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.
Red Herring 
Instant
Destroy target artifact. If it was a clue token, ~ deals 2 damage to its controller and you draw a card.
Same challenge
March 1, 2016 7:44 p.m.
Pushing Daisies
Sorcery
Destroy target nonblack creature.
Madness
If Pushing Daisies' madness cost was paid, put 2 0/1 green plant tokens into play
March 10, 2016 6:31 p.m.
Design a monocolored legendary creature with a new mechanic
March 10, 2016 6:34 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #5
Mott, Womper of Heroes 
Legendary Creature - Goblin Rogue
Bludgeon (, Reveal this card from your hand, Return a blocked attacking creature you control to its owners hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking and blocked by the creature that was blocking that creature.)
First strike, haste
4/3
Make more cards with this mechanic.
March 10, 2016 6:41 p.m.
Feral Badger 
Creature - Badger
Bludgeon (, Reveal this card from your hand, Return a blocked attacking creature you control to its owners hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking and blocked by the creature that was blocking that creature.)
If Feral Badger's Bludgeon cost was paid, place two +1/+1 counters on it. It gains trample until end of turn.
2/2
Again!
March 10, 2016 9:48 p.m.
ZombieswithJetpacks says... #7
The Liver-wood Alley Mob GBW
Legendary Creature- Human Warrior
Bludgeon 4GBW
If ~'s bludgeon cost was paid, put 4 1/1 white Human tokens into play, gain 7 life, and then each opponent discards 2 cards unless they discard a non-creature card.
Sacrifice another human: ~ gains deathtouch until the end of the turn.
1/5
Make a new mechanic that involves tutoring for a specific creature type.
March 10, 2016 10:31 p.m. Edited.
Djinn of Knowledge 
Creature - Marid
Flying
When Djinn of Knowledge enters the battlefield, you may draw a card
Forbidden (You may not begin a game with this card in your library)
4/4
Summoner's Circle
Sorcery
You may cast a Marid creature card you own from outside the game until end of turn.
Come up with more Marid creatures, or cards that cast them.
March 10, 2016 11:29 p.m.
Basement Djinn
Creature - Marid
At the beginning of your upkeep, discard your hand and draw that many cards minus one.
When Basement Djinn dies, exile it.
2/2
Be careful what you wish for
Create a double faced card using the Hellbent mechanic.
March 11, 2016 3:51 a.m.
zephramtripp says... #10
Despiser of Thought
Creature - Vampire Berserker
When ~ enters the battlefield, each player discards a card.
Player's can't draw cards.
Hellbent - On each upkeep, if you have no cards in hand, transform ~.
4/4
Gouger of Minds 
Creature - Vampire Horror
Flying, deathtouch
When this card transforms into ~, put 3 2/2 black Vampire creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield under your control.
Whenever an opponent would draw a card, instead they lose two life and exile the top card of their library. They may play that card until end of turn.
On each end step, if an opponent has no cards in hand, each player puts the top three cards of their library into their hand and you transform ~.
6/6
March 11, 2016 3:01 p.m.
AndWelcomeToTheJam says... #12
Temur Spirit Shifter - 
Creature - Elemental Spirit
When ~ enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target creature. Tap that creature.
T: Untap another permanent you control. Activate this ability only if ~ is a creature.
: Scry 1. Then, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, if that card is a permanent card, you may exile ~, then return it to the battlefield as a copy of that card until end of turn, including color and card type (If the top card is an Aura, you may have it become an Aura enchanting another target creature.). Then, at the beginning of the next end step, exile it, then return it to the battlefield as ~.
"I have had visions of a what I can only describe as a spiritual being, one who flows like the rivers, and takes many shapes at will. Every time I would glance away, it would become something new before me, but the feeling of power it emanated never faded." - Yasova Dragonclaw
1/4
March 11, 2016 3:30 p.m.
AndWelcomeToTheJam says... #13
Start a new dual-color land cycle that promotes SOI mechanics.
March 11, 2016 3:31 p.m.
