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
Burning-Tree Reclamation 3RG
Enchantment
If a land card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, and it is not your discard step, you may put that land into your hand instead.
Infinite Combos with Borborygmos Enraged
Make an equipment card that can come out of your graveyard, and attach to a creature on the battlefield.
October 8, 2015 7:53 p.m.
TheRedMage says... #3
Blade of the Servitor
Artifact - Equipment
Equip
Equipped creature gets +1/+0
Whenever Blade of the Servitor becomes attached to a creature you control, you may search your graveyard for any number of cards called Blade of the Servitor and attach them to that creature.
(shoutout to Myr Servitor)
Make a card that has an activated ability that, as a cost, requires you to put cards from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.
October 8, 2015 10:01 p.m.
markbeloit says... #4
Loaming Restorer
Creature - Fungus
, Put two creature cards from your graveyard on the bottom of your library: Return target non-creature permanent from your graveyard to your hand.
4/4
Make a red creature card with mana cost 
October 9, 2015 2:54 a.m.
canterlotguardian says... #5
I'm so fucking far behind on creating these cards. At least a page and a half. I promise, I'm going to make them this weekend. Should be able to anyways.
Ajelz, the Ruiner
Legendary Creature - Demon
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player controls more creatures than you, that player loses X life, where X is three times the number of creatures they control more than yours.
2/3
Make a blue instant that prevents damage a la Fog.
October 9, 2015 8:23 a.m.
Time Skip 
Instant
Target player's combat phase ends. (Creatures remain tapped but deal no combat damage.)
"We had just started our charge when, suddenly, we were right back where we started and our limbs felt as if we had just completed the battle, yet no time had passed."
October 9, 2015 8:50 a.m.
Oops, forgot the last bit.
Make a 4 color Legendary Creature.
October 9, 2015 8:51 a.m.
AngryKitten says... #8
Strength of Alara 
Legendary Creature - Elemental
, 
; Converge - Creatures you control get +X/+X and Trample until end of turn, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Strength of Alara.
3/3
Make a card that does things backwards.
October 9, 2015 9:29 a.m.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #9
Embodiment of Backwardness
Elemental - Creature
At the beginning and end of your combat phase, switch ~'s power and toughness.
3/1
Create a new red card selection card (examples: Tormenting Voice, Magmatic Insight)
October 9, 2015 1:42 p.m.
Karns_Pyromancer says... #10
Daretti's Wheel
Sorcery
Discard your hand. You may draw up to that many cards.
Make a new legendary for Tiny Leaders
October 9, 2015 1:47 p.m.
Kalaz, Master of the Tor 1UB
Legendary Human
2UB Tap, sacrifice a creature. Gain control of target creature until end of turn. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next endstep.
UB draw two cards and loose two life. Activate this ability only if a creature has died this turn
3/2
Make a colorless legend for tiny leaders
October 9, 2015 2:37 p.m.
AngryKitten says... #12
Make a new legendary for Tiny Leaders
Sentris, Thought Intruder
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
Devoid
Ingest
; Exile the top card of target player's library.
; Until end of turn, you may cast target card in exile and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
1/4
technically
so I'll make a different one for colorless :PMake a colorless legend for tiny leaders
Straw Man
Legendary Creature Artifact - Golem
Straw Man enters the battlefield with a straw counter on it.
Straw man gets +1/+1 for each straw counter on it.
; Put a straw counter on Straw Man.
As long as Straw Man has 5 or more straw counters on it, it has Trample.
As long as Straw Man has 10 or more straw counters on it, it has Indestructible.
If Straw Man would leave the battlefield, instead exile it and return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
0/0
Make a 3-color troll.
October 9, 2015 3:02 p.m.
TheRedMage says... #13
Since there's been so many legendary creatures and permanents lately, I'll make mine not a legendary.
Jund Spell Devourer
Creature - Troll Shaman: Regenerate Jund Spell Devourer
Whenever Jund Spell Devourer becomes the target of an instant or sorcery your opponents control, you may pay . If you do, exile that spell and put a +1/+1 counter on Jund Spell Devourer.4/4
The first ability is a regeneration ability which I believe all trolls neeed to have. The second is a riff on Devour - I am not sure that ability is red per se, but it was in Izzet colors the last time we saw something similar (Nivmagus Elemental).
Make a card that can exile himself and return itself to the battlefield, except the "return itself to the battlefield" part is optional, and sometimes you will want to leave the card in exile.
October 9, 2015 3:49 p.m.
