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.
Zendikar Corrupted 
Legendary Creature - Elemental Eldrazi
Devoid, Ingest
Converge - When ~ ETB, put a -1/-1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.
Surge
All Eldrazi creatures are allies in addition to their other types.
Landfall - Put a 1/1 scion token with "etc" onto the battlefield.
Rally - Whenever ~ or another ally ETB, support X, where X is the number of allies you control.
Cohort - 
, tap another ally you control: Awaken 3. The land targeted by this ability becomes an eldrazi in addition to its other types.
6/6
Phew. Do Scars of Mirrodin block same challenge
February 11, 2016 11:32 p.m.
2 W/P B/P R/P
Jor Kadeen, Compleat
Legendary Artifact- Equipment
Living Weapon(When this Equipment enters the battlefield, put a 0/0 black Germ creature token onto the battlefield, then attach this to it.)
Equipped Creature has Infect and Battle Cry
Imprint- When ~ enters the battlefield, exile a card from your hand. The Equipped Creature has protection from cards with the same color as the exiled card.
Metal Craft- As long as you control 3 or more artifacts, at the beginning of your upkeep, proliferate.
Equip- Pay 3 life.
Same challenge: Alara
February 11, 2016 11:49 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #4
Essence of Alara 
Artifact Creature - Elemental
Cycling 
, basic landcycling 
, plainscycling , islandcycling , swampcycling , forestcycling
Cascade
Domain - Devour X, where X is the number of basic land types you control.
Exalted
Whenever a creature you control with power 5 or greater attacks alone, it gains protection from everything until end of turn.
Unearth 
5/8
February 12, 2016 10:13 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #6
20 mechanics? Sure!
Immortalized Guildpact
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Forecast -- Detain target permanent. Populate.
Haunt -- When ~ enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, draw a card.
Sorceries in your hand have overload for more than its mana cost, cipher, convoke, replicate, radiate,
Hellbent/Battalion -- As long as you have no cards in hand or ~ is attacking with two other creatures, ~ has Unleash, Extort, Bloodthirst 10, Graft 10, and Evolve.
Bloodrush 
- Target creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn.
Dredge 10
Scavenge
Transmute
5/5
Same challenge for old innistrad
February 12, 2016 11:55 a.m.
ZombieswithJetpacks says... #7
(Sun Symbol) Children of the Forsaken 2URB
Legendary Creature- Spirit Horror
BR Tap: ~ gets +1+0 and Fights target creature.
If ~ would die this turn, instead return it to the battlefield flipped enchanting target opponent.
P: 2/1
(Moon Symbol) Curse of the Forsaken
Legendary Enchantment- Curse
Enchanted player's creatures get -2-0, and lose all non mana abilities.
Morbid: If a creature enchanted player controls would die this turn, at the end of the turn, each player other than the enchanted play may draw a card. If they do, they discard a card.
Do ALL mechanics from SOI but it cant be a creature card.
February 12, 2016 12:32 p.m.
Innistradi Charm
Instant
Choose one:
-Investigate.
-Transform target creature.
-Target creature gains skulk until end of turn.
Delirium - if you have 4 or more card types in your graveyard, choose 2 options instead of 1.
Madness
Make a card with all the alpha/beta mechanics
February 12, 2016 1:30 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #9
Essence of Magic
Creature - Elemental
When you cast ~, ante the top card of your library. Destroy all creatures in play that share a color with any card in ante.
Banding, first strike, flying, plainswalk, islandwalk, swampwalk, mountainwalk, forestwalk, protection from all colors and artifacts, trample
Sacrifice an artifact with CMC 0: Counter target spell and regenerate ~.
When ~ enters play, each player discards his or her hand, then searches their library for one card of each color and puts them into play. Each player shuffles their library.
On each upkeep, untap each creature and land you control.
On each end step, tap each creature and land you dont control.
5/5
February 15, 2016 4:21 p.m.
Ruin Bear
Creature - Bear
Whenever a land you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, transform ~
2/2
Ephemeral Bear (blue)
Creature - Bear Spirit
Flying
Whenever ~ becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it. If you do, return all lands from your graveyard to the battlefield under your control.
2/2
Make an innistrad spirt card
February 15, 2016 11:23 p.m.
Faiths_Guide says... #12
On post #1314 basiclandwalk would've saved you some time zephramtripp.
February 16, 2016 12:47 p.m.
AngryKitten says... #13
Faiths_Guide the duals were in alpha so it's stronger this way.
February 16, 2016 1:48 p.m.
