New Challenge Every Day - December 26th: The earliest card you remember designing

[void_nothing]

Today's Challenge:
The earliest card you remember designing

.::To Enter::.
In a single post:

• Name exactly two other players to vote for their entries for the previous challenge. (In the event that there are two or fewer entries that you are allowed to vote for, you may vote for only one.)

• Make a card that fits the current challenge.

• Include an "If I Win" (IIW) for tomorrow's challenge if you win.

Each day we use the challenge of the previous day's winner. In the case of a tie, we'll use the IIW of the tied player who has least overall points. In case of a further tie, the IIW of the earlier poster will be used.

.::Scoring::.

slimytrout 54 (+3)
JovialJovian 53 (+5)
netn10 47 (+1)
void_nothing 47 (+3)
Riria 43
dyd 42
OneAndOnly 26
Pygyzy 26 (+2)
Raptorchan 24
caulkwrangler 22
MonoRedMage 6
FoilSquared 3
kwanyeegor-ii 2
BaconCatBug 1

.::Note of the Day::.

.::Yesterday's Submissions::.
Happiness

Votes: slimytrout, JovialJovian

Joyful Celebrations 1rw
Enchantment
Exalted
Each nontoken creature you control has haste, lifelink and exalted if it entered the battlefield this turn.

IIW: what

Votes: Pygyzy, void_nothing

Hope Overload 2WW
Enchantment (R)
Whenever a creature dies, if it didn't have a hope counter on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a hope counter on it.
The creatures of the player that controls the highest number of permanents with hope counters on them can't attack. (In the case of a tie, nobody is restricted.)

IIW: Use the word "quadruple" at least once in rules text.

Jovialjovian, void_nothing

Arms of the Angel WWU
Enchantment - Binding (MR)
Bind a player and a creature
The bound pair have hexproof.
Whenever the paired creature attacks, the paired player creates a white 4/4 Angel creature token with flying,

IIW: Animal Angels (Dog, cat, bird, rabbit, fox etc)

Votes: Pygyzy, JovialJovian

Avatar of Happiness 4WW
Creature - Avatar (Mythic)
Defender, Indestructible
W: Exile another target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
"It sends every soul to life without worries, yet it can't find happiness itself. May you make it happy again."
0/8

IIW: Break mono white in commander.

dyd, JovialJovian

Involuntary Euphoria 2W
Enchantment - Aura (U)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
When Involuntary Euphoria leaves the battlefield, you gain life equal to enchanted creature's power.
"Your - ha - spell - ha ha - has failed," Kraxxgor the Vile choked out between giggles. "Mua ha ha ha ha," he cackled, his eyes growing wide with panic.

IIW: ___ Elemental

void_nothing, slimytrout

The Year of Jubilee 3WWW
Legendary Enchantment - Saga
I, II, III : You gain 4 life.
VI : Double your life total.
V : Create X 1/1 white Citizen creature tokens, where X is your life total.

IIW: Really big shoes

Votes: JovialJovian, slimytrout

Gleeful Mischief 1RG
Enchantment (R)
Flash
When Gleeful Mischief enters the battlefield, until end of turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt by creatures this turn. Whenever damage a creature would deal is prevented in this way, put that many laughter counters on it.
All creatures have "T, Remove X laughter counters from this creature: Choose one -
• Copy target instant or sorcery spell with converted mana cost X or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.
• You may change the target of target spell with converted mana cost X or less and single target."

IIW: Top-down pirate story setting

[Riria]

Votes: netn10, JovialJovian

The first custom card I ever designed was actually a legendary creature that was supposed to represent myself, for like an EDH thing at my LGS. The version of the card I have here has a different name than that original (for obvious reasons) but everything else is left identical.

Riria the Nitpicker WUB
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor (MR)
If you would draw a card, instead pay up to 5 life, then look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Whenever another Advisor enters the battlefield under your control for the first time each turn, you gain life equal to the life you paid into Riria's ability this turn.
2/4

IIW: "an opponent chooses"

[dyd]

Votes: slimytrout, Riria

I remember a few joke cards about office life I designed for my colleagues... here is a revised black-bordered version.

Blessed Deafness w
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has protection from Advisors and from Goats.
"I wonder how Matthew can always be so relaxed with all that noise."

Original silver-bordered version

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Blessed Earphones w
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has protection from Bosses and from Customers.
"I wonder how Matthew can always be so relaxed with all that noise."

IIW: beer

[netn10]

Votes: JovialJovian, dyd

Copy-paste of my first post from 2009... thanks for the memory lane!

Extra Brain 5UU
Enchantment (Rare)
When Extra Brain comes into play, draw seven cards.
Your maximum hand size is 14.
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card.

IIW: Pauper playable vehicle.

[OneAndOnly]

Votes: Ririra, JovialJovian
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Flashspark -- RR
Interrupt
Flashspark deals one damage to target creature or player.
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Nowadays it'd be an instant with split second, but that was the first card I designed ... way back when Revised had just come out. I don't recall what the first card I posted online was -- it would have been on the actual MagicTheGathering.com forums, when Wizards actually cared about them. It's been, uh, three forums and as many usernames since.
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IIW: December 20, 2020

[slimytrout]

dyd, Riria
hm: JovialJovian -- very close to taking the second slot, but the legendary typing felt a bit off to me on a Saga

The first custom set I designed was an "underground" set with wedge tribes -- Jeskai djinni, Mardu dwarves, Sultai amphin, Temur elementals, and Abzan fungi. Sadly all the card files are sitting on an old laptop at my parents', but here's my best reconstruction:

Fungal Ambassador 2GW
Creature - Fungus Advisor (U)
Lifelink
GW, T: Create a 1/1 white Fungus creature token with lifelink.
As long as your life total is greater than or equal to your starting life total, creatures you control get +1/+1.
3/3

IIW: A card from one of the above tribes

[JovialJovian]

dyd, pygyzy

Well, as a kid I would design my own cards, and draw them out on graph paper. I had hoped to be able to unearth some of those cut-out custom cards while I'm hope for the holidays, have some really poorly thought out jank, but no luck.. So the oldest things I can directly remember are from 2008-9, when I was grabbing art online and making cards to fit it.

Somnambulus 2GU
Creature - Octopus
Somnambulus gets +1/+1 for each tapped creature on the battlefield.
2U: Tap target creature.
1/1

IIW: Clothes that don't fit

[Ink-Treader]

dyd, slimytrout

Ooo, this takes me back. This was from before I realized that DFCs were a wiser direction.

Licid Energizer 3G
Creature - Licid (R)
You may pay 1 rather than pay the t cost for the activated abilities of Licids you control.
G, T: Licid Energizer loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay G to end this effect.
0: Untap enchanted creature. Activate this ability only during your turn and only once each turn.
2/2

IIW: Use the IIW of the participant with the lowest vote total for the month (besides myself of course)

[void_nothing]

Votes: Pygyzy, JovialJovian

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I clearly remember my first-ever custom design because it was my first-ever post.

On MTGNews. It was this, but more badly spelled:

Raging Berserker 1RR
Creature - Barbarian (R)
Sacrifice a Goblin: Destroy target artifact.
2/2

We now have Goblin Trashmaster so I'll make something similar that's bigger still than even that.

Skirk Thunderer 4RR
Creature - Goblin Mutant (R)
Prowess
Tap four untapped Goblins you control: Destroy all artifacts and all nonