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.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #2
Dehydrating phytohydra 1GU
Creature - plant hydra
Trample
*enters the battlefield with six +1/+1 counters.
Whenever * would be dealt damage, instead prevent that damage and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
At the beginning of your endstep, remove X +1/+1 counters from *, where X is twice the number of +1/+1 counters put onto it this turn.
0/0
Creature a combi lord for snakes and nagas (other types may be added as well if it fits.
May 24, 2017 1:58 p.m.
Sylsen, Lord of Rebirth 2GUB
Legendary Creature-Naga 3/3
Whenever a snake or naga enters the battlefield under your control, put a scale counter on Sylsen
At your endstep, return target snake or naga with CMC less than or equal to the number of scale counters on Sylsen from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control.
lets have a card of some sort, only requirement is that is has to be 4 color
May 24, 2017 2:17 p.m.
LoneCrusader says... #4
Violent Command
Instant
Choose two -
Destroy target permanent.
Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn.
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
May 24, 2017 2:51 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #6
Urgent command 2GG
Instant
- can't be countered.
Choose two:
-Untap up to four target lands.
-spells you cast can't be countered this turn.
-Until end of turn, whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.
-target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
May 24, 2017 3:18 p.m.
Guardian of the marsh
Creature - Crocodile
Crocodiles you control have +2/-1 and have trample
3/2
Continuing on with the lord theme, lets go with a homunculus lord
May 24, 2017 5:51 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #9
Manufactured Marshal
Creature - Homunculus
Homunculus creatures you control have ", Discard an instant or sorcery card: Scry 1, then draw a card."
1/3
Make a card based on the creations of another user of this thread.
May 24, 2017 6:09 p.m.
The_Redpill says... #10
LoneCrusader399: 'make a 4 color command.'
seshiro_of_the_orochi: 'yeah I'll just make it green instead.'
Lol
From BetterLars post at the top of this page:
Simic Refactory
Legendary Artifact
Planeswalkers you control ignore the Planeswalker Uniqueness Rule.
(Basically Mirror Gallery for Planeswalkers)
Make a Planeswalker that is very broken with this card, but isn't obviously so
May 24, 2017 6:18 p.m.
Tempi, Mist Companion
Planeswalker - Tempi
+1: Exile target permanent you control. Whenever a creature attacks you or a plane walker you control, return that permanent to the battlefield under you control, then draw a card.
-2: You may not activate thus ability unless you control another planeswalker. Choose target permanent. Target opponent may have you draw cards equal to it's converted mana cost. If they do not, put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of that permanent.
-X-X: Each player exiles X permanents they control. You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your upkeep, return target permanent from exile to the battlefield under your control."
~ may be your commander. Partner.
3
~~~
Make another planeswalker with partner.
May 24, 2017 6:56 p.m.
*for the first and last abilities, make it other permanents you control.
May 24, 2017 6:58 p.m.
ManaChrome says... #13
Ishkir, Otherworld Seer
+1: Scry 1, Draw two cards.
-2: Tap target creature, it doesn't untap during it's owner's untap step. Then, return target creature to it's owner's hand.
-7: You get an emblem with, "All spells you control have "Cascade, Cascade."
Make an Innistrad legend for blue/green clues...
May 25, 2017 12:41 a.m.
ManaChrome says... #14
ishkir has partner and can be your commander btw... lol why do I always forget... and has 4 starting loyalty.... kill me now...
May 25, 2017 12:42 a.m.
zephramtripp says... #15
Tobin, Investigator Supreme
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue token, scry 2.
2/2
Make a friend for Graf Mole, i.e. another Mole creature.
May 25, 2017 1:22 a.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #16
The_Redpill: i guess i missread ;)
Gravedigger's familiar 3GB
Creature - mole zombie
When * enters the battlefield, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to you hand.
3GB: return * from your graveyard to your hand. If you do, exile a card from your graveyard.
3/5
Create an axolotl creature card .
May 25, 2017 4:05 a.m.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #17
Vitinyaz, the Walking Fish 2UU
Creature - Salamander Warrior
Vitinyaz, the Walking Fish cannot be blocked except by creatures with flying or islandwalk.
3/4
Create a creature named Kvothe the Bloodless with an ability that has exactly seven words in it.
May 25, 2017 4:17 a.m.
Kvothe the Bloodless
Lengenday Creature Human? Something?
Sacrifice seven creatures ; Destroy all (basic, if is not a word) lands
Sacrifice a land : create a red 1/1 human
Flying, Haste
3/2
more lan destruction but now fair and playable in standard
May 25, 2017 8:57 a.m.
The Name of the Earth 2RGB
Instant
Name a nonbasic land in play. Destroy all lands of that type.
Lets see a legendary creature, part dragon, part something else
May 25, 2017 9:34 a.m.
Disregard for Nature 1R
Sorcery
As an additional cost to Disregard for Nature sacrifice a land.
Destroy target land.
Wildcard
May 25, 2017 9:35 a.m.
Ninja' um
Dragonborn WR
Legendary Creature - Dragon Human
First Strike, Haste
R; Dragonborn gains +1/+0 until end of turn.
