m.
Tasha the super duper witch queen
Legendary Planeswalker - Tasha
When ~ enters the battlefield your opponent chooses one of their limbs and cuts it off
+1: Tasha adds $40 trillion to the US economy and causes hyper inflation
-1: Add G(64) mana to your mana pool
-3: Your opponent chooses one: - find a solution to the reimann hypothesis - only drink water from a bowl for the rest of their life - go bald
99
jk but mtg in 2050 gonna look like that
Tasha the mind wilter
Legendary Planeswalker - Tasha
Each player plays with the top card of their library revealed
+1: Until the end of this turn you may cast 1 card from among cards revealed by Tasha.
-X: add X mana of any colour to your mana pool, you may activate an additional ability of a Tasha Planeswalker this turn
Tasha may be your commander
2
This is insanely pushed for a format like modern or even Legacy. I was considering making the initial loyalty 3 but that might then unironically make it the most broken planeswalker of all time. I don't know how crazy it would be in commander though there's more players too be fair.
Earlier I asked for a challenge to create a creature or planeswalker with miracle and I think it was misunderstood cos someone made a sorcery. My challenge is to make a creature or planeswalker with miracle
May 13, 2025 11:01 a.m.
BirdieGirlie says... #35
Again, not sure if this has ever or will ever be a thing, but idk it's what I thought of!
Moll, Here and Gone Again
Legendary Creature - Angel Rogue
Reach
Pay 3 life: draw a card.
Discard a card: gain 3 life.
Miraculous Cycling (you may cycle this card only if it is the first card you draw during your turn)
When you cycle this card, sacrifice any number of permanents you control. Your opponents must sacrifice a permanent of the same type for each of the permanents you sacrificed, or pay 2 life.
1/3
Uh, Hidetsugu's Second Rite-like effect, maybe even on a different card type if you want!
May 13, 2025 12:38 p.m.
Lucky Streak
Enchantment
At the beginning of your endstep, if you control exactly 7 of any one permanent type, for each, choose one. You may choose the same mode more than once. Then, exile ~. At the beginning of your next endstep, set your life total to 1. You cannot gain life for the rest of the game.
-Draw 7 cards.
-Create 7 Treasure Tokens.
-Untap up to 7 target permanents.
-Tap up to 7 target permanents. They do not untap on their owner's next untap step.
-Reveal the top 7 cards of your library. You may put any number of lands revealed this way onto the battlefield tapped.
-Gain 7 life.
-Target opponent loses 7 life.
"The house. ALWAYS. WINS."
Repeat or Wild!
May 13, 2025 1:16 p.m. Edited.
Compleation Apparatus
Artifact
Pay 10 life: Target opponent gets poison counters equal to the number of poison counters on that player and you get half that many poison counters, rounded down.
Create a Sphinx Warrior creature.
May 13, 2025 1:41 p.m.
Keep Calligrapher
Creature - Sphinx Warrior
Flying, Vigilance, First strike, Ward
When this creature enters, target opponent creates two 2/1 black and white inkling creature tokens with flying.
Whenever a creature enters under an opponent's control, draw a card.
5/4
"The Keep is impossibly well defended, many would even say ostentatiously so."
I imagine The Keep to be an extremely remote and exclusive mountaintop fortification that's home to learned spell casters like wizards, druids, warlocks, etc. Create a character from The Keep.
May 13, 2025 3:40 p.m.
burferking says... #39
Kyornobas, Frontline Executioner of the Fate
Legendary Creature - Sphinx Warrior
This creature enters with X Seal counters.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, Fateseal X+1, then defending player reveals the top card of their library. This creature deals damage equal to that card's mana value to defending player.
If one or more Seal counters would be put on this creature, instead lose 2 life and then put one or more Seal counters on this creature.
3/5
Create an Artifact with the Equipment subtype that:
- is named after footwear
- has Kicker
- (optional) favors Kicker abilities.
May 13, 2025 4:28 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #40
Aight bet
Crocs
Creature - Crocodile
Multikicker
When Crocs enters, create a token copy of it for each time it was kicked.
