Grab a random article from Wikipedia for the next person using this link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
Try the random link a few times, get an article that's interesting enough to create a card out of.
Use the article's name as your card name.
Your card must be thematically related to the article (As much as possible - It can be tricky)
Cy Bentley, Pitcher1RW
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier T: Put a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying and haste onto the battlefield. Sacrifice it at end of turn.
2/2
Gunfleet Lighthouse2
Artifact - Fortification
Fortify 2
Fortified land is indestructible and has ",T: Target creature neither deals nor receives damage during combat this turn."
(That's the closest I could come flavorfully to a lighthouse :P)
Skeleton Stead2B
Creature - Skeleton Xiphodontidae(R)
~ can't block.
You may only cast ~ from your graveyard.
Retrace
2/4 Many thought the Xiphodontidae were extinct. Technically they're still correct.
Purifying InjectionG
Instant (U)
Purifying Injection deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature's controller may choose any number of counters on that creature and remove them and any number of Auras attached to that creature and exile them.
Supressed ResearchU
Enchantment
~ enters the battlefield with 5 time counters. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter and scry 1. When there are no time counters on ~, sacrifice ~ and draw two cards.
Or:
Supressed ResearchUB
Enchantment
All players skip their draw step.
Market Garden2G
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Land
Enchanted land has "1, T: gain 2 life." and "T, pay 1 life: Add 2 mana of any colours to your mana pool."
Loxley, Warwickshire
Legendary Land
:symtap:: Add to your mana pool.
:symw:,:symtap:: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool for each nonbasic land target player controls. We never rob! We just simply borrow a bit from those who can afford it.
Gelanious Herbstosaur1UG
Creature - Beast
Flying
Whenever ~ would deal damage to a player, return target creature that player controls with power or toughness 2 or less to his/her hand. The Herbstosaur's favorite prey are the slow ones, or those that don't fight back.
2/3
(...) the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as constituencies for the election of the members of the representative assembly (General Council) in each department. For this reason, such elections are known in France as "cantonal elections".
How can I portray an election? Hmm...
Canton of Bollène
Legendary Land T: Add 1 to your mana pool. UW,T: Each player may tap any number of untapped creatures he or she controls. The player who tapped the most creatures in this way draws a card. If two or more players tapped an equal number of creatures in this way, each of those players draws a card.
Not much to go on with that one... A jazz album called "Windy City Breakdown"... I guess I'll base my card solely on the name - AKA I'll just make something tacky about damaging flying creatures because I'm at a loss for what to do with this.
Windy City Breakdown1RG
Enchantment
Whenever a creature with flying attacks, ~ deals 2 damage to each creature with flying.
Lost2U
Instant (U)
Put target creature you control on top of it's owner's library.
/////////////////////// Exhausted4UU
Instant (U)
Tap all creatures target player controls. They do not untap during the next untap step.
Growing Fibroma1B
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Creature
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.
When enchanted creature dies, put an X/X black evil tumor token into play, where X is equal to the number of -1/-1 counters on enchanted creature when it died.
Underground PartyBBB
Enchantment - Party (R)
As Underground Party enters the battlefield, exile all other Parties you control and all Parties opponents control named Underground Party.
Tap an untapped creature you control, B: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Strawberry Wine2UW
Enchantment
Vanishing 4 (This permanent comes into play with r time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this permanent has a time counter on it, remove a time counter from it. When the last time counter is removed from this permanent, sacrifice it.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, gain life equal to the number of time counters on ~.
When ~ enters the battlefield, put a love token into play. Treat this token as a copy of target non-legendary creature you control. When ~ leaves the battlefield, exile the love token. Of strawberry wine and seventeen
The hot July moon saw everything
My first taste of love oh bittersweet
Green on the vine
Like strawberry wine
Edinburgh Zoo
Land
~ Enters play with 3 Exhibit counters on it.
add to your mana pool.
:3mana:::symtap: Remove an Exhibit counter from ~: Put target creature from your hand onto the battlefield.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
Try the random link a few times, get an article that's interesting enough to create a card out of.
Use the article's name as your card name.
Your card must be thematically related to the article (As much as possible - It can be tricky)
I'll go first:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Crow
Chief Crow 2RW
Creature - Human Warrior
Haste
Battle Cry
Whenever ~ attacks, attacking creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.
2/2
Next card will be:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripiti_%28archaeological_site%29
I'll go ahead and revive this:
Tripiti
Land
~ enters the battlefield tapped.
T: Add W to your mana pool.
2W,T: Target creature gets +0/+2 until end of turn.
Next card will be based on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Turnbull
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
T: Put a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying and haste onto the battlefield. Sacrifice it at end of turn.
2/2
Next Card: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfleet_Lighthouse
My Namesake: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Artifact - Fortification
Fortify 2
Fortified land is indestructible and has ",T: Target creature neither deals nor receives damage during combat this turn."
(That's the closest I could come flavorfully to a lighthouse :P)
Next:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiphodontidae
Creature - Skeleton Xiphodontidae(R)
~ can't block.
You may only cast ~ from your graveyard.