2/3
Wildcard
May 25, 2017 9:40 a.m.
ManaChrome says... #22
https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/complete/full/2017/5/25/1495703129574897.png
A card that makes Gold tokens! I.e. King Macar, the Gold-Cursed gold tokens...
May 25, 2017 10 a.m.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #24
Mines of Airom 3R
Sacrifice an untapped land: Create two colorless artifact tokens named Gold with "Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
Make a Legendary non-creature, non-planeswalker with the text "[This card] can be your commander."
May 25, 2017 11:48 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #25
Greedy Insurance
Enchantment
Whenever a nonland permanent is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, create a colorless artifact token named Gold. It has "Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."
Make another gold maker
May 25, 2017 11:50 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #26
Ninja'd!
The Unknown Statue
Legendary Artifact
~ can be your commander.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~ is in the command zone and you control 4 or more lands, tap all lands you control and put ~ onto the battlefield.
Whenever you cast a spell, exile it. If you do, gain control of target permanent that shares a card type with it chosen at random. Untap it.
Make another gold maker.
May 25, 2017 11:55 a.m.
Faiths_Guide says... #27
Just created:
Link: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/roguish-tact
NEXT: A card with (mega)Morph!
May 25, 2017 12:12 p.m.
Monte, the Swindler
Legendary Creature-Human Human Rogue
Megamorph
: Turn all creatures with Morph and Megamorph face down and shuffle their positions.
1/1
Make a red (can be 1 or more colors) tutor that specifically tutors burn spells.
May 25, 2017 12:30 p.m.
Chandra's Tutor
Sorcery
Search your library for a red instant or sorcery card and exile it, then shuffle your library. If a spell exiled this way could deal damage, you may cast it this turn
Make a blue card whose value grows exponentially over time
May 25, 2017 1:32 p.m.
BetterLars says... #30
In Loving Memory
Enchantment
Whenever you counter a spell put an essence counter on In Loving Memory, then scry X where X is the number of essence counters on In Loving Memory.
"I'll honor your spell by putting its power to better use"
Make an enchantment that turns a creature into a planeswalker
May 25, 2017 2:40 p.m.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #31
Ignition Key - 3WW
Enchant Creature
When Ignition Key enters the battlefield, enchanted creature gains a number of loyalty counters equal to its toughness, then loses all types and becomes a Planeswalker - Hero. Ignition Key loses "Enchant Creature" and gains "Enchant Planeswalker." If Ignition Key leaves the battlefield, destroy enchanted Planeswalker.
Enchanted Planeswalker gains:+1: Deal damage equal to the number of loyalty counters on enchanted Planeswalker to target creature.
Wow that's some tough design space. Probably still OP with only one ability.
Build a card that deals damage to planeswalkers.
May 25, 2017 2:56 p.m.
Slame Flash
Sorcery
CARDNAME deals 4 damage to target planeswalker
Design a card to combo with any card of your choice on page 50 of this discussion
May 25, 2017 3:32 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #33
Beads of Rosegem
Artifact
Whenever you draw a card, gain 3 life.
Pay 2 life: Put a card from your hand on the battlefield.
http://tappedout.net/mtg-forum/custom-cards/card-creation-challenge/?&p=50&page=50#c2762199
Find your first comment on this challenge and make a card that combos with it.
May 25, 2017 5:04 p.m.
tristanishappy says... #34
Original card: Fblthp, the Bait 1UW
Legendary Creature--homunculus
Skulk, Flash
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control alone return Fblthp, the Bait to its owner's hand, then each opponent sacrifices an attacking creature.
1/3
Fblthp's lore:http://mtg.gamepedia.com/Fblthp
Narrow Corridor
Instant
Target opponent chooses and attacking creature, return all other attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
(guarantees a kill their biggest creature)
Make a non-creature artifact that transforms into a planes-walker
May 25, 2017 10:07 p.m.
Misshapen Statue 6
Artifact
Planeswalkers you control enter the battlefield with an additional loyalty counter on them
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control 4 or more planeswalkers, exile Misshapen Statue and return it to the battlefield transformed
Observer of All
Planeswalker-Artifact Creature
Starting loyalty-6
-1 scry x, where X is the number of planeswalkers you control
-2 create 2 1/2 servo creature tokens
-6 exile target planeswalker, then return it to the battlefield with twice its number of starting loyalty counters
If all the loyalty counters would be removed from Observer of All, exile it and return it to the battlefield transform at the beginning of your next turn.
Create a creature, that transforms into an enchantment and when the enchantment is destroyed, leaves behind an artifact that interacts with an instant or sorcery in your graveyard
May 25, 2017 10:26 p.m.
Rifkin, Izzet Engineer
Legendary Creature- Goblin Rigger
: If you have cast an instant or sorcery this turn ~ gains a flux token. If ~ has five or more flux tokens, transform him.
1/2//////////////////////////////////
Flux Overload
Legendary Enchantment
Instant and sorceries you cast cost X less to cast where X is the number of flux counters on ~.
