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.

TypicalTimmy says... #1

Repeat because while I did make a card that shows "calm", it didn't show "peaceful"

September 25, 2024 7:03 p.m.

Made_Compleat says... #2

Momentary Truce

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each player chooses a creature they control and draws cards equal to its power.


I was inspired by the Christmas Truce of 1914.

Make another historical event as a card.

September 25, 2024 7:27 p.m.

legendofa says... #3

Unseal the Tomb

Sorcery

Kicker - Discard a card.

Scry 2, then draw two cards.

If Unseal the Tomb was kicked, instead scry X, where X is the number of artifact cards in your graveyard, then draw two cards.


Howard Carter paid the kicker. Geraldo Rivera didn't.

Create a card that shows an inheritance or heirloom.

September 25, 2024 8:22 p.m.

markbeloit says... #4

Inheritance of Swords

Sorcery

Return target quipment card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You may attach it to target creature you control.


Wild.

September 25, 2024 11:25 p.m.

TheForsakenOne says... #5

Uroro, the King Majik

Legendary Creature - Avatar

Flying, Trample

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

When Uroro dies, the controller of a creature that dealt damage to it this turn or a spell or ability that targeted it this turn creates a token that's a copy of it, except it's an enchantment instead of its other types.

5/5

Pierce my heart and my strength is yours -Trial of Uroro


Go read Ichi the Witch. It's really good and I'm not letting another good series get canceled in its cradle if I can help it.

Create a Legendary creature based on a new Series/Movie/Book/ETC that you've consumed

September 25, 2024 11:41 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #6

Stendarr, God of Righteous Might

Legendary Creature - God

Red and black spells cost more to cast.

Creatures you control get +3/+3 and have vigilance.

Creatures you control have deathtouch when dealing combat damage to Daedra, Demons, Devils, Dragons, Goblins, Horrors, Imps, Nightmares, Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies.

2/3


Repeat

September 26, 2024 10:03 a.m.

legendofa says... #7

Cuhead, Conqueror of the Tide

Legendary Artifact Creature - Snake Construct

When Cuhead, Conqueror of the Tide enters, put a bounty counter on up to one target creature.

Whenever Cuhead deals combat damage to a creature with a bounty counter, put a +1/+1 counter on Cuhead. When that creature dies this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

3/3


Context Show

Create a three-color, non-black legendary Phyrexian.

September 26, 2024 11:38 p.m.

Sporefog Thrinax

Creature - Phyrexian Lizard

Devour 2

When ~ dies, create X 1/1 black phyrexian saproling creature tokens with Toxic 1, where X is equal to this creatures power.

1/1


Create an Abzan colored creature that has a way to recurr itself.

September 27, 2024 2:04 a.m. Edited.

Btw, I flunked the challenge, so please do it correctly instead of doing my request.

September 27, 2024 2:06 a.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #10

Perfected Sentinel

Creature - Phyrexian Monk

Toxic 3

Vigilance, haste

2/3


See above

September 27, 2024 2:43 a.m.

moo1234 says... #11

Eternal Seige Rhino

Creature - Rhino

When ~ enters the battlefield each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

When another card named ~ enters your graveyard return this card to your hand

"Oh for Ugin's sake not another one"

4/5


I don't know if anyone has watched Rhystic studies video on Seige Rhino. This is meant to act as the proverbial 10th seige rhino.

Make an old style OP card when the relative values of resources weren't necessarily well understood like Tolarian Academy

September 27, 2024 10:30 a.m.

Fractured Foresight

Enchantment

Discard a card, mill a card, sacrifice a creature, pay 2 life: Draw 3 cards, then discard two cards.


Create a sac outlet.

September 27, 2024 12:44 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #13

Shilgengar's Bargain

Enchantment

Sacrifice a nonland permanent: Search your library for a permanent with the same type(s) and mana value and put it into the battlefield. You lose X life, where X is the mana value of the permanent plus the number of times you've activated this ability this turn.

"Witness perfection, dear Edgar..."


So I just learned that Edgar Markov created the vampires on Innistrad by bleeding out the angel Marycz and giving her blood to the nobles.

Apparently she does not have a card, so give her one.

September 27, 2024 1:07 p.m.

Marycz, Doomed Protector

Legendary Creature - Elder Angel

Flying, Vigilance, Protection from Black and from Red

, exile ~: Put three +1/+1 counters on each nontoken human creature you control. Those creatures become vampires in addition to their other types.

5/7


Wild

September 28, 2024 1:55 a.m.

adamf9898 says... #15

Marycv, the AI mtgBot {2}{W}{B} Legendary Creature – AI Human Angel Demon Mythic MRPG 2/4 Flying, Menace, Lifelink Whenever ~ Marycv enters, exile the top two cards of an opponent’s library. You may put any card in any exile onto the battlefield if you control another AI, Human, Angel, or Demon. Otherwise, You get an emblem with

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September 28, 2024 2:05 a.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #16

Omenpath

Plane - (left intentionally blank)

As you venture to this plane and at the beginning of your upkeep, you may play a land from your hand. That land enters the battlefield tapped.

