Miscellaneous Card Design Thread

Celestial Meddling 
Tribal Sorcery--God
Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
If this spell was kicked, another target creature gains indestructible until end of turn for each time this spell was kicked.
Destroy all creatures and all planeswalkers.

Tree of Compromise 
Legendary Tribal Artifact--Plant
Players can spend green mana as though it were mana of any type.
Communal Ability—: You add X . Players can’t spend nongreen mana to cast spells or pay for other abilities.

Sometimes, all it takes is seeing a single word:

Comprehend 
Instant
Scry 4, then draw three cards.



This one was inspired by my constantly killing Alela in Brawl:

Taunter's Rapier 
Artifact--Equipment
Indestructible
When Taunter’s Rapier enters the battlefield, attach it to up to one target creature.
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may attach Taunter’s Rapier to that creature.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has vigilance, haste, reach, indestructible, aggressor, “This creature must be blocked if able”, and “This creature must be blocked by a commander creature if able.”
Equip
Equip commander

So, I just spent about two or three hours in line at the passport office (15701 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91406), ultimately giving up and resolving to go back tomorrow at the crack of way too early, just to ensure that I'm first in line.  The line was all the way around the front square, with no benches for anyone to sit on, and only three people working behind the counter.  I lost my passport somewhere in my house, and you can't make an appointment to replace a lost or stolen passport, because reasons.  Fuck dejoy.  Even if he had nothing to do with this, fuck him on general principles.

Anyway, I designed these two cards while I was waiting, standing around and feeling my leg muscles undergoing rhabdomyelitis (I kid, but that's what it felt like):

Stupefy 
Instant
This spell can’t be cast during the beginning phase of a turn.
Target player scrys 2, then discards a card.

Daydreamer 
Creature--Vedalken Mystic
Defender
: Scry 4.
2/5

While in line, I started daydreaming, and realized that scrying is actually a perfect in-game representation of daydreaming, as you're conceiving of future possibilities, but you're not actually changing/doing anything tangible.

Robo-Suit
Artifact - Vehicle
Robo-Suit has flying if a creature with flying crewed it this turn. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, protection, trample, and vigilance.
Crew 3
5/5

I've loved this kind of effect since a frind of mine opened Concerted Effort. Is there some Magic slang describing this kind of ability?

The oldest card featuring something like it is Escaped Shapeshifter. So it would be typically to name it after that. But shapeshifting doesn't sound right. Maybe shapesharing? Or Keysharing (like in keyword)?

So, just before 5am this morning, I had a dream where I was a firefighter, and my two tools were a flamethrower and a fire extinguisher.  Don't ask me why a firefighter would be using a flamethrower, nor why they'd be using a flamethrower on the shelves behind a bar, or why they'd start a fire in front of their fellow firefighters, nor why they'd then pull a tiny extinguisher (like one you'd find in your kitchen) out of their coat and expect that to be able to take care of the conflagration, nor why it would actually work.  It was a dream, don't question the "logic".  Anyway, the extinguisher in the dream caused my brain to design this, then wake me up to get it down on paper:

Fire Extinguisher 
Artifact--Equipment
Fire Extinguisher can’t be attached to Fire creatures.
Equipped creature has reach, “If this creature would deal damage to a Fire permanent, it deals double that damage to that permanent instead”, and “If a Fire source would deal damage to this creature, it deals half that damage rounded down to this creature instead.”
Equip

Aside from Trial and Error, there are no Fire cards, or rather, there are no cards with the Fire subtype.  However, I envision Fire to mean any card that is concepted to be made of fire, use fire, or similar.  So, most Dragons, all Chandras, anything Cinder, etc.



EDIT: So, I was looking at my Damned Voyager, and this idea popped into my head:

Pressgang Crew 
Creature--Naga Orc Goblin Rogue
This spell can’t be cast if you control any planeswalkers.
When you cast this spell, each player who controls one or more planeswalkers creates Slavers’ Dinghy, a colorless 0/3 Vehicle artifact token with haste, aggressor, anchored, “This Vehicle can’t block”, “This Vehicle’s power can’t change”, “Planeswalkers can crew this Vehicle as though their loyalty was power, but only if none of that planeswalker’s loyalty abilities were activated this turn”, “Planeswalkers that crewed a Vehicle this turn can’t activate their loyalty abilities until their controller’s next turn”, “At the beginning of your end step, if this Vehicle didn’t attack this turn or wasn’t crewed by a planeswalker this turn, you lose the game”, “Crew 0—This ability can’t be activated by tapping a planeswalker”, and “Crewed by planeswalker 5”.
3/2

