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.

DJsamdog says... #1

nevermind is saw an older post

December 15, 2015 7:02 p.m.

Yay, fresh meat!

Goats to be Kidding XWW

Enchantment

When CARDNAME enters the battlefield, put X 0/1 white Goat creature tokens onto the battlefield under your control.

Goats you control get +1/+1.


Wild Card!

December 15, 2015 11:46 p.m.

RYNO_Ross says... #3

Mana storm

Sorcery

Search your library for a red instant or sorcery with converted mana cost X or less and reveal it. Cast it without paying its mana cost. That spell gains rebound.

Create a card based on something idiotic.

December 16, 2015 9:03 a.m.

nowis2000 says... #4

Idiot's Gamble

Enchantment

Whenever an player casts a spell, roll a six sided die. If the number on the die is even, counter that spell unless they pay 2. If the number is odd, ~ deals 2 damage to that player.


Going back to Karns_Pyromancer's challenge, make a card based on Ula or Emeria (the gods, not their eldrazi counterparts)

December 16, 2015 10:27 a.m.

zephramtripp says... #5

Ula

Legendary Creature - God

Whenever a player counters a spell, ~ can't block until end of turn.

Whenever a player casts a spell during a combat phase, ~ gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

8/8

Make a card that emphasizes the stopping of leaks.

December 16, 2015 3:34 p.m.

AngryKitten says... #6

Gideon's Plumber

Creature - Soldier

Protection from blue.

Islands don't untap during their controller's untap step.

I said stop the card leaks, the toilet is fine!

3/4

Make a rogue that just makes you wanna prowl.

December 16, 2015 4:33 p.m.

nowis2000 says... #7

Gonzar, Gatherer of Rogues

Legendary Creature - Human Rogue

First Strike, Deathtouch

Prowl

When ~ ETB, if its prowl cost was paid, return all rogue creatures from your graveyard to the battlefield. Return all other rogue spells to your hand. Then, search your library for a rogue card and put it into your hand. Until end of turn, you may play rogue cards without paying their mana costs.

, Sacrifice a rogue: Return ~ to your hand.

2/3

December 16, 2015 5:18 p.m.

markbeloit says... #8

Since no request was made I'm doing a wild card.

Wheel of Time

Sorcery

Each player discards his or her hand, then draws seven cards. Take an extra turn after this one.


Make a creature with double strike with an ability that triggers with combat damage.

December 17, 2015 12:09 a.m.

Ruffigan says... #9

Wanton Warrior

Creature - Satyr Warrior

Double Strike

Whenever Wanton Warrior deals combat damage to a player, it deals 1 damage to target creature that player controls.

1/1


Create a balanced low cost creature with high power.

December 17, 2015 12:52 a.m.

Wrath Elemental 2R

Creature - Elemental

Haste

Whenever CARDNAME deals damage to a player, it deals 1 damage to itself and 2 damage to its controller.

10/1


Create a flavorful creature that fetches mountains (basic it otherwise)

December 17, 2015 4:38 a.m.

Valakut Ember Dancers 1R

Creature Human Cleric

Haste

Whenever ~ deals combat damage, you may pay 1 life. If you do, search your library for a basic mountain and put it onto the battlefield tapped.

~'s power is equal to the number of Mountains you contol.

*/1

Create a card that has cascade and can be cast from a graveyard.

December 17, 2015 11:22 a.m.

RYNO_Ross says... #12

Grixis Magizombie Ru

Cascade

Unearth

When you Unearth Grixis Magizombie, you may pay an additional , if you do, then return Grixis Magizombie to your hand at the end of your turn instead of exiling Grixis Magizombie.

Grixis necromancers discovered a process that allowed zombies to self-reanimate themselves when overcharded with mana. The result plagued the other shards with the undead.

Create a legendary version of a non-legendary creature. The legendary creature must be more powerful then it's non-legendary counterpart.

December 17, 2015 12:47 p.m.

nowis2000 says... #13

Jalen, Snappiest Caster

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

Flash

When ~ ETB, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. Its flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.

Whenever you cast a card from your graveyard, draw a card and then discard a card.

: Return ~ to your hand.

2/2


Same challenge

December 17, 2015 2:10 p.m.

AngryKitten says... #14

Anafenza's Doom Rhino

Legendary Creature - Rhino

Delve, Trample

When Anafenza's Doom Rhino enters the battlefield, it deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life.

4/6

Ditto again.

December 17, 2015 3:38 p.m.

Darker Confidant

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top two cards of your library. Put one of them in your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost.

3/2


Ditto that ditto.

December 17, 2015 3:47 p.m.

RYNO_Ross says... #16

Vorda, Hedronic Crab

Legendary creature - Crab

Landfall - Whenever you play a land, target opponent discards the top two cards of his or her library, then you place a 0/2 blue crab creature with "Landfall - whenever you play a land, target opponent discards the top card of his or her library" onto the battlefield.

3/5

Repeat the challenge.

