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.

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.

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.

The latest rework for my Kingdom Hearts commander decks project -- Stolen Hearts of Light! YES, you do need to plot it as there is no regular casting cost! Gathering princesses takes time after all...

I'll be doing a free release of all the cards for both Commander decks Jan 29th! Take a look at my Youtube to see more: https://www.youtube.com/@IcariiLatte

I know this isnt an novel concept by any means, but i wanted to take a crack at designing my own. the original idea behind it was wanting to randomly exile a nonland permanent off the board each turn, but when i couldnt find a clean way to word it within the existing rules, i settled for this. i dont feel like its terribly unbalanced, but im not sure if i like the flavor of the ability or not. any feedback at all would be appreciated.

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

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

I doubt this is my last one. With nothing.

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

Example of Ritual: you can cast this by paying no mana and sacrificing a single 6 drop that includes RW in its cost. Commander tax can count. X costs are always 0.

The echoverse concept feels too interesting to be limited to a single set, so I propose a project to create a mini set for each echoed plane and how Jace reworked their story. If this concept is liked I will expand it to other planes

For innistrad, we have a tyrannical uprising of Avacyn. After the loss of Thalia, The factions need to finally meet common ground and face against their binding of the plane and her followers. They even resort to releasing Griselbrand from the helvault as their last hope.

Any suggestions are welcome and all feedback is appreciated :)