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.

zephramtripp says... #1

Lesser Mummy

Artifact Creature - Mummy

When ~ enters the battlefield, you may exile up to four target creature cards from your graveyard. If you do, ~ gains haste until end of turn

2/2


Make a card that spoofs off another card game.

November 3, 2016 2:48 p.m.

ThinkJank says... #2

Not sure if this is what you were going for, but here you go.

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Sorcery

Search your library for a card with too damn much text on it, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.


Make an unmotivated golem.

November 3, 2016 2:57 p.m.

PistonGolem says... #3

Not sure if this was what you were thinking, but it could work.

Lazy Stones

Artifact Creature - Golem

Multikicker

~ can only be kicked a maximum of 5 times and can only have a maximum of 5 Slag counters.

This creature enters the battlefield on your opponent's battlefield. This creature enters the battle with X Slab counters on it, where X is two plus the amount of times ~ was kicked.

Whenever the controller of ~ would attack, they must pay , where X is the number of Slag counters on this card.

Defender

0/5

"We are WARRIROS! And nothing shall stand in our wa... Oh..."


Create a Chaos EDH spell that makes you want to kick back, relax, and enjoy the view.

November 3, 2016 7:04 p.m.

legendofa says... #4

Warcaster's Presence

Enchantment

Whenever a player casts a spell that targets you or its controller, that spell is countered unless its controller pays .

Whenever an opponent casts a spell that targets another opponent, that spell's controller adds to his or her mana pool.


Create a card that interacts with snow cards.

November 3, 2016 7:24 p.m.

legendofa says... #5

Change to . Stupid Kozilek, messing up colorless mana.

November 3, 2016 7:27 p.m.

markbeloit says... #6

Winter's Heart

Enchantment

Whenever a snow land is tapped for mana, that land doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Whenever a snow land is tapped for mana, tap target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.


Make a fairy card.

November 3, 2016 7:41 p.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #7

Faerie Trickster 1

Creature- Faerie Rouge

flash flying

When Faerie Trickster enters the battle field you may choose a card in exile and a card in you hand or on the battlefield under your control, swap those cards.

3/1


an uncommon gold card for BG in kaladesh on par with the RU,WB,UW ones

November 3, 2016 9 p.m.

Popalofiti says... #8

Exponential Decay

Instant

Choose a number to be X

Destroy X artifacts, enchantments and/or tokens. Then you sacrifice X permanents, lose X life, then discard X cards.

One man's loss is another man's greater loss.

Create a better version of a "One time Planeswalker" (A planeswalker with only one rendition)

November 4, 2016 12:43 a.m.

joecool1299 says... #9

Tibalt, King of blood

1RR

+1 ~ Deals 3 damage to target creature. Then flip a coin, if you lose the flip ~ deals 3 damage to you.

-1 Sacrifice a permanent, draw two cards.

-8 exile all permanent and all cards in all players hands. Target opponents life total becomes 1

(3)

Make a new version of a planeswalker we've seen multiple times.

November 4, 2016 1:26 a.m.

berryjon says... #10

Chandra, Ghostfire Wielder

Planeswalker - Chandra
+2: Until the end of the turn, all Instants and Sorceries you cast are colorless.
-2: Chandra, Ghostfire Wielder becomes colorless until the end of the turn, then deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If that creature is a colorless creature then Chandra, Ghostfire Wielder deals 7 damage instead.
-6: Put an Emblem into play that says "Damage done by sources you control cannot be prevented or redirected."
3


Create a Vanilla Creature that does not have an existing casting cost, or P/T of an Vanilla Creature.

November 4, 2016 1:39 a.m.

legendofa says... #11

Mercenary Elite Squad

Creature - Human Cleric Warrior

7/5

"We have no dispute with you, but for the right price, we're willing to have a dispute with your enemies."


That was harder than I expected. Create a new Vraska planeswalker.

November 4, 2016 2:05 a.m.

berryjon says... #12

Vraska, Bane of Theros

Planeswalker - Vraska
+1: Until the end of the turn, Vraska, Bane of Theros becomes a 4/3 Gorgon Assassin creature that has Haste, Deathtouch, First Strike and Shroud. It's still a Planeswalker.
-2: Target Gorgon or Assassin creature fights target creature you do not control.
-7: You get an Emblem that says "At the beginning of your upkeep, put a 2/2 Black and Green Gorgon Assassin token into play with Deathtouch and First Strike."
3


Create a Legenday mono-coloured creature that acts as a hose for multi-coloured creatures.

November 4, 2016 2:25 a.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #13

O'Chard, Loxodon Purifier

Legendary Creature- Rhino Priest

Untap a tapped mono colored creature you control: exile a create with power and toughness greater than the tapped creature's toughness.