Retrace
2/4
Many thought the Xiphodontidae were extinct. Technically they're still correct.
Next:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chardros
Creature - Hound Zombie
Haste
Other creatures you control with haste get +1/+1.
3/2
Next: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanamycin
Sig by Ace of Spades studio at http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=451747
I'm a child playing an adult's card game.
Esper CONTROL: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=10441008&postcount=239
I'm a Rules Advisor. Woo-hoo.
Gamer's Armory in Raleigh, NC. Best bad store ever.
Instant (U)
Purifying Injection deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature's controller may choose any number of counters on that creature and remove them and any number of Auras attached to that creature and exile them.
Next: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressed_research_in_the_Soviet_Union
Enchantment
~ enters the battlefield with 5 time counters. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter and scry 1. When there are no time counters on ~, sacrifice ~ and draw two cards.
Or:
Supressed Research UB
Enchantment
All players skip their draw step.
Next: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_garden
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Land
Enchanted land has "1, T: gain 2 life." and "T, pay 1 life: Add 2 mana of any colours to your mana pool."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loxley,_Warwickshire
This'll make a nice land
Legendary Land
:symtap:: Add to your mana pool.
:symw:,:symtap:: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool for each nonbasic land target player controls.
We never rob! We just simply borrow a bit from those who can afford it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbstosaurus
Creature - Beast
Flying
Whenever ~ would deal damage to a player, return target creature that player controls with power or toughness 2 or less to his/her hand.
The Herbstosaur's favorite prey are the slow ones, or those that don't fight back.
2/3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_of_Boll%C3%A8ne
Thanks to mcchief111 for the avvy.
Decks:
Standard:
RMinotaur MidrangeB
Modern:
GSpider TribalB
RArtifractureB
EDH:
MayaelWRG
Reaper KingWUBRG
Niv-MizzetUR
Alesha, Who Smiles At DeathWBR
How can I portray an election? Hmm...
Canton of Bollène
Legendary Land
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
UW,T: Each player may tap any number of untapped creatures he or she controls. The player who tapped the most creatures in this way draws a card. If two or more players tapped an equal number of creatures in this way, each of those players draws a card.
Next:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juka_(soup)
Instant
As an additional cost to play Juka Soup, sacrifice a creature.
You gain X life, where X is the sacrificed creatures toughness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala_Council_of_Ministers
Creature - Human Advisor
Whenever another player draws a card during your turn, you may draw a card.
2/4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windy_City_Breakdown
I don't always post about Rafiq of the Many, but when I do, I cardlink to the original artwork, and not the supplementary product version.
"I trust myself to do my duty, even unto death. It's what comes after that I'm afraid of."
"Just fight without fear. Your soul is protected by the hand of Avacyn and will never submit to evil."
Windy City Breakdown 1RG
Enchantment
Whenever a creature with flying attacks, ~ deals 2 damage to each creature with flying.
Good luck with this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_address_exhaustion
Instant (U)
Put target creature you control on top of it's owner's library.
///////////////////////
Exhausted 4UU
Instant (U)
Tap all creatures target player controls. They do not untap during the next untap step.
Split card - woo
Next: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibroma
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant Creature
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.
When enchanted creature dies, put an X/X black evil tumor token into play, where X is equal to the number of -1/-1 counters on enchanted creature when it died.
Next:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen_Bangladesh
Enchantment - Party (R)
As Underground Party enters the battlefield, exile all other Parties you control and all Parties opponents control named Underground Party.
Tap an untapped creature you control, B: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Next: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Wine_(Deana_Carter_song)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Wine_(Deana_Carter_song)
Strawberry Wine 2UW
Enchantment
Vanishing 4 (This permanent comes into play with r time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this permanent has a time counter on it, remove a time counter from it. When the last time counter is removed from this permanent, sacrifice it.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, gain life equal to the number of time counters on ~.
When ~ enters the battlefield, put a love token into play. Treat this token as a copy of target non-legendary creature you control. When ~ leaves the battlefield, exile the love token.
Of strawberry wine and seventeen
The hot July moon saw everything
My first taste of love oh bittersweet
Green on the vine
Like strawberry wine
Next
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Zoo
Land
~ Enters play with 3 Exhibit counters on it.
add to your mana pool.
:3mana:::symtap: Remove an Exhibit counter from ~: Put target creature from your hand onto the battlefield.
Next: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Fourcade
"Yea?"
"There's a Goblin sneaking up behind you."
"So?"
"Just Sayin"
Amazing Leathermime Gaymer
Creature - Uhailu Advisor Assassin
When Knefriteri Bahusi enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard unless he or she pays
1/1
Gold: 10
Inventory: Aristocrat's Facade
Traits: Legal Boundaries (+1.5 on rolls involving deception)
Ills:
Experience: 5/20
Mana::symwb::sym2w::symub:
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Haste, Vigilance
Whenever ~ deals combat damage, draw a card.
2/4
Next: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acilius_sulcatus
Haste
Whenever a creature blocks or is blocked by ~, destroy that creature unless its controller pays 3.
2/2
Next:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthemblemaria_spinosa