{Chaos} Whenever chaos ensues, shuffle all plane cards back into the deck and reveal the top three. You may choose which plane to venture to next. Put the remaining two on the bottom of the deck in a random order.


Make a another card for a format other than Commander / EDH and tell us what it was intended for if it wasn't obvious (as mine was for Planechase)

These obviously include Standard, Modern, Vintage and Legacy but let's not forget Draft, Penny Dreadful, Oathbreaker, Two-Headed Giant, Archenemy, Planechase and whatever else I may be forgetting. :)

September 28, 2024 3:23 a.m. Edited.

Asder says... #17

Bathe in Blood

Sorcery

If a creature died under you or a teammates control this turn, draw 2 cards and lose 2 life.

Then if 3 or more creatures under you or a teammates control died this turn, create 3 Blood tokens.

Then if 5 or more creatures under you or a teammates control died this turn, each opponent sacrifices three creatures.

Then if 13 or more creatures under you or a teammates control died this turn, each opponent loses 20 life and you and your teammates gain 20 life.


Fiery Gambit has always appealed to me design wise as a fairly cheap sorcery that can do something regular, but has inbuilt potential to go crazy and win the game if you push it.

Make another card that is impacted by what your teammate is doing.

September 28, 2024 5:04 a.m.

Bombastic Side-Eye

Kindred Artifact - Eye

You may look at the top card of the libraries of other players on your team at any time.

During your turn, you may cast spells from the top of the libraries of other players on your team.

: Another player on your team gains control of ~.


Create a legendary siren in either Grixis or Jeskai colors.

September 28, 2024 10:54 a.m.

legendofa says... #19

Liaphe, Voice of Fascination

Legendary Creature - Siren

Flying

Players can't untap more than one creature during their untap step.

At the beginning of each player's end step, Liaphe, Voice of Fascination deals 1 damage to each tapped creature that player controls.

3/3

"One by one, our soldiers keep throwing themselves overboard. We came prepared to fight monsters and horrors, not beauty." --Ship's log of the Balouko


Create a broken-down house, blighted farm, or other sort of messed-up place.

September 28, 2024 3:32 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #20

Oh so my bedroom, LOL

Nah I'm just kidding :p


Nowhere


If you understand the reference, make another card for it.

If not, make a legendary horror.

September 28, 2024 4:52 p.m.

philias says... #21

Very Naughty

Sorcery

Target attacking creature gets -0/-5 until end of turn

With love, Fred


Wild

September 29, 2024 4:19 p.m.

griffstick says... #22

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More cards for deans deck.

Hope you all like them.

I want to see some cards for Dean's deck.

Challenge choose one

• make a card that benefits from being damaged.

• make a card that benefits from entering the battlefield from anywhere other than your hand

• make a card that fights and/or benefits from fighting.

September 29, 2024 4:29 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #23

griffstick, can you post Dean's card so we can see the color(s) and theme(s)?

September 29, 2024 4:52 p.m.

moo1234 says... #24

Sylex Reforged

Legendary artefact

When ~ enters the battlefield Sacrifice it.

Escape Exile 2 other cards from your graveyard

When Sylex reforged escapes Exile all cards originally printed in New Phyrexia or Phyrexia all will be one.

"The sylex has a long history dating back to the great Thran Empire, It was used to end the brothers was and has been used to destroy Phyrexians before. Today we do it again"-Karn to Saheeli Rai


The original Golgothian Sylex is memorable and flavourful card which given its massive significance to the lore is very appropriate. When Urza used this weird plate looking thing it destroyed an entire continent.

I feel like Karn's Sylex and The Filigree Sylex didn't quite do the card justice.

also it surprised me that Golgothian Sylex is actually tournament legal. this is fully an okay thing to print on a card but it does feel a bit meta.

make an artifact creature god

September 29, 2024 6:24 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #25

Cylax, God of The Machines

Legendary Artifact Creature - God

Affinity for artifacts

Artifact creatures you control get +1/+1 and Ward for each legendary artifact you control.

Whenever you cast a legendary artifact spell, copy it. The token isn't legendary.

6/7


Repeat. But this time it can't be colorless.

I'd like to see what others can come up with.

September 29, 2024 7:22 p.m.

griffstick says... #26

Here's Dean's deck enter link description here

September 29, 2024 8:43 p.m.

Made_Compleat says... #27

Inceptus, Avatar of Invention (Color indicator: )

Legendary Artifact Creature - God Avatar

Whenever you look at cards from your library, if Inceptus is among the cards looked at this way, you may reveal it and pay . When you do so, cast Inceptus without paying its mana cost.

