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This is an organized list of those mechanics. These mechanics are open source. We only ask that you give credit to the creators of the mechanic in the comments below your card, in exchange for making them available for everyone to use.
Triggered Mechanics
Defined as: Whenever something happens, something else happens.
Acid blood - DeepSky - Acid blood (When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its toughness to target creature.)
Ascendancy X - liftinggravity - Ascendancy X -- If this creature's power is greater than it was the turn before this one by at least X, {positive effect}. Otherwise, it loses all the effects of this ability.
Attune - Tomigon - Attune -- Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, {effect}
Avenge - Latinas - Avenge (Whenever a creature you control dies, destroy target creature an opponent controls.)
Binary - Beeswax - Binary (Whenever you cast a spell, switch this permanent between on and off. It starts on.)
Burn X - Charging Badger - Burn X (Whenever a source damages this creature, this creature deals X damage to that source's controller.)
Cripple X - RekasorusRex - Cripple X (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a another creature, put X -1/-1 counters on that creature.)
Defiant - Tomigon - Defiant (Whenever this creature attacks the controller of the creature with the greatest power, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Empathy - Tomigon - Empathy -- Whenever another creature you control dies, {effect...}
Fierce - Tomigon - Fierce (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most cards in his or her hand, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Furious - Tomigon - Furious (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+0 for each untapped creature defending player controls.)
Glow - Charging Badger - Glow (Whenever you cast a spell, put a glow counter on this permanent. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a glow counter from this permanent.)
Growl X - DeepSky - Growl X (When a creature blocks or becomes blocked by this creature, that creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn.)
Hunt - Tomigon - Hunt (If this creature would deal combat damage to an opponent, you may assign that damage to target creature instead.)
Issen - Tomigon - Issen (Whenever this creature deals damage to a creature, this creature deals an additional X damage, where X is the difference between that creature’s power and toughness.)
Legacy X - liftinggravity - Legacy X (When this creature leaves the battlefield, put X copies of it onto the battlefield without this ability.)
Mindslave - Tomigon - Mindslave (If this creature would deal combat damage to a player, you may exile it instead. If you do, you control that player during his or her next turn. )
Mindwipe - michaelmvm - Mindwipe (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard.)
Oathbound - Beeswax - Oathbound (Whenever this creature is dealt combat damage by a creature, you may swear this creature against that creature.)
Pillage - RekasorusRex - Pillage (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card, and you draw a card.)
Possession X - Tomigon - Possession X (When this creature would die, you may exile it instead. If you do, put X -1/-1 counters on target creature.)
Puppetmaster - Beeswax - Puppetmaster (When this creature dies, sacrifice each creature paired with it.)
This ability is always coupled with another ability that makes creature tokens that are paired with the creature.
Seppuku - Tomigon - Seppuku -- Whenever you are dealt damage, you may sacrifice this creature. If you do, {effect}
Spare parts - Torizo - Spare parts X (When this creature dies, put X cog counters onto the battlefield.)
Unthinking - liftinggravity - Unthinking -- {Creature name} must attack every turn if able. Whenever it attacks, {positive effect}.
In order to make this easier to update and add mechanics in a limited space, Mechanics will be listed alphabetically and in groups of 25.
visit and post your custom mechanics there!
http://forums.mtgcardsmith.com/discussion/225/mechanic-encyclopedia-for-all/p1
This is an organized list of those mechanics. These mechanics are open source. We only ask that you give credit to the creators of the mechanic in the comments below your card, in exchange for making them available for everyone to use.
Triggered Mechanics
Defined as: Whenever something happens, something else happens.
Acid blood - DeepSky - Acid blood (When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its toughness to target creature.)
Ascendancy X - liftinggravity - Ascendancy X -- If this creature's power is greater than it was the turn before this one by at least X, {positive effect}. Otherwise, it loses all the effects of this ability.
Attune - Tomigon - Attune -- Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, {effect}
Avenge - Latinas - Avenge (Whenever a creature you control dies, destroy target creature an opponent controls.)
Binary - Beeswax - Binary (Whenever you cast a spell, switch this permanent between on and off. It starts on.)
Burn X - Charging Badger - Burn X (Whenever a source damages this creature, this creature deals X damage to that source's controller.)
Cripple X - RekasorusRex - Cripple X (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a another creature, put X -1/-1 counters on that creature.)
Defiant - Tomigon - Defiant (Whenever this creature attacks the controller of the creature with the greatest power, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Empathy - Tomigon - Empathy -- Whenever another creature you control dies, {effect...}
Fierce - Tomigon - Fierce (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most cards in his or her hand, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Furious - Tomigon - Furious (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+0 for each untapped creature defending player controls.)
Glow - Charging Badger - Glow (Whenever you cast a spell, put a glow counter on this permanent. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a glow counter from this permanent.)
Growl X - DeepSky - Growl X (When a creature blocks or becomes blocked by this creature, that creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn.)
Hunt - Tomigon - Hunt (If this creature would deal combat damage to an opponent, you may assign that damage to target creature instead.)
Issen - Tomigon - Issen (Whenever this creature deals damage to a creature, this creature deals an additional X damage, where X is the difference between that creature’s power and toughness.)
