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OVERVIEW
I want to make this as a list or encyclopedia of all the custom mechanics on MTG Cardsmith who's creator has given permission for anyone to use - If you post a mechanic to this discussion, I will put it into the encyclopedia and credit you for it! Remember, these mechanics are here for ANYONE to use - if you need inspiration, look no further!
MECHANIC ENCYCLOPEDIA!
Archery X (This permanent enters the battlefield with X arrow counters on it.) By ChargingBadger.
Burn X (Whenever a source damages this creature, this creature deals X damage to that source's controller.)
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.) By ChargingBadger.
Versatility (Cost: Switch this creature's power and toughness until end of turn.) By ChargingBadger.
I want to make this as a list or encyclopedia of all the custom mechanics on MTG Cardsmith who's creator has given permission for anyone to use - If you post a mechanic to this discussion, I will put it into the encyclopedia and credit you for it! Remember, these mechanics are here for ANYONE to use - if you need inspiration, look no further!
MECHANIC ENCYCLOPEDIA!
Archery X (This permanent enters the battlefield with X arrow counters on it.) By ChargingBadger.
Burn X (Whenever a source damages this creature, this creature deals X damage to that source's controller.)
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.) By ChargingBadger.
Versatility (Cost: Switch this creature's power and toughness until end of turn.) By ChargingBadger.
Comments
http://forums.mtgcardsmith.com/discussion/181/make-and-vote-on-mechanics#latest
Also check out -Tome of TheMechanix- where mechanics posted on this thread are organized:
http://forums.mtgcardsmith.com/discussion/4354/tome-of-themechanix
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My mechanics
Avenge N (As long as there are more creature cards in your graveyard than in an opponent's, this creature gets +N/+N.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/vengeful-crusader-6?list=set&set=1178
Animosity (This creature is dealt damage in the form of +1/-1 counters.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/kuchisake-1?list=set&set=1178
Temper (This creature gets +X/+X, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in your hand.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/yazoick-born-of-war-3?list=set&set=1178
Stealth N (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls N or less untapped lands.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/silent-manslaughterer-2?list=set&set=1178
Hunt (If this creature would deal combat damage to an opponent, you may assign that damage to a creature that player controls instead.)
..or..
Hunt (If this creature is unblocked, you may have it assign its combat damage to a creature defending player controls.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/tessa-dawnray-archer-7?list=set&set=1178
Peaceful (This creature can't attack. It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-0 counters.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/grakk-the-pacifist-1?list=set&set=1178
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.
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/hexfire-1?list=set&set=1178
Defiance (Whenever this creature attacks, if defending player controls an untapped creature with greater power, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/eliza-the-lionheart-4?list=set&set=1178
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.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/scryer-adept-10?list=set&set=1178
Fierce (Whenever this creature attacks, if defending player has more cards in hand than each other player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/ancient-hellbeast?list=set&set=1178
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.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/brielle-tidereader-1?list=set&set=1178
Furious (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+0 for each untapped creature defending player controls.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/dorin-the-lionheart-5?list=set&set=1178
Gluttonous (Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/gosmog-bane-of-the-living-1?list=set&set=18867
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.)
'Creature type' slayer N (When this creature enters the battlefield, if an opponent controls a 'Creature type', put N +1/+1 counters on this creature.)
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.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/visitor-from-beyond-3?list=set&set=1178
Amok [Cost] ([Cost], Discard a card at random: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/beatrix-enraged-necromancer?list=set&set=1178
Zazen [Cost] ([Cost], {t}: This creature doesn't untap during your next untap step. At the beginning of your next upkeep, draw a card.)
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.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/simic-metamorphosist-1?list=set&set=1178
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".
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/grumpy-miner-7?list=set&set=1178
Bloom _____. (Put a bloom counter on _____. It is bloomed for as long as it has a bloom counter on it.)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/dryad-of-eternal-spring?list=set&set=1178
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…)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/lydia-princess-of-the-wild-2?list=set&set=1178
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
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/stag-of-the-hidden-sanctum-7?list=set&set=1178
Attune - Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, (effect..)
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/quidolf-master-wizard?list=set&set=1178
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
Example: https://mtgcardsmith.com/view/angrod-the-indomitable-12?list=set&set=1178
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.)
build- you may sacrifice x cog counters to cast this card instead of paying its usual casting cost.
Like entwine but for more than two options.
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/genesis-seed
Landmorph (You may put this card onto the battlefield from your hand face down as a land card. It has "{t} : Add {1} to your mana pool." Turn it face up any time for its casting cost.)
Growl X(When a creature blocks or becomes blocked by this creature, that creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn.)
Electric (This creature can't attack or block unless you remove a charge counter from it.)
{Cost} : Charge X. (Put X charge counters on this creature.)