December 17, 2015 4:03 p.m.

MagicalHacker says... #17

Delia, Maelstrom Archangel

Legendary Creature - Angel

Flying

When ~ attacks, you may cast a card from your hand without paying its mana cost.

When ~ deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

4/4


Another, but this time, choose something that would be great for a commander.

December 17, 2015 4:06 p.m.

AngryKitten says... #18

Brish, Boros Reckoner

Legendary Creature - Minotaur Wizard

Whenever Brish is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target creature or player and gets +X/+0 until end of turn where X is the amount of damage done to it.

: Deals 1 damage to target creature.

: Creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.

3/4

I don't know if that is quite what you were asking for?

Again.

December 17, 2015 5:11 p.m. Edited.

Faiths_Guide says... #19

Forst, Primeval Titan

Legendary Creature - Giant

Trample

When Forst, Primeval Titan enters the battlefield or attacks you may search you library for two land cards and put them onto the battlefield.

Whenever you tap a land for mana add <> to your mana pool.

7/7

Definitely commander legal right? Again (don't break the streak).

December 17, 2015 6:08 p.m.

Khyratk, the Tarmogoyf 2G

Legendary Creature - Lhurgoyf

Tarmogoyf's power is equal to the total amount of card types among cards in all graveyards plus 2 and it's toughness is equal to that number plus 3.

+2/+3

Again.

Delayed challenge: Create a card based off of this .

December 17, 2015 8:41 p.m.

You may do the Delayed Challenge whenever you feel like it.

December 17, 2015 8:42 p.m.

nowis2000 says... #22

Larul, Deadest-Eye Navigator

Legendary Creature - Spirit

Soulbound

As long as ~ is paired with another creature, both get ": Exile ~ and then return it to the battlefield."

Whenever ~ or another creature enters the battlefield from exile, draw a card.

5/5


Same

December 17, 2015 9:57 p.m.

wwhitegoldd says... #23

Hawkeye, Stormiest Crow

Legendary Creature - Crow

Whenever ~ deals combat damage to an opponent tap two target creatures that player controls. They don't untap during that players next untap step.

1/3

Same

December 17, 2015 10:16 p.m.

zephramtripp says... #24

Serena, Tithiest Drinker

Legendary Creature - Vampire

When ~ ETBs, each opponent loses one life for each creature you control with extort. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Extort, extort

Whenever ~ deals damage to a player, gain two life for each damage dealt.

4/2

Do the delayed challenge from earlier.

December 17, 2015 11:36 p.m.

zephramtripp says... #25

This is the real link.

December 17, 2015 11:40 p.m.

Im not sure why it didn't work. I may have typed the hyperlink wrong.

December 18, 2015 7:04 a.m.

nowis2000 says... #27

Offensive Decoration

Enchantment

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller taps another creature they control


Make a zombie lorthos (rip lorthos)

December 18, 2015 7:18 p.m.

Ruffigan says... #28

Vestige of Lorthos

Creature - Zombie Appendage

A deck may have any number of cards named Vestige of Lorthos.

: Return Vestige of Lorthos from your graveyard to play.

When you control eight cards named Vestige of Lorthos, exile them and put a legendary 8/8 black and blue Zombie Octopus creature token with "Whenever ~ attacks, exile 8 target permanents until your next untap step" named Lorthos, Tide Drinker into play.

1/1


Make a card for the scene where Ertai trips Volrath and Crovax decapitates him.

December 18, 2015 11:29 p.m.

MagicalHacker says... #29

Just gotta say, Ruffigan, that is the coolest design I've ever seen. It's soooooooo flavorful! I kinda want to find an image of a giant zombified octopus tentacle and make a fake card with it xD

December 19, 2015 7:02 a.m.

Unlife says... #30

Slip UB

Instant

Tap target creature. If that creature was attacking this turn and was blocked, destroy it instead.

pick one of the new cards in this post and colorshift it

December 21, 2015 8:16 a.m.

Manipulative Decor 1UB

Enchantment

1: Target creature that attacking you becomes blocked unless it's controller taps another creature he or she controls.

Create a flavorful color pie bend for Green.

December 21, 2015 11:26 p.m.

nowis2000 says... #32

Nature's Defiance

Instant

Counter target spell if it targets a creature or land you control


Do a flavorful color pie bend for white

December 22, 2015 12:10 p.m.

Faiths_Guide says... #33

Prosperous Life

Sorcery

Draw two cards.
Cast this spell only if you've gained 5 or more life this turn.

Do a flavorful color pie bend for Red now.

December 22, 2015 5:14 p.m.

Ruffigan says... #34

Magmatic Squid

Creature - Kraken Elemental

Haste, Mountainwalk

Magmatic Squid cannot attack or block unless defending player controls a mountain.

, Sacrifice a Mountain: Target land becomes a mountain until end of turn.

6/3


Make a green hoser.

December 22, 2015 5:26 p.m. Edited.

xavrr says... #35

Ignore me, I was on page one...