Legacy X - liftinggravity - Legacy X (When this creature leaves the battlefield, put X copies of it onto the battlefield without this ability.)
Mindslave - Tomigon - Mindslave (If this creature would deal combat damage to a player, you may exile it instead. If you do, you control that player during his or her next turn. )
Mindwipe - michaelmvm - Mindwipe (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard.)
Oathbound - Beeswax - Oathbound (Whenever this creature is dealt combat damage by a creature, you may swear this creature against that creature.)
Pillage - RekasorusRex - Pillage (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card, and you draw a card.)
Possession X - Tomigon - Possession X (When this creature would die, you may exile it instead. If you do, put X -1/-1 counters on target creature.)
Puppetmaster - Beeswax - Puppetmaster (When this creature dies, sacrifice each creature paired with it.)
This ability is always coupled with another ability that makes creature tokens that are paired with the creature.
Seppuku - Tomigon - Seppuku -- Whenever you are dealt damage, you may sacrifice this creature. If you do, {effect}
Spare parts - Torizo - Spare parts X (When this creature dies, put X cog counters onto the battlefield.)
Unthinking - liftinggravity - Unthinking -- {Creature name} must attack every turn if able. Whenever it attacks, {positive effect}.
In order to make this easier to update and add mechanics in a limited space, Mechanics will be listed alphabetically and in groups of 25.
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Blink - Gafratt01 - Blink (Whenever this permanent blocks, is blocked or becomes the target of a spell or ability, exile it then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.)
Deathgaze - Corwinnn - Deathgaze (Whenever a creature without deathgaze blocks or is blocked by this creature, flip a coin. If the flip ends up in your favor, destroy that creature.)
Decree - Corwinnn - Decree -- Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, {EFFECT}.
Defensible - Latinas - Defensible (Whenever this creature blocks it gets +0+X until end of turn where X is it's toughness) (GREEN MECHANIC)
Delerium X - Gafratt01 - Delirium X (Whenever this card deals damage to a player, that player discards X cards.)
Draining - Noobplayzgames - Draining (Whenever this creature deals damage to a creature, gain that much life and that creature can't attack, block, or activate abilities during its controller's next turn.)
Finisher X - Gafratt01 - Finisher X (If you cast at least X spells this turn, you may cast this without paying it's mana cost. If you do, you can't cast spells this turn.)
Frenzy - Fury59 - Frenzy (If this creature put another creature into a graveyard this turn, untap it and it gets an additional combat phase.)
Invocation X - Damnation - Invocation X -- If you control X nontoken creatures that share a color with {cardname}, {effect}.
Lone wolf - Looverse - Lone wolf -- As long as {Card Name} is the only creature you control, {EFFECT}.
Mistform - cadstar369 - Mistform (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may untap it and remove it from combat.)
Mitotic - Gafratt01 - Mitotic ( When this creature dies put two X/X creature tokens of the same type and color as this creature with "Mitotic" onto the battlefield where X is half it's toughness, rounded down. If it's toughness is 1, exile it.)
Penetrating X - Noobplayzgames - Penetrating X (Whenever this creature is blocked, it deals X damage to defending creature's controller.)
Psionic X - epson777341 - Psionic X - (When {card name} attacks, you may discard X cards and {card name} deals one damage for each card discarded this way to target player.)
Rage X - Latinas - Rage (Whenever this creature attacks it gets +X+0 until end of turn where X is it's power) (RED MECHANIC)
Rage X - epson777341 - Rage X - (Whenever this creature takes damage, put a rage counter on it. When it has X or more rage counters on it, it gets +X/+X and must attack each turn if able.)
Reflective - Noobplayzgames - Reflective (Whenever this creature becomes a target of a spell or ability, you may choose new targets for that spell or ability.)
Shadowbound - DarKaron - Shadowbound (When this creature dies, place a 1/1 Shadow creature token onto the battlefield.)
Shatter X - RekasorusRex - Shatter X (When {card name} is put into a graveyard from play, it deals X damage to target creature or player.)
Skirmish - Noobplayzgames - Skirmish Whenever {Card Name} blocks or is blocked, {effect}.
Sly - Looverse - Sly (When this creature blocks, you may have it deal damage equal to its toughness to target attacking creature.)
Surge - Noobplayzgames - Surge (Whenever this creature attacks, look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your hand, onto the bottom of your library or into your graveyard.)
Tribal bound - JaceNalaar - Tribal bound -- As long as you control 4 or more {Creature type}, {Effect}.
Warlike - michaelmvm - Warlike -- When {cardname} enters the battlefield, if an opponent was dealt 6 or more damage this turn, {effect}. (RED/GREEN MECHANIC)
In order to make this easier to update and add mechanics in a limited space, Mechanics will be listed alphabetically and in groups of 25.
Vicious - theimmortaldeath - Vicious (If this creature would be dealt damage while fighting another creature, it gains +X/+0, where X is the amount of damage it would be dealt, until the end of turn.)
In order to make this easier to update and add mechanics in a limited space, Mechanics will be listed alphabetically and in groups of 25.
Suggestions, comments or corrections are always welcome!