Glacier Graveyard
Tap: Add U or B to your mana pool.
Tap UB: Discard 1 card, and target opponent loses 1 life.
Continue the cycle I spose
March 12, 2016 12:38 a.m.
ZombieswithJetpacks says... #15
Dark Hill Back Alley
Tap: Add G or B to your mana pool, you lose 1 life.
Tap 1GB: Target creature you control fights another target creature an opponent controls. If a creature would die this way, Investigate.
Moar lands of the cycle
March 12, 2016 1:27 a.m.
Karns_Pyromancer says... #16
Hidden Glade
CARDNAME enters tapped.
T: Add G or U to your mana pool.
2GU: Transform CARDNAME.
Woken Deep
(U/R) Creature - Elemental
Whenever CARDNAME deals combat damage to a player, exile it and return it to the battlefield transformed.
5/8
More cycle
March 12, 2016 11:11 a.m.
Madman's Sanctuary
Land
~ enters the battlefield tapped
: add or to your mana pool
If you would discard ~, you may put it onto the battlefield instead. Untap it.
More
March 12, 2016 8:11 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #18
Markov Library
Land
: Add or to your mana pool.
Whenever you investigate, draw a card.
Make a card representing a SOI conspiracy theory.
March 14, 2016 12:34 a.m.
False Monstrosity
6
Golem Horror
When False Monstrosity enters the battlefield, exile the top card of an opponent's library.
Delirium - When this card attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature.
"I imprisoned Emrakul myself, young walker. What better construct to strike fear into the heart of Sorin?"-Nahiri
Seriously. It's not Emrakul.
Now watch it be Emrakul. That's always how it goes.
Create a card showing the arrival of Emrakul on another plane (with flavor text saying which plane it is)
March 14, 2016 12:05 p.m.
Behold the Godless 
Instant
Tap all creatures with one or more colors, then untap all colorless creatures.
"An incomprehensibly large shadow stretched over the ground as the godless monstrosity emerged into the world. The earth and sky warped in her passage, but a single drop of oil still fell upon the tip of a tentacle, sinking slowly into her flesh."
Wild
March 15, 2016 6:44 p.m.
Wild Card
XXWURBG
Instant
When you cast ~, roll X d6. If you roll a 6, roll again.
1- Gain 2X life
2- Draw X Cards
3- Deal X damage to target creature
4- Target Player loses X life
5- Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature
Another Wild
March 16, 2016 1:24 a.m.
Essence of the Wild
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Haste, Trample
Whenever ~ deals damage to a player, scry X, where X is the amount of damage dealt by ~ to that player, then reveal the top card of your library. If it is a land, you may put it onto the battlefield. If it is a red, green, or blue non-creature spell, exile it. You may cast it without paying its mana cost until end of turn. If it is a creature, you may pay . If you do, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, draw a card.
5/4
Make a legendary Squid
March 18, 2016 1:45 a.m.
AndWelcomeToTheJam says... #23
Giant Squid - 
Legendary Creature - Squid
Islandwalk
Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player, that player discards his/her hand and puts the top eight cards of his/her library into his/her graveyard. Choose a creature card and/or a noncreature, nonland card from cards put into that player's graveyard this way and exile them. Until end of turn, you may cast these cards without paying their mana costs.
Whenever ~ becomes the target of a spell, counter that spell, then flip ~ face down as a 2/2 creature. It gains "Morph ."
3/5
Legendary Starfish!
March 18, 2016 7:31 a.m.
Immortal starfish--
Legendary Creature--starfish
If damage would be dealt to immortal starfish, instead, prevent that damage, and remove immortal starfish from play with x time counters on it where x is the amount of damage prevented. If it does it have suspend, it gains suspend.
5/5
March 18, 2016 12:34 p.m.
AndWelcomeToTheJam says... #27
Marit Lage, Awoken - 
Legendary Creature - Avatar
Flying, indestructible
When you cast ~, exile all other permanents you own. Choose X permanents you don't own, where X is equal to the number of permanents exiled this way. Put an ice counter on each of them.
