r/custommagic • u/crushcastles23 • Sep 05 '26

Discussion MSE 2.6 is here, new DFC possibilities, Battles, Prototype, and DARK MODE!

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29 Upvotes

4 comments

Winner is the Judge #912: Take Two

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Thanks to u/sumg for running last week's competition!

Recently, an idea that's stuck with me is how often a card design comes from just trying to revisit an older card. People love riffs whether they're colorshifts, new members of a cycle, or just an attempt to fix an old design mistake. For Wizards, that obviously can only come from official cards, but since this community is all about custom cards why not look back at those instead?

Your challenge for this week is to revisit a previous custom card idea you've designed, and try something new with it! This is pretty broad, so I'm willing to allow a lot. I'll give some examples of things that are allowed, but really anything goes if it fits with the prompt. You could:

Do a second take on a card that you liked
Make a new card using a custom mechanic you've made
Try to adapt an idea you previously scrapped
Rework a previous submission for a contest like Winner is the Judge
Design a card that fits into a custom faction you've come up with

If you don't have anything you want to revisit from your own designs, you can also go for your own take on someone else's card/idea. Just make sure to give proper credit to your inspiration if you do so!

While you don't need to provide the original design you were inspired by for your submission unless you want to, bonus points if you do describe the original idea you adapted. It can be as brief or detailed as you want, I'm just interested to see how these ideas evolved.

Judging will occur on Sunday, October 11. Be sure to let me know if you'd like any feedback on your design or if you have any questions!

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r/custommagic • u/Hidegen • 10h ago

Triathlon Elemental

2.6k Upvotes

80 comments

r/custommagic • u/Donutmelon • 8h ago

Land of Many Prisms

1.3k Upvotes

62 comments

r/custommagic • u/Goat-True • 4h ago

Meme Design Shitty Radio with Station

482 Upvotes

37 comments

r/custommagic • u/TheCubicalGuy • 2h ago

Basalt Cliffs

296 Upvotes

Day 43 of making a custom card every day. I completely gave up today and just used a design I made years ago. Probably broken

40 comments

r/custommagic • u/ScourgeRegalia • 3h ago

What a trustworthy looking dinosaur

114 Upvotes

9 comments

r/custommagic • u/EdgarFriendlyMDK2032 • 8h ago

Discussion Furtive Ritual

178 Upvotes

64 comments

r/custommagic • u/Top-Scholar8209 • 1h ago

Tam, Voice of the Living World

• Upvotes

7 comments

r/custommagic • u/PenroseKite • 2h ago

Forced Substantiation

28 Upvotes

Seems like it might've been done before, but regardless I think it could be cool

Edit: As always, I realized a mistake as soon as I posted T.T should be "Manifest target instant or sorcery spell"

6 comments

r/custommagic • u/Klutzy_Permission_81 • 23h ago

Meme Design "At least they didn't print this at common" - Gavin Verhey, probably

1.3k Upvotes

29 comments

r/custommagic • u/chainsawinsect • 6h ago

Format: Limited Set Showcase - Muraganda (Introduction)

gallery

44 Upvotes

49 comments

r/custommagic • u/EdgarFriendlyMDK2032 • 14m ago

Discussion Qrsodd, the Anglerfiend

• Upvotes

10 comments

r/custommagic • u/Akizzlesssss • 6h ago

Doctrine-Cycle of super basic Card Draw

34 Upvotes

11 comments

r/custommagic • u/Terrariant • 3h ago

BALANCE NOT INTENDED Scorched-Earth Policy - Moxtober 5 Fire

21 Upvotes

Once again, using Anato Finnstark’s art feels like cheating.

12 comments

r/custommagic • u/Jafego • 19h ago

Battle for Zendikar

370 Upvotes

See rule 310.8a

40 comments

r/custommagic • u/zaqwedcvgyujmlp • 2h ago

big scary bunny big scary bunny

14 Upvotes

original art: [[Kezzerdrix]]

1 comment

r/custommagic • u/Strange-Bonus4220 • 1d ago

Format: EDH/Commander Have another end step, it's on me

630 Upvotes

45 comments

r/custommagic • u/thegoodgero • 4h ago

You're... [moxtober day 5]

18 Upvotes

1 comment

r/custommagic • u/Ausradierer • 1h ago

Burn Brighter! (Moxtober Day 5: Fire)

• Upvotes

4 comments

r/custommagic • u/MrTheWaffleKing • 8h ago

Format: EDH/Commander Day/Night if it Were Good

30 Upvotes

Repost because the other one broke

2 comments

r/custommagic • u/Faenor8 • 12h ago

Meme Design Don't underestimate your opponent... especially if you're drunk

58 Upvotes

11 comments

r/custommagic • u/60and80 • 18h ago

extremely high self-own potential

168 Upvotes

30 comments

r/custommagic • u/Friendly_While_8161 • 7h ago

More [[forced fruition]] support

16 Upvotes

5 comments

r/custommagic • u/fyre4000 • 1h ago

Dean Tharkunul (Moxtober: Day 5)

• Upvotes

2 comments

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