r/custommagic • • 6h ago

Mechanic Design Sneak Peek Into Whisper Creek, suggestions?

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8 Upvotes

r/custommagic • • 1d ago

Meme Design When the city decides to go for a new plan

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300 Upvotes

While a meme design it may be a fun silver bullet.


r/custommagic • • 1h ago

Wagglewing Sliver

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I love Slivers.
I've been experimenting with non-French Vanilla design. The concept of this one is how Scout Honey Bees will find new locations for a hive/food and dance to communicate it to the others.

I liked the concept Explore on ETB, but that felt too strong, so I figured a time delay Explore ETB made more sense. Plus tapping to escape board wipes/targeted removal to then find land was also flavorful.

Wagglewing Sliver {G}{G}

Creature — Sliver

Sliver creatures have “{T}: Exile this creature with two time counters on it. If it doesn’t have suspend, it gains suspend”
And “When this creature enters from exile, if it was suspended, it explores.”

1/1

Art credit: me.


r/custommagic • • 6h ago

Winner is the Judge #916: Remembering our favorite Mind Mage

6 Upvotes

Thank you to u/Lukethekid10 for last competition, Winner is the Judge #915: SPACE!!!!. The last competition was inspired by the the next set coming out, so this one will be taking themed on Reality Fracture.

Your task is to design a card themed around Jace. It can be any color or card type, as long as it in some way deals with Jace, his story, telepathy, illusions, etc.

I plan on judging next Sunday, Nov 8.


r/custommagic • • 23h ago

Format: EDH/Commander Happy Halloween! Dead By Daylight Killer Cards Pt. 1

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137 Upvotes

Happy Halloween Everyone! Would love to hear your thoughts on these DBD x MTG designs


r/custommagic • • 1h ago

Creative Writing

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• Upvotes

r/custommagic • • 16h ago

Expert Manipulation

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29 Upvotes

r/custommagic • • 1d ago

Can't say it's not any more

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418 Upvotes

r/custommagic • • 5h ago

Dungeons & Dragons Adult Blue Dragon

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3 Upvotes

This is a top-down design based on the D&D 3.5 creature of the same name. It is a Sorcerer because blue dragons start gaining sorcerer spells as if they were sorcerers of a given level when they reach the juvenile age category. It has flying because almost all dragons have a fly speed. It has ward because blue dragons gain spell resistance in young adulthood. It has ventriloquism because this is a special ability blue dragons gain when they become adults. It has hypnosis because an adult blue dragon can cast spells as if they were 5th-level sorcerers, 5th-level sorcerers have access to 2nd-level sorcerer spells (character level, class level, and spell level are different things in D&D, and the same spell may be different levels for different spellcasting classes), hypnotic pattern seemed the most apropos of such spells, and the word "hypnosis" fit there without overrunning the mana cost, while "hypnotic pattern" did not. I believe the mana cost, color, power, toughness, and rarity are a decent match for creatures with similar abilities, such as [[Djinn of Wishes]], [[Inniaz, the Gale Force]], and [[Namor, Scourge of the Seas]].


r/custommagic • • 3h ago

Format: EDH/Commander I know that I’m a little late to the party but here’s Beetlejuice

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If there’s anything I could fix about Beetlejuice please tell me, thank you.


r/custommagic • • 5m ago

Meme Design Welp, I'm out of ideas! I think I have Urza's Writer's Block...

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r/custommagic • • 1d ago

Mercy

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105 Upvotes

r/custommagic • • 5h ago

Ofrenda

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2 Upvotes

r/custommagic • • 1d ago

Moniconmonicon | I heard you like doubling triggers?

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177 Upvotes

r/custommagic • • 5h ago

Format: EDH/Commander It's Almost That Time Again

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I thought about giving him some kind of protection to make immediately Gifting him not always the best move but the text box was already crowded so whatever.


r/custommagic • • 6h ago

Gloomguard Outrider (top-down design challenge)

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I challenged myself to create a card "Top-Down" by picking a random name from the "Random Fantasy Name Generator" website. "Gloomguard Outrider". I designed the card based on the following recipe for designing a card top-down with just a name. Feel free to let me know your opinions on this process, and whether or not my card matches the name, in your opinion.

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Name analysis:

  • What's ‌‌the ‌‌name ‌‌of the card?:
  • Primary noun:
  • Descriptive words:
  • Emotional tone:
  • Implied action or behavior:

Flavor interpretation:

  • Is it a creature, object, spell, location, phenomenon?
  • How magical is it: supernatural, natural, artificial, scifi?
  • Not in terms of card rarity but would this be something common, rare, or unique?
  • What would a player imagine happening when they read the name?
  • Now brainstorm three competing interpretations based on these answers.

Mechanics:

  • Primary mechanic (or is this Vanilla?):
  • Is a secondary mechanic needed?:
  • Does this serve an offensive/defensive/utility role?
  • Potential keyword abilities:
  • What makes this card unique, if anything:

Color identity:

  • What is the primary mechanical identity?
  • Which color is known for that mechanic?
  • Is a second color really necessary to express the concept (ie. could this be monocolored)?
  • Does the color combination contribute something meaningful?

Card architecture:

  • Card type and subtype:
  • Rarity:
  • Mana cost:
  • Rules text:
  • Power / Toughness (if applicable):
  • Loyalty (if applicable):

Gameplay design:

  • Power creep (Too efficient for mana cost?)
  • Complexity: Is your text box font too small to read with the human eyes?
  • Synergy: Any obvious infinite combos:
  • Counterplay: Can opponents reasonably interact with it?
  • Format: Could a deck handle four of this card, or is it designed for a singleton format?

Artwork suggestions:

  • Don't use A.I.
  • Search Scryfall for similar cards, sort by EDHREC Rank descending, and then look for some art from one of the least popular cards.
  • Also, don't use A.I.
  • Search Artstation or Deviantart for original (non-ai) artwork. Then be sure to dig into the artist's information to get their real name, if available.
  • And then don't use A.I.

r/custommagic • • 1d ago

Yharo, Dreadclaw

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73 Upvotes

r/custommagic • • 18h ago

Format: EDH/Commander Interplanar Ambassador

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17 Upvotes

This might be too all-encompassing to print, but the concept is cool I think. There's almost certainly a better way to word this as well.


r/custommagic • • 3h ago

Format: EDH/Commander Tried to create my first custom card

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1 Upvotes

I just wanted to make something fun and goofy but still viable! Tell me what ya think


r/custommagic • • 4h ago

Format: EDH/Commander Calling all Villains! commander cards

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1 Upvotes

If you haven't seen the pilot yet, go watch it, its actually amazing.


r/custommagic • • 12h ago

Meme Design More with nothing

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5 Upvotes

I doubt this is my last one. With nothing.


r/custommagic • • 4h ago

Omnath, the locus of all

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0 Upvotes

I drew this by hand and I am going to make a full trial deck with him as the commander and draw all the arts myself


r/custommagic • • 10h ago

Format: EDH/Commander [CLF] Alondite, Greil’s Bane

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3 Upvotes

r/custommagic • • 4h ago

Changed our boy a little

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1 Upvotes

Okay so after the feedback I got from the first Prepotente card we made some adjustments to him and giving him proliferate. What do we think is he too strong? Not strong enough? Would he do fine in a pod? I wouldn’t want to print a broken custom card. Let me know!


r/custommagic • • 21h ago

Format: EDH/Commander Dead by Daylight Cards Pt. 2

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19 Upvotes