AngryKitten says... #14
AEther Elemental
Creature - Elemental
You may cast AEther Elemental from exile.
,: Exile all creatures.
3/3
I hope that is close enough to what you wanted.
Make a completely vanilla creature with long flavor text.
October 9, 2015 4 p.m.
Flavor bear 1G
Creature:Bear
2/2
the bears of northern tarkir are very agressive, especially against any who are not of the temur clan. when they attack, they rip apart the invader's limbs and eats them.
make a balanced 15/15 for 1 mana.
October 9, 2015 5:22 p.m.
markbeloit says... #16
Cowardly Juggernaut
Haste
When Cowardly Juggernaut attacks, if defending player controls an untapped creature, sacrifice Cowardly Juggernaut.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, you lose the game.
15/15
Make a 3-color planeswalker with and as two of the colors.
October 9, 2015 5:31 p.m.
markbeloit says... #17
Sorry, forgot creature type. Should be Creature - Giant
October 9, 2015 5:34 p.m.
Chalint Dom, Voice of the Loam 1BGW
+1 put a land from your hand into play
-3 Sacrifice a creature, then draw cards equal to the sacrificed creatures power
-7 You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a creature spell, search your library for a land, reveal it and out into your hand. The shuffle your library."
Starting loyalty 3
Make a creature that benefits you when it enters the battlefield and benefits an opponent when it leaves the battlefield
October 9, 2015 6:17 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #19
Duality Razer
Creature - Demon Cleric
Lifelink
When ~ enters the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.
When ~ leaves the battlefield, each opponent gains 1 life and you lose that much life.
3/3
October 9, 2015 7:23 p.m.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #22
Divining Ingenuity
Instant
Draw X plus one card. One of X in ~'s cost can only be paid using blue mana.
Can be Divination, Jace's Ingenuity, or better.
Create planewalker that can hose Siege Rhino. Eliminate the monster.
October 9, 2015 10:01 p.m.
markbeloit says... #23
Anya, Light of Akrasa
+1: Exile target creature. It's controller gains life equal to its power.
-3: You gain 10 life
-8: Return all creature cards in your graveyard to the battlefield
5
Since the one who made the request might have had something different in mind, I'll make the same request worded slightly differently. Create a fair planeswalker with cmc equal to Siege Rhino that can hose the rhino the turn it hits the board.
October 9, 2015 11:28 p.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #24
Elspeth Enraged 1WRB
Planeswalker - Elspeth
+1: Put a 1/1 white and black Zombie Soldier token onto the battlefield.
-2: Elspeth Enraged deals 5 damage to target creature without flying.
-8: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your upkeep, return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. They gain vigilance and become white Zombies in addition to their other colors and types.
3
Create a card that half the players will love and the other half shall hate.
October 10, 2015 8:12 a.m.
markbeloit says... #25
Whispers of Annihilation
Instant
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Counter target creature spell. If a spell would be countered in this way, remove it from the game instead.
Draw a card.
Feels like control should love it, non-control should hate it (maybe not half and half, but certainly many people). Can't tell if it's OP or not good enough, though.
Make a sorcery with casting cost
October 10, 2015 10:42 a.m.
Karns_Pyromancer says... #26
Feudal Fealty
Sorcery
Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a land card. You may put that card into play. Exile all other cards revealed this way.
Spell Mastery - If you have two or more instants and/or sorceries in your graveyard, CARDNAME has Storm.
Make a balanced non-blue Counterspell.
October 10, 2015 11:36 a.m.
markbeloit says... #27
Warping Shriek
Instant
As an additional cost to casting warping shriek, discard your hand.
Counter target spell.
Not sure how balanced this is, but I AM trying.
Make a mass reanimation spell.
October 10, 2015 12:17 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #28
Because I wanted to try the rhino challenge:
Lightning Trap 
Instant - Trap
If an opponent gained 3 or more life this turn, you may cast ~ for 
.
Put a token that's a copy of target creature an opponent controls. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the next end step.
For the love/hate challenge:
Decree of Equality
Enchantment
Whenever a nontoken permanent enters the battlefield under a player's control, each other player may put a token that is a copy of that permanent onto the battlefield.
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery card, each other player may copy that spell and choose new targets for their copy.
For the current challenge:
Corpses of Flame 
Sorcery
Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step. If any would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else.
Next, make a card that turns every deck strategy pointless, but in the most complex way possible.
October 10, 2015 12:43 p.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #29
Manaflux 6
Enchantment
Manaflux is all colors and colorless.
