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.
markbeloit says... #2
Marit-Lage, Awoken
Legendary Creature - Horror
Flying, Indestructible
When you cast Marit-Lage, Awoken, tap all lands and creatures your opponents control. Those permanents don't untap during their controller's next untap step
If Marit-Lage, Awoken would leave the battlefield, put it into your library third from the top.
8/8
Make a samurai card (creature or non-creature related to samurai)
June 13, 2016 6:23 p.m.
Samurai Protector 
Creature - Samurai
Defender
Bushido 4
0/6
Make a non-legendary Human creature.
June 14, 2016 5:48 p.m.
Aunt Istvan 
Creature - Human
Menace
All damage that would be dealt to Aunt Istvan by any source is reduced to 0.
2/4
Make a non-legendary 
Bird creature.
June 14, 2016 5:59 p.m.
Swarmrage Hornet 
Creature - Insect
Flying, deathtouch, haste
When Swarmrage Hornet deals combat damage to a player, put a 1/1 green Insect creature token with flying and deathtouch onto the battlefield.
2/2
Make a legendary mono-blue creature that deals with some type of token.
June 14, 2016 9:13 p.m. Edited.
Helldive Raptor
2G
Bird
When ~ attacks, target creature gets -1/-1 until end of combat.
2/1
Make a blue creature that would be run in Red/Blue aggro in Standard.
June 14, 2016 9:15 p.m.
Thanks nowis2000! I do my best.
Joey, Phyrexian Scientist Guy 
Legendary Creature- Joey
Infect
, tap: For each poison of -1/-1 counter on a creature or player, put an additional counter on that creature or player, then draw a card.
In poking something with an infected stick, Joey somehow found valuable information
Do what Faytl said.
June 14, 2016 9:56 p.m.
Irradiated Skaab 
Creature - Skaab
Flash
When Irradiated Skaab dies, it deals one damage to target creature and each creature that shares a name with it.
2/1
"That's the thing about skaabs: you're never quite sure if they're faulty or working perfectly" - Geralf
Create a card that synergizes with Possibility Storm
June 14, 2016 11:18 p.m.
Brainchild
Creature - Spirit Illusion
Flying, hexproof
If Brainchild is revealed from your library by a spell or ability you control, you may pay . If you do, put Brainchild onto the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
1/1
(That one required some thought, but I like this design. The closest thing I can think of that exists is Panglacial Wurm.)
Make a card that you can cast from your library while searching through it.
June 15, 2016 4:11 a.m.
Research Assistant
Creature - Human Researcher
(Spells without mana costs cannot be cast)
, shuffle ~ into your library: Draw a card. You may activate this ability while ~ is in your hand.
Whenever you search your library, if ~ is in your library, you may pay . If you do, put ~ onto the battlefield.
1/2
Make a card that cannot be cast.
June 16, 2016 12:57 a.m.
Player3.14 says... #11
Vaxatos, Horror of the Grave
Legendary Creature - Zombie Horror
(Color indicator: Blue/Black)
Indestructable, Deathtouch, Trample, Haste
Whenever you cast your second zombie spell each turn, if Vaxatos is in your graveyard, you may pay . If you do, return Vaxatos from your graveyard to the battlefield.
8/8
Make a legendary ooze wizard.
June 16, 2016 7:14 p.m.
Vitrious, Necrotic Conjurer
Legendary Creature - Ooze Wizard
Deathtouch, hexproof
Whenever a nontoken creature you don't control would die, exile it instead and each player puts a copy of that creature onto the battlefield under his or her control.
, 
: Destroy target creature that shares a name with another creature on the battlefield.
1/4
Make a group-hug commander.
June 16, 2016 8:31 p.m.
Thalia, Archangel of Saint Traft
4W
Legendary Creature - Angel
Unblockable, vigilance
When ~ attacks, you can exile target creature from a graveyard and all players put a 4/4 Angel with flying onto the battlefield.
5/5
Create a new planeswalker that flavorfully shows their plane of origin.
June 16, 2016 10:22 p.m.
Urza, Phyrexian Bane
Planeswalker - Urza
+2 You may destroy target artifact, if you do, draw a card.
-4 You get an emblem with "Creatures you control have 'This creature gains Deathtouch if it would block or be blocked by an Artifact Creature'".
-12 Take 3 extra turns after this one, if target opponent controls 3 or more artifacts instead take 5 turns after this one.
(3)
Make another famous planeswalker who never received a card.
June 16, 2016 10:31 p.m.
Serra, Holy Incarnation
Planeswalker - Serra
+1: Put two +1/+1 counters on each white creature on the battlefield, then remove a +1/+1 counter from each non-white creature on the battlefield.
-2: You gain 3 life for each white creature you control, then each player looses 3 life if they control a non-white creature.
-6: Put a 4/4 white angel creature token with flying onto the battlefield under your control for each white creature on the battlefield, then each player who controls a non-white creature sacrifices two creatures.
3
Make a card that uses the untap symbol.
June 17, 2016 1:21 a.m.
