Ratchet - 2W
Creature - Cat Artificer
As long as ~ is on the battlefield, artifacts are indestructible.
When ~ enter the battlefield, look through your deck for an equipment with converted mana cost 3 or less and equip it to ~ without paying its mana cost.
3/2
Ratchet & Clank is a PS2 game about an alien cat (Lombax) who's weapon of choice is a wrench. He's really crafty and even constructed a spacecraft with scrap parts. He has a robot companion named Clank.
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, if that creature doesn't share its name with another creature that has entered the battlefield this game, put a charge counter on Pokédex.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are 150 or more charge counters on Pokédex, you win the game.
The one video game that kept my amusement high, and that everyone would know, is Super Mario Brothers!
Turtle Shell 1UR
Artifact (C)
Put three shell counters on Turtle Shell.
Remove a shell counter, :symtap:: Deal 1 damage to target creature and draw a card.
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IIW: A twist on a favorite - Take two legendary creatures and MERGE them into a 4-ability planeswalker!
Tetris6 Artifact [m]
Sacrifice Tetris: Destroy ten target land. When destroying nine just isn't enough.
iiw: design a 1/1 with haste
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Like I said, I can only go by my own experience, which is now 18 years. Kind of disheartening when you think you know something and you find out that you're a notch below a low grade moron.
Phantoon - :1mana::symw::symb:
Legendary Creature - Ghost (R)
Shadow
Whenever Phantoon deals damage to a player, that player exiles a card at random from his or her hand. Until end of turn, you may play that card.
1/2 A stolen thought it more valuable than any material good
IIW: A new plane for Planechase (symch is the chaos symbol :symch:)
Samus Aran (R/W)(R/W)(R/W)
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior (R/W)T: Put a charge counter on Samus Aran
Remove three charge counters from samus aran Samus Aran deals 5 damage to target creature or player
2/2
I see the activated ability as Samus's Power Beam Loading up to a big ball of energy firing as desired.
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Design (up to 4 points): Originality, synergy, elegance and potential.
Development (up to 4 points): Balance, color wheel, rarity.
Polish (up to 2 points): Wording, flavor, challenge.
Diablo 2 is my game of choice. The following is Baal from the expansion and my attempt at simulating just what it's like fighting the bugger.
Baal, Lord of Destruction2BBBB
Legendary Creature - Demon (M)
Protection from Black
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, ~ deals 1 damage to it. 1B, :symtap:: ~ deals 2 damage to each creature. 1B, :symtap:: ~ deals 2 damage to target creature. That creature cannot attack this turn. 1B, :symtap:: ~ deals 5 damage to target creature. 1B, :symtap:: Put a token that's a copy of ~ onto the battlefield with the ability, "Whenever ~ becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it". The Legendary rule does not apply to Baal and his tokens.
0/7
Hori Taizo2RR
Legendary Creature - Human Miner (R) R,t: Target creature with toughness less than 2 gains flying until end of turn. Sacrifice it at end of turn. RRR,t: Destroy target land.
1/2
Make an UN-card that is a play on some diet fad/system. E.g. slimfast, south beach diet, etc...
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"Here only miracles. Here, only the rising of spirit. And yes, love if it was pertinent (which it was so often); and sometimes bloodletting. But never the prosaic, never the trivial. Here the man who brought the strangest tale was the most welcome. Here every excess was celebrated if it brought visions, and every vision analyzed for the hints it held to the nature of the Everlasting." - Clive Barker's Imajica
Remember to post IIWs! I, for one, am not going to troll through posts to look for a previously-posted IIW.
So many options for this one... oh, isn't my avatar from some game?
Emperor Kanbei3WW
Legendary Creature — Human Samurai {M}
Bushido 3
Creature spells you cast cost you 2 more to cast.
Creatures you control get +2/+2.
