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.
Davriel, Contract Enforcer
Legendary Planeswalker - Davriel
+1 Each player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
+1 When target creature attacks during its controller's next turn, put a -1/-1 counter on it.
-2 Destroy target creature that dealt damage this turn. You may use this ability any time you may cast an instant.
-9 Target player discards three cards. You control that player during their next turn.
4
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Falco Spara, Contract Arbiter
Legendary Creature - Bird Demon Advisor
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws one or more cards during your turn, you may put a shield counter on target creature.
Remove two counters from Falco: Each player reveals their hand. Exile a card from each player's hand.
When Falco leaves the battlefield, return all cards exiled with it to their owner's hands.
3/3
I'm imagining the contract twisting and courtroom antics between these two...
Same challenge.
January 27, 2025 3:49 a.m.
LunchBox1211 says... #3
Feather, Parhellion's Commander
Legendary Creature - Angel Warrior
Flying, first strike.
Whenever a creature you control with flying attacks, all attacking creatures you control get +1/+0 until your next end step.
1/2
Saheeli, Innovation's Outlet
Legendary Planeswalker - Saheeli
+2: Create a Colourless 1/1 Artifact Creature Thopter with flying.
-3: Scry 3, draw 2 cards, then discard a card.
-10: For each non-token creature you control, create a token that is a copy of that creature, except it is an Artifact in addition to its other types. These tokens gain haste.
4
Go back to the creature partners Battlebond set, and make a card that represents any pair (2 creatures, 1 card).
January 27, 2025 5:40 p.m.
LunchBox1211 says... #4
(And yes, that is a 2 mana Planeswalker that enters with 4 loyalty.)
January 27, 2025 5:41 p.m.
Pir and Toothy, Friends Forever
Legendary Creature:: Human Illusion
At the begining of your upkeep, draw cards equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on ~, then put a +1/+1 counter on target land you control.
3/3
Fun challenge! Wild
January 27, 2025 6:32 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #6
Does anybody know if we have a Planeswalker with "force" magic? Not like Jedi force, but like the physical compressive presence. Like force fields, pushing, blasts, etc? Closest I can think is Teyo, but he makes shields out of light, so I don't think that counts.
Elisa, Forcemage
Legendary Planeswalker - Elisa
+1 Tap target nonland permanent and put a stun counter on it. If it is a creature has flying, put two stun counters on it instead.
0 Deal 3 damage to target creature. If that creature is tapped and dies in this way, exile it instead.
-8 You get an emblem with "You and permanents you control have Ward ."
4
:)
Make a colorless card for Elisa, even if it's another Planeswalker card :D your choice!
January 27, 2025 8:48 p.m.
Ripple Sphere
Instant
Put a stun counter on each tapped creature
Make a black-hole elemental
January 27, 2025 8:57 p.m.
Elisa's Rebuke
Instant
Tap target nonplaneswalker permanent and remove all counters from it. Put a stun counter on it for each counter removed this way.
"A good use of energy."
Can we get a bit more information on Elisa's background TypicalTimmy?
Make a black-hole elemental (sorry for doubling up!)
January 27, 2025 9:02 p.m. Edited.
TypicalTimmy says... #10
Lol, removing all counters would kill the Planeswalker, KongMing. The stun counters wouldn't go anywhere :P
I think I'd rather leave lore for her up to the group, if users decide to explore her potential a bit more.
Voidloss Elemental
Creature - Elemental
As an additional cost, you may exile any number of permanents you control. Each exiled permanent pays for of Voidloss Elemental.
Ward
Whenever an opponent targets Voidloss Elemental, flip a coin. If heads, copy that spell or ability, then counter it. You may choose new targets.
"Good things come to those who wait? Why wait, when I can just take it by force?" - Elisa, Forcemage
8/8
Definitely had to do the cringeworthy pun in the flavor text lmao
More content for Elisa, or wild if you're not feeling it.
January 27, 2025 10:16 p.m.
That's why it targets nonplaneswalkers TypicalTimmy, it's a way of balancing the card.
January 27, 2025 10:42 p.m.
Elisa, Protective Protege
Legendary Creature - Human Sorcerer
Other nonland permanents you control have Ward .