Edgar, Remnant of Markov
4BR
Legendary Creature - Vampire Spirit
When Edgar, Remnant of Markov or another Vampire enters the battlefield, deal 1 damage to all creatures your opponent controls.
Whenever damage is dealt to a Human creature, destroy it.
5/4
"You sought to protect those that I would see culled. And now you will become the culled, one of my blood."
Create a card with a lot of lore meaning!
February 18, 2016 7:54 p.m.
Griselbrand, the Vengeant 4BBB
legendaru creature-Zombie demon
Skip your draw phase
whenever you lose life, draw that many cards.
pay 1 life: griselbrand gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
I will have my revenge on that damn girl. she will see what it truly means to face a demon.
same challenge_
February 18, 2016 8:05 p.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #16
Liliana, the Raven-Mad 3BB
Planeswalker- Liliana
+1: Return target creature card of an opponent's choice in target graveyard to the battlefield under its owner's control. It becomes a Zombie Bird in addition to its other types.
-X: Exile X target Birds. You lose X life and draw X cards.
-4: Exile all Birds. Then, return all creature cards in graveyards to the battlefield under their owner's control.
4
Create a card with rules text that is a haiku.
February 18, 2016 8:57 p.m.
Kami of the Haiku
2WUR
Legendary Creature- Spirit
Flying, Lifelink, Haste 5
2WUR: Draw a Card 7
1WU: Scry 1 5
3/3
Make a pet goldfish card.
February 18, 2016 10:29 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #18
Goldfish
Vanguard Avatar
(No abilities.)
-7 maximum hand size +0 starting life total.
Make a better goldfish card.
February 18, 2016 10:41 p.m.
Better Goldfish
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Legendary Creature- Fish
If ~ would enter the battlefield, If you didn't cast it from your hand or the command zone, you lose the game.
UUUUUUUUUUT: Skip target player's turn
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT: You gain control of target player during their next turn.
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU: Scry X, where X is the number of cards left in your library.
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU: Target player gets 9 poison counters
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU: Exile each creature your opponents control.
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU:Take 42 extra turns
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU: You win the game.
200/400
February 18, 2016 10:54 p.m.
Make a card that is a legendary character we know, but changed (Think Mikeaus or Glissa)
February 19, 2016 2:47 a.m.
Marchesa, Throne of Paliano
Dethrone
, : Return target creature from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking. Activate this ability only during your declare attackers step.
3/3
Make a card to represent the Raven Man.
February 19, 2016 9:49 a.m.
Karns_Pyromancer says... #22
Raven Man BBB
+1: Put a 1/1 black Bird creature with flying onto the battlefield.
-2: Target player draws two cards or discards two cards. You lose 2 life.
-5: Search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, then put it into your hand. If that card is black, until end of turn, you may cast that card by paying life equal to its converted mana cost. Shuffle your library.
Starting loyalty: 3
Make a card for one of Liliana's demons that we haven't seen yet.
February 19, 2016 10:39 a.m.
Razaketh, Master of Deals
XBBB
Legendary Creature- Demon
Flying, Deathtouch
When ~ enters the battlefield, Put X +1/+1 counters on ~. Then draw X cards and gain X life.
When ~ leaves the battlefield, lose X life and discard X cards where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on ~
0/0
Make the 4th demon
February 19, 2016 3:25 p.m.
Zyxantax, Master of Death and Madness
Legendary Creature - Demon
Flying, Trample
When ~ deals combat damage to an opponent, they may sacrifice two permanents and discard a card. If they do, exile ~.
: Return ~ from your graveyard or from exile to the battlefield.
5/5
Make a Nicol Bolas servant card (someone who serves him)
February 19, 2016 6:30 p.m.
Mindshard Agent
2BR
Human
Deathtouch
When a black planeswalker card enters the battlefield under your control, you may return Mindshard Agent from your graveyard to the battlefield.
2/4
Create a creature with your own mechanic.
February 19, 2016 7:52 p.m.
ZombieswithJetpacks says... #26
Messenger of the Membrane 1G
Creature- Cleric
Hivemind 2 tap: (Reveal any number of cards from your hand. Put a +1+1 counter on each creature you control that shares at least one creature type with the revealed cards.)
2/1
Make a card that uses your own made up mechanic and an evergreen mechanic.
February 19, 2016 8:01 p.m.
Faiths_Guide says... #27
Time Caster 1WU
Creature - Wizard Warrior
Vigilance
Warp. (When you draw this card you may reveal it from your hand. If you do sorcery spells have flash until end of turn.)
"If I were to elevate us both equally would we become imbalanced?"