4/4
Or this other game I like:
Grys-Vok5
Artifact Creature — Golem {R} T: Grys-Vok deals 2 damage to target creature or player. T: Search your library for a card named Shivan Meteor and exile it with one time counter on it. Activate this ability only once.
3/6
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Can we have Megiddo removed from the forum forever please?
i'm pretty sure i can find your ***** online within 3 minutes
Design (Originality, synergy, elegance and potential) - 2/4
An alternative win condition based on counters. Seen before. The stuff can cause confusion or memory issues. It has appeal for Johnny. Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 2/4
Is on color, yeah. But this is horribly weak. Could have been Mythic. Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 2/2
Very flavorful. The wording seems weird, but I have no references to check on it. Total - 6/10
Design (Originality, synergy, elegance and potential) - 2/4
Is like a mini Niv-Mizzet. Needs to do something else once the counters are gone. Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 2/4
Could have been colorless. These abilities are not new for artifacts. Also, raise the cost and uncommon or rare seems better: this can kill three creatures and give you three cards: +6 card advantage. Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 0/2
When are the counters put? Also, this has nothing to do with what a turtle shell does on the game. Total - 4/10
Design (Originality, synergy, elegance and potential) - 3/4
Elegant, but was seen before in Hex (obvious reference). Definitely a Timmy's dream. Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 3/4
Can be weak or a limited bomb. I don't know. Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 1/2
Ingenious reference, but not that flavorful. It should be "target lands". Total - 7/10
Design (Originality, synergy, elegance and potential) - 3/4
Very nice design. Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 3/4
Why is it white? Nor the character or the abilities fit that. Still, well balanced. Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 1/2
This has little flavor to do with the real Phantoon. Also, you don't play cards: you cast them. Total - 7/10
Design (Originality, synergy, elegance and potential) - 3/4
Charging for a blast. It works cool, but is sad to wait four turns to use that ability, then getting bolted. Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 2/4
Mono white doesn't want this. Also, seems weak and misses rarity. Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 1/2
I don't see Samus as a Warrior. RW sure, but not hybrid. Misses the ":" on the ability. Total - 6/10
Design (Originality, synergy, elegance and potential) - 1/4
Ability bloating doesn't make a good design. Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 2/4
This is so powerful, it makes me cry. Even with the heavy color requirements. Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 1/2
Flavor is cool. But that much text won't fit a card. Total - 4/10
Design (Originality, synergy, elegance and potential) - 3/4
Two very red abilities tied together. Very elegant. Although the first one doesn't seem to fit that much for a miner, I still understand. Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 2/4
Repeatable land destruction. This is almost a taboo. At least is only an 1/2. Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 2/2
No issues here. Well done. Total - 7/10
Design (Originality, synergy, elegance and potential) - 4/4
Very nice design! Your creatures are better, but they cost more! Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 4/4
Very well balanced. Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 2/2
This was a perfect choice. It created an elegant and flavorful card. Just misses a Kanbei's quote. Total - 10/10
Design (Originality, synergy, elegance and potential) - 3/4
Uff. This was going great, but the third ability seems off. Could have just been 2/3. Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 4/4
Definitly well balanced and on color. Misses rarity. Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 2/2
Elegantly worded and very flavorful. Well done. Total - 9/10
Mark of the Feline 3W
Artifact {R}
Cats you control have "Whenever this creature is equipped it has Vigilance" 1Wt: Put a 1/1 white Cat creature token onto the battlefield. "If Mirran would be protected by us, it would be purrfect. - Kemba, Kha Regent"
It's Good to be the King8WW
Enchantment (M)
You have protection from creatures. "They feed me. They protect me. They obey me. What could be better?"- Varxias III
IIW: Create a card for your favourite MTGS moderator!
Sinking Refuge
Legendary land
~ enters the battlefield tapped. T: Add U to your mana pool. T,Discard a card, sacrifice an island: Creatures you control gain shroud until the beginning of your next upkeep. A refuge so far beneath the waves no foe dares to follow.
