Overcomplicated Card Designers Needed!
Custom Cards forum
Posted on April 10, 2015, 6:34 p.m. by FAMOUSWATERMELON
First of all, not entirely sure if this should go in Challenges, but I figured that this is mostly custom cards, so... Sorry in advance Epoch.
I want you guys to create some complicated cards. And not just complicated, but terribly overcomplicated cards with multiple interactions. Also, please no joke cards guys. GO!
lemmingllama says... #5
I Do Silly Things - 
Legendary Enchantment
Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.
If you would draw a card, instead exile the top two cards of your library face down.
Whenever you cast a spell, exile your hand face up, then return all cards exiled face down from I Do Silly Things to your hand. Exile all cards exiled face up from I Do Silly Things face down.
April 10, 2015 6:59 p.m.
I just noticed how similar lemmingllama's and I cards are.
April 10, 2015 7:02 p.m.
contracrostipunctus says... #8
My inspiration is a card I wish they would revisit, Camouflage. I love the concept, the execution is just a little wonky because of the later introduction of Morph and face-down cards. But now here's a much wonkier version that tries to introduce Morph and multiplayer instead of working around it!
Tigerstripe Camouflage - Enchantment - 2GG
During your declare attackers step, you may choose any number of creatures to attack. For each opponent, declare which creatures are attacking them and put them in a face down pile. Shuffle each pile made this way. Your opponent may choose any number of creatures to block. After blockers are declared, remove the top card of each attacking pile and put it on the battlefield face down being blocked by a creature that opponent controls. If a blocker has already been assigned to a face-down card this way, the attacking creature is unblocked instead. At the end of this Declare Blockers phase, turn all cards that were turned face-down during your Declare Attackers phase face-up. If this produces an illegal block, such as a non-flying creature blocking a flying creature, prevent all combat damage dealt to the attacking creature and assign its combat damage as though it were not blocked.
April 10, 2015 7:04 p.m.
Lordjorenby says... #9
Spellteaming
3WB
Legendary Tribal Enchantment - Shapeshifter
When Spellteaming enters the battlefield, remove target noncreature permanent from the game until end of turn.
Instant and Sorcery spells you control have banding. (They may be declared as blockers as they are cast. If a creature with trample is blocked this way, X of its combat damage is assigned to the spell, where X is the difference between its CMC and the spell's CMC. Spells dealt damage this way become Y/Y creatures with no abilities, where Y is the number of spells cast this turn plus 2. They gain "whenever this creature is damaged, you may sacrifice it. If you do, exile the spell and then cast it from exile without paying its mana cost. You lose life equal to its CMC minus Z, where Z is the number of creatures you control that were placed on the battlefield as a result of spells being dealt damage by trample.
Whenever you cast a spell during combat, choose target creature you control. It gains B of the following abilities, chosen at random, where B is the number of spells played since the beginning of the last turn:
Lifelink, Banding, Substance, Bands with Others, Double Strike, Deathtouch, Absorb 3, Fateseal 1, Defender, Rampage 4, Outlast.
April 10, 2015 7:06 p.m.
contracrostipunctus says... #11
Edit:
Tigerstripe Camouflage - Enchantment - 2GG
During your declare attackers step, you may choose any number of creatures to attack. For each opponent, declare which creatures are attacking them and put them in a face down pile. Shuffle each pile made this way. Your opponent may choose any number of creatures to block. After blockers are declared, remove the top card of each attacking pile and put it on the battlefield face down being blocked by a creature that opponent controls for each card in the pile of attacking creatures. If a blocker has already been assigned to a face-down card this way, the attacking creature is unblocked instead. At the end of this Declare Blockers phase, turn all cards that were turned face-down during your Declare Attackers phase face-up. If this produces an illegal block, such as a non-flying creature blocking a flying creature, prevent all combat damage dealt to the attacking creature and assign its combat damage as though it were not blocked.
April 10, 2015 7:07 p.m.
Another really odd card. Great idea FAMOUSWATERMELON, this is really fun.