When an opponent expends 4, you may counter target spell that targets you or a spell or permanent you control. If you do, exile Elisa, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control.
1/3
Elisa, Awakened Forcemage
Other nonland permanents you control have Ward .
+1: Put a shield counter on target permanent you control. Put a stun counter on target permenent you don't control.
-3: Tap or untap up to three target permanents.
-5: You get an emblem with "When a nonland permanent an opponent controls becomes tapped, put a stun counter on it." Exile Elisa, then return her to the battlefield (front face up).
3
How about more Elisa love? Or wild.
January 27, 2025 11:08 p.m. Edited.
Kinetic Space
Enchantment
Whenever a creature or artifact you don't control becomes untapped, put a +1/+1 counter or charge counter on target permanent you control.
: Proliferate.
Elisa lore prompt for the challenge. Let's say after being a Planeswalker for a while, Elisa took a huge risk and failed. Create a card based on this gamble. Was it bad luck, or was she sabotaged? What did she stand to gain or lose?
January 28, 2025 1:26 p.m.
Elisa's Mausoleum
Enchantment - Shrine
Counters can't be removed from creatures.
Counters can't be put on planeswalkers.
"Elisa's followers built her a shrine, to honor her sacrifice and safeguard her remains 'ere her foretold return." Scribe Alun of the Second Order
More on the Elisa's rise and fall. Who is her enemy? Why is she driven to protect others (Ward)?
January 28, 2025 11:21 p.m.
Sunburst Summoner
Creature - Human Cleric 1/1
, Sacrifice a creature, then create an X/X Prisim Elemental creature token that's all colors, where X is the sacrificed creatures power. It enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Converge-Whenever you spend 3 or more different colors of mana to activate an ability, copy that ability. You may choose now targets for the copy.
Everything with Elisa seems to be colorless so far, so why not have a few enemies that want all the colors.
Continue with more Elisa lore, or wild
January 29, 2025 7:35 a.m.
Ashon, The Crypt
Legendary Artifact Creature - Human Golem
If a permanent would leave a graveyard, exile it with Ashon, The Crypt instead.
When Ashon, the Crypt is dealt damage, you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, you may cast a card exiled with Ashon, the Crypt without paying its mana cost.
"'The dead have earned their rest, and they trust only me to know when their waking is needed. Find another graveyard necromancer.' - Ashon the Crypt to Liliana"
1/4
Having trouble following all the set cards so I went for a wild. Make a payoff card for Energy in Bant colors
January 29, 2025 9:12 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #17
Bant energy, eh?
Aetherwhirl Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying, vigilance
When Aetherwhirl Dragon enters the battlefield, you get four
Pay 4 , : When Aetherwhirl Dragon attacks, target permanent phases out until the beginning of your next turns end step.
Pay 8 , : When Aetherwhirl Dragon attacks, return each nonland permanent target player controls to their hand.
Pay 12 , : When Aetherwhirl Dragon attacks, after this turn you take an additional turn.
4/4
Let's see another 3-color, nonlegendary mythic. Doesn't have to be from Kaladesh or use Energy, btw
January 29, 2025 1:46 p.m.
Vayith of Vitality
Creature: Elemental
Flying
Whenever a creature you control with trample or flying does combat damage to a player, draw a card
; Put a Trample counter on ~
Whenever ~ becomes blocked, if it has trample, put 3 +1/+1 counter on it, then you may have it deal damage as though it weren't blocked.
3/3
Make another Vayith
January 29, 2025 7:20 p.m.
Vayith of Enigma
Creature - Elemental
Flying, Lifelink
Whenever you gain life, target player mills that many cards.
: Target player draws a card. Put a lifelink counter on up to one target creature.
3/3
Next Vayith, or wild.
January 29, 2025 7:40 p.m.
Crow_Umbra says... #20
Vayith of Vengeance
Creature - Elemental
Deathtouch, Vigilance
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to creatures you control.
Whenever you attack, create a tapped and attacking copy of up to one other target non-legendary creature you control. Exile that copy at the beginning of your end step.
: Put a Vigilance counter on up to one target creature you control.
3/2
Another Vayith or wild.
January 29, 2025 7:58 p.m.
Scholar of Noth
Creature: Vayith
Flying
When ~ enters, Surveil 3
1/1
Make another vayith or wild
January 29, 2025 8:06 p.m.