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Design a mono-blue instant (this includes kicker alts costs etc.) that doesn't draw card(s) (or put card(s) into your hand) bounce permanent(s), mill cards, or counter spell(s) (or exile them etc.) Basically make an interesting blue instant that doesn't do the most basic things that blue can do.
"Your attack has been rendered harmless. It is, however, quite pretty." —Saprazzan vizier
Allergy1B
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Player
When Allergy enters the battlefield choose a creature type. Whenever enchanted player casts a spell of the chosen type they lose 1 life and discards a card from their hand. ACHOOOOOOO!
IIW
Make a colored artifact in non-Esper colors (red and/or green)
"Using only a compass and straightedge, it's impossible to construct friends. The Greeks long suspected this, but it wasn't until April 12th of 1882 that Ferdinand von Lindemann conclusively proved it when he constructed himself the most awesome birthday party possible and nobody showed up." ~Randall Munroe
Overlord's Gaze1WB
Enchantment (R)
At the beginning of the end step, if you gained five or more life this turn, each other player loses 3 life.
Tap a Minion creature you control: Gain 1 life. "You exist only to serve me."
Over-flowing Litterbox4
Artifact (U)
When ~ enters the battlefield, target opponent gains control of it.
Creatures you control don't untap during your untap step.
Sacrifice a creature you control: Target opponent gains control of ~.
Design a card that has something to do with music.
"Here only miracles. Here, only the rising of spirit. And yes, love if it was pertinent (which it was so often); and sometimes bloodletting. But never the prosaic, never the trivial. Here the man who brought the strangest tale was the most welcome. Here every excess was celebrated if it brought visions, and every vision analyzed for the hints it held to the nature of the Everlasting." - Clive Barker's Imajica
DeferXU
Sorcery (U)
Exile target nonland permanent and put X time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. X can't be 0. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, remove a counter from that card. When the last is removed, the player plays it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.) "Come back when you've matured some! Say, in ten years!!!"
OR
DefurR
Instant (C)
Defur deals X damage to target creature, where X is its toughness minus one. "Dirt: not burn
Knife: not burn
Hair: burn"
- From the journal of Rekjab, goblin researcher
Design a french vanilla creature; that is, a creature with no rules text other than keyword abilities. The abilities should be keywords that exist in the Magic comprehensive rules. Points for flavor, creativity, balance, and polish. Please include rarity.
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Mark of the Feline 3W
Artifact {R}
Cats you control have "Whenever this creature is equipped it has Vigilance" 1Wt: Put a 1/1 white Cat creature token onto the battlefield. "If Mirran would be protected by us, it would be purrfect. - Kemba, Kha Regent"
Over-flowing Litterbox4
Artifact (U)
When ~ enters the battlefield, target opponent gains control of it.
Creatures you control don't untap during your untap step.
Sacrifice a creature you control: Target opponent gains control of ~.
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Can we have Megiddo removed from the forum forever please?
i'm pretty sure i can find your ***** online within 3 minutes
Ratchet - 2W
Creature - Cat Artificer
As long as ~ is on the battlefield, artifacts are indestructible.
When ~ enter the battlefield, look through your deck for an equipment with converted mana cost 3 or less and equip it to ~ without paying its mana cost.
3/2
Ratchet & Clank is a PS2 game about an alien cat (Lombax) who's weapon of choice is a wrench. He's really crafty and even constructed a spacecraft with scrap parts. He has a robot companion named Clank.
Artifact (R)
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, if that creature doesn't share its name with another creature that has entered the battlefield this game, put a charge counter on Pokédex.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are 150 or more charge counters on Pokédex, you win the game.
GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!
Make a card named Salvation.
The one video game that kept my amusement high, and that everyone would know, is Super Mario Brothers!
Turtle Shell 1UR
Artifact (C)
Put three shell counters on Turtle Shell.
Remove a shell counter, :symtap:: Deal 1 damage to target creature and draw a card.
