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.
Casual-Player says... #2
Coralmoss Palisade Creature - Wall Ooze 1/4
Defender, Last Strike
Coralmoss Palisade may block any amount of creatures this turn, and for each creature it blocks, it gains +2/+0
"_A slimy barrier, as rough as sandpaper_" - An Havva Sear-Farer
requesting another an An Havva Sea-Farer :o)
July 25, 2024 1:24 a.m.
Casual-Player says... #3
(oops sorry i was typing this card and didnt refresh the page first - i'll stop for a bit lol)
July 25, 2024 1:25 a.m.
Myr Reclaimer
Artifact Creature - Myr
When Myr Reclaimers Recover cost is paid, return up to one other artifact in your graveyard to your hand.
Recover (When a creature is put into your graveyard from play, you may return this card to your hand by paying it’s recover cost. Otherwise exile this card)
1/1
Lets see another recover card, or card that cares about recover
July 25, 2024 2:53 a.m.
Reclamation Station
Artifact
Whenever an artifact or creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, that permanent gains Recover: . Each time you activate Recover, that ability costs one more until the end of the turn.
"We currently have Blasting Station
, Grinding Station, and Summoning Station active. Salvaging Station has been renovated to better make use of recovered material. progress updates pending."
If we make another station, (Maybe 4/5, we'd have straight line of stations! Make one that doesn't currently exist! Or, make something that uses Pincher Tokens!
July 25, 2024 1:03 p.m.
Station Master
Artifact Creature - Pincher
Whenever you activate an artifact ability for the first time during your turn, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Whenever an artifact you control's ability triggers for the first time durinng your turn, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.
2/2
Create a legendary crab with white in its colour identity
July 26, 2024 12:15 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #7
A monowhite legendary crab you say??
Scuttles, Arid Crawler
Legendary Creature - Crab
Flash
Whenever Scuttles enters the battlefield, you may shuffle up to one card from your graveyard into your library. If you don't, exile the top card of your library. You may play it until end of turn.
, : Return Scuttles to its owners hand.
2/2
Blink / flicker commander. Not entirely sure what utility could be drawn out of this since you'd shuffle your spells and lands back into your deck, but I suppose with enough overlap such as removal, tutors and fetchlands you couls build something kinda solid?
Maybe like a Modern Horizons guy or a Commander Legends one.
I got bit by a spider two days ago, on my freaking armpit.
Got a large welt, a hot bruise, stiff movements and recessed skin. Fucking hurts, being dissolved by venom. Gee who'd have thunk it??
Make a spider. Bonus points for being something other than reach and deathtouch.
July 26, 2024 2:54 a.m.
A non-stereotypical Mtg Spider? got it!
Grisonak, Grafwight
Legendary Creature - Spider
Whenever another non-token Spider enters the battlefield or attacks, create a 0/1 Black and Green Spider Egg Creature token.
At the beginning of each combat, you may sacrifice an Egg. If you do, put an Infestation counter on target creature. Whenever that creature deals or is dealt combat damage, that player sacrifices it and you create a 1/2 Green Spider creature token with Deathtouch and Reach.
"In the forest where shadows loom, A tale unfolds of a hidden gloom, A distant kin of Grafwidow's line, Emerges now, in the twilight's shine."
4/5
Legendary Snake, please!
July 26, 2024 9:16 a.m.
Trapdoor Spider Goliath
Creature - Spider
When ~ enters, you may have it fight up to one target creature you don't control.
: Sacrifice Trapdoor Spider Goliath, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
3/5
"The entire charging army just... disappeared in a cloud of dust. They came back a few days later, filthy and haunted, refusing to talk about where they had been."
Chonshuro, Deadeye Warden
Legendary Creature - Snake Archer
Deathtouch, Ward
As long as it is not your turn, creatures you control have deathtouch.
: Chonshuro, Deadeye Warden fights target creature an opponent controls.
2/7
"Once word got around of Kamigawa's new forest warden, many companies decided to test the boundaries of their logging operations. They quickly learned that those sent in never returned."
Create a card of one of your favorite mtg creatures having gone through a omenpath to Bloomburrow. Only caveat is they can't be a humanoid.