Acid blood (When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its toughness to target creature.)
Gunner (Remove a bullet counter from this creature : This creature deals 1 damage to target creature.)
Mindshare (At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more creatures with mindshare, you may draw a card.)
{Cost} : Outbreak. (Creatures with a -1/-1 counters on it have infect until end of turn.)
I especially like Beeswax's Oathbound mechanic.
Oathbound can be found on several cards.
An example by Beeswax: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/ahoni-oathguards#.VWDrCoJdU8p
An example by MrRansom: http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/sor-oathcollector?list=user#.VWDq9IJdU8p
I assume anyone can use the mechanic since I used it and Beeswax did not seem to mind.
Augury [Cost] ([Cost]: Turn this card face up, then turn it face down. Activate this ability no more than once per turn.)
Binary (Whenever you cast a spell, switch this permanent between on and off. It starts on.)
Biotheurgy (Each +1/+1 counter you remove from a creature you control while casting this spell pays for {1}.)
Collective (This creature has all activated abilities among creatures you control with collective.)
Ephemeral (This spell costs {2} less to cast if its target entered the battlefield this turn.)
Finale (At the beginning of the next end step, if this was the last spell cast this turn, return it to its owner's hand.)
[Creature type] Flitterstorm N (When you cast this spell, put N 0/1 [Creature type] tokens onto the battlefield. Exile them as it resolves.)
This ability is always paired with a clause that counts creatures of the relevant type.
Genepool (This card enters play with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature type it shares with a creature you control.)
Gravitate (Action word) (To gravitate, adjust the indicated parameter by the index towards the target number. If the parameter is equal to the target, do nothing.)
Leyline N (If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it exiled with N time counters on it. If you do, it gains suspend.)
Oathbound (Whenever this creature is dealt combat damage by a creature, you may swear this creature against that creature.)
Pact [Cost] (You may cast this card without paying its mana cost and as though it had flash. If you do, you lose the game at the beginning of your next upkeep unless you pay [Cost].)
Precursor (You may cast this spell without paying its mana cost if all of its creature types are represented among creatures you control.)
Prosper N (Whenever you gain at least N life, you may pay {N}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Puppetmaster (When this creature dies, sacrifice each creature paired with it.)
This ability is always paired with another ability that makes creature tokens paired with the creature.
Ritual N (You may cast this spell without paying its mana cost by tapping N creatures you control, one of which must have a converted mana cost of N or greater.)
Splice (As you cast a spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost to, add this card's text to that spell.)
I've deleted a good number of cards, but this is a complete record of keywords, ability words, and action words among cards in my library currently.
Legacy # (When this creature leaves the battlefield, put # copies of it onto the battlefield without this ability.)
Parasitism (When this creature enters the battlefield, exile a creature from your hand if this was it from your hand. When this creature leaves the battlefield, put X copies of it on the battlefield, where X is the toughness of exiled creature.)
Boy those abilities are really alike >w<
Unthinking- (Creature name) must attack every turn if able. Whenever it attacks, (positive effect).
Outwit- (Creature name) (positive effect) if blocking or blocked by a creature that doesn't share a creature type with it.
(Landtype)voice - Whenever a (landtype) enters the battlefield, (positive effect).
(Cost): Entomb #(Exile target creature from a graveyard until # cards have entered graveyards from anywhere)
I have some Deemo fanart ones that are just the way they are.
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/deemo-and-girl?list=user#.VWFLeE9VhBc
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/the-masked-lady?list=user#.VWFLmk9VhBc
Timer #(This (permanent type) enters the battlefield with # fuse counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fuse counter from this (permanent type) and lose X life, where X is the number of fuse counters on this (permanent type)
This would be accompanied by a "When this (permanent type) has no fuse counters on it, (large effect)."
Instability(At the beginning of your upkeep, pay any amount of mana. This creature's power and toughness become equal to that amount. This creature cannot have counters placed on it.)
Ascendancy #- If this creature's power is greater than it was the turn before this one by at least blank, (permanent positive effect). Otherwise, it loses all the effects of this ability.
(Creaturetype) Outcast (This creature cannot block or be blocked by other (creaturetype) creatures)
Imperfect (Creaturetype) (When a non-Mutant, non-Horror (creaturetype) creature enters the battlefield, sacrifice this creature. If the creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, exile this creature instead.)
Purity (This creature cannot be targeted by non-white spells or abilities. This creature cannot have counters placed on it.)
Entangle # (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may cast up to # sorceries from your hand without paying their mana costs, where # is this creature's converted mana cost.)