All mono colored creatures you control have protection from colored spells

1/4


EDH mono colour hoser

November 4, 2016 3:06 a.m.

pizzagod13 says... #14

The great purification

Sorcery

When you cast ~ choose a color.

Exile all permanents of the chosen color.

Make a card with the creature type bear

November 4, 2016 8:50 a.m.

legendofa says... #15

Ruin Bruin

Creature - Bear Barbarian

Kicker: Kick this card

When Ruin Bruin enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, destroy target land.

3/3


Create a card with a unique combination of three or more creature types.

November 4, 2016 1:11 p.m.

Greater Antlion 1RUG

Creature Elder Beast Insect

As long as Greater Antlion is tapped, it has indestructible.

Untap Symbol: Discard a card at random. Draw 2 cards.

5/1

Create a Planeswalker that flips into a creature.

November 4, 2016 2:36 p.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #17

Svana Strength of the Day

Planeswalker-Svana

+2 Gain 5 life, transform svana at the begining of your endstep.

-2 Exile target creature with power 4 or greater, transform svana at the begining of your endstep.

-10 you get an emblem with 'whenever a creature does combat damage to you exile it', transform svana at the begining of your endstep.

4


Svana Cursed by the Night

Legendary Creature- Human Cleric (Black)

lifelink, protection from creatures

If you would gain life instead you loose that much.

At the beginning of your endstep, if Svana caused you to loose life, tranform Svana

4/1


create a land <-> non-land transform card

November 4, 2016 7:25 p.m.

berryjon says... #18

Zoetic Architect

Creature - Metathran Advisor
When Zoetic Architect enters the battlefield, or transforms, untap target non-basic land you control. If it is also a creature, it gets +1/+1 until the end of the turn.
If you control 4 or more tapped non-basic lands, transform Zoetic Architect.
2/2
==
Zoetic Construction
Land
T: Add to your mana pool.
T: Turn target non-basic land you control face down. It becomes a 2/2 creature with Morph: . Transform Zoetic Construction.

November 4, 2016 10:33 p.m.

berryjon says... #19

Bah, forgot the challenge;

Create a Legend for Commander that is non-Blue, yet tutors based on its casting cost when it ETB's. Bonus points if it includes a self-sacrifice ability to send it back to the Commander Zone for another tutor down the line.

November 4, 2016 10:34 p.m.

markbeloit says... #20

Ulbosh, Savage Channeler

Legendary Creature - Orc Shaman

When Ulbosh, Savage Channeler enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost X, and put that card onto the battlefield, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast Ulbosh, Savage Channeler. That creature gains haste. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice that creature.

Sacrifice Ulbosh, Savage Channeler: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

3/4


Make an angel artifact creature.

November 4, 2016 11:11 p.m.

berryjon says... #21

Etherium Angel

Artifact Creature - Angel
Exalted, Flying
When Etherium Angel enters play, it gains Vigilance if was spent to cast it. If was spent, it gains Hexproof. If both costs were met, it gains both.
As the Conflux ended, new ideas emerged from the maelstrom, new possibilities for joint cooperation.
3/3


Create a Scarecrow Lord that doesn't have the same abilities or P/T as Reaper King.

November 4, 2016 11:26 p.m.

legendofa says... #22

Recrafter

Creature - Hag

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return a Scarecrow creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

, , Discard a creature card: Search your library for a Scarecrow creature card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

1/3


Create a card that deals a variable amount of damage, determined by something unique.

November 4, 2016 11:43 p.m.

markbeloit says... #23

Planeswalker's Rebuke

Instant

Planeswalker's Rebuke deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is the number of loyalty counters on target planeswalker you control.


Make a black card that tutors something into your graveyard.

November 4, 2016 11:53 p.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #24

Grave Gardener

Creature Zombie

Discard a card : search your library for a card with converted mana cost less than X but greater than Y an put that card into your graveyard, where X is to more than the discarded cards converted mana cost and Y is 2 less.

: Return Grave Gardener from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped

2/2


start with this flavour text:

' you whack 'em, we stack 'em '

November 5, 2016 12:06 a.m.

Gattison says... #25

Goblin Grave-Embezzlers

Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may untap Goblin Grave-Embezzlers.

: Reorder your graveyard as you choose.

: Exile the top card of your graveyard. If it is a creature card, you may have target creature you control get +1/+1 and gain haste until end of turn.

"You whack 'em, we stack 'em."

1/2


Create a flavorful red mana dork.