Remove a flux counter, : Copy the next instant or sorcery you cast this turn.
If ~ would be destroyed, it is exiled instead and you put X Scrap artifact tokens into play where X is the number of flux counters on ~. These Scrap tokens have ": Return an instant or sorcery from your graveyard to your hand".
May 26, 2017 10:17 a.m.
Next card: Make a card that encourages you to exile your own Permanente. How your card interacts with exile is up to you.
May 26, 2017 10:18 a.m.
zephramtripp says... #38
Bronn Branzebeard
Legendary Creature - Dwarf Warrior
If a creature you control entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of itself to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
2/4
Essential encourages blinking and flickering.
Make a black green card that uses prowess flavorfully.
May 26, 2017 12:07 p.m.
BetterLars says... #39
Necrophiliac
Creature - Zombie Wizard
Prowess
Whenever a card in your graveyard is the target of an instant of sorcery you cast return that spell to your hand at the end of the turn.
Sacrifice Necrophiliac: return all creatures you own from exile to your graveyard that were exiled this turn.
1/3
Make a card that makes crab tribal viable
May 26, 2017 12:21 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #40
Kingler
Creature - Crab Lord
If you control four or more Crabs, you may cast Kingler without paying its mana cost and as though it flash.
Each crab you control gets +X/+0, where X is its toughness, and gains
"When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."
0/4
Make a card that hits the Crab's weak spot for massive damage.
May 26, 2017 3:30 p.m.
joecool1299 says... #41
Touch of sigarda Instant
Choose any number of target creatures. Those creatures become any number of colors until end of turn.
Hey! We're almost up to 100 pages. Theee posts away.
Come up with a flavor for a card. A black hero, two armies clashing, etc. And then build his card around that:
May 26, 2017 6:28 p.m.
The_Redpill says... #42
Shelling Shot
Sorcery
Deal X damage to target creature. If that creature is a crab, flip ~ from a height of at least one foot onto the battlefield. It must spin at least once in the air. If ~ lands touching the head of the crab, it instead deals two times X damage to it.
A great turning point in the history of Japan.
Make a card based off of your favorite meme
May 26, 2017 8:44 p.m.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #43
Dropped Donuts
Instant - XXGG
Put X 1/1 ant creature tokens into play. Then, if an opponent has sacrificed a creature this turn, put X 1/1 ant creature tokens into play.
Because that's how you get ants.
Create a card around a character from the Archer TV show.
May 26, 2017 8:51 p.m.
Generic Mook
(1)
Creature - Human Mook
When Generic Mook enters the Battlefield, choose a color. Generic Mook becomes that color.
You may have any number of cards named "Generic Mook" in your deck.
If Generic Mook blocks or is blocked by a Legendary creature, Generic Mook becomes a 0/1 creature with no abilities until the end of the turn.
1/1
Another Mook!
... and for some reason, the forum wouldn't let me put in the proper mana symbol for 1 generic mana. Oh well.
May 30, 2017 1:27 a.m.
Gang of Mooks 3
Human Mook
Gang of Mooks is the color of the mana used to cast them. Gang of mooks can only attack or defend if another creature of the same color also attacks or blocks. Gang of mooks must be blocked if possible. Gang of mooks must block if possible. Gang of mooks cannot deal combat damage to players.
4/4
A new 'alternate win condition' card.
May 30, 2017 11:55 a.m.
BetterLars says... #47
Desperate Measures 2BW
Enchantment
When Desperate Measures enters the battlefield set your life total to 1.
You cannot gain life.
At the beginning of each endstep create a 1/1 black and white assassin creature token with deathtouch and "When this creature deals combat damage to a player they lose the game"
Make a card that affects drafting (as in a "when you draft this card" effect)
May 30, 2017 12:12 p.m.
Espionage Sphinx [4][U][U]
You may reveal CARDNAME as you draft it. If you do, each player reveals the card they drafted from this pack
If CARDNAME has been revealed, each player reveals each card they draft for the rest of the pack. When all cards from the pack have been drafted, turn CARDNAME face-down
Flying
5/5
Find a Making Magic or Latest Developments article that shows either an earlier version of a card or a card that was cut and take the design in a different direction
May 30, 2017 12:26 p.m.
zephramtripp says... #49
From here:
Cleopatra 1BBGG
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Creatures you control deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.
Whenever a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, create a 1/1 green Snake token.
2/5
Make a card that uses all the numbers in its post number. (meaning if you post right after this, it needs to include a 4, a 9, a 5, and a 6.)
May 30, 2017 1:17 p.m.
Pask, Vampire Alpha 6WB
Legendary elder vampire.
creatures you control are vampires.
Vampires gain flying and life link.
4: make a 2/2 white/black vampire token with death touch.
5/9
Make an artifact or enchantment that hurts tribal decks.
Bobbbyyy says... #1
Natural Echo
Sorcery
Exile target creature card from a graveyard then create 3 token copies of that creature except they have power and toughness 3/3 and are green elementals in addition to thier other types.
create a card to epitomize the idea "one step forward to steps back"
May 24, 2017 5:50 a.m.