Vayith Hunter
Creature - Druid Warrior
Vayith Hunter gets +1 +1 for each ability among creatures your opponents control.
When Vayith Hunter enters, it fights target creature an opponent controls.
3/3
"'Power unchecked is harm done'- Vayith Hunter Creed"
Make something else from the Vaith Hunter druid society or wild
January 29, 2025 10:19 p.m.
Demented Archivist
Creature - Elemental Vayith
~'s power is equal to the number of cards in your graveyard minus the number of cards in your library.
~'s toughness is equal to the number of cards in your hand minus the number of cards in your graveyard.
/
How about another version of Ayli?
January 29, 2025 10:19 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #24
What are these Vayith? I can't find a single thing online about them.
Were they created here in this thread at some point?
January 29, 2025 11:06 p.m.
TypicalTimmy Interestingly enough, they appear to simply be 3-color, nonlegendary mythics that aren't necessarily from Kaladesh/Avishkar or use energy.
Ayli, Eight-Handed Cultist
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi Kor Cleric
Vigilance, deathtouch
Whenever a creature with power 8 or greater attacks, Ayli, Eight-Handed Cultist gains double strike and lifelink until end of turn.
As long as your life total is at least double your starting life total, Ayli, Eight-Handed Cultist gets +6/+6.
2/2
The Eldrazi taught her how to reach out and touch the hearts and minds of everyone she met.
Choose a flavor text you like or a random card's flavor text and create a new card based on that.
January 30, 2025 2:07 a.m.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #26
Goblin Defensive
Sorcery
Put X 1/1 red goblin creature tokens into play.
Cycling
When you cycle Goblin Defensive, put three 1/1 red goblin creature tokens into play. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.
"Hey, what do you MEAN 'they certainly are'???" - Squee, six weeks later
That was a great prompt. Let's do another flavor-text inspired card!
January 30, 2025 3:46 a.m.
Fortheboys11 says... #27
Werebear Sentry
Creature - Bear Archer
Deathtouch, Reach
: Werebear Sentry deals x damage to target creature with flying. Add an amount of equal to the excess damage dealt this way.
2/3
He, too, bears arms
Callback to Werebear
This is a great challenge, repeat
January 30, 2025 10:34 a.m.
Mage Choker
Artifact - Equipment
If an opponent would cast a spell during your turn, Mage Choker deals 5 damage to them.
Equipped creature gains, "If an opponent would search their library, instead put two +1 +1 counters on this creature."
Equip
"The funny thing about a Censor and a Morningstar is that doesn't take much effort to make them into the same weapon."
Based off an old favorite of mine, the flavor text on Stranglehold.
Repeat or Wild.
January 30, 2025 12:18 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #29
Rage at the World
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, this enchantment deals X damage to you, where X is the number of creatures you control.
Creatures you control have haste.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of your library. You may cast it until end of turn.
Repeat
January 30, 2025 12:34 p.m.
StarRushford says... #30
Endless Darkness
Creatures you control have deathtouch and skulk.
Pay 3 life: Destroy target creature.
Sacrifice a creature: Destroy Endless Darkness. Return it to the battlefield at end of turn. Any player may activate this ability.
IDK if I did well with that card. Oh well, repeat. Also, I'm back from hiatus!
January 30, 2025 2:13 p.m.
Since Squee was referenced, Ertai, the Corrupted
Saw Only Glory
Artifact Enchantment - Phyrexian
Indestructible
Whenever you pay life or sacrifice one or more creatures, put that many glory counters on ~.
When ~ has fifty or more glory counters on it, you win the game.
So I'm the forever DM and I use an NPC when I run in Ravnica called Flay Vertex (get it?). He's an Orzhov enforcer/bounty hunter who speaks only in MTG flavor text. Make him, and make me proud.
January 30, 2025 8:08 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #33
I'm sure he's Human but I can't get the picture of a half-Orc out of my mind for this. Adding "Advisor" for humor
Flay Vertex, Payment Enforcer
Legendary Creature - Human Orc Advisor
Lifelink, vigilance
All spells cost an additional amount of life to cast, equal to that spells mana value.