Whenever a spell you control is kicked, create a token copy of Crocs.
2/2
Wild
May 13, 2025 10:30 p.m.
BirdieGirlie says... #41
Idk if this exists but I've been thinking about fun theft things and the idea of flaying someone and wearing their skin sprang to mind! Not sure if these are the right colors either. Could easily be mono black.
Mask of a Flayed Face
Instant
This spell cannot be countered or redirected and ignores hexproof.
Sacrifice target creature an opponent controls. Target creature you control gains the name, colors, text box, power, and toughness of the sacrificed creature.
New crazy giant Eldrazi creature, go!!
May 13, 2025 10:50 p.m.
burferking says... #42
To continue Tsukimi's thread:
Dutiful Mason
Creature - Homonculus Builder (yes, new type)
Common
This creature enters with two Brick counters.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a Brick counter on this creature.
Your Fortify abilities cost less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
Remove two brick counters: Create a Fortifcation Token named Reinforced Barracks. It has "Fortified land has Ward . Fortify ". Play only as a sorcery.
May 13, 2025 11:14 p.m.
burferking says... #43
Oops, I forgot to challenge with a new card.
Here: Create a Surrakar creature with a creature class of your choice (ex: detective, doctor, samurai, etc.).
May 13, 2025 11:20 p.m.
burferking says... #44
Multiverse's Folly
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi Acorn Mythic Rare
Sentient creatures have -X/-X, where X is the creature's power.
Other Non-sentient creatures gain Mutate .
Supernatural creatures gain nothing special. (They are already special.)
(Let players agree with common sense to determine creature types above. You know, like civilised people.)
Brains turned to ink and leaked through noses. Nature became twisted beyond recognition. Eldrazis, baby!
Challenge: create a Scheme that would fit for Squee.
May 13, 2025 11:49 p.m.
burferking says... #46
New card type: Bridge
The general idea: Powerful permanents that lets a player mess with zones, like Commander Zone, Exile, Sideboard, etc. The twist (for balance): any player can use it.
Ex: Pay : Search a card you own from outside the game. (sideboard). Put it on top of your library. Any player may play this ability anytime they could cast a sorcery.
WotC would only print this mega-mega-cycle of cards with maximum one new card per year.
May 14, 2025 12:33 a.m.
burferking says... #47
Tsukimi token should have as well: Whenever fortified land becomes tapped, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
May 14, 2025 12:46 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #48
A scheme for for Squee? So Squee is now the archenemy? Lol!
The Immortal Goblin
Scheme
When you set this scheme into motion, if you would lose the game prior to your next upkeep instead exile your hand and graveyard, then draw seven cards. Your life total becomes equal to half of its starting total.
Wait, there's so many ways to lose the game in MTG that this wouldn't work for many alternatives such as poison counters and having no cards to draw.
But, 99% of all games are lost due to your life reaching 0 so I think it's still broad enough to work in most cases.
Wild
May 14, 2025 9:28 a.m.
Freedom
Enchantment
If you control 1 or fewer creatures and would draw a card, you draw twice that many cards instead.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control more than 1 creature, choose a creature, then sacrifice the rest.
"True freedom is always so much lonelier than people expect. Are you prepared to get what you ask for?"
Create a new mechanic and then make a signpost uncommon or rare for that mechanic.
May 14, 2025 10:33 a.m.
Fire-light Prancer
Creature - Elemental Bard
Haste
Poise: As long as ~ as not attacked or blocked this turn, Instant and Sorcery spells you cast that have only 1 target cost or less.
2/2
"Come, join the embrace of the warm campfire; let its embers spark the passion in your heart!"
Repeat, or Wild!
TypicalTimmy says... #1
So, Iglamok has received 6 upvotes in the past 24 hours but so far nobody has picked up the challenge, which is a wildcard...
Wonder why that is?
Will of the Dice Gods
Sorcery
Choose a number from 1 to 20 and say it out loud. Then roll a d20
If you roll your number, target player loses the game.
"So you're saying there's a chance?"
Lol
Wildcard
May 5, 2025 7:40 p.m. Edited.