Permanents with ice counters on them can't attack, block, or activate abilities.
13/13
March 19, 2016 12:13 p.m.
amazingdan says... #29
Phyrexian Intuition- 
Sorcery
Search your library for X cards, where X is the amount of life you paid to cast ~.
Still a little iffy on if it should be or .
March 19, 2016 2:41 p.m.
AndWelcomeToTheJam says... #30
Should be more than 3, considering any color deck can run it and the most basic of tutors, Diabolic Tutor, is a 4 CMC.
March 19, 2016 2:44 p.m.
amazingdan says... #31
Oh, and make an Eldrazi Planeswalker that flavorfully suggests it spawned from the deaths of Kozilek, Ulamog, and Emrakrul.
March 19, 2016 2:49 p.m.
amazingdan says... #32
AndWelcomeToTheJam I think Demonic Tutor is the most basic tutor. Most tutors are one or two mana in any given color. There are, obviously, exceptions, as stated above. I was talking in terms of power, as it is a pretty powerful effect. Ad Nauseam would have a field day with it.
March 19, 2016 2:54 p.m.
Lorgod, Seed of Oblivion
Planeswalker - Lorgod
-X: Exile target permanent with converted mana cost X.
-2: You get an emblem with, "Whenever a card is put into exile from play, add one Loyalty to any planeswalker named Lorgod, Seed of Oblivion".
-13: Exile all other permanents.
4
I think this seems pretty fair, and pretty powerful.
Create a card that, flavorwise, affects the Blind Eternities.
March 19, 2016 4:41 p.m. Edited.
BloodoftheBloodMoon says... #34
Infinite energy - XURG
sorcery
Choose 1,
Put X +1/+1 counters onto target creature, or deal X damage to target creature or player, or put X loyalty counters on target planeswalker.
The blue mage, the red mage, and the green mage combined their power to pull energy straight from the blind eternities. All they needed was somewhere or something to bestow it upon.
Next: Create a planeswalker that is a child of two other planeswalkers (you choose the planeswalkers, refrence them).
March 19, 2016 6:08 p.m.
BloodoftheBloodMoon says... #35
Sorry if that one's already been thought of. didnt feel like searching through the 27 other pages...
March 19, 2016 6:10 p.m.
Cantarana, Life's Flame2RW
+2: Target creature gains protection from black until your next upkeep.
-1: Target creature deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control.
-7: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control gain +2/+2 and deal damage to target creature or player equal to their power when they enter the battlefield.
3
Child of Gideon (the plus two) and Chandra (the minus) with the u.timate reflecting both of them, hopefully.
I ship it.
Create a planes walker in a color combination we don't have a walker for yet (can be an older planes walker with a new color identity or a brand new one)
March 20, 2016 12:24 a.m.
Rakdos, chaos awoken
+2 you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, each opponent loses life equal to that creatures power
-1 target player discards their hand and draws three cards.
-9 you gain an emblem that says all creatures you control have first strike and death touch.
3
Create an enchantment that encourages being tapped out
March 20, 2016 2:23 a.m.
Manablight Network
2BG
Enchantment
2BG: Put a charge counter on Manablight Explosive.
Sacrifice Manablight Explosive: All untapped creatures get -1/-1 for every charge counter it had.
"So easy to advance life for us Simic... People often forget how easily we destroy it."-Momir Vig
War has broken out on Ravnica! Create a reborn Momir Vig to lead the Simic!
March 20, 2016 4:09 a.m.
Mormir Vig, Reborn
Legendary Creature - Elf Mutant
Hexproof, Evolve
Whenever another creature you control gets a +1/+1 counter placed on it, put a +1/+1 counter on ~.
, remove X +1/+1 counters from ~: Put a X/X green and blue ooze creature token with evolve onto the battlefield.
1/1
Create a new selesnya guild leader for the war
March 20, 2016 11:37 a.m.
