Merchants of Vesuva2UU
Creature - Human 2UU, :symtap:: Reveal the top card of your library, then put that card into your hand. If the revealed card shares a name with a permanent you control, reveal the top card of your library, then put that card into your hand.
0/2
Disruptive Pitmage2U
Creature - Human Wizard
When Disruptive Pitmage enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Creatures of the chosen type cost 1 more to cast.
1/1
Indoctrinate3WW
Sorcery
Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
As long as Indoctrinate is in your graveyard, creatures you control with a +1/+1 counter on them have protection from black.
Yucky Vagrant2W
Creature - Human Werewolf
Each other creature you control gets -1/-0.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if a player controls a creature with power 0 or less, transform Yucky Vagrant. "Dude, take a bath already! You really reek!
1/2
/// Smelly Stinkfang
Creature - Werewolf
Other creatures get -3/-0.
Creatures with power 0 or less don't untap during their controller's untap step.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if a player controls a creature with power 1 or greater not named Smelly Stinkfang, transform Smelly Stinkfang.
4/5 Little did they know that he would be bathing that night.....WITH THEIR BLOOD!
Kessig Wolf Run4GG
Enchantment
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a 2/2 green Wolf creature token onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
As long as an opponent controls a Human, Wolf and Werewolf creatures you control get +2/+0 and must attack each turn if able.
Xavi, Master of Elements3UUU
Planeswalker - Xavi
+1: Creatures you control gain flying until end of turn.
+0: Until end of turn, whenever you tap an Island for mana, add U to your mana pool.
-3: Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.
-X: Up to X target lands are Islands.
[3]
Warrior's Mantra2RW
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control attacks or blocks, Warrior's Mantra deals 1 damage to it. At the beginning of the next end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature dealt damage this way. "No pain, no gain."
Next: "If a man gets crushed underfoot by a giant and no one is around to hear it, does the man scream?" - Gnerdel, ogre philosopher
I think this applies to everyone who has ever posted in the Custom Card Creation subforum. At some point in our lives, we thought to ourselves - "Yeah, I could design Magic cards!".
So I'm curious to ask, what are the first Magic cards you ever designed? I'm not expecting quality, of course. We all had to start somewhere. But I thought it would be fun to reveal the good/bad cards that we came up with when we first started.
I'll share some of mine, complete with original wording:
Raging Serpant3GG
Creature - Serpant
Trample 1G: Raging Serpant gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Go anywhere near the serpant and you would die - Guy
4/3
Spelling and grammatical issues aside (I was only 12 years old back then!), this seems nicely balanced.
Falcon Hero2WW
Creature - Hero
Haste, Flying 3
When it comes into play, Falcon Hero gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
3/2
I think I played a lot of Smash Bros. Melee at the time, so I started designing cards based on Nintendo characters. With Flying 3, it's meant to be the Fading equivalent for evergreen abilities, so Falcon Hero would have Flying for the first three turns it's on the battlefield. No, doesn't make sense to me either.
Mythical Hammer5
Artifact
All creatures lose their abilities and get +2/+2. 1, Sacrifice Mythical Hammer: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
Idol Worship2W
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast Idol Worship, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
Put X 0/1 Human Cleric creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is equal to the converted mana cost of the exiled card.
Quackmire
Land
:symtap:: Add 1 to your mana pool. 3UB, :symtap:: Put a blue and black 1/1 Bird creature token with flying and swampwalk onto the battlefield.
60 cards is the minimum limit. The intro pack comes with a M10 booster, so you can add the white and red cards from the booster to the deck. You'll still be around 15 cards short though, so you might need to buy some singles. More copies of Elite Vanguard, Harm's Way and Lightning Bolt would certainly make the deck more powerful.
Next: Claustrophobia
Creature - Human
2UU, :symtap:: Reveal the top card of your library, then put that card into your hand. If the revealed card shares a name with a permanent you control, reveal the top card of your library, then put that card into your hand.
0/2
Enchantment
Whenever a player casts a spell, switch the power and toughness of each creature on the battlefield.
Next: Rod of Fertility
Creature - Human Wizard
When Disruptive Pitmage enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Creatures of the chosen type cost 1 more to cast.
1/1
Next: Make a Wish
Sorcery
Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
As long as Indoctrinate is in your graveyard, creatures you control with a +1/+1 counter on them have protection from black.
Next: That Which All Fears
Creature - Human Werewolf
Each other creature you control gets -1/-0.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if a player controls a creature with power 0 or less, transform Yucky Vagrant.
"Dude, take a bath already! You really reek!
1/2
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Smelly Stinkfang
Creature - Werewolf
Other creatures get -3/-0.
Creatures with power 0 or less don't untap during their controller's untap step.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if a player controls a creature with power 1 or greater not named Smelly Stinkfang, transform Smelly Stinkfang.
4/5
Little did they know that he would be bathing that night.....WITH THEIR BLOOD!
Enchantment
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a 2/2 green Wolf creature token onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
As long as an opponent controls a Human, Wolf and Werewolf creatures you control get +2/+0 and must attack each turn if able.
Next: Brass Man
Planeswalker - Xavi
+1: Creatures you control gain flying until end of turn.
+0: Until end of turn, whenever you tap an Island for mana, add U to your mana pool.
-3: Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.
-X: Up to X target lands are Islands.
[3]
Instant
Counter target spell if it does not share a color with a nonland permanent controlled by that spell's controller.
Next: Vesuvan Flytrap
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you control attacks or blocks, Warrior's Mantra deals 1 damage to it. At the beginning of the next end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature dealt damage this way.
"No pain, no gain."
Next: "If a man gets crushed underfoot by a giant and no one is around to hear it, does the man scream?" - Gnerdel, ogre philosopher
So I'm curious to ask, what are the first Magic cards you ever designed? I'm not expecting quality, of course. We all had to start somewhere. But I thought it would be fun to reveal the good/bad cards that we came up with when we first started.
I'll share some of mine, complete with original wording:
Raging Serpant 3GG
Creature - Serpant
Trample
1G: Raging Serpant gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Go anywhere near the serpant and you would die - Guy
4/3
Spelling and grammatical issues aside (I was only 12 years old back then!), this seems nicely balanced.
Falcon Hero 2WW
Creature - Hero
Haste, Flying 3
When it comes into play, Falcon Hero gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
3/2
I think I played a lot of Smash Bros. Melee at the time, so I started designing cards based on Nintendo characters. With Flying 3, it's meant to be the Fading equivalent for evergreen abilities, so Falcon Hero would have Flying for the first three turns it's on the battlefield. No, doesn't make sense to me either.
Mythical Hammer 5
Artifact
All creatures lose their abilities and get +2/+2.
1, Sacrifice Mythical Hammer: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
This one I actually like.
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast Idol Worship, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
Put X 0/1 Human Cleric creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is equal to the converted mana cost of the exiled card.
WW skill or ability to list on your resume/CV.
Land
:symtap:: Add 1 to your mana pool.
3UB, :symtap:: Put a blue and black 1/1 Bird creature token with flying and swampwalk onto the battlefield.
Enchantment
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may untap target creature you control.
Next: Gloom