Ward

Spells you cast have affinity for artifacts.

, reveal Inceptus from your hand: Shuffle it into your library, then scry x.

7/5


Simic Legendary Artifact Creature - God.

September 29, 2024 9:34 p.m.

Asder says... #28

Fortitudus, Avatar of Augmentation

Legendary Artifact Creature - God

~ costs less for each counter you have placed on permanents and players this turn.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove all counters from a permanent or player. If you do, put twice that many counters of each type removed on another target permanent or player.

, Discard ~: Proliferate.

2/10


Create a card that flips coins or rolls dice

September 30, 2024 3:21 a.m.

Cirdan13 says... #29

Unidentified Potion

Artifact

, Sacrifice ~: Flip a coin and roll a D20. If you win the flip, gain life equal to half the die roll rounded up. If you lose the flip, lose life equal to half the die roll rounded up.


I decided to make a card that did both. Anyway, make another potion.

September 30, 2024 6 a.m.

griffstick says... #30

Fun fact we've done the potions before. They all came out well. I'll share them.

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Let's do a 2 color potions cycle

September 30, 2024 9:58 a.m.

Made_Compleat says... #31

Philter of Rot

Artifact

Sacrifice Philter of Rot: The next time target creature would die this turn, return it to the battlefield under your control with two -1/-1 counters on it.


Make another two-colored potion

September 30, 2024 10:58 a.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #32

Tonic of Beastial Strength

Artifact - Potion

Discard a creature card, , sacrifice this artifact: Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a copy of the discarded creature card.

Bones, fur, claws, venom... scales, wings, horns and phlegm... acid, maws, spines and fangs... All of these, these monstrous things...


I am in love with that flavor text btw

Repeat, or create a legendary giant for Alara.

September 30, 2024 1:11 p.m. Edited.

Blade1945 says... #33

Vial of Deceit

Artifact - Potion

At the beginning of your upkeep you lose life equal to the amount of creatures you control

Pay 5 life: Target opponent gains control of Vial of Deceit and cannot activate this ability unless they pay 10 life or

All it takes is a spot of hospitality, a hint of deceit, and a whole lot of drugs...


Either make an Alfred and Batman commander with partner or make another potion

October 2, 2024 10:19 p.m.

Potion of Frozen Heart

Artifact

When ~ enters, tap target creature you don't control and put a stun counter on it.

, , sacrifice ~: Proliferate X times, where X is the number of tapped creatures.


Create another potion or a Dimir partner with pairing.

October 3, 2024 2:39 a.m. Edited.

TypicalTimmy says... #35

Batman, Vengeance

Alfred Pennyworth


I went with Esper instead; I hope that is okay?

I did this to meet both challenges 33 and 34 simultaneously.


Welp, wouldn't be a precon without Joker and Harley Quinn. So make them.

If we following Guild partners that make a shard or wedge, I'd suggest Joker being Rakdos and Harley Quinn being Izzet.

I know, color-wise Harley should be Rakdos as those are "her colors", but Joker is the prince of chaos and Quinn is an insane genius, so I think we can let it slide.

Besides, her new color pallet is anyway.

October 3, 2024 3:12 a.m.

moo1234 says... #36

I think chaos and genius work for both joker and harley. And it does feel odd them not both being rakdos but lets go with it anyway


Joker, Prince Of Chaos

Legendary Creature - Human

All cards in all players hands have madness. the madness cost is equal to their mana cost reduced by

Whenever a token enters the battlefield flip a coin if heads gain control of that token

Partner with Harley Quinn, Obsessed Scientist

3/5

"Hehehe why so serious"


Harley Quinn, Obsessed scientist

Legendary Creature - Human Scientist

Haste , menace

~ cannot be blocked by creatures with toughness 3 or more

Whenever ~ deals combat damage to a player if you control Joker, Prince of Chaos that player discards their hand and adds to their mana pool. they may cast spells this turn as if they had flash

3/1

"My puddin'"


These may be rubbish but they're definitely chaotic.

next challenge. in your choice of colours create Emmet and Wildstyle from the lego movie

October 3, 2024 9:33 a.m.

moo1234 says... #37

I meant to get rid of this line on the joker "All cards in all players hands have madness. the madness cost is equal to their mana cost reduced by "

October 3, 2024 9:34 a.m.

moo1234 says... #38

and harley Quinn has partner with The Joker, Prince of Chaos,

I need to proof read these better

October 3, 2024 9:35 a.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #39

Emmet and Wildstyle

Legendary Artifact Creature - Construct Artificer

Artifact spells you cast cost less for each of the colors in its casting cost.

Treasure you control have ", sacrifice this artifact: Add ."

Pay X , : Search any zone for an artifact you control with mana value X or less and put it into the battlefield. Shuffle your library if it was searched. Activate this ability only once and only during your upkeep.