April 10, 2015 7:16 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #13
I'll read them later, but they look awesome so far guys!
April 10, 2015 7:19 p.m.
Mana Accountants: 0
Global Enchantment
When Mana Bankers enters the battlefield, each player puts a token enchantment called "ledger" onto the battlefield with two counters on it set to 10, one on the left side, and one on the right side, and the following abilities:
2: Increase the left counter by 1 and decrease the right counter by 1.
Increase the right counter by 1 and decrease the left counter by 1: add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
If, at any time the sum of both counters does not equal 20, you receive an emblem called "White Collar Crime," which reads "skip your turn unless you sacrifice a land, discard a card, and pay 1 life."
"Nobody screws with MY Ledgers!"
Cycling: 0
April 10, 2015 7:24 p.m.
Egann I assume the player who's emblem had the counters equal to something other than 20 receives the White Collar Crime, otherwise you just gave each opponent a way to get 10 free mana of any color without any downside to themselves.
April 10, 2015 7:32 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #17
God Kryzis, you're on fire... Some wording needed there, but it looks delicious. I'm going to start designing my own now :)
April 10, 2015 7:40 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON I think you'll appreciate the last one, 107 words in the text, more than Dance of the Dead's oracle text. I can't imagine what this card's would be.
April 10, 2015 7:41 p.m.
Whoops, ninja'ed there. The wording on the last one was really hard to think of.
April 10, 2015 7:41 p.m.
SimicPower says... #20
New Doom Blade 1B
Instant
Choose target non-black creature.
Put a 1/1 creature token with deathtouch, shroud, first strike, and haste onto the battlefield. Immediately after New Doom Blade resolves, take an additional combat phase. This token must attack the targeted creature's controller, and no other creatures can attack. Untap the targeted creature. It must block the token, and no other creatures can block. Exile that token at end of combat.
April 10, 2015 7:45 p.m.
Swetybalzack says... #22
Shatterer of Minds (2)(B)(U)
Creature - Abomination
When Shatterer of Minds enters the battlefield target player puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. If two or more land cards were placed into the graveyard by Shatterer of Minds, that player puts the top 4 cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
If two or more creatures are put into the graveyard by Shatterer of Minds, that player puts the top 4 cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
If eight or more land or creature cards are placed into the graveyard from Shatterer of Minds, target player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library then exiles the top X cards of his or her library, where X is the amount of cards shuffled into his or her library from his or her graveyard.
2/1
April 10, 2015 7:50 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #23
contracrostipunctus That wording... though Camouflage is also one of my favorites, nice idea to put it into an enchantment!
April 10, 2015 7:51 p.m.
lemmingllama says... #24
Silly Things #2 - 
Enchantment
Tap a creature you control: Exile that creature and target creature an opponent controls with X time counters, where X is the lowest converted mana cost of the cards exiled this way plus one. If a creature exiled this way doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend.
April 10, 2015 7:51 p.m.
This one hurts my head, a whopping 172 words in the text. This is my baby now, don't know how much worse I can make it.
April 10, 2015 7:57 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #26
Kryzis Jesus is that small print. Anyways you could print it larger man?
April 10, 2015 7:58 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON that is the biggest the formatting will allow. I'm not even sure how to describe it, the card is a beast.
April 10, 2015 7:59 p.m.
lemmingllama says... #28
Silly Things #3 -
Artifact
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, that player exiles a land they control. If the spell resolves, exile it and pair it with the exiled land.
Whenever a player plays a land, if that player has a land that shares a name exiled by Silly Things #3 in exile, they may cast any number of spells paired with those lands. Then return those lands to the battlefield from exile.
Yes, I know this one is worded horribly wrong. I just didn't have any cards to try and reference to.
April 10, 2015 7:59 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #30
I wasn't really planing on naming someone the winner, especially since I haven't gotten my take out yet... Keep them coming though, I love them :)
April 10, 2015 8:02 p.m.
lemmingllama says... #31
The Silly God - 
Legendary Creature - Beeble God
When The Silly God enters the battlefield, each player shuffles their library.
