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Arcanashield (Prevent all non-combat damage that would be dealt to this creature. )
Warshield (Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to this creature.)
Extract (Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Drain N (Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put N +1/+1 counters on this creature.)
Backlash (Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to that source's controller.)
Shadowmeld [Cost] ([Cost]: This creature can't be blocked this turn.)
Enslave [Cost] ([Cost]: Gain control of target creature with toughness less than or equal to this creature's power. You lose life equal to that creature's converted mana cost.)
TheSuturedHeartMan
Vivid (Colorless mana can't be used to cast this spell or pay the costs of any of its abilities.)
Lunacy (This spell costs {1} less for each card that shares a card type with it that was put into your graveyard this turn.)
Encore (When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield under your control. Then exile it.)
Wild — Whenever a creature or land you control is destroyed, (effect..)
Tbeast430
Firestorm N (Whenever one or more creatures you control become blocked, if this creature is attacking, this creature deals N damage to target blocking creature.)
--TheMechanix version
Firestorm (Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to each creature defending player controls for each red spell you cast this turn.)
Bury _____. (Its owner shuffles it into their library.)
Assistance- When this creature enters the battlefield, if you control another creature that shares a creature type with this creature, (effect...)
Bloodbond - When this creature enters the battlefield, you may bond it to another creature. When either of those creatures leaves the battlefield, sacrifice the other. As long as this creature is bound to another creature, they (effect...)
Bloodlust - Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, (effect...)
Teacup
Dreamborn (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each tapped creature you control.)
Pickpocket N (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of that player's library. If it's a nonland card with converted mana cost N or less, you may cast it without paying that card's mana cost.)
Crystallize ____. (Exile _____, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control face down as an artifact named Crystal. It has "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Scry 1.")
Bloom ____. (Until end of turn, whenever you tap _____ for mana, add one mana of any color in addition to the mana _____ produces.)
EXAMPLE: "{t}: Bloom target Plant with mana abilities."
TemurGideon
Hazard (When this creature enters the battlefield, roll up to X six-sided die, where X is the number of colored mana symbols in this card's mana cost. For each die that lands on a 4 or higher, put a fortune counter on it.)
vv--TheCenterOfTheUniverse, sorinjace, Dechujoh64's idea--vv
Hazard N (When this creature enters the battlefield, roll up to N six-sided die. For each die that lands on a 4 or higher, put a fortune counter on it.)
vv--Tomigon's idea--vv
Hazard N (When this creature enters the battlefield, flip N coins. For each coins that comes up heads, put a fortune counter on it.)
TenebrisNemo
Dreadful (This creature can only be blocked by creatures with total power greater than or equal to this creature's toughness.)
Antagonism for _____ (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each _____ your opponents control.)
Servant (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with greater power.)
Lessen. (Remove a counter from any number of target permanents and/or players.)
Sight N. (Look at the bottom N cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
Forge N. (Create N colorless Sword Equipment artifact tokens with "Equipped creature gets +1/+0" and equip {1}.)
..or..
Forge N swords. (Create N colorless Equipment artifact tokens with "Equipped creature gets +1/+0" and equip {1}.)
Forge N shields. (Create N colorless Equipment artifact tokens with "Equipped creature gets +0/+1" and equip {1}.)
Specialty- As long as equipped creature shares a creature type with this Equipment, (effect..)
NOTE: For Tribal Artifact - ____ Equipment
TezzeretofCarmot21
Ingenuity N (This creature enters the battlefield with N +1/+1 counters on it. Once during each of your turns, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, discard a card, then draw a card.)
Bloodbath (Whenever a creature that was dealt combat damage by this creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Thwart [Cost] ([Cost]: Counter this spell. Any player may activate this ability.)
Insidious [Cost] ([Cost]: Exile this card from your hand. You may cast it for as long as it remains exiled.)
Berserk [Cost] ([Cost]: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It attacks this turn if able. Activate this ability only once each turn and only during your precombat main phase.)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: "Whenever a creature goes berserk..." :P
Mine N. (Create N colorless Gold artifact tokens with “Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.”)
"Seaworthy"
NOTE: For pirates. Seaworthy is a designation with no rules meaning, similar to monstrous, renown.
ThatOneCat
Grudge - When this creature _____, target opponent may _____. If they don’t, This creature holds a grudge against that player.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: And an effect that has to do with begrudged player.
Mimic - _____, for each effect that has [action involving opponent] this turn, [related but not necessarily the same action.]
EXAMPLE: Mimic - At the beginning of each end step, for each effect that has created one or more tokens under an opponent's control this turn, create that many blue 0/1 Elemental creature tokens.
Inflection - If [color symbol] was spent to cast this spell, (effect..)
Inflection - [Cost]: If [color symbol] was spent to activate this ability, (effect..)
AUTHOR’S NOTE: May repeat for any number of colors or have other effects that don’t require the colors of mana
Objection! (Remove a line of text from target spell.)
Thorblood
Grovel N – [Cost] (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may pay [Cost]. If you do, put up to N -1/-1 counters on it and that many +1/+1 counters on another target creature.)
*Modified by TheMechanix
Advantage (When this creature attacks, you choose which creatures block this combat and how those creatures block.)
Thulium
Oust [Cost] ([Cost], {t}: This creature fights another target creature.)
Aspect - If enchanted creature is named [card's name], [positive effect] instead.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is always on an Aura with a negative effect. The positive effect is often the reverse of the negative one, and you can add adjectives before 'Aspect' to indicate different creature names.**
Chase - Whenever a Stormchaser enters the battlefield under you control, (effect..)
NOTE: Stormchaser is a custom subtype.
Disable N (Whenever this creature deals damage to a creature, put N time counters on that creature. For as long as it has time counters on it, it can't attack or block and has "At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from this creature.")
*Modified by TheMechanix
touchstone
Ruthless N - [Cost] ([Cost], {t}, Sacrifice a creature: Put N +1/+1 counters on this creature.)
Counterattack N - [Cost] ([Cost], {t}: The next N damage that a source of your choice would deal to this creature this turn is dealt to another any target instead.)
*Modified by TheMechanix
TomeTwister
Infrastructure (This spell costs {2} less to cast as long as you control two or more artifacts.)
Decay (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature blocking it.)
Incapacitate ____. (Tap it. It loses all abilities until end of turn.)
Bomb N. (Create N colorless Bomb artifact tokens. Target opponent gains control of them.)
Tomigon
Avenge N (As long as there are more creature cards in your graveyard than in an opponent's, this creature gets +N/+N.)
Animosity (This creature is dealt damage in the form of +1/-1 counters.)
Temper (This creature gets +X/+X, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in your hand.)
Stealth N (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls N or less untapped lands.)
Hunt (If this creature is unblocked, you may have it assign its combat damage to a creature defending player controls.)
Peaceful (This creature can't attack. It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-0 counters.)
Hexshield (This permanent can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control as long as you have more cards in hand than each opponent.)
Temerity [cost] (You may cast this card for its temerity cost. If you do, its targets are chosen at random.)
AUTHOR'S NOTE : Used in instant or sorcery.
Defiance (Whenever this creature attacks, if defending player controls an untapped creature with greater power, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Impart [Cost] (When this creature dies, you may pay its impart cost and exile it. If you do, target creature gains all activated abilities of this card.)
Fierce (Whenever this creature attacks, if defending player has more cards in hand than each other player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Tidal N (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a tide counter from this permanent. If you can't, put N tide counters on it.)
Furious (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+0 for each untapped creature defending player controls.)
Gluttonous (Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Notorious N (When this creature attacks the player with the least life or tied for least life, if it's not notorious, put N +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes notorious.)
Ambitious (Whenever this creature becomes untapped, choose a creature. This creature gains all activated abilities of that creature until your next turn.)
Jujutsu [Cost] ([Cost]: Remove target creature blocking or being blocked by this creature from combat.)
Insidious N - [Cost] ([Cost], Exile another card with converted mana cost N from your graveyard: You may cast this card from your graveyard until end of turn.)
Cooperate [Cost] ([Cost], Reveal this card from your hand: Until end of turn, lands target player controls have "{t}: Revealed card's owner may add {c}.")
Amok [Cost] ([Cost], Discard a card at random: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Zazen [Cost] ([Cost], {t}: This creature doesn't untap during your next untap step. At the beginning of your next upkeep, draw a card.)
Parasitism {cost} ({cost}, {t}: This creature loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay {cost} to end this effect.)
Metamorphose [Cost] ([Cost], {t}: Exile a creature card with power equal to this creature's power from your library, then shuffle. This creature becomes a copy of that card, except it has this ability.)
Excavate. (Put a mine counter on target Mountain you control. That land is a Mine in addition to its other types for as long as it has a mine counter on it.)
AUTHOR'S NOTE : This abilities is often used with "affinity for Mines".
Bloom _____. (Put a bloom counter on _____. It is bloomed for as long as it has a bloom counter on it.)
Mindprobe N. (Look at the top N cards of an opponent's library. Exile a nonland card from among them. That player shuffles his or her library.)
Archive _____. (Exile it. It gains "{2}: Put this card from exile into its owner's hand.")
Duplicate _____. (Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. That token gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.)
Empathy - Whenever another creature you control (negative situation), (positive effect…)
Seppuku - Whenever you are dealt damage, you may sacrifice this creature. If you do, (effect…)
Equilibrium - if an opponent has more cards in their hand than you, (effect…)
Equilibrium - (effect) as long as an opponent has more cards in their hand than you.
Equilibrium - [Cost]: (Effect). Activate this ability only if an opponent has more cards in their hand than you.
...etc
Attune - Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, (effect..)
Cornered - if you control less creatures than each other player, (effect…)
Cornered - (effect) as long as you control less creatures than each other player.
Cornered - [Cost]: (effect). Activate this ability only if you control less creatures than each other player.
...etc
Academic
(Artifacts, Artificers and Wizards are academic.)
Chaotic
(A card, spell or permanent is chaotic if it has instances of "coin" or "six-sided die" in its rules text.)
Tommia
Relic (This can be your commander. You can have two commanders as long as they share a creature type.)
AUTHOR’S NOTE: For legendary equipment with a creature type
Harness N. (Choose a creature with the least power among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
TrAction
Possessed (Whenever you discard a card or lose life, this creature gains indestructible until the end of your next turn.)
Exorcism - .., if there are no cards in your graveyard and you control no black permanents, (effect..)
TurkeyAsylum
Gaze (When this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, remove this creature and that creature from combat.)
Tvore
Hurl [Cost] ([Cost], {t}: This creature deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is the number of creatures that didn't attack this turn. Hurl only as a sorcery and only during your postcombat main phase.)
Legion [Cost] (At the beginning of your upkeep you may pay [cost]. If you do, create a token that's a copy of this creature.)
'Spell name' caster (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may put 'spell name' into your hand from your library, then shuffle.)
Linger (When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost.)
unicornsareevil13579
Calling (Each creature you control that shares a creature type with this card you tap while casting this spell pays for {1}.)
Headhunter (Whenever this creature attacks, target legendary creature defending player controls blocks this creature if able.)
Pack - Whenever this creature attacks, (effect) for each other attacking creature you control that shares a creature type with it.
Vulcanthrax
Uncover - .. if you control ___ or more basic lands, (effect..)
Uncover - (effect) as long as you control ___ or more basic lands.
Uncover - [Cost]: (effect). Activate this ability only if you control ___ or more basic lands.
wiilli
Devolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a -1/-1 counter on this creature.)
WitchDoctor133
Invoke (Each creature you sacrifice while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Petrify (Whenever a creature blocks or becomes blocked by this creature, put a petrify counter on that creature at end of combat. It can't attack or block for as long as it has a petrify counter on it.)
Soulsearch N (When this creature dies, create N 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.)
Elemental N (When you cast this spell, you may pay {n}. If you do, create a N/1 ____ Elemental token with haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
NOTE: Insert the card's color(s) in the blank
Vengeful - Whenever a creature you control dies, (effect…)
Fury - Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, (effect..)
Woloa
Dying wish [cost] (Whenever a creature you control dies, you may cast this card for its dying wish cost.)
Yro
Inexorable (If this creature would leave the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand instead.)
Yururu
Submerge (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may put a -1/-1 counter on it. If you do, it becomes submerged and it can't be blocked.)
ZendikarIncarnate
Charger (This creature can only be blocked by one creature.)
Spoils of war (Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, you may search that creature's controller's library for an artifact card and put it onto the battlefield under your control, then shuffle.)
Spirit (When this creature dies, if it is not a Spirit, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It becomes a Spirit in addition to its other types.)
NAME IDEAS: “Restless” by @Stormbreath