July 26, 2024 9:24 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #10
Idk but personally I think it'd be pretty cool if Ajani became like a cat
July 26, 2024 11:16 a.m.
Do I just reskin Breaker of Armies, or do I have to build a whole new creature?
Pearl-Skin Beast
Creature: Beast Horror
All creatures able to block ~ must do so
10/8
Make a commander that doesn’t fit a particular niche
July 26, 2024 5:47 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #12
Hey man, I'll take a second Breaker!!
Zur-Tor, Ancient Arrival
Legendary Creature - Vampire Shaman
The first time a land card enters your graveyard each turn, you may trigger up to one Landfall ability you control.
Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, each opponent loses 2 life.
Partner.
3/3
Since the challenge was to not fit a niche, I made mono-black landfall (very rare) with a light graveyard gimmick. Gave him Partner so you could make the deck with anyone else you wanted.
Sorry if that felt cheap, but I was trying to stay true to the "doesn't fit a particular niche" aspect.
(Also, does his first ability work? I think it should but the wording is a bit clunky)
So they made Karn a tree for Bloomburrow lmao. I'd have loved to see Ugin as a tiny little newt hahaha
Anyway...
Make me another Angrath!!
July 26, 2024 8:53 p.m.
The Manamancer
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
: Target creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 0/1 until end of turn.
: Target player discards two cards.
: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
: Create two 2/2 green Bear tokens.
3/3
Create a card named An-Havva Seafarer, for Casual-Player.
July 26, 2024 8:54 p.m.
Ninja'ed.
Angrath, Family Man
Legendary Planeswalker - Angrath
+1 Create a 2/3 red Minotaur creature token.
+1 Each Minotaur you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker.
-3 Minotaurs you control get +2/+0 and gain haste until end of turn.
-7 Create four 2/3 red Minotaur creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn.
5
Create a card named An-Havva Seafarer.
July 26, 2024 8:59 p.m.
An-Havva Seafarer
Creature - Human Citizen
Vigilance
Other Citizens you control have ": Untap this creature. You may activate this ability only once each turn."
I can take you to the far reaches of Ulgrotha and back... For a price.
3/2
Create another card that cares about citizens
July 27, 2024 6:12 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #16
Democracy
Legendary Sorcery
Convoke
Each player creates X 2/2 Citizen tokens with "This creature is all colors."
Each player gets an emblem with "For the rest of the game, whenever you would vote you may vote an additional time for every five Citizens you control."
I made it a Sorcery so you could get emblems which fundementally change the rules of the game.
If it was an Enchantment only, you'd lose the voting power once the Enchantment leaves the battlefield.
Make a legendary Citizen
July 27, 2024 11 a.m. Edited.
Paul, Law of the groups
Legendary creature - Human Citizen
Whenever Paul or another citizen enters the battlefield create a copy of target non-legendary creature that cost less than the citizen that trigger this ability, the copy lose all it types and colors and is a white 1/1 citizen
Citizen tokens gains +0/+2
1/1
you can't make them like you but you can make them like the laws you made
Make an Omnath with a new color combination (like )
July 27, 2024 1:28 p.m.
Paul, Law of the groups
Legendary creature - Human Citizen
Whenever Paul or another citizen enters the battlefield create a copy of target non-legendary creature that cost less than the citizen that trigger this ability, the copy lose all it types and colors and is a white 1/1 citizen
Citizen tokens gains +0/+2
1/1
you can't make them like you but you can make them like the laws you made
Make an Omnath with a new color combination (like )
July 27, 2024 1:28 p.m.
Omnath, Locus of the Horizon
Legendary Creature- Elemental
Landfall - Add one color of any mana.
Whenever you spend one or more mana that was not produced by a land, draw a card.
At the end of each turn, if you have spent 4 or more mana that was not produced by a land, create a 4/4 Elemental token.
3/4
The Omnath that never was but totally should have been.
All right alternate future where guilds on Ravnica had to merge to survive - the Simic and the Selesnya guilds have merged - create a legendary creature that showcases the mechanic of their fused guilds.
July 27, 2024 2:04 p.m.
Casual-Player says... #20
yay, thanks for the citizens :) (they will help to make a deck around Lobelia :)
July 27, 2024 9:16 p.m.