November 5, 2016 12:41 a.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #26

Bika-Tika Odds Reaper

Creature Goblin Wizard

Haste

:Target land losses all abilities and gains "flip a coin, if tails, add three mana of any colour to you mana pool, if heads this land deals one damage to you

Uncard Option Show

'There is power in events unhappened- Bika-Tika Odds Reaper'

2/1


red land destruction-ramp

another card for hexmage to abuse

November 5, 2016 3:15 a.m.

berryjon says... #27

Rolling Roil

Enchantment
Landfall - Whenever you play a land, you may put a Charge counter on Rolling Roil.
Remove all Charge counters from Rolling Roil. For each charge counter removed in this way, each player may sacrifice a land. If they do not, they take 1 damage from Rolling Roil. If they do, they may search their library for a land card and put it into play tapped, then that player shuffles their library.


I think I got something flavourful there going.

Let's see...
A Sliver that doesn't affect Slivers you control - and for good reason.

November 5, 2016 3:41 a.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #28

Territorial Sliver

Creature- Sliver

Sliver, insect, and soldier creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control

'Sliver act as a hive mind but have you ever seen two hives clash?'

2/2


that doesn't affect Slivers you control (well not really)

card for hexmage to abuse

November 5, 2016 4:03 a.m.

Knawing Catapillars G/U

Artifact Creature- Insect Rare

Knawing Catapillars enters the battlefield with 3 hunger counters.

GU: Remove a hunger counter from Knawing Catapillars.

When Knawing Catapillars has no hunger counters on it, put 3 +1+1 counters on it and draw a card.

1/2

Lets make more cards that benifit from counters of some kind being removed.

November 5, 2016 4:59 p.m.

pizzagod13 says... #30

Umbra, Who Walks With Darkness BBB

planes walker- umbra

when ~ loses loyalty from attacks it instead gains that much loyaltywhen ~ has no loyalty transform it instead of sending it to the graveyard

-3 Draw 1 card and lose 1 life-6 Lose 4 life your opponent draws a card-12 Lose 10 life your opponent draws 2 cards

15

Umbra, Unleashed

When ~ enters play remove any number of counters from cards you control. You gain x life draw x cards and your opponent loses x life where x is the number removed from cards you control.

6/6

Make a card that is based on a common toy for a child in the mtg world.

November 5, 2016 5:27 p.m.

berryjon says... #31

Wooden Sword

Artifact - Equipment
Equip
Equipped Creature gains Intimidate.
Anything can be a weapon against the monsters in the night, even if it's in the hands of a child during the day.


For my challenge - create a Land that hates on Creature Tokens.

November 5, 2016 5:34 p.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #32

Coastal Citadel

Land

Coastal Citadel enters the battlefield tapped

1 T: add WU to you mana pool

1UW T : exile all creatures with the lowest converted mana cost, at the end of the turn return those creature to the battlefield.


Now an enemy land of the same style

November 5, 2016 6:48 p.m.

legendofa says... #33

Flamestone Armory

Land

, : Add to your mana pool.

: Flamestone Armory deals 1 damage to target creature and each creature that shares a color with it.


Create a usable equipment with a drawback.

November 5, 2016 7:47 p.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #34

Boom Stick

Artifact-Equipment

Equiped creature has 'whenever this creature deals damage deal that much damage minus one to each creature you control'

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has haste.

Equip


A four colour commander using an activated ability

November 5, 2016 10:58 p.m.

legendofa says... #35

berryjon I know Volvers have fixed kickers; I just wanted to see what abilities somebody would put on one. And I have been reading and enjoying the Pattern Recognitions--thanks for working on them!

November 6, 2016 1:05 a.m.

markbeloit says... #36

Aleycena, Planar Geist

Legendary Creatue - Spirit

, Discard a sorcery card: Add to your mana pool.

: Target instant card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.

, Discard a land card: Add to your mana pool

: Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead.

3/3


Many activated abilities. Here comes the value train! Chugga-chugga-chug.

Make another spirit.

November 6, 2016 1:16 a.m.

legendofa says... #37

Cursed Legion

Creature - Spirit Soldier

When Cursed Legion dies, target player may sacrifice two creatures. If he or she doesn't, return Cursed Legion from your graveyard to your hand.

5/4


Create a shard Volver (Rakavolver Anavolver Degavolver Cetavolver Necravolver)

November 6, 2016 1:27 a.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #38

Decompvolver

Creature - Volver

Kicker and/or

If you paid the kicker cost, Gloryvolver comes into play with a +1/+1 counter on it, and is unblockable

If you paid the kicker cost, Gloryvolver comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it, and has "whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player that player may pay 5 life, if they don't you may return 2 creature cards from your graveyard to your hand".