4/5


Wild

October 3, 2024 3:46 p.m.

legendofa says... #40

Spark Raider

Creature - Elemental Goblin

Haste

Whenever Spark Raider deals combat damage, sacrifice it. If you do, it deals 2 damage to any target.

1/1


Create another weird little creature.

October 3, 2024 4:04 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #41

Bouncing Beebles

Creature - Beeble

When Bouncing Beebles enters the battlefield, if it isn't a token, create X token copies of it.

Indestructible, ward , defender

, return Bouncing Beebles to its owners hand: Scry 1.

-50/2


No, that isn't a typo. It's power is actually negative fifty. This means if you somehow gave them all +50/+50 it would only become a 0/52.

Meant so they you can't have an army of indestructible high power creatures, without a tremendous amount of work.


Fun challenge. It was nice using a forgotten tribe for once.

That's your next challenge. Make something for a creature type you don't recognize from this list

October 3, 2024 6:25 p.m.

griffstick says... #42

If you were to gain life equal to its power would you lose 50life

October 3, 2024 6:29 p.m.

legendofa says... #43

griffstick No, outside of of some weird and special cases, negative power is treated as zero power. It also doesn't make opponents gain 50 life when it hits.

October 3, 2024 8:41 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #44

Char-Rumbler has negative power with rules associated for it, meaning it's already established how it works.

October 3, 2024 8:54 p.m.

Asder says... #45

Bloated Scion

Creature - Eldrazi Scion

Devoid (This card has no colour)

When Bloated Scion leaves the battlefield, create a 1/1 colourless Eldrazi Scion creature token with "Sacrifice this creature: add to your mana pool"

Sacrifice Bloated Scion: add to your mana pool

2/2


As far as I'm aware there are no existing scions that aren't tokens.

The other creature type I was considering was Flagbearer, create a creature with that type.

October 4, 2024 4:28 a.m.

Taunting Chanter

Creature - Siren Flagbearer

While an opponent is choosing targets as part of casting a spell they control or activating an ability they control, that player must choose at least one Flagbearer on the battlefield if able.

Whenever ~ becomes the target of a spell or ability, you may exile target creature you control. If you do, return that card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

2/4


Create a legendary siren in esper colors.

October 4, 2024 9:37 a.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #47

Mioxitheles the Soulsire

Legendary Enchantment Creature - Siren

Flying, deathtouch

Whenever you would draw one or more cards, you may instead Surveil 3.

Discard or sacrifice a land, : Gain control of target creature until end of turn with mana value equal to or less than the number of lands in your graveyard. Untap it, it gains haste.

3/4


Wild

October 4, 2024 4:03 p.m.

Asder says... #48

Whorl-Witness Scarecrow

Artifact Creature - Scarecrow

Menace

Delirium - , Sacrifice Whorl-Witness Scarecrow: For up to four different card types, return a card of that type from your graveyard to your hand.

2/1


Create a card that has the text "A deck can have any number of cards named ~"

October 5, 2024 4:48 a.m.

Pestmite

Artifact - Pest Construct

A deck may contain any number of cards named ~.

Affinity for Artifacts

0/1


This feels stupid powerful, once more o.O


Create a golgari vehicle commander.

October 5, 2024 1:27 p.m.

TypicalTimmy says... #50

Ironwood, the Dreadwillow

Legendary Creature - Zombie Treefolk Wizard

Defender

Ironwood may crew vehicles using its toughness rather than it's power.

Whenever Ironwood crews a vehicle, you may pay life equal to twice that vehicles crew cost. If you do, that vehicle becomes a creature in addition to its other types.

3/9


I went through a few different designs but ultimately wanted to create some type of zombie that would somehow gain control of vehicles. After several races and designs, I settled on the idea of a zombie Treefolk encroaching it's roots into vehicles and imbuing them with some sort of quasi-necromantic energies that allowed it to gain control of vehicles as extensions of its own being.

This design took three different attempts as I tried to figure out how to make it's effects permanent while adhering to the rules of crewing. Rather than say something is "permanently crewed" or using counters with "This creature gets" paragraphs, I opted for the much cleaner "becomes a creature"

I then had to think of a way to ensure Ironwood could actually crew something. I had gone around with +1/+1 counters but that could potentially become an infinite loop and thus

  • u n l i m i t e d
  • p o w a h

So I opted for it's toughness being what metric is used, rather than it's power.

Between the strange necromantic energies and the high toughness, that feels Golgari to me, despite being a major color pie break as neither color should care about artifacts in this way.

All that's to say, this went over 6 or 7 revisions so I hope you all enjoy it <3


Whew... Make a non-legendary Jeskai dragon. Any setting is fine; Doesn't have to be Tarkir.

October 5, 2024 2:47 p.m.

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