Casual-Player says... #21
Hydrating Hydra - Legendary Creature
3/3
Whenever Hydrading Hyra enters, or leaves the battlefield, you may choose from these:
- put a +3/+3 counter on target creature
- move up to three +1/+1 counters from target creature to target creature
- create a 1/1 Hydra Sprout, with (3) put a +1/+1 counter on it.
July 27, 2024 9:27 p.m.
Heart of the Conclave
Legendary Creature: Hydra Mutant (Mythic)
~ enters with X +1/+1 counters
Whenever a counter is put on ~, if it was not a keyword counter, create a 2/2 green mutant creature token. If the counter was a keyword counter, create a 1/1 blue mutant creature token with the keyword on the counter
Whenever a counter is removed from ~, create a 1/1 white mutant creature token
0/0
Create a creature
July 27, 2024 9:43 p.m.
Casual-Player says... #24
(hehe i can just imagine the above 2 cards in a Pandemonium deck with Goblin Bombardment - possibly "Laced" in without needing red mana) :)
July 27, 2024 9:56 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #25
Desert Spawn
Creature - Wurm
Convoke
~ can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
~ can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
Wurm spells you cast have convoke.
10/10
Wild
July 28, 2024 2:06 a.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #26
Sword of History and Mystery
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from artifacts and enchantments.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to an opponent, you may reveal the top ten cards of your library. If an equipment or aura card is revealed, you may attach it to this creature. Shuffle the rest of the cards back into your library.
Where the past ends, an infinite number of futures begin.
Equip
Because it doesn't target, it bypasses protection ;)
Wild!!
July 28, 2024 2:26 a.m. Edited.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #27
I'm still massively let down by the Kyodai we got, so I'll show you the Kyodai we deserved.
Kyodai, Sibling of Michiko
Legendary Enchantment Creature - Dragon Spirit Avatar
Flash
Flying, First Strike, Lifelink
When ~ enters the battlefield, target creature you control gains indestructible and Hexproof until end of turn. If this ability targets a creature other than this creature, put your choice from among a Flying counter, a First Strike counter or a lifelink counter on it.
: Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.
4/4
Wild
July 28, 2024 3:23 a.m.
Wilfred Gheels, Grand Poobah
Legendary Creature - Bear Noble
Whenever a non-token, non-legendary Bear enters under your control, create a 1/1 Human Noble creature token with this ability
: Put ~ onto the battlefield from any zone other than your library
2/2
Wild!!
July 28, 2024 3:57 a.m. Edited.
Casual-Player says... #29
Barrage of Banishment (rare sorcery)
Deal x damage split among any number of taget creatures. If a creature would receive damage equal to, or greater than its power or toughness, instead return that creature to its owners hand, (or instead exile that creature if this spell had only 1 target)
July 28, 2024 9:21 a.m.
Cave of Monsters
Land - Cave
: Add
: Add 2 mana of any color to your mana pool. You may only spend to mana to cast creature spells with cost 6 or greater.
Lets see another card that deals with big creatures, but isn't a big creature.
July 28, 2024 10:02 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #32
Domri, Heart of Rage
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Nonhuman creatures you control get +2/+2.
Creatures you control with mana value 6 or greater have haste.
Creatures you control with power 6 or greater have trample.
Creatures you control with toughness 6 or greater have first strike.
"There are two worlds in Ravnica! Their world, and OURS!"
2/2
Most 6mv creatures are 4/4s, so Domri makes them 6/6s so they have haste, trample and first strike while he himself does essentially nothing but sits pretty in one spot
Now you could pump his stats up to become a 6/6 and he would gain trample and first strike, but he would never give himself haste
The "correct" way to play him is to build a loadout on the battlefield, drop him in and swing for lethal
Make an Avenger of Zendikar but for another plane. Such as an Avenger of Innistrad or Avenger of Mirrodin.
It must be of a proper creature type for that plane, and must utilize one of that planes strongest keyword mechanics
July 28, 2024 11:11 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #33
Hey got a rules question...
Technically speaking, Sword of History and Mystery doesn't even cast the spell you've revealed. It just attaches.
Does that work? Just putting it onto the battlefield?
Or is that too broken? Maybe it should be cast? Idk then again it's supposed to be a mythic... Hmm...