2/1


third time lucky, create a RU legendary artificer

November 6, 2016 1:47 a.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #39

Decompvolver

Creature - Volver

Kicker and/or

If you paid the kicker cost, Gloryvolver comes into play with a +1/+1 counter on it, and is unblockable

If you paid the kicker cost, Gloryvolver comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it, and has "whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player that player may pay 5 life, if they don't you may return 2 creature cards from your graveyard to your hand".

2/1


third time lucky, create a RU legendary artificer

November 6, 2016 1:48 a.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #40

Ethereal Summoner

Creature Spirit

flying

exile a creature from your graveyard: put X white 1/1 spirits onto the battlefield where X is that creatures toughness.

2/2


create a RU legendary artificer

November 6, 2016 1:48 a.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #41

Decompvolver

Creature - Volver

Kicker and/or

If you paid the kicker cost, Gloryvolver comes into play with a +1/+1 counter on it, and is unblockable

If you paid the kicker cost, Gloryvolver comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it, and has "whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player that player may pay 5 life, if they don't you may return 2 creature cards from your graveyard to your hand".

2/1


third time lucky, create a RU legendary artificer

November 6, 2016 1:49 a.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #42

Degavolver

Creature Volver

Kicker and/or (You may pay an additional 1Black and/or Red as you cast this spell.)

If Degavolver was kicked with its kicker, it enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it and with "hexproof."

If Degavolver was kicked with its kicker, it enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it and with lifelink.

3/3


same as above

November 6, 2016 1:54 a.m.

lonker says... #43

gruulmaster

Fblthp, Who Hates Crowds 3WUB

Legendary Creature - Homunculus

When Fblthp, Who Hates Crowds enters the battlefield, each player returns all nonland permanents to their hands.

1/4

"I'm starting to get sick of these pesky crowds"

All players' hand sizes are reduced to 1.

November 6, 2016 1:56 a.m.

berryjon says... #44

Uh... you know that the 'Volver's Kicker Abilities are fixed, right? Well, let's create a new cycle. takes notes for future Pattern Recognition Article...

and dangit - got ninja'd!


Gloryvolver

Creature - Volver
Kicker and/or
If you paid the kicker cost, Gloryvolver comes into play with a +1/+1 counter on it, and has "Double Strike"
If you paid the kicker cost, Gloryvolver comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it, and has "Hexproof".
1/2


Finish the cycle - a Volver with Blue and Black abilities.

November 6, 2016 1:58 a.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #45

Decompvolver

Creature - Volver

Kicker and/or

If you paid the kicker cost, Gloryvolver comes into play with a +1/+1 counter on it, and is unblockable

If you paid the kicker cost, Gloryvolver comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it, and has "whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player that player may pay 5 life, if they don't you may return 2 creature cards from your graveyard to your hand".

2/1


third time lucky, create a RU legendary artificer

November 6, 2016 2:13 a.m.

Bobbbyyy says... #46

sorry my internet has had a heart attack :(

November 6, 2016 2:14 a.m.

berryjon says... #47

Jakrio, Tolarian Salvager

Legendary Creature - Merfolk Artificer Spellshaper
When Jakrio, Tolarian Salvager enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an artifact with a converted casting cost of 3 or less, reveal it, then put it into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.
, Discard a card: Destroy target Artifact.
, Discard a card: Gain control of target artifact. This effect does not end at the end of the turn.
"So many treasures, just left there, under the waves. So what if you have to deal with the occasional horror?"
1/2


Create an Eldrazi Lord that doesn't affect 'pure' Eldrazi.

November 6, 2016 10:50 a.m.

nowis2000 says... #48

Shamria, Part of the Factory

Legendary Artifact Creature - Assembly-Worker

At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 colorless servo artifact creature token and a 1/1 colorless thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Sacrifice three token artifacts: Copy target ability. You may choose new targets for that ability.

1/5


Make a sultai version of Kiora

November 6, 2016 10:58 a.m.

nowis2000 says... #49

Ah ninja'd!

Antithesis of Reality

Creature - Eldrazi Horror

Other eldrazi you control get +1/+1 for each of their types that isn't eldrazi.

Whenever an eldrazi you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life for each of its types that isn't eldrazi.

4/2


Sultai version of Kiora

November 6, 2016 11:02 a.m.

legendofa says... #50

Did anyone else's post order get totally mangled by the DST switch, for everyone who has to deal with it? And I think one of mine got deleted...

Kiora, Seafloor Summoner

Planeswalker - Kiora

+2 Each creature target player controls gets -1/-0 until end of turn.

-1 Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and has hexproof until end of turn.

-8 Create one 6/6 blue and green Kraken token and three 2/2 blue and black Fish tokens.

3


Create a card that represents a celebratory feast.

November 6, 2016 1:31 p.m.

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