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.
Harbinger of Battle 
Creature - Angel Avatar
Haste, Flying
Prevent all damage that would be delt to ~.
Whenever ~ attacks, attacking creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn
4/1
Make a temur angel
May 28, 2016 4:32 p.m.
Rabid Angel 2URG
Creature-Angel Beast
Flying, Trample Haste
whenever - attacks, target creature blocks this turn if able
4/3
make a JUND Angel
May 28, 2016 6:49 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #4
Angel of Savagery 
Creature - Angel Horror
Flying
Whenever ~ attacks, gain control of target creature an opponent controls. That creature becomes tapped and attacking.
: Return ~ from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.
3/3
Make a four-color angel.
May 28, 2016 7:19 p.m.
markbeloit says... #5
Herald of Life
Creature - Angel
Flash, flying
Creatures you control have haste.
When Herald of life enters the battlefield, regenerate each creature you control.
Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 2 life.
4/4
Two challenges:
Challenge 1: make a transform card that changes from an angel to a demon (angel becomes fallen (transforms) into demon)
Challenge 2: make a transform card that changes from a demon to an angel (demon becomes redeemed (transforms) back into angel)
May 28, 2016 10:01 p.m.
I'll take the second one
Sorrowful Demon
Creature - Demon
, 
: All damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn is dealt to ~ instead. If ~ would die this turn because of damage dealt this way, instead remove all damage from it and transform it.
2/3
Redeemed Angel ()
Creature - Angel
Flying
: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to another target creature this turn.
3/4
Do challenge #1 from markbeloit's post
May 28, 2016 10:55 p.m.
Protector of Hope
Creature - Angel
Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your combat step, if you control two or fewer white permanents and four or more black permanents, transform Protector of Hope.
3/5
/////////////////////////////////////////Assailant of Despair
(Color indicator: black)
Creature - Demon
Flying, trample
Whenever Assailant of Despair is blocked by a creature, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.
5/3
Create a non-blue Sphinx.
May 29, 2016 2:35 a.m.
Onerous Sphinx 
Artifact Creature 
: Onerous Sphinx gains flying, indestructible, vigilance, or hexproof until end of turn.,
: draw a card.
7/7
Make a non-green enchantress.
May 29, 2016 3:04 a.m.
Sanctum Purifier 
Creature - Human Cleric
Hexproof
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may draw a card and put a 1/1 white Human Cleric token onto the battlefield under your control.
2/2
Make a mono-blue pump-spell.
May 29, 2016 3:14 a.m.
Enhance Technique
Instant
Target creature gains prowess until end of turn.
Create a mono-red damage prevention spell.
May 29, 2016 2:37 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #11
Hard to do with the color pie, but I got an idea
Fight Fire with Fire 
Instant
Until End of Turn, whenever you would take damage from a source other than combat damage, prevent that damage and deal damage to target opponent equal to that amount.
Some goblins lava (love-a) good firefight
Create a balanced transforming land (ex. forest flips into mountain)
May 29, 2016 2:49 p.m.
Flippin hills
Land - forest: add 
to your mana pool pay 2 life: flip flippin hills
You may start the game with either side face up
(Back is the same but with )
If a card untaps when flipped, it also taps when flipped (im unsure about the rulings there)
Do a card that would keep Stasis alive and also mess with your opponent in some way. (Something for this beauty: Tipping the Scale)
May 29, 2016 2:54 p.m. Edited.
Font of Illusion
Enchantment
You may pay 1 life during any upkeep to untap ~.
: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
: Counter target spell unless target opponent pays .
I think that should work.
Make a flavorful red enchantment hate card.
May 29, 2016 7:05 p.m.
amazingdan says... #14
When I first read that I thought it meant an enchantment that hated on red lol.
Purphoros' Betrayal
Sorcery
Choose a noncreature, nonland permanent. Flip a coin. If you win the flip, that permanent's controller sacrifices it. If that permanent is an enchantment, you may cast ~ as though it had flash. If that enchantment is a God, you may flip two coins instead of one and choose between the two.
Make an Eldrazi allied with Nissa.