2/2
Make a 4-color card and explain why it isn't the 5-th (mechanic-wise or flavor-wise)
February 19, 2016 8:11 p.m.
Mind Mages' Bane
Creature - Beast Mutant
~ can't be countered.
Permanents you control can't be the target of blue spells or abilities
If a player would draw a card at any time other than their draw phase, they put the top card of their library into their graveyard instead.
Whenever a land is tapped to produce blue mana, it doesn't untap during its controllers next upkeep.
4/4
Same challenge for another color
February 20, 2016 11:34 p.m.
markbeloit says... #29
Herald of Life
Creature - Elemental
Flash
If a creature would enter the battlefield from a graveyard, exile it instead.
Whenever a land is tapped for black mana, it deals 1 damage to its controller. Whenever a land is tapped for non-black mana, its controller gains 1 life.
4/4
Another.
February 21, 2016 12:36 a.m.
Wizened Gambit
Sorcery
Wizened Gambit can't be countered.
For each creature you control, exile a creature. Return those creatures to the battlefield at the beginning of the next endstep. If Wizened Gambit was cast from your graveyard, those creatures remain in exile.
Flashback -
At first there is a lack of to symbolize the loss of passion and confidence in the face of a harrowing challenge. The flashback cost includes as their previous gambit has instilled new confidence in their abilities.
Same challenge
February 21, 2016 1:06 p.m.
Grasp of Ambitions
GURB2
Sorcery
Send the top 3 cards of your library to the graveyard.
Return 1 each of an instant, a sorcery, and a creature card form your graveyard to your hand, then destroy all nonland permanents you control.
Create a planeswalker version of Niv-Mizzet
February 21, 2016 6:20 p.m.
markbeloit says... #32
Niv-Mizzet, Ignited
Planeswalker - Niv-Mizzet
+2: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's an instant or sorcery card you may cast that card. If you do, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.
-1: Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Niv-Mizzet, Ignited deals two damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.
-X: Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may cast an instant or sorcery card with converted mana cost X or less revealed this way without paying its mana cost. Niv-Mizzet, Ignited deals X damage to each creature your opponents control.
6
Do an SOI angel transform card.
February 21, 2016 7:34 p.m.
markbeloit says... #33
Sorry, on second thought, last ability should change. Should read:
-X: Scry X, then reveal the top card of your library ability. If it's an instant or sorcery card with converted mana cost X or less, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. Niv-Mizzet, Ignited deals X damage to each creature your opponents control.
Same challenge still.
February 21, 2016 7:42 p.m.
Angelic Presence
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has lifelink.
When enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, transform Angelic Presence.
Angelic Fury (red/white)
Enchantment
Creatures you control have haste.
Whenever a white creature enters the battlefield under your control, Angelic Fury deals one damage to target creature or player.
Make a SOI card that interacts with clue tokens, but doesn't make them
February 21, 2016 8:01 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #35
Steal the Evidence
Sorcery
Gain control of all Clue artifact tokens on the battlefield.
Same challenge.
February 21, 2016 8:45 p.m.
False Lead
2BW
Instant
Up to 2 target Clue artifact tokens gain "When this is sacrificed, it's owner discards a card and takes 2 damage."
Create a Scarecrow!
February 21, 2016 9:39 p.m.
Scarred Strawman
Creature - Scarecrow
Attacking creatures have deathtouch
~ may block any number of creatures
: regenerate ~
1/4
Make a SOI card called red herring
February 22, 2016 12:20 a.m.
alanwescoat says... #38
Inefficient Charm
WBRG
Instant
Choose three:
"The master mages amused themselves by devising complex and utterly ridiculous spells."
Design a card which breaks Storm Crow.
February 23, 2016 9:51 a.m.
Calm before the storm
Instant
Put any number of Storm Crow creature tokens onto the battlefield tapped. They do not untap until an opponents next untap step
Pick your favorite card from KTK standard, then reverse it!
Here's an example:
Allow
Instant
Target spell cannot be countered this turn
Reverse of Cancel
Now you try!
February 23, 2016 1:32 p.m.
canterlotguardian says... #40
Hey guys so I'm not doing the custom cards anymore. Shock. I haven't done them since page 7. So if anyone wants to take up the task, I'll send you the Magic Set Editor set via email or something.
Unanticipated 2W
Instant
Look at the bottom three cards of your library. You may choose to put them on top of your library in any order.
February 23, 2016 1:36 p.m.
markbeloit says... #41
Not sure a challenge was specified, so I'm doing a wild card.
