MadOlaf's Magic Cards

Red = hurt.

Happy leap year day! Edit: Better version.

Green's entry is simple, but effective.  I made this one a long time ago, and I still think it holds up.

This week's cards are a response to Bob's Challenge .  I have made my common aggro creatures.  Enjoy!  Today's card is blue...

This is an old one.  Designed right around the time Urza's Destiny came out, this card uses one of the mechanics designed for that set...

A simple card draw spell with an interesting drawback.

The Basic card type is one that's been around since the inception of the game. Until now, it's only been on five cards. We all k...

I made sure to make each of the basic cards less powerful than comparable cards of the same rarity.  For example, compare this to Tome Sco...

It's difficult to gauge how many of a basic card you want in your deck.  Once you get the choice to put as many basic cards as you wan...

I like that these cards are not very powerful, but can be useful in the right deck.  They're actually pretty basic. (See what I did th...

I like the idea of playing 7 Discard in a deck.  Or 9. Why not?

I can't believe this hasn't been made yet. Edited version.

This is another Violet Dawn card.  The Ngakoi are a race of psions.  Here's a cheap one that gets better if you're behind on the c...

This is one of those ancient relics I was talking about the other day.

I've been trying to figure out some vanillas that don't exist, so I made a chart.  There are a lot of things on the chart that I fou...

The Xxyth are the Baddies in Avadnu.  Think Lovecraft.  They come from some weird far-away plane that has only slimy things that are reall...

The Zeidian are the protectors of the current population of Avadnu.  They feel that it is their duty to protect the other races from the X...

I chose Scry as one of the Mistji keywords, because they are the most magically aligned of all the races of Avadnu.  This card lets them s...

The Sulwynarii are an ancient race that fought against an unspeakable evil many years ago.  Their race is dwindling and the only thing the...

Ok, so there are a few things weird going on with this week's cycle.  First of all, it's Tribal, which is something Wizards has sa...

This is probably my favorite card I've ever designed.  You'll see some more Gnomes later.

A mana producer that feels both black and green.  And also slimy.  Ewww.

This week, I'd like to introduce you to Forged. This is the actual wording of Machina Serpent.  (I had to hide the keyword before.)...

I wanted to make something a little different than Zombify for the black card in the cycle, and here you have it.  It can still get lots ...

This is the only instant in the cycle, as it doesn't return a permanent to the battlefield.  It does, however, let you recycle counter...

This was the card that inspired the cycle.  I thought, "Why isn't there a Zombify for artifacts?" and voila!

Imagine a world where Disenchant wouldn't ruin your day. Edit:  New mana cost.

See if you can guess the cycle this week.

My favourite thing about this card it that it kills itself when you activate it.  This is a good card for all those Johnnies to abuse.  Tr...

I worded it specifically this way so if you cast it with no other cards in hand, you can still counter a spell.

Most of the blog posts I've done so far involve Snow as a theme, and I'd like to do something a little different today. Let's ...