Permanents cannot be destroyed, dealt damage, or exiled by sources other than Manaflux.
All mana in each player's mana pool is colorless, and colorless spells must be cast using colored mana.
Whenever a player attacks or blocks with a creature, casts a spell, or activates an activated ability, exile all permanents.
Whenever a player casts a spell, if Manaflux is in exile or on the battlefield, counter that spell and put Manaflux into it's owner's graveyard, then onto the battlefield.
Im sorry I made that.
Create a card that benefits the opponent more than you, but is playable due to it's abusability.
October 10, 2015 2:19 p.m.
Hunted Angel 2WW
Flying 3/3
When Hunted Angel enters the battlefield, put two 4/4 black demon creatures onto the battlefield under target opponents control
When Hunted Angel enters the battlefield, tap or untap target non creature permanent
Make a phyrexian planeswalker
October 10, 2015 2:50 p.m.
Jin-Gitaxias, the Unbound 
Planeswalker - Jin-Gitaxias
+1: Creatures you control gain infect and +1/+0 until end of turn.
-3: Draw a card for each poison counter your opponents have.
-5: You may search your library for any number of cards with a Phyrexian mana symbol in their mana cost and put them into your hand. You get an emblem with "If you would pay 
, 
, 
, , or 
, you may pay instead"
Starting Loyalty: 3
Design a card that is a high-powered white weenie that white weenie players hate
October 10, 2015 4:20 p.m.
markbeloit says... #32
Arrogant Templar
Creature - Human Knight
First stike, shroud
If another creature would enter the battlefield under your control, sacrifice that creature.
3/3
Make a creature card with mana cost
October 10, 2015 9:29 p.m.
Phyrexian Manashifter
Creature - Shapeshifter
This creature enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters where X equals the life spent to cast it.
If was spent to play this creature then it gains vigilance.
If was spent to play this creature then it gains flying.
If was spent to play this creature then it gains deathtouch.
If was spent to play this creature then it gains first strike.
If was spent to play this creature then it gains trample.
2/2
An card with a new mechanic called "Armor"
October 10, 2015 10:02 p.m.
ABadMagicPlayer100 says... #34
Armored Beetle
Creature - Insect
Armor 1 (Whenever ~ would be dealt damage, prevent 1 of that damage.)
1/2
Create a new Magus representing a classic card (Magus of the Moon = Blood Moon, Magus of the Moat = Moat, etc.)
October 10, 2015 10:23 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #35
Magus of Lotuses
Creature - Human Wizard
~ is black.
, Sacrifice ~: Add three mana of any color to your mana pool.
0/0
Make a green card that uses multiple green effects to generate a black effect.
October 10, 2015 10:39 p.m.
Deadly Hunter
Creature - Human
Deathtouch
: ~ fights target creature
Whenever a creature dealt damage by ~ dies, put X +1/+1 counters on ~ where X is the power of that creature. If X is 5 or greater, untap ~.
1/3
October 10, 2015 11:01 p.m.
For the next challenge, create a legendary creature based off a politician.
Ex:
Obama
Legendary Creature - Human Politician
Hexproof
, : Put a term counter on ~. Target player gains control of target permanent until end of turn. If there are 3 or more term counters on ~, this effect doesn't end at end of turn.
3/4
October 10, 2015 11:11 p.m.
Abraham Lincoln
Legendary Creature - Human Politician
:Target player chooses two creatures they control, those creatures fight. Whenever a creature dies this way all players put X 1/1 Black Freed Slave human tokens into play where X equals 3 times the number of creatures they control.
6/6
(Yes, I know this card is one of those terrible cards that seem only to be made because they are just full of flavor. LOL)
OK, I am going to present a challenge here. Make a 2 sided (Such as werewolves and Origins planeswalkers) with the front being a flip (Such as Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant) that goes from a creature, to a legendary creature, and last to a planeswalker.
OR
If that seems too daunting, make a cow related card.
October 11, 2015 5:49 a.m.
markbeloit says... #39
Cunning Hunter
Creature - Human Assassin
First strike
Whenever a legendary creature you control dies, if it's the first time this turn it happened, transform Cunning Hunter and draw a card.
3/3
Zeras, the Essence Hunter
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Zeras, Essence Hunter has the activated abilities of a creature that triggered its transformation.
Whenever a planeswalker you control dies, exile Zeras, Essence Hunter, and return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
4/4
Zeras, Spirit Reaper
+1 Each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
-3 Sacrifice a creature: You may activate an activated ability that creature possessed without paying its cost(s). Draw a card.