4/4
I'm at work and unable to think of appropriate flavor text at the moment. I wanted to make puns with various card names but I'm actually studying valve charts right now lol
Wild or repeat if I didn't do him justice
January 30, 2025 8:32 p.m.
TypicalTimmy I'm not one to say, but you did him justice fine
Groumphe, the Preserver
Legendary Creature: Wurm
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may sacrifice it. If you do, create a red spirit token with power and toughness equal to the sacrificed creature's power and toughness, and any keywords that creature had.
"Nothing is truly gone, only changed." Groumphe to Horsuts
4/8
I made Groumphe in the past, to act as a Ball Lightning tribal, but the original was far to convoluted and rigid. This design lets you keep those cards around longer and abuse deathtriggers more freely.
My challenge is to either:
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Remake a card (either one you made or an existing MTG card)
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Make a card for Horsuts
January 31, 2025 12:49 a.m.
StarRushford says... #35
My remake:
Ball Lightning
Do 3 damage to target creature or player, then 1 damage to each creature. At end of turn, before the cleanup phase, do 1 damage to each creature.
January 31, 2025 2:16 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #37
Box Cutter
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
, : Destroy target tapped creature with less power.
Equip
"Without us, you have nothing..."
This is meant for New Capenna.
Let me know if you understand the reference, though.
Wild
January 31, 2025 9:45 p.m.
markbeloit says... #38
Strands of Light
Sorcery
You gain 4 life. Draw a card.
You may cast a spell with mana value 4 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.
Make a creature.
February 1, 2025 1:03 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #39
Imagine having like two of those in hand for prerelease and you top deck a third lol
February 1, 2025 1:48 p.m. Edited.
arsh Monster
Creature: Beast
; creatues you control gain ", : Search your library for an island and put it onto the battlefield. Shuffle your library afterwords."
4/4
I had dreamt of this card some years ago.
Create a card of a dream you had
February 1, 2025 2:05 p.m.
markbeloit says... #41
Convergent Realities
Sorcery
Each player may put a permanent card from their hand onto the battlefield. Then for each permanent put onto the battlefield this way, if it did not have the highest mana value among permanents put onto the battlefield this way, or tied for the highest, return it to its owner's hand.
Not a specific dream, but dream-like, and dreams are weird.
Repeat.
February 1, 2025 4:33 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #42
One of the most badass dreams I've ever had was this.
I was at a KISS / ACDC concert. The sky was at sundown and the crowd was in the thousands. In the dream, KISS was playing and singing ACDC's Thunderstruck.
Out of nowhere, a Boeing 747 crashed into the crowd. The plane didn't erupt into a fireball of mangled steel and debris. Instead it was like one of those Hollywood crashes where the plane remains (mostly) in tact.
From this plane, hundreds of zombies poured out and began to devour everyone while music remained in the background.
For some reason the dream very abruptly chamfered into not only Humans vs Zombies but also racially, blacks against whites.
The dream ended with a large black man firing a 12 gauge into my chest at point blank range. I still remember waking up from the dream, profusely sweating and my chest was killing me.
Timmy's Badass Dream
Legendary Enchantment
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a crewed vehicle that you control.
When Timmy's Badass Dream enters the battlefield, put a number of Rock-n-Roll counters on it equal to the Crew cost of the sacrificed vehicle.
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a number of 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens equal to the number of Rock-n-Roll counters on Timmy's Badass Dream.
I understand not many people can remember their dreams, so wildcard is fine
February 1, 2025 8:03 p.m.
markbeloit says... #43
Devouring Hydra
Creature - Hydra
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
Haste
Whenever Devouring Hydra attacks, exile three cards from among graveyards. If you can't put a +1/+1 counter on Devouring Hydra.
4/3
Wild.
February 1, 2025 9:54 p.m.
The Brilliance
Image of an angler fish lure and the faintly visible teeth of an angler fish
Legendary Creature: Fish
The radiance is described as a ball of floating light in the pitch-black. It is said that the brilliance knows everything that has happened, is happening, and will ever happen. Many journey to the dark-sea for consolence, though few return. Those who return are noticeably different: more confident, more cunning, more calm - whatever they previously lacked.
