MadOlaf's Magic Cards

I noticed today that blue and green share the ability to change power and toughness on creatures.  This is a mix of Lignify and Illusory ...

If you're not familiar with Gix, he was one of the original Phyrexian baddies. You can learn a bit more about him here .

If you don't know by now, I'm very excited for the Dark Tower movie to show up at my local theater in July.  Tull is the first i...

So Hollee said to me tonight, "Are there any bargain cards? Like a card that can let you trade a card in your hand with a card in an ...

This is a play on all those white team pump enchantments.  White really wants to have a bunch of dudes to swing with, and Strength of Soli...

I don't often make cards from the art I see, but this one popped up /r/imaginarylandscapes and I was blown away.  The card itself is p...

Okay so I missed a few days.  I've been really into this new format I've been developing. I call it SmashCube. The rules are as f...

Annoying flier. I'm into it.

A simple effect.  There are a few cards that are similar, but more complicated.

I'm not sure if I should use life loss or damage for spite, but I should probably stick to one.  Life loss is better, I think.

IF you're not familiar with espionage, check out the tag.  I've made quite a few cards with this ability.

I was challenged to make more common cards.  Each card I make this week will be common. Today's card is trying to solve the problem ...

I like the idea that this can possibly make 4 1/1s for two mana, but will most often make 1 or 2. Design was inspired by both Crawling Sen...

This is the relic that King Micah is sending with Otto to the Gargut Glacier.  I hope nothing bad happens...

Simple counterspell. Simple wording. Simple title. I'm into it.

I was thinking about the card Telepathy today, and I was wondering why it didn't see more play. It's a powerful effect, especial...

I thought of this one in the shower while pondering the nature of card draw and creatures.  Hystrodon and Thieving Magpie came to mind, an...

Just a riff on Ratchet Bomb, Engineered Explosives, etc.

A land that taps for any color of mana needs to have a drawback.

There were a few iterations on this theme. I wanted a card that made Spirits, but could potentially be more powerful than other token cr...

In the second Story Spotlight of Frostmere, King Micah summons his most powerful friends to the throne room. The Planeswalker Otto and t...

Skeleman.

Making duals legendary is a reasonable drawback.  This one has the added bonus of being snow, making it a pseudo-triland.

Are these effects in the right order?  Does the spite ability need to be first?

It's been a while since I did any real work on Frostmere, but now that Saturdays are full of flavor, I thought I would show off the ...

I was thinking about Espionage .  I was thinking about what green could do to protect itself against the mechanic in draft. This card is n...

I started with this being a Blue/Red enchantment, but I realized that both of these effects are available at colorless.  I switched it col...

This card really goes in line with what red and white soldiers might want to do.

Tuesday Relic!  I will post an artifact or the like every Tuesday.  This one is inspired by the art of Amonkhet.

They showed some art from Amonkhet today on the Mothership , and here is my guess on the birdhead god.  I am hoping they make the five of ...

I'm going to be doing a few things differently on the blog.  I will be publishing one card per day, every day, for the rest of the yea...

It's been a while since I've been posting cards, and for that I apologize.  Here is my re-entry into the world of custom card de...

Someone else just made Snowfall!  I don't know if it was independent or borrowed, but I love the mechanic. There is a Reddit post wher...

Sometimes, you come to a realization that you don't have the motivation to be the best you can. You drift through life hoping that th...

So there's this show on Netflix called Hellevator.  It's a horror themed game show and it's been running non-stop in my apartm...

snek

If a character has a proper name, it's Legendary.  Ronald's last name is Snakeman, therefore, he is a legend.

Just for fun.

rawr

Emrakul themed sweeper.  I used colorless mana even though it's not in EMN. Sue me.

I wanted some other colors to play with wither in Hellfire.  Blue's single wither card is very strong.

I designed this guy a little while back, and I can't help but be reminded of Hanweir Garrison from Eldritch Moon.  The Garrison is bet...

Here's a card that's been in my Frostmere file for most of it's life.  It is intended to be a plant for Hellfire, a set in whi...

Here is one of the four uncommon dual lands from Hellfire.  Each of them enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a basic Mountain...

I want to tell you why I love Wendigos so much, but it's a major spoiler for the thing that caused me to love them.  Anyway, they like...