-8 Put X 1/1 black spirit tokens with flying onto the battlefield, where X is your life total.
5
Make a red gargoyle creature.
October 11, 2015 8:59 a.m.
2 Firewall Sentinel
Creature Gargoyle 0/2
Flying, Defender
If an opponent casts a spell that targets you or a permanent you control, counter that spell and transform ~.
Firewall Retributioner
Creature Gargoyle 4/8
Flying, Defender : Deal 1 damage to each creature and each player.
Make a permanent that redirects life gain.
October 11, 2015 9:20 a.m. Edited.
Reversing Sacrifice 1 B/W B/W
Enchantment
Whenever an opponent gains life you may pay B/W B/W and sacrifice a creature. If white mana was used to pay the cost you gain that much life instead of target opponent. If black mana was used to pay the cost target opponent loses that much life instead of gaining it. If both colors were used do both
Landsweeper G
Creature-Cow 0/4
Tap, G, put a grazing counter on target land. If there are three of more grazing counters of any land, it produces 1 colorless mana instead of its normal type
Make a planet creature that flips (upside-down or two sided) into a treefolk
October 11, 2015 10:32 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #42
Syphon Lifeforce 
Instant
Split Second
If an opponent would gain life this turn, you gain that much life instead.
Draw a card.
October 11, 2015 10:43 a.m.
Forest Guardian
Creature - Plant
Defender
Whenever a land you control is put into the graveyard from the battlefield, exile ~, and return it to the battlefield transformed.
0/5
Verloth, Nature's Protector
Legendary Creature - Treefolk Shaman
When ~ enters the battlefield, return all lands in all graveyards to the battlefield under your control. You gain 2 life for each land you control
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may search your graveyard and/or library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield
3/5
October 11, 2015 11:03 a.m.
Damn, missed the challenge again.
Next challenge:
Build a balanced toolboxing card for 1 mana. (Card that lets you go find cards you need)
October 11, 2015 11:06 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #45
Temur Sapling
Creature - Plant
~ can't attack or block.
Whenever you cast a red spell, put a sunshine counter on ~.
Whenever you cast a blue spell, put a rain counter on ~.
When ~ has three or more sunshine counters and three or more rain counters on it, transform ~.
0/4
Temur Battletree
Creature - Treefolk
Indestructible, trample
When ~ deals combat damage to a player other than its owner, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Put all lands revealed this way onto the battlefield under your control.
10/10
October 11, 2015 11:47 a.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #46
Grave Learnings G/B
Enchantment
G/B, Discard a card, Pay 1 life: Search your library for a card with the same type as the discarded card and exile it. Then shuffle your library.
GB, Sacrifice Grave Learnings and X permanents: You may play up to X cards exiled with Grave Learnings without paying their mana costs.
Create a card that once cast, functions as another, invincible player, leaving each player at its mercy.
October 11, 2015 11:52 a.m.
Popalofiti says... #47
The High Power
Emblem
At the beginning of each players upkeep, that player rolls a six sided die. If the number rolled is even, that player loses half of his or her life total rounded up, and can't be dealt damage or lose life by other player's and sources that player controls until their next upkeep. If the number is odd, they sacrifice half of their permanents they own rounded up and can't gains hexproof and can be dealt damage until their next upkeep.
Make a card that is a reference to Led Zeppelin.
October 11, 2015 12:33 p.m.
TheNextRedDude says... #48
Stairway to Heaven 5
Artifact
XX, T: Put a X counters on Stairway to Heaven, then if it has 7 or more stairway counters on it, sacrifice it and put a 20/20 Thopter creature with flying onto the battlefield under your control.
Make a Bon Jovi refrence card.
October 11, 2015 12:45 p.m.
Prayer
Enchantment
You can't lose the game
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more than half of your starting life total, sacrifice ~
Make a card that is a reference to Pink Floyd
October 11, 2015 1:34 p.m.
Brick Wall
Artifact Creature- Wall
At the beginning of your upkeep put a brick counter on ~.
Brick wall gets +0/+1 for each brick counter on it.
0/2
Make a card that references Elton John.
CheeseBro says... #1
gravediggers charm 2B
instant
1: return target creature from your graveyard to your hand.
2: return target creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
if you have 3 or less creatures in your graveyard, use #1. if you have 4 or more creatures in your graveyard, use choice #2.
create a card that makes an infinite combo with another card of your choice.
October 8, 2015 5:39 p.m.