May 29, 2016 7:34 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #15
Void Retreater
Creature - Eldrazi
Devoid
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target colorless creature to its owner's hand.
The Eldrazi even leave powerfully... Nissa found a way to trigger that early.
1/4
Create an Eldrazi that stumbled onto Kaladesh
May 29, 2016 8:46 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #16
Harnesser of the Drones 
Artifact Creature - Eldrazi
When ~ ETBs, add to your mana pool for each Thopter you control.
Whenever a Thopter you control attacks, ~ and each other Thopter you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
5/5
Make a card for Vronos, the planeswalker from Magic Duels.
May 29, 2016 11:14 p.m.
Vronos, the Gray Fencer
Planeswalker - Vronos
+1: Draw a card. If you control an artifact, you may draw two cards instead.
-1: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or tapped creature.
-4: Vronos becomes a 5/1 human inquisitor with first strike and indestructible until end of turn. You may have it fight up to 5 creatures.
3
Make a 4-color planeswalker
May 29, 2016 11:28 p.m.
Azorius Gruul, the Transient
+1: Target creature gains trample and haste until end of turn.
-1:Return target creature to its owner's hand. You gain life equal to it's toughness.
-4:You gain an emblem with: "During your end step, destroy target black permanent."
2
Make another 4 color planeswalker.
May 31, 2016 3:56 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #19
Kahdul, Orzhov Savage 
Planeswalker - Kahdul
+1: Target creature gains lifelink and haste until End of Turn
-X: Deal 2 times X damage to target creature, and gain X life
-7: You gain an emblem with: "Creatures you control gain lifelink, haste, trample, and reach and have : This creature gains protection from target color until End of Turn.
3
Looks like we have a cycle going, Keep it up!
May 31, 2016 4:07 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #20
Jankbrewz, the Plain Rain
Planeswalker - Jankbrewz
+2: Target creature gains hexproof, deathtouch, indestructible and trample until end of turn.
-3: Destroy up to one target nonbasic land. Its controller sacrifices a creature. Draw a card. You gain 2 life.
-7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of each upkeep, search your library for any number of nonland cards and put them into your hand." and "At the beginning of each end step, put a 1/1 red and white Soldier token with lifelink and haste in the battlefield."
3
Continue as above!
May 31, 2016 4:31 p.m.
Niv-Mizzet, Risen from the Grave
Planeswalker - Niv-Mizzet
+1: Return a card from your graveyard to your hand, then discard a card.
-3: Each player exiles a card from their graveyard. Until end of turn, you may cast spells exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
-5: You get an emblem with "Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you may copy it. If it is a white spell, you may counter the original spell."
3
Keep going
May 31, 2016 4:38 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #23
Momir, Corrupter of Broken Promises
Planeswalker - Momir
+1: Target creature gets a +1/+1 Counter. Target creature gains lifelink until End of Turn
-X: Place X +1/+1 counters on target creature, you gain an emblem with: "Whenever a creature with +1/+1 counters from ~ attacks, target opponent loses life equal to the amount of +1/+1 counters and you gain that much life."
-5: You get 2 emblems with: "At the beginning of your upkeep, search your library for every creature, and then put one onto the battlefield at random. Shuffle the rest into your library."
2
Make a card that you do NOT want to see in Eldritch Moon.
May 31, 2016 5:18 p.m.
Tarmogoyf
Creature - Lhurgoyf
Tarmogoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
X/1+X
Make a 2-mana hate spell for some problem deck in Modern/Legacy.
May 31, 2016 6:03 p.m. Edited.
Very original zandl.
Control Screw
Instant
You may pay 5 life instead of Control Screw's mana cost.
Control Screw can't be countered.
Spells can't be countered this turn.
"Screw you Mana leak!" -Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Make a card you would LOVE to see in Eldrich Moon.
OR
Make a card modeled after Alexander Hamilton or Aaron Burr from the musical Hamilton.
May 31, 2016 6:21 p.m.
Very original zandl.
Control Screw
Instant
You may pay 5 life instead of Control Screw's mana cost.