December 23, 2015 7:04 a.m. Edited.

Faiths_Guide says... #36

Law Enforcer

Creature - Human Cleric

Players cannot play more than one land each turn.

Players cannot play lands on opponents turns.

Lands cannot produce more than one mana.

1/2

"We can't have that now can we?"

Make a Blue hoser.

December 24, 2015 1:33 p.m.

nowis2000 says... #37

Wild Enforcer

Creature - Human Mage

Players cannot draw more than one card each turn.

Spells cannot be countered.

Whenever a card is put into a graveyard from a player's library, that player shuffles it into their library.

1/2


Red hoser

December 25, 2015 12:58 a.m.

Ruffigan says... #38

Entrenched Guardian

Creature - Treefolk

Defender

, tap: All non-combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn is dealt to Entrenched Guardian instead.

0/5


Create a legendary treefolk.

December 25, 2015 1:08 a.m. Edited.

nowis2000 says... #39

Grothan, Caller of the Forest

Legendary Creature - Treefolk Shaman

Haste

Whenever ~ attacks, put a 3/4 green and red treefolk creature token onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Whenever ~ blocks a creature, put a 3/4 green and red treefolk creature token onto the battlefield also blocking that creature.

The forest never acts alone.

3/4


Make a legendary non-blue merfolk

December 25, 2015 noon

MagicalHacker says... #40

Brimaz, King of Oreskos, is that you?

December 25, 2015 12:16 p.m.

nowis2000 says... #41

Shoot, I knew it sounded familiar. How about this:

Sothar, the Burning Forest

Legendary Creature - Treefolk Shaman

, Sacrifce a land: ~ deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of lands you control.

, Sacrifice a Treefolk: ~ deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of Treefolk you control.

, Sacrifice ~: ~ deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of Treefolk and land cards in your graveyard.

Left unchecked, he would burn the whole forest down.

2/2


Same challenge (legendary non-blue merfolk)

December 26, 2015 10:27 a.m.

MagicalHacker says... #42

Lol, you didn't have to redo it, but hey that looks like a lot of fun :D


Aliassa the Mindless

Legendary Creature - Zombie Merfolk

When ~ enters the battlefield, each other creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 0/2.

Sacrifice ~: During your next turn, you may cast ~ from your graveyard.

In life, she was in command of all espionage of the merfolk kingdom. In death, she is not even in command of her own emotions.

3/3


Create a legendary creature card that could bring a popular modern archetype to commander.

December 26, 2015 10:56 a.m.

Ruffigan says... #43

Sepuko the Terrible

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

Flash

When you cast Sepuko the Terrible, return target legendary creature card from a graveyard to the battlefield. Exile it at the end of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else.

Sacrifice Sepuko the Terrible: Exile target legendary creature. Put it into its owner's graveyard at the beginning of the next end step.

1/1

Your reputation precedes you, and it will succeed you as well


Create a commander based on a popular Standard archetype.

December 26, 2015 2:14 p.m.

nowis2000 says... #44

Alderon, of the Aristocracy

Legendary Creature - Human

Hexproof

Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.

, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped.

, Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target creature.

, Sacrifice a creature: ~ deals 2 damage to target player and you gain 2 life.

, , Sacrifce a creature: Search your library for up to 3 creatures with converted mana cost 2 or less and put them onto the battlefield.

2/2


Make a card that would make a Prism Array deck good

December 26, 2015 11:23 p.m.

markbeloit says... #45

Sun Focuser

Artifact Creature - Construct

If you pay to activate an ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Sacrifice Sun Focuser: For each counter on target noncreature, nonplaneswalker permanent, put another of those counters on that permanent.

1/4


Create a mono-black creature with double strike.

December 27, 2015 6:05 p.m.

MagicalHacker says... #46

Karena, Coliseum Conniver

Legendary Creature - Vampire Warrior

Double Strike, indestructible

Whenever ~ deals damage, put a +1/+1 counter on ~.

1/1

December 27, 2015 6:53 p.m.

MagicalHacker says... #47

Create a legendary creature that brings a popular archetype to commander from any other format.

December 27, 2015 6:55 p.m.

nowis2000 says... #48

Ornonoso, Worker of Miracles

Legendary Creature - Sprirt

Flying, Hexproof

Whenever you cast a spell for its miracle cost, you get an experience counter.

Spells you own have a miracle cost equal to their mana cost reduced by for each experience counter you have.

: Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of experience counters you have, and put them back in any order.

, : Draw a card

3/4


Same challenge

December 27, 2015 7:24 p.m.

MagicalHacker says... #49

I wanted a miracle commander SO bad, so this makes me happy. Can't play Bonfire of the Damned, but its still amazing.

December 27, 2015 8:40 p.m.

nowis2000 says... #50

Ah I forgot about ol Bonfire. Maybe add in

: Put target card from your hand on top of your library.

That would be fun

December 28, 2015 12:13 a.m.

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