Aether Maelstorm
Sorcery
Choose a permanent type. Each player sacrifices all permanents of that type he or she controls, then reveals that many cards from the top of their library. Each player may put any number of permanent cards they reveal this way onto the battlefield; then they put the rest of the cards they reveal on the bottom of their libraries in any order.
Create a legendary drake creature.
February 26, 2016 7 p.m.
markbeloit says... #42
Not sure a challenge was specified, so I'm doing a wild card.
Aether Maelstorm
Sorcery
Choose a permanent type. Each player sacrifices all permanents of that type he or she controls, then reveals that many cards from the top of their library. Each player may put any number of permanent cards they reveal this way onto the battlefield; then they put the rest of the cards they revealed on the bottom of their libraries in a random order.
Create a legendary drake creature.
February 26, 2016 7:01 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #43
Drake, the Legend
Legendary Creature - Drake
Flying, hexproof
Drake creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain ": Draw a card.".
3/3
Make a card that creates an infinite combo with Isochron Scepter.
February 26, 2016 10:13 p.m.
Artificer's Touch
1B
Instant
Untap target artifact, then add X colorless mana to your mana pool, where X is the untapped artifact's mana cost.
"Pointless perpetual motion is my favorite kind."- Izzet saying
Create an ally-colors commander using experience counters.
February 26, 2016 10:31 p.m.
Altengal, Lawmage of Vryn
Creature - Human
Whenever a spell becomes countered by a spell or ability, you get an experience counter.
Whenever a player casts a spell, you may remove X experience counters from yourself. If you do, counter that spell unless that player pays 
.
2/2
Make a commander that uses the awaken mechanic
February 27, 2016 9:22 a.m.
markbeloit says... #46
Isa, Caller of the Land
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Instant and sorcery spells you cast have Awaken X - where X is equal to twice the spell's mana cost. (If you cast this spell for its Awaken cost, also put X +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)
2/4
Create a mono-colored legendary creature with a five-color identity (a la General Tazri) that has the converge mechanic from BFZ (for each color of mana spent to cast it, something....)
February 28, 2016 10:57 p.m.
Living Spark
5R
Legendary Creature - Elemental
2U- Draw 1 card.
2B- Target opponent loses 1 life.
2G- Put a 2/2 green Centaur creature token onto the battlefield.
2W- Return target creature from your graveyard to your hand.
7/4
"I sought to create a planeswalker's spark of my own... It never occured to me that my creation would have equally lofty ambitions."- Memnarch
Create a legendary creature focused on mill.
February 28, 2016 11:18 p.m.
Dvarg, Bane of the Mind
Legendary Creature - Zombie Shaman
When you cast ~, put X cards from the top of your library into your graveyard, where X is twice the amount of mana spent to cast ~.
Whenever ~ deals damage, put three cards from the top of your library into your graveyard.
: Target opponent separates your graveyard into three piles. Put one into your hand, shuffle another into your library, and leave the last one in your graveyard.
1/4
Make a black sphinx
February 29, 2016 7:07 p.m.
Sphinx of the Damned 5BB
Flying 5/4
Creature-Sphinx
When Sphinx of the Damned enters the battlefield, target opponent reveals their hand and separates it into two piles. You choose one pile and discard it.
Make a red "destroy creature" spell
March 1, 2016 8:47 a.m.
AndWelcomeToTheJam says... #50
Wild Abandon -
Sorcery
Discard your hand. If three or more cards were discarded this way, Wild Abandon deals 1 damage to target creature for each card discarded this way.
Delirium - If four or more card types are in your graveyard after this spell resolves, destroy that creature instead.
Sometimes giving up yields results.
Similar to this card, make a green spell that gives a non-green bonus effect when a some condition is met, preferably one from the new SOI mechanics.
BooJr2001 says... #1
3WR
Defenders of Thraben
Creatre-Human Soldier
Flash, Defender
When ~ enters the battlefield, it fights target creature.
Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as ~ is paired, ~ and the other creature gain lifelink.
Fateful Hour- As long as you have 5 or less life, ~ has double strike
If ~ would die, transform it instead.
In life, they defend the city from the night.
2/8
(Black/Red)
Sackers of Thraben
Creature-Zombie
Trample, Undying
Morbid- At the beginning of your end step, if a creature has died this turn, put a 2/2 black zombie creature token onto the battlefield.
If ~ returns the battlefield with Undying, return this side face up.
Now in death, They rule the night.
4/6
That was hella hard.
Same challenge, but Bfz/OGW
February 11, 2016 4:18 p.m.