EDIT: Adding IIW
IIW: A twist on a favorite - Take two legendary creatures and MERGE them into a 4-ability planeswalker!
Artifact [m]
Sacrifice Tetris: Destroy ten target land.
When destroying nine just isn't enough.
iiw: design a 1/1 with haste
Phantoon - :1mana::symw::symb:
Legendary Creature - Ghost (R)
Shadow
Whenever Phantoon deals damage to a player, that player exiles a card at random from his or her hand. Until end of turn, you may play that card.
1/2
A stolen thought it more valuable than any material good
IIW: A new plane for Planechase (symch is the chaos symbol :symch:)
Samus Aran (R/W)(R/W)(R/W)
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
(R/W)T: Put a charge counter on Samus Aran
Remove three charge counters from samus aran Samus Aran deals 5 damage to target creature or player
2/2
I see the activated ability as Samus's Power Beam Loading up to a big ball of energy firing as desired.
IIW: Still Jace & Chandra's lovechild
Winnings
Winnings WIAJ: 2
Winnings WIJ: 2
- Review your wording. Don't reinvent the way that cards should be done.
- Don't forget to add IIW, or else I will ignore the entry!
Development (up to 4 points): Balance, color wheel, rarity.
Polish (up to 2 points): Wording, flavor, challenge.
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Baal, Lord of Destruction 2BBBB
Legendary Creature - Demon (M)
Protection from Black
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, ~ deals 1 damage to it.
1B, :symtap:: ~ deals 2 damage to each creature.
1B, :symtap:: ~ deals 2 damage to target creature. That creature cannot attack this turn.
1B, :symtap:: ~ deals 5 damage to target creature.
1B, :symtap:: Put a token that's a copy of ~ onto the battlefield with the ability, "Whenever ~ becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it". The Legendary rule does not apply to Baal and his tokens.
0/7
Legendary Creature - Human Miner (R)
R,t: Target creature with toughness less than 2 gains flying until end of turn. Sacrifice it at end of turn.
RRR,t: Destroy target land.
1/2
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Make an UN-card that is a play on some diet fad/system. E.g. slimfast, south beach diet, etc...
Remember to post IIWs! I, for one, am not going to troll through posts to look for a previously-posted IIW.
So many options for this one... oh, isn't my avatar from some game?
Emperor Kanbei 3WW
Legendary Creature — Human Samurai {M}
Bushido 3
Creature spells you cast cost you 2 more to cast.
Creatures you control get +2/+2.
4/4
Or this other game I like:
Grys-Vok 5
Artifact Creature — Golem {R}
T: Grys-Vok deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
T: Search your library for a card named Shivan Meteor and exile it with one time counter on it. Activate this ability only once.
3/6
IIW: Nobody gets to complain.
Thanks for the notice .. Ay Sh*t .. almost forgot
Edited ! THX
Winnings
Winnings WIAJ: 2
Winnings WIJ: 2
An alternative win condition based on counters. Seen before. The stuff can cause confusion or memory issues. It has appeal for Johnny.
Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 2/4
Is on color, yeah. But this is horribly weak. Could have been Mythic.
Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 2/2
Very flavorful. The wording seems weird, but I have no references to check on it.
Total - 6/10
Is like a mini Niv-Mizzet. Needs to do something else once the counters are gone.
Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 2/4
Could have been colorless. These abilities are not new for artifacts. Also, raise the cost and uncommon or rare seems better: this can kill three creatures and give you three cards: +6 card advantage.
Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 0/2
When are the counters put? Also, this has nothing to do with what a turtle shell does on the game.
Total - 4/10
Elegant, but was seen before in Hex (obvious reference). Definitely a Timmy's dream.
Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 3/4
Can be weak or a limited bomb. I don't know.
Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 1/2
Ingenious reference, but not that flavorful. It should be "target lands".
Total - 7/10
Very nice design.
Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 3/4
Why is it white? Nor the character or the abilities fit that. Still, well balanced.
Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 1/2
This has little flavor to do with the real Phantoon. Also, you don't play cards: you cast them.
Total - 7/10
Charging for a blast. It works cool, but is sad to wait four turns to use that ability, then getting bolted.
Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 2/4
Mono white doesn't want this. Also, seems weak and misses rarity.
Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 1/2
I don't see Samus as a Warrior. RW sure, but not hybrid. Misses the ":" on the ability.
Total - 6/10
Ability bloating doesn't make a good design.
Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 2/4
This is so powerful, it makes me cry. Even with the heavy color requirements.
Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 1/2
Flavor is cool. But that much text won't fit a card.
Total - 4/10
Two very red abilities tied together. Very elegant. Although the first one doesn't seem to fit that much for a miner, I still understand.
Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 2/4
Repeatable land destruction. This is almost a taboo. At least is only an 1/2.
Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 2/2
No issues here. Well done.
Total - 7/10
Very nice design! Your creatures are better, but they cost more!
Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 4/4
Very well balanced.
Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 2/2
This was a perfect choice. It created an elegant and flavorful card. Just misses a Kanbei's quote.
Total - 10/10
Uff. This was going great, but the third ability seems off. Could have just been 2/3.
Development (Balance, color wheel, rarity) - 4/4
Definitly well balanced and on color. Misses rarity.
Polish (Wording, flavor, challenge) - 2/2
Elegantly worded and very flavorful. Well done.
Total - 9/10
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Great.
Gaze into my cat's eyes below and create a card that strikes your fancy (and his).
^Protip: don't let me win
Artifact {R}
Cats you control have "Whenever this creature is equipped it has Vigilance"
1Wt: Put a 1/1 white Cat creature token onto the battlefield.
"If Mirran would be protected by us, it would be purrfect. - Kemba, Kha Regent"
IIW: See earlier posts
Winnings
Winnings WIAJ: 2
Winnings WIJ: 2
Creature – Cat Spirit (Uncommon)
2: Target creature gains swampwalk until end of turn.
2/2
Create a red mass destruction spell (think Jokulhaups).
It's Good to be the King 8WW
Enchantment (M)
You have protection from creatures.
"They feed me. They protect me. They obey me. What could be better?"- Varxias III
IIW: Create a card for your favourite MTGS moderator!
The clan for custom card creators!
Legendary land
~ enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add U to your mana pool.
T,Discard a card, sacrifice an island: Creatures you control gain shroud until the beginning of your next upkeep.
A refuge so far beneath the waves no foe dares to follow.
Creature - Fish Cat
All cat creatures have "when ~ attacks, you may scry 4 and draw 2".
3/3
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Player
When Allergy enters the battlefield choose a creature type. Whenever enchanted player casts a spell of the chosen type they lose 1 life and discards a card from their hand.
ACHOOOOOOO!
IIW
Enchantment (R)
At the beginning of the end step, if you gained five or more life this turn, each other player loses 3 life.
Tap a Minion creature you control: Gain 1 life.
"You exist only to serve me."
My First (And Probably Only) MCC Perfect Score: December 09 (Round One)
Artifact (U)
When ~ enters the battlefield, target opponent gains control of it.
Creatures you control don't untap during your untap step.
Sacrifice a creature you control: Target opponent gains control of ~.
Design a card that has something to do with music.
Sorcery (U)
Exile target nonland permanent and put X time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. X can't be 0. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, remove a counter from that card. When the last is removed, the player plays it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)
"Come back when you've matured some! Say, in ten years!!!"
OR
Defur R
Instant (C)
Defur deals X damage to target creature, where X is its toughness minus one.
"Dirt: not burn
Knife: not burn
Hair: burn"
- From the journal of Rekjab, goblin researcher
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
nah
post an IIW before I judge (tomorrow at some point) or you... uh... won't be judged.