Control Screw can't be countered.
Spells can't be countered this turn.
"Screw you Mana leak!" -Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Make a card you would LOVE to see in Eldrich Moon.
OR
Make a card modeled after Alexander Hamilton or Aaron Burr from the musical Hamilton.
May 31, 2016 6:21 p.m.
Runic Rat
Creature - Elemental Rat
Flash
Kicker
When Runic Rat enters the battlefield, remove all counters from a permanent. If it was kicked, as long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
1/1
The depths these rats will go to in order to ravage our equipment is mind boggling
Create a card that works with Painter's Servant in a modern setting without breaking it.
May 31, 2016 6:30 p.m. Edited.
Hexmage's Defenses
Enchantment
: Counter target spell if it shares a color with the mana spent to activate this ability.
"It's stronger than it looks."
Make another card that could appear in eldritch moon
May 31, 2016 6:49 p.m.
Wait a minute that's way too strong. Switch that to "counter target spell ... unless it's controller pays ."
May 31, 2016 6:50 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #31
The Perfect Creation
Legendary Creature - Zombie Horror
When ~ enters the battlefield, put any Zombie with CMC 2 or less form the graveyard onto the battlefield.
Discard a Card: Put a 2/2 Zombie token onto the battlefield.
Discard 2 Cards, skip your next draw step: ~ Gains deathtouch, flying, and lifelink until End of Turn
7/6
_Ludivec and Geralf spent hours... planning, stitching, gathering bodies until their ultimate creation was complete... _
Create another card that could appear in Eldritch Moon.
May 31, 2016 7:45 p.m.
Cryptolith Network
Enchantment
, tap: Put a artifact token name Cryptolith with: Tap, sacrifice Cryptolith: Deal 1 damage to target creature.
, sacrifice Cryptolith Network and 5 Cryptoliths: Search your library for a card named Emrakul, Eldrich Moon and put it on the battlefield, then shuffle your library.
"Yaaaaay!" -Nahiri
Make a card like Karn Liberated that restarts the game, giving you advantages. (Or the Hamilton thing, but that's hard)
May 31, 2016 10:33 p.m.
Time Distortion
Legendary Enchantment
If you would draw a card while there are no cards in your library, exile ~ and restart the game instead, leaving ~ in exile. You take two extra turns after your first turn.: Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Make a card that gives an opponent an extra turn and is worth it.
May 31, 2016 11:53 p.m. Edited.
Limelight 
Sorcery
Target opponent takes an extra turn. At the beginning of that opponent's next end step, you win the game.
Make a 3 color Planeswalker that can be a Commander.
June 1, 2016 12:31 a.m. Edited.
Joe, the Grixis Guy
Planeswalker - Joe
+2: Each player draws two cards, then discards a card at random.
-3: Gain control of target creature or planeswalker until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
-9: You get an emblem with "Whenever an opponent draws a card, this emblem deals 2 damage to that player or target creature that player controls."
Joe, the Grixis Guy can be your commander.
4
Another commander planeswalker, plz.
June 1, 2016 12:58 a.m.
Fred, the Sultai Fellow 
Planeswalker - Fred
+2 Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard, then, return a creature card at random from your graveyard to your hand.
0 Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
-9 You may put the top card from your library into your graveyard, then, repeat this process any number of times. Then put a 2/2 zombie creature on the battlefield for each creature card put into the graveyard this way.
3
Give me a phyrexian planswalker
June 2, 2016 3:58 p.m.
Elesh Norn, True Leader of Phyrexia
Planeswalker - Elesh
+1: Tap up to two target creatures, then put either a +1/+1 counter or a -1/-1 counter on each of them.
-2: Proliferate, then if an opponent cast a spell this turn, proliferate again.
-7: You get an emblem with "Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it gains first strike and infect." Then put up to 5 +1/+1 counters onto any number of creatures.
Make a red/black planeswalker
June 2, 2016 4:52 p.m.
Mike, the Rakdos Bro
Planeswalker - Mike
+2: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you lose 2 life. Otherwise, draw a card.