July 28, 2024 12:29 p.m.
I’m basing mine partially off of the “soul of” creatures found in core set 2015, in addition to Avenger of Zendikar
Avenger of Ravnica
Creature: Elemental (Mythic)
Your creatures may help cast your spells by tapping. Each color in their mana value pays for and of each color in their mana value.
: Untap a creature
5/5
Make another Avenger for another plane
July 28, 2024 6:36 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #35
Avenger of Tarkir
Creature - Elemental
Dash -
Whenever Avenger of Tarkir enters the battlefield or attacks, you may put a card from your hand facedown on the battlefield as a 2/2 colorless creature. You may cast it at any time for its morph cost, which is equal to its mana cost.
When all of Tarkir roared out in war, Tarkir roared back.
5/5
Not sure how this would work. Dash returns the creature to your hand at the end of turn. I assume that means Avenger must be on the battlefield to structure the facedown creature with a morph cost?
So when Avenger leaves, they lose their morph ability?
Also, when Avenger enters again, do they retain that knowledge or have they lost it forever?
Who's to say...
Wild
July 28, 2024 10:31 p.m.
TypicalTimmy Cards like Bitterheart Witch and Stonehewer Giant suggest Sword of History and Mysteey works, although the wording might need a slight tweaking. Also, Avenger of Zendikar can be worded as two separate abilities, one for putting a card into play face down and one for casting face down cards, to clear up any confusion.
Omenpath Odyssey
Enchantment
Whenever a nontoken creature enters, shuffle it into its owner's library. That player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card with mana value less than or equal to that creature's mana value, then puts all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Create a Gnome.
July 28, 2024 10:52 p.m.
Resentful Gnome
Creature - Gnome
Riot
Whenever ~ enters the battlefield, you may have it fight target creature. If you do, ~ gains +X/+0 and First Strike, Where X is the difference is power of ~ and the chosen creature.
1/1
"For. The. Last. Time. I am not a dwarf, a halfling, or a fairy! I. AM. A. GNOME!"
Wild!
July 29, 2024 5:28 p.m.
The Handsome Rubber Soul
Legendary Creature: Human Rogue
Deathtouch
Whenever ~ takes damage, put that many +1/+1 counter on it
Whenever another creature dies, put a shied counter on ~
1/1
Make another Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure card
July 29, 2024 8:29 p.m.
Jotaro Kujo
Legendary Creature - Human
Ward
At the beginning of each combat, create a 5/4 legendary Stand creature token named Star Platinum with First Strike and "Whenever this creature attacks during a turn that is not an extra turn, take an extra turn after this one." Exile that token at the end of combat.
3/2
Create another stand user that manifests their stand as a temporary token.
July 30, 2024 4:42 a.m.
The Daring Jean Pierre Polnaref
Legendary Creature: Human Warrior
: Create a 2/3 legendary stand creature token named Silver Chariot with double-strike. The token enters with a shield counter on it. Activate this ability only once each turn
When ~ takes damage, if you control a creature named Silver Chariot, you may have that creature take the damage instead.
2/2
Make another Jojo character
July 30, 2024 1:51 p.m.
Iggy, Averse Mutt
Legendary Creature - Dog
Stand: The Fool (Whenever this creature enters, create a legendary colorless 1/1 Stand creature Token named The Fool. Whenever ~ leaves the battlefield, sacrifice any Stand Tokens you control created by ~.)
Whenever ~ or a Stand Token you control becomes the target of a spell or ability, you may change the target of that spell or ability to The Fool or Iggy. Whenever The Fool becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, it gains Indestructible until the end of the turn. At the beginning of each upkeep, you may tap a land you control. If you do, if you do not control a creature named The Fool, create a Stand Token named The Fool.
1/1
"Shut up! Don't ask me! I'm a dog! I can't talk! What are you, an idiot?"
Maybe a Jojo-inspired equipment or spell?
July 30, 2024 2:08 p.m. Edited.
Stunning Jacket
Artifact - Equipment
When this artifact enters the battlefield put a stun counter on target creature.
When equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, put a stun counter on target creature.
Equip - sacrifice a stand token or pay .
I don't know anthing about the show but that purple coat looks nice.
Wild.