Aurabinde(Players can only cast one enchantment per tern)
Avenge on Violet Moon Vampire
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/violet-moon-vampire?list=user#.VWJv_GRViko
Aurabinde on Adros Forest Guardians
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/adros-forest-guardians?list=user#.VWJwcWRViko
I do have upgrade but that ability was a mess when you look at the long wording for it
basically here it is Upgrade(You may pay this creature upgrade cost Not as its summoning cost and search your library for this cards upgrade card then exile this card and put its upgrade card onto the battlefield without paying it's mana cost when that creature dies put this card back onto the battlefield.)
The upgrade card is always shown on the card
In the words of Beeswax himself...
"Swearing against is basically like soulbond: it's just a state that a creature can be in relative to another creature. Like soulbond, it has no inherent rules qualities, but other effects check for it."
Also from Beeswax...
"The keyword for this age is Oathbound, which reads as following.
"Whenever this creature is dealt damage by a creature, you may swear this creature against that creature."
Oathbound is almost always accompanied by an effect along the lines of "Whenever a creature this creature is sworn against dies, [EFFECT].""
Cripple # (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a another creature, put # -1/-1 counters on that creature.)
Ambush {cost} (You may cast this card for its ambush cost and as though it had flash as long as a creature is attacking you. If you do, it enters the battlefield blocking that creature.)
Loner (This creature can only block alone.)
Smite {cost} (Whenever this creature deals lethal combat damage to another creature, you may pay {cost}. If you do, exile that creature.)
Inexorable (This creature has hexproof as long as it is attacking.)
Companionship {cost} (Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay {cost}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, and a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Sailing (A creature with sailing can only attack if both you and defending player control an island. A creature with sailing can only be blocked by creatures with sailing or swimming.)
Mount (You may attach this creature to target creature. Attach only as a sorcery. They both have trample and attack together. Any damage that would be felt that creature, it is dealt to this creature instead.)
Flying Mount (You may attach this creature to target creature. Attach only as a sorcery. They both have flying and attack together. Any damage that would be felt that creature, it is dealt to this creature instead.)
Aquatic Mount (You may attach this creature to target creature. Attach only as a sorcery. They both have swimming and attack together. Any damage that would be felt that creature, it is dealt to this creature instead.)
Shatter # (When [card name] is put into a graveyard from play, it deals # damage to target creature or player.)
That's it so far, I have more coming. I'll add more posts when I get new ideas.
thanks so much for liking my idea! that sounds awesome.
(green)Defensible(Whenever this creature blocks it gets +0+X until end of turn where X is it's toughness)
(red)Rage(Whenever this creature attacks it gets +X+0 until end of turn where X is it's power)
(white)Radiant X (If an opponent control a red or black creature this creature gets +X+X
Battle rush (at the beginning of each combat, you may put a +1/-1 counter on this creature.)
for r/g
When did you start using Avenge? I had it on a card back in early February, then remade it a while back.
Yay! Mine is Jan. 15
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/avenging-lancer-3?list=user#.VXJAXEvY9D0
But someone could have already used that word. Haha. Many cards have been made on this site.
Genius X - By itself, does nothing, but other effects will rely on Genius counters to have more power to them. Like, devotion, with counters.
Orbital - Cards with orbital are protected from cards without oribital, completely. Even board wiping stuff doesn't effect them. Your orbital units are above the entire fight.
Rage X - When a creature takes damage, it'll gain a rage counter, when they have enough, they go berserk, get +x/+x where X is the rage counters and gain the ability "this card must attack each turn if able".
Psionic X - When a creature with this attacks, you can discard X cards and it'll deal one damage for every card discarded this way to target player, even if the attacking creature is blocked.
Arrival X - When a card with this keyword is played, it exiles itself for X turns, then comes into play on your upkeep when the last arrival counter is removed. Kinda like a mandatory suspend.
Operations - An additional cost of keeping your own units tapped to keep an operation going. Kinda like a Cumulative Upkeep, but you sacrifice the operation at any time to untap the units.
Contract - When the creature with contract comes into play you choose a creature your opponent controls, it gets a "When this creature dies, your opponent does X", with X being the contract's boon (Life gain, Mana Gain, Scry, whatever.).
Modify - Allows you to change aspects of cards. Like Make a red nuke into a blue one, to go around protection, or increase it's damage, or the number of targets, etc. You can only modify a card once.
Spycraft X - When a creature with this ability enters play you may look at X target cards in your opponent's hand/top of their deck.
Veteran - When a creature dies as a result of damage from a creature with veteran, the veteran creature gains a +1/+1 counter.
Assimilate X - When a creature with a CMC of X or less dies from the result of damage dealt by a creature with assimilate, you may pay X to put it on your side of the field from the graveyard, it becomes a black/green chrysalis instead of it's other colors/types.
Warcry - When a creature with warcry attacks, it gains a +1/+1 counter, however if it doesn't attack by your end step, you remove a +1/+1 counter.