Jack-in-the-box
Artifact
~ doesnt untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~ is untapped, tap ~
Untap: target attacking or blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn
Who in their right mind would give this to a child?
NEXT: Make a red instant or sorcery that has 2 different colored flashback costs that each add a different effect to the original spell.
June 17, 2016 6:03 p.m.
Naya Convergence
Sorcery
Naya Convergence deals 2 damage to target creature. If this spell is cast with its flashback cost, you may also destroy target enchantment. If this spell is cast for its flashback cost, you may also destroy target artifact.
Flashback , flashback
Make an instant/sorcery that can target Planeswalkers and help them out instead of hurting them.
June 17, 2016 6:33 p.m. Edited.
Glare of whatever
instant
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target planeswalker until your next upkeep.
Make a new white hatebear
June 17, 2016 6:40 p.m.
Oryan, Keeper of the Scales 
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Whenever an artifact, creature or land enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, that opponent sacrifices that permanent or a permanent that shares a type with it unless he or she pays .
2/1
Moderation in all things, except for moderation.
Next: a creature with devoid & unearth that punishes colored creatures
June 17, 2016 7:01 p.m.
Gavony Warden
Creature - Human Soldier
Spells your opponents control cost more to cast for each target.
2/1
Make an enchantment that can Fog without being easily repeatable.
June 17, 2016 7:01 p.m.
"a creature with devoid & unearth that punishes colored creatures"
Name: Ulamog's Indifference
Cost:
Type: Creature
Subtype: Eldrazi
Text:
Devoid
Multi-colored creatures that block or are blocked by Ulamog's Indifference lose all abilities.
Ulamog's Indifference can block any number of multi-colored creatures.
Unearth 
P/T - 5/7
A creature that untaps when X happens and lets you tap it and something else to do Y.
June 17, 2016 7:16 p.m. Edited.
Flamewrath Pyromancer
Creature - Human Shaman
Haste
Whenever a creature an opponent controls is dealt damage by a red instant or sorcery spell you control, you may untap Flamewrath Pyromancer.
, , tap another red creature you control: Return target red instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard to your hand.
3/1
Make a G/B ramp spell.
June 17, 2016 9:07 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #26
Feud-Driven Execution
Sorcery
Sacrifice a nontoken creature, pay 3 life, and then search your library for 2 basic lands of the same type and put them on the battlefield tapped.
He was so caught up in the success of the murder that he almost forgot to buy his victim's little river bend during the post-death auction.
Make an ideal card for a cube.
June 17, 2016 9:14 p.m.
Signal Scout
Creature - Construct
At any point during a draft, you may give ~ to any other player to use as part of their draft pool. If you do, look at either target pack of cards or target player's drafted cards from this draft. Activate this ability only if you drafted ~.
1/1
Conspiracy-esq card that would make cube drafts interesting
June 17, 2016 11:50 p.m.
Make another card that interacts with drafts in some way.
June 17, 2016 11:50 p.m.
Cogwork Shifter
Artifact Creature - Construct
Draft Cogwork Shifter face-up if you drafted it within the first three picks of its pack.
As long as Cogwork Shifter is face-up in a draft, you may choose to take all remaining cards of a pack with five or less cards in it. If you do, you skip the rest of that pack cycle.
2/4
(Bleh - terminology)
Make a green card that fights planeswalkers in a very "green" sort of way.
June 18, 2016 1:02 a.m.
Spontaneous Growth 
Instant
Remove X counters from target permanent. It's controller puts a 0/1 green plant creature token onto the battlefield for each counter removed this way.
Some marvel at the spontaneous combustion of Rakdos prisoners, but the druids of Selesnya have been working on much more interesting things...
Create an aura that can enchant a planeswalker
June 18, 2016 1:32 a.m. Edited.
Rift of Slowness
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Planeswalker
Vanishing X
Enchanted Planeswalker cannot activate loyalty abilities.
For every year in the real world, only days had passed for Teferi.
Make flavorful card depicting the death of Sorin (I.e. Anguished Unmaking for Avacyn.)
June 18, 2016 2:29 a.m.
Sorin's Sacrifice
Sorcery
Exile all nonland permanents. For each nonland card exile this way, you lose 1 life.
Make a creature that works well with Nahiri, the Harbinger.
June 18, 2016 2:45 a.m.
Shifts end
Sorcery
exile target planeswalker. Its controller may search his or her library for a planeswalker card and put into play.
create a planeswalker with no activated abilities.
June 18, 2016 6:19 a.m.
Damia, Sultai Shaman
Whenever Damia, Sultai Shaman becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time in a turn, counter that spell or ability. Damia gains a loyalty counter.
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to Damia, Sultai Shaman, destroy that creature. Damia gains a loyalty counter.
When Damia, Sultai Shaman reaches 8 loyalty counters, sacrifice her. You get an emblem with "Whenever you would draw a card, draw two cards instead. You have no maximum hand size."
Starting Loyalty: 4
Geez, making a planeswalker without activated abilities is wordy as hell.
Create a land with an effect like Relentless Rats and Shadowborn Apostle
June 18, 2016 6:48 a.m.
Relentless Land
land
add to your mana pool.
If you control 4 or more lands named Relentless Land, instead add one color of any mana to your mana pool.
A deck can have any number of cards named Relentless Land
Bonus:
Underground lake
land
add or to your mana pool.
A deck can only have one card named Underground lake.
Next: wild card
June 18, 2016 7:16 a.m.
Cerimin, Lost in Time
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Whenever a player casts a spell, if ~ is not exiled, exile ~ and put 3 time counters on it. It gains suspend.
Whenever a player casts a spell, if ~ is exiled, remove a time counter from it.
Whenever ~ is cast from exile, draw two cards.
1/1
Make a creature with suspend
June 18, 2016 8:39 a.m.
Big Friendly Giant 
Creature - Giant
Suspend 10 -
Reach, Trample, Shroud
Whenever a creature attacks, if ~ is exiled with Time counters, remove a time counter for each attcking creature.
If ~ would attack or block, exile him at the beginning of the next end step with 10 time counters.
He doesn't like violence, like at all. Why must you continue to force him to fight?
10/10
Make a spell with the Epic keyword that could be playable
June 18, 2016 10:36 a.m.
markbeloit says... #38
Call of the Ages
Sorcery
Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland permanent. You may put that card onto the battlefield, then put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library.
Epic (For the rest of the game, you can't cast spells. At the beginning of each of your upkeeps, copy this spell except for its epic ability.)
Make a playable instant with the Epic keyword.
June 18, 2016 7:16 p.m.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #40
Mass Murder 3BB
Instant
You get an experience counter, then destroy up to X target creatures, where X is the number of experience counters you have. If it isn't your turn, you may destroy an additional target creature.
Epic
Maybe overpowered, but some cool Johnny/spike potential here.
Create unique tutor effect in any color but black. Colorless is also acceptable.
June 18, 2016 8:09 p.m.
Iron-Bound Scroll 
Instant
You may only cast ~ if your life total is at 1 and you have no permanents on the field.
Search your library for a card named 'Planar Evolution' and put it into play.
Tamiyo swore never to use the scrolls... Some promises should never be broken
Planar Evolution 
Enchantment
~ enters the battlefield with 10 counters on it if you cast it from your hand.
Remove a counter: Take an extra turn after this one
If ~ was put into play by 'Iron-Bound Scroll' then target opponent loses the game.
Make a card that would be a good cycle in the upcoming Kaladesh block.
June 18, 2016 10:42 p.m.
Unethical Engineer
Creature - Human Artificer
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, return that creature to the battlefield under your control. It loses all abilities and becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.
1/1
The treaties are a formality, continue the operations.
The cycle is sacrificing an artifact as a triggered ability on a 4 cost creature.
Create the next in the cycle
June 19, 2016 12:10 a.m.
PistonGolem says... #43
Volatile Engineer
Creature - Human Artificer
Whenever an Artifact you control is destroyed, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, deal 4 damage to target creature or player, and then deal 3 damage to another target creature or player.
1/1
On the top of his Explosives class and on the bottom of the corporate ladder.
Continue the Cycle, sacrificing an artifact as a triggered ability on a creature that costs 4.
June 19, 2016 9:50 a.m.
Wild Engineer
Creature - Human Artificer
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the sacrificed artifact's CMC.
1/1
Keep going
June 19, 2016 10:49 a.m.
Vigilant Engineer
Creature - Human Artificer
Whenever you gain life, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, target creature gains a Token enchantment with "Enchanted Creature has Vigilance".
1/1
Only the Blue Engineer left now
June 19, 2016 11:37 a.m.
PistonGolem says... #46
Experimenting Engineer
Creature - Human artificer
Whenever you draw a card, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, draw 2 cards and then discard a card.
1/1
Wild Card
June 19, 2016 12:02 p.m.
Halt
Instant
Counter target noninstant spell if it was cast during your turn.
Wildcard
June 19, 2016 12:10 p.m.
PistonGolem says... #48
lol just looked at my card and realized I forgot to un-break it
Errata: ~ Cannot trigger on top of its ability of drawing.
June 19, 2016 12:11 p.m.
Pia Nalaar
Creature - Human Prisoner
When ~ enters the battlefield you may destroy target red creature an opponent controls.
All these years and Chandra never once guessed her mother would still be alive
1/1
Make an enemy colored dual land/special land for a color focusing on artifacts matter
June 19, 2016 12:11 p.m.
Foundry Quarter
Land: Add to your mana pool.: Add or to your mana pool. Activate this ability only if you control an artifact.
BONUS!
Aether Stream
Land: Add to your mana pool., : Untap target artifact.
Nonbasic land with a basic land type, a la Sapseep Forest. (Either a single card or cycle; your choice.)
nowis2000 says... #1
Also that flavor text was fantastic @KingTorg1
June 13, 2016 5:30 p.m.