-2: Discard a card. Destroy target creature or planeswalker with a converted mana cost equal to or less than the converted mana cost of the discarded card.
-8: Flip 5 coins. For each coin that comes up heads, target opponent loses 5 life. For each coin that comes up tails, target opponent discards a card.
3
Make a balanced but decent 2-mana planeswalker.
June 2, 2016 5:13 p.m. Edited.
Domri, Beastcaller Prime
Planeswalker
+1 Add or to your mana pool.
-2 Target creature you control gains +1/+1 and hexproof until end of turn.
-5 Target creature you control fights all creatures your opponents control.
2
Make a good 3-drop in Izzet colors
June 2, 2016 5:44 p.m.
Mizzium Wand
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has hexproof and "When this creature attacks, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card and Mizzium Wand deals X damage to target creature, where X is the discard card's converted mana cost."
Equip
Make an artifact that gets better the longer the game goes on.
June 2, 2016 6:11 p.m. Edited.
headset of the archmage 
legendary artifact
whenever you cast a non-creature spell, put a charge counter on headset of the archmage, then, remove any number of counters from it, if you do, deal that much damage among any number of creatures of players.
lets see a flavorful revival of tibalt please
June 2, 2016 7:13 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #43
Tibalt, Drinker of Blood
Planeswalker - Tibalt
+1: Put a 1/1 red Devil creature token in play with "When this creature dies, it deals one damage to target creature or player."
-3: Discard up to three cards at random, then draw one more than that many.
-7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of each upkeep, deal 4 damage to target creature and put four 1/1 red Devil creature tokens in play with 'When this creature dies, it deals one damage to target creature or player.'"
3
Make a card that cycles between good, bad, and mediocre.
June 2, 2016 10:05 p.m.
Izzet Contraption Thingy
Artifact
Tap: Deal 1 damage to a creature or player, then put an explosion counter on ~
Tap, remove a explosion counter from ~: Deal 3 damage to a creature or player, remove all explosion counters from ~, then put 2 explosion counters on ~.
Tap, remove 2 explosion counters from ~: Take an extra turn after this one.
Log Entry 326: A powe surge has majorlly crippled, our mechanisim. However, we have rpiped a hole in the space-time continium...
Make me a card that synergies with/breaks Isochron Scepter.
June 2, 2016 10:36 p.m.
Undo
Instant
Untap target artifact and up to two target lands.
(For use with lands that given more than 1 mana, for example.)
Make a card that is big and flashy in BUG colors but wouldn't just be dumb-strong in EDH.
June 2, 2016 10:45 p.m.
If you want completely breaks
Flashy Spell
Instant
Tap or untap target nonland permanent that you control. If this spell was not cast from your hand, tap or untap up to three target permanents.
Make a legendary temur land.
EDIT: Spent too much time thinking. Disregard this
June 2, 2016 10:55 p.m. Edited.
zephramtripp says... #47
Sultai Leveler
Creature - Beast
When ~ enters the battlefield, exile your library and put +1/+1 counters onto ~ equal to the number of cards exiled this way.
Flash; Flying, trample
1/1
June 3, 2016 12:03 a.m.
Corpse-Fuled Ravager
Creature - Zombie
When ~ ETB, exile all creature cards from all graveyards. Put a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature exiled this way.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove two +1/+1 counters from ~ unless you sacrifice a creature.
0/1
Make a card that would be a 4-of in a clues deck
June 3, 2016 12:56 a.m.
Ah, ninja'd by the new page again!
Library of Spells
Land
~ ETB tapped.
: Add to your mana pool
If you control a plains, an island, and a mountain, ~ has ": Add , , or to your mana pool
Make a card that would be a 4-of in a clues deck
Ruffigan says... #1
Harbinger of Dawn
Creture - Angel Avatar
Flying, Flash, Haste
When Harbinger of Dawn enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life
At the end of each turn, exile Harbinger of Dawn. Return it to the battlefield at the beginning of your next turn.
4/4
Like the rising sun, I will expose the darkness of this world
Create a
angel
May 28, 2016 11:27 a.m.