3/3
The Steadfast
Image of a seahorse swimming quickly through coral, surrounded by oysters and squid and lionfish
Creature: Fish
If your commander is The Radiance, this creature gets +3/+1. Otherwise, this creature has no abilities.
Whenever a creature you control kills another creature in a fight, put three +1/+1 counters on that creature.
1/3
The Adored
Image of a lionfish on a coral stage surrounded and admired by seahorses and lionfish
Creature: Fish
If your commander is The Radiance, this creature gets +1/+3. Otherwise, this creature has no abilities.
Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, when it does combat damage to a player, each opponent loses that much life.
3/1
The Fulfilled
Image of an oyster admiring a pink pearl
Creature: Fish
If your commander is The Radiance, this creature gets +1/+1, otherwise this creature has no abilities.
At the begining of your upkeep, if you control three or more lands, gain 3 life for every two lands you control.
1/1
I like the idea of The Brilliance being a brick in their own deck, similar to High Evolutionary in Marvel Snap. Like High Evolutionary, The Brilliance awakens the hidden talents of otherwise unremarkable creatures. I want to divide it into three archetypes: Tron, Landfall, and Fighting.
wild (If you're feeling up to it, make another card for The Brilliance)
February 1, 2025 9:55 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #45
:3
If you have a pet card you've designed in the past, make something for it.
Otherwise, wild.
February 2, 2025 12:57 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #46
This is a design I made before that I'm quite proud of. Maybe it fits Acorn?
Nastja befriends Acorn
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, create a number of Food tokens equal to the number of legendary permanents you control.
Sacrifice X foods, tap an untapped legendary creatures you control: Create X 1/1 green squirrel creature tokens. If X is 2 or greater, draw 2 cards, then return this enchantment to its owner's hand.
Wild.
February 2, 2025 4:58 a.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #47
Totally forgot the "shuffle your library" line on SG lol
I would love it if WOTC condenses
"Search your library for ~, reveal it, put it into your hand and shuffle your library."
With,
"Tutor ~."
February 2, 2025 12:16 p.m.
TypicalTimmy says... #48
Supreme Gearhulk
Legendary Artifact Creature - Construct
Supreme Gearhulk has all keyword abilities of each other Gearhulk you control.
Whenever another Gearhulk enters under your control, copy it's enter the battlefield ability. You may choose new targets.
When this creature enters, tutor a creature card with Gearhulk in its name. Create a token copy of it. It gains haste. Exile it at the end of turn.
8/7
In Aetherdrift we only got half of the Guild cycle, and I'm sure we'll probably get the rest in Precons.
That would be, with mono-colors, 15 Gearhulks. Add a colorless one for 16 to round it out and that is far more than enough for a Precon helmed by Supreme Gearhulk.
Make another Precon commander with a very clear deck design
February 2, 2025 12:25 p.m.
TheoryCrafter says... #49
Aetherdrift
Enchantment
Start Your Engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max Speed is 4.)
Shroud
At the beginning of each player's end step, that player gets mile counters equal to their speed. The first player to get 30 or more mile counters wins the game.
Outside the United States, this card says Kilometer counters.
Ninja'd! See above.
February 2, 2025 12:56 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #50
Mileva, Boros Strike-Leader
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Vigilance, First Strike
Sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast, where X is the number of other sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
2/2
"Proper preparations don't usually replace speed. But if you're that prepared..."
Tajic, to Mileva
Repeat
TypicalTimmy says... #1
Sarkhan, Master of Dragons
Legendary Planeswalker - Sarkhan
+1 Sarkhan deals 4 damage to any target. If a creature or planeswalker would die in this way, exile it instead.
0 Until end of turn, Sarkhan becomes a 6/6 Dragon creature with flying and haste in addition to his other types. Prevent all combat damage dealt to him.
-7 Create five token copies of up to one target Dragon you control. If you do not control any Dragons or do not wish to target one you do control, create five 4/4 red Dragon creature tokens with flying instead.
4
Narset, Master of Fate
Legendary Creature - Human Monk
Flying, vigilance
Prowess 2 (Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery, Narset gains +2/+2 until end of turn)
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery with mana value 3 or greater, scry 1. If it has a mana value 6 or greater, scry 1 and draw a card instead.
2/3
Repeat
January 27, 2025 12:55 a.m.