July 30, 2024 9:08 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #43
Mockery of Fables
Enchantment Creature - Nightmare (Mythic)
When Mockery of Fables enters the battlefield, you may search your library for and reveal a Saga with mana value X or less and put it in your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Sagas you control are Nightmare enchantment creature with power and toughness equal to the number of lore counters.
Whenever a Saga you control has the final lore counter put upon it, instead of sacrificing it you may return it to your hand.
4/4
Obviously Mockery of Fables is meant for Eldraine, although it could also fit Theros and I suppose Dominaria in some regards?
So that'll be your next challenge: Create a card that feels like it strongly aligns with one plane, but could very reasonably be seen on multiple others.
A good example, if you are unsure, would be a cult-like Demon. Obviously that's for Innistrad, but it could be see on Ravnica under Rakdos. It could also reasonably be seen on Strixhaven, considering we literally had a cult summoning blood demons there.
July 31, 2024 1:56 a.m.
Casual-Player says... #44
hi that Omenpath Odyssey is interesting
"Whenever a nontoken creature enters, shuffle it into its owner's library. That player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card with mana value less than or equal to that creature's mana value, then puts all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of their library in a random order."
is the creature it finds actually put into play? + i mean what happens when that found/revealed creatures comes into play - does it keep looping? (would a creature ever end up in play?) (i can see it working nicely with Pandemonium) :o)
July 31, 2024 10:26 p.m.
Casual-Player I didn't get the best wording on that. It's not supposed to trigger on itself, and the new creature is supposed to enter. It should be
"Whenever a nontoken creature enters, if it didn't enter from this ability, shuffle it into its owner's library. That player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card with mana value less than or equal to that creature's mana value, puts that card on the battlefield, then puts all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of their library in a random order."
Otherwise, it just never stops cycling itself without actually doing anything, forcing a pointless draw.
August 1, 2024 1:24 a.m.
Reclaim the Rubble
Enchantment
When you lose unspent mana, create that many 1/1 white Citizen creature tokens.
As long as you have one or fewer cards in hand, creatures you control have haste.
"We have more than ruins. We have each other, and we have the will to survive."
Specifically intended for Amonkhet, but it could represent rebuilding Castle Ardenvale or the polis of Akros post-Invasion.
Create a card for a slum or rough part of town.
August 1, 2024 1:42 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #47
The Breaknecks
Legendary Creature - Lizard Devil Rhino
Menace
When The Breaknecks enters the battlefield, if it isn't a token, create X token copies of it.
Whenever The Breaknecks deals combat damage to an opponent, create a treasure token.
This permanent ignores the legend rule.
I see we gonna have a problem ove'a here...
3/4
Obviously meant as a gang for New Capenna, based in The Riveteers.
Let's see another card with the text "This permanent ignores the legend rule."
August 1, 2024 2:14 a.m. Edited.
Sasabek, The Grand Mirage
Legendary Creature - Illusion
Prowess
As long as it's not your turn, the legend rule doesn't apply to ~.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a token copy of ~.
3/3
Create a card that might be run in a Sasabek deck.
August 1, 2024 2:37 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #49
Mirrordome
Instant
When you cast Mirrordome, choose target permanent. Until end of turn, all permanents that share the same type are copies of the target permanent.
A hall of mirrors? That's adorable. Try a labyrinth, instead.
Target the commander, all creatures become him. Watch as your opponent (Who's turn it is) is forced to choose one and move the rest into their graveyard via state-based actions.
This deck honestly sounds like a lot of fun, so repeat.
August 1, 2024 3:02 a.m. Edited.
Casual-Player says... #50
Mandate of Grixis (enchantment)
If you control 2 or more creatures that share all 3 Grixis colours, you must save 1, and sacrifice the rest at end of turn.
If you do, target opponent takes 1 damage, target opponent loses 1 life, and target opponent discards a card.
requesting a card new Goblin-related card :)
philias says... #1
Arrogant Ogre
Creature: Ogre
Defender, Last-strike, death-touch
”I’ll give a freebie, hit me anywhere you like!”
6/7
Make a card with recover (When a creature is put into your graveyard from play, you may return this card to your hand by paying it’s recover cost. Otherwise exile this card)
July 25, 2024 1:12 a.m.