Slavers' Dinghy 
Token Artifact--Vehicle
Haste, aggressor
Anchored (This permanent can’t leave the battlefield.)
Slavers’ Dinghy can’t block.
Slavers’ Dinghy’s power can’t change.
Planeswalkers can crew this Vehicle as though their loyalty was power, but only if none of that planeswalker’s loyalty abilities were activated this turn.
Planeswalkers that crewed a Vehicle this turn can’t activate their loyalty abilities until their controller’s next turn.
At the beginning of your end step, if Slavers’ Dinghy didn’t attack or wasn’t crewed by a planeswalker this turn, you lose the game.
Crew 0—This ability can’t be activated by tapping a planeswalker.
Crewed by planeswalker 5
{0/3}



EDIT THE 2ND: Just came up with this one:

{Tombstone icon}Deceased Operative "Artor" 
Legendary Creature--Zombie Soldier
When you cast this spell, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Deceased Operative “Artor” enters its owner’s graveyard instead of the battlefield.
You may cast Deceased Operative “Artor” from your graveyard.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
2/2



EDIT III, THE REVENGE: This one's inspired by the fact that Jodah, the Unifier's 2nd ability should really just read "Whenever you cast a legendary spell from your hand, cascade to a legendary card.":

Elfhame Defense 
Legendary Tribal Enchantment--Elf
Whenever you cast a non-Elf permanent spell, cascade to an Elf card. (Whenever you cast a non-Elf permanent spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland Elf card that costs less. You may cast the Elf card without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Elfhame Defense can be your commander.

Mebbe I should just start a new thread for cards designed in my sleep.  Does anybody else here deisgn cards in their sleep?

Savage Predation 
Enchantment
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, each of that creature’s controller’s opponents sacrifices a creature with lesser power. If a player can’t sacrifice a creature this way, they must sacrifice a planeswalker with fewer loyalty counters on it than that creature’s power. If a player can’t sacrifice a creature or planeswalker this way, they lose life equal to that creature’s power. Then put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each permanent that was sacrificed this way.

Nyama, the Uncaged 
Legendary Creature--Beast
Vigilance, haste, trample, indestructible
Unbeholden (This spell and/or permanent isn’t controlled by any player.)
10/10

Inspired by Ichorspit Basilisk:

Sparkhunter Cobra 
Creature--Phyrexian Snake Horror
First strike, deathtouch, haste, vigilance, trample, toxic 4
Whenever Sparkhunter Cobra deals damage to a planeswalker, you gain control of that planeswalker at the beginning of the next end step. When you do, it becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
You get two poison counters: Sparkhunter Cobra gains shroud and indestructible until end of turn.
2/6

Couple of new ones:

Reinforcements Have Arrived 
Instant
Create two 1/2 white Soldier creature tokens with vigilance, a 0/2 blue Crab creature token with “, Sacrifice this permanent: Draw a card”, a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with deathtouch and lifelink, a 2/1 red Berserker creature token with “When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target”, and a 3/3 green Beast creature token with trample.

Reality Convoluter 
Creature--Eldrazi
Vigilance, haste, trample
Reality Convoluter attacks or blocks each combat if able.
Reality Convoluter must be blocked if able.
Whenever a creature blocks Reality Convoluter or becomes blocked by Reality Convoluter, switch that creature’s power and toughness with Reality Convoluter power and toughness.
Whenever Reality Convoluter attacks a player or planeswalker and isn’t blocked, that player or that planeswalker’s controller exiles a permanent they control other than a basic land with mana value greater than or equal to Reality Convoluter’s power.
-4/1



Also, when are we gonna see "Ward--Concede"?





Another one:

Eliss, Wellspring of Life 
Legendary Creature--Elemental Incarnation
At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep, you add one mana of any type. As long as it isn’t your turn, you don’t lose this mana as steps and phases end.
, Pay 3 life: The next time a spell or ability controlled by an opponent would cause target permanent you control to leave the battlefield, that permanent enters the battlefield instead.
3/4

So, I open up Arena, and there in the Daily Deals are cardstyles for the following cards: Bronzeplate Boar, Ilharg, the Raze-Boar, Flames of the Raze-Boar, Ironhoof Boar, Contagious Vorrac, Trufflesnout, Bristling Boar, Krosan Tusker, Outland Boar, & Yasharn, Implacable Earth.  Bristling Boar & Outland Boar made a beautiful behbeh in my brain:

Mammoth Tusker 
Creature--Elephant Boar
Trample
Mammoth Tusker can’t be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.
Mammoth Tusker can’t be blocked by more than one creature.
4/4

This oughta slow down those Treasure-happy players:

Pan's Bounty 
World Enchantment
If another nonland source would cause a player to add mana, each player adds that mana instead. For each player that adds mana this way, until that player’s next end step, they don’t lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Waxwing Effigy 
Artifact Creature--Bird Shapeshifter Construct
You may have Waxwing Effigy enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it’s a Bird Shapeshifter Construct artifact creature in addition to its other types and it has flying in addition to its other abilities.
0/0