Emmara, Selesnya's Legacy
3GWW
Legendary Creature - Elf Wizard
During your upkeep, put a 1/1 Saproling token onto the battlefield.
2: Target creature gets -1/-1 for every creature you control.
"Our guild leaders lie burned, ashen in the ground. We will not let this murder stand, regardless of the words of the Guildpact."
Same challenge, but for the Boros.
March 20, 2016 3:21 p.m.
Tajic, Vengeful Legionnaire 
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Haste, First Strike
Whenever another creature you control dies you may pay . If you do, exile it. At the beginning of your next upkeep, return it to the battlefield under your control. It gains haste and first strike until end of turn.
6/4
March 20, 2016 5:58 p.m.
Guildpact Awoken4
Legendary Creature - Avatar
When Guildpact Awoken enters the battlefield, draw 1 card for every multicolored creature you control.
3- Choose 2 colors, then destroy all other creatures of those colors.
"Enough!"
Same challenge, different guild.
March 20, 2016 6:33 p.m.
Son of Rakdos
Legendary Creature - Demon
Flying
When Son of Rakdos enters the battlefield, sacrifice two creatures.
Son of Rakdos gets -1/-1 for each other creature on the battlefield.
Whenever Son of Rakdos attacks, put three 1/1 red devil creature tokens into play tapped and attacking.
13/13
Same challenge
March 20, 2016 9:42 p.m.
Jarad, Master of the Undead 3BBGG
Legendary Creature-Zombie Elf
2BG-Sacrifice a creature, put a creature from a graveyard into play under your control
2BG-Sacrifice a creature, Jarad deals damage equal to sacrificed creatures power to target creature or player. If a creature would die this way, return it to the battlefield under your control.
5/5
keep the challenge going
March 20, 2016 10:26 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #46
Mirko, Eternal Crimelord
Legendary Creature - Vampire Rogue
Flying, hexproof
Whenever ~ deals damage to a creature, regenerate ~ and gain control of that creature.
Whenever ~ deals damage to a player, regenerate ~ and gain control of that player during that player's next turn.
1/1
Remaining possibilities: , ,
March 20, 2016 10:37 p.m.
Collectors of the Orzhova
Legendary Creature - Spirit Advisor
Lifelink, Deathtouch, Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, they lose 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Whenever you cast a spell, you may tap target permanent.
"I have never seen the Council take action, but their collectors and enforcers make that quite unnecessary." -Lavinia
4/4
Another one
March 20, 2016 11:21 p.m.
Niv-Mizzet, Mizzium Wardragon
3
Legendary Creature - Dragon Wizard
Prowess, Flying
Whenever this card attacks, return target instant or sorcery from your graveyard to your hand. It and cards that share a name with it cannot be played this turn.
"You threaten MY leadership? I could crush you with the merest thought; Crushing you with my claws and charring you in my fire is even easier."
6/4
Finish strong with Gruul!
March 21, 2016 12:10 a.m.
amazingdan says... #49
Borborygmos, Angry and Huge
Legendary Creature- Pissed Off
Trample, Haste
When ~ enters the battlefield, if you didn't cast it from your hand, search your library for a creature card with power X or less, where X is the amount of mana spent to play ~, and put it onto the battlefield. It gains haste and trample until end of turn.
Madness 
5/4
Seriously. Enraged doesn't even BEGIN to cover it this time.
Create a card that can counter Split Second.
March 21, 2016 6:48 a.m.
BloodoftheBloodMoon says... #50
Impenetrable shield - 5U
Enchantment
Whenever your opponent casts a spell with split second, you may pay 2U. If you do, counter that spell.
Next: start a cycle of planeswalkers that flavorfully suggests that they are in an alternate universe.
Ruffigan says... #1
Breeding Ground
Enchantment
Whenever a non-token Wolf creature enters the battlefield, put a 2/2 green Wolf creature token into play.
Madness
If Breeding Ground's Madness cost was paid, gain control of target land.
Same challenge, but black.
March 1, 2016 9:36 a.m.