Whenever a player shuffles their library, they exchange control of their library with a library of an opponent chosen at random.
The Silly God's power and toughness are equal to the number of players who don't control the library they own.
: Shuffle your library.
: Exile The Silly God, then return it to the battlefield under your control.
X+2/X+2
April 10, 2015 8:07 p.m.
___
world enchantment
if a player would draw a card, they exile the top card of their library face down instead.
, pay 3 life: Reveal a card exiled with ___ at random. If it is a land card, put it on the battlefield tapped and exile a permanent you control. If it is a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. if you do, exile a card from your graveyard facedown. any player may activate this ability.
if leaves the battlefield, shuffle all cards exiled with into their owners library and draw that many cards.
April 10, 2015 8:08 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #33
lemmingllama Totally love that. Like absolutely love that.
April 10, 2015 8:09 p.m.
filledelanuit says... #35
What????? 
Instant Tribal
Changeling
Choose three target creatures an opponent controls that are not owned by a another opponent.
If two of the creatures are the same color then exile them unless each of the creatures shares exactly one color with every other creature on the battlefield that are controlled by their owner. If the exiled creatures have the same comverted mana cost but different mana costs and are the same color then choose one of them at random and return it to the battlefield under your control.
If none of the creatures share a color then each player draw cards equal the the highest cmc of a card they own that is under a different player's control.
Gain life equal to the combined power of the choosen creatures.
This is one of the cards that came about after reading through all of the old cards that made no sense and deciding to rival them.
April 10, 2015 8:27 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #36
Derp's entry
Virtual insanity- 3rrbu
legendary artifact creature enchantment- Nightmare
virtual insanity cannot be countered.
Start a seperate game with new magic decks and all the same players. In that magic game, creatures may attack during other player's aside from their controller's attack steps. Creatures may not attack during their controller's turn. whenever a player plays a card or taps a land for mana, they may untap target creature they control until the next player's next upkeep (use clockwise), at which point it becomes tapped. If a player would lose the game during this extra game, instead have them take their board from the original game and transfer it to the new game. The keep their life total from the other game when they enter, and they may choose to pick a new seat to sit in, unless it would violate any effects currently in play in the secondary game. The secondary game ends once all players have been killed when using each of their individual decks. If a card would be put into the graveyard from anywhere, instead put it into the hand of the next player (use clockwise to determine who is the next player from the reference point of whom the player whos ability this is). The effect of this card may not be prevented or errated by R&D.
0/1
so. Do I win?
April 10, 2015 9:13 p.m.
filledelanuit says... #37
Unfortunately Derpling your card doesn't actually function under the current magic rules.
April 10, 2015 9:17 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #38
fine. In THAT case, here's the new version
Virtual insanity- 3rrbu
legendary artifact creature enchantment- Nightmare
virtual insanity cannot be countered.
Start a seperate game with new magic decks and all the same players. In that magic game, creatures may attack during other player's aside from their controller's attack steps. Creatures may not attack during their controller's turn. whenever a player plays a card or taps a land for mana, they may untap target creature they control until the next player's next upkeep (use clockwise), at which point it becomes tapped. If a player would lose the game during this extra game, instead have them take their board from the original game and transfer it to the new game. The keep their life total from the other game when they enter, and they may choose to pick a new seat to sit in, unless it would violate any effects currently in play in the secondary game. The secondary game ends once all players have been killed when using each of their individual decks. If a card would be put into the graveyard from anywhere, instead put it into the hand of the next player (use clockwise to determine who is the next player from the reference point of whom the player whos ability this is). The effect of this card may not be prevented by the current, past, or future rules of Magic the Gathering or be errated by R&D.
0/1
there. fixed.
April 10, 2015 9:21 p.m.
filledelanuit says... #39
No No No. You need to put it at the beginning of the card othewise the game rules will prevent it before the last bit of the card actually happens.
April 10, 2015 9:23 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #40
rule-fucker- 3rrbu
legendary artifact creature enchantment- Nightmare
The effect of this card may not be prevented by the current, past, or future rules of Magic the Gathering or be errated by R&D.
rule-fucker cannot be countered.
Start a seperate game with new magic decks and all the same players. In that magic game, creatures may attack during other player's aside from their controller's attack steps. Creatures may not attack during their controller's turn. whenever a player plays a card or taps a land for mana, they may untap target creature they control until the next player's next upkeep (use clockwise), at which point it becomes tapped. If a player would lose the game during this extra game, instead have them take their board from the original game and transfer it to the new game. The keep their life total from the other game when they enter, and they may choose to pick a new seat to sit in, unless it would violate any effects currently in play in the secondary game. The secondary game ends once all players have been killed when using each of their individual decks. If a card would be put into the graveyard from anywhere, instead put it into the hand of the next player (use clockwise to determine who is the next player from the reference point of whom the player whos ability this is).
0/1
April 10, 2015 9:25 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #42
thats A good name for it, too! its entertaining, but only to the asshole who played it.
April 10, 2015 9:27 p.m.
filledelanuit says... #43
I missed something. Your card doesn't do anything right now. It's a creature thus you would need a triggered ability or something like that.
April 10, 2015 9:52 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #44
sigh
well, here we go again.
rule-fucker- 3rrbu
legendary artifact creature enchantment- Nightmare
The effect of this card may not be prevented by the current, past, or future rules of Magic the Gathering or be errated by R&D.
rule-fucker cannot be countered.
when rule-fucker ETBs, Start a seperate game with new magic decks and all the same players. In that magic game, creatures may attack during other player's aside from their controller's attack steps. Creatures may not attack during their controller's turn. whenever a player plays a card or taps a land for mana, they may untap target creature they control until the next player's next upkeep (use clockwise), at which point it becomes tapped. If a player would lose the game during this extra game, instead have them take their board from the original game and transfer it to the new game. The keep their life total from the other game when they enter, and they may choose to pick a new seat to sit in, unless it would violate any effects currently in play in the secondary game. The secondary game ends once all players have been killed when using each of their individual decks. If a card would be put into the graveyard from anywhere, instead put it into the hand of the next player (use clockwise to determine who is the next player from the reference point of whom the player whos ability this is).
0/1
April 10, 2015 9:57 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #45
Blink decks have a new friend. Actually, rectification: blink decks just lost all other friends.
April 10, 2015 9:58 p.m.
KalvinHobbez says... #46
I went hardcore and went true to overly complicated cards being such old ones. It seems like most of these cards are kinda hard to read so I'll post the text version here too.
You may tap lands under opponents control as if they were your own. You can only tap them for mana, but if you pay an additional 2 life you can tap them for an activated ability. Triggered abilities that would target those lands controllers would instead target you. Opponents can not tap lands in response to you using this ability. Whenever mana in an opponents mana pool would empty, deal 2 damage to that opponent for each mana that would empty.
I love commanders so of course this dude is a legend :3
April 10, 2015 10:16 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #47
KalvinHobbez That is pretty f***ing awesome my friend! Especially the art :)
April 10, 2015 10:19 p.m.
KalvinHobbez says... #48
I've recently been getting into make a legitimate old cards, so I've found ways to find fitting art for the case. I'm actually contemplating making an entire set based in an old style using old comic book images of robots and sci-fi images, due to being so plentiful. But yeah, I love making legit old cards :3
April 10, 2015 10:21 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #49
Intrinsic Isolation 3WW
Enchantment
As long as ~ is in any zone, you may reveal it. If you do, cards or permanents cannot enter that zone from another zone as long as it is in that zone.
April 10, 2015 10:36 p.m.
KalvinHobbez says... #50
MagicalHacker oh that makes me think of Ambiguity a bit with the word "zone" repeated so much....it kinda reminds me of my Ervan commander card in wording too....o~o
Kryzis says... #2
Sure. This sounds fun. Like Chains of Mephistopheles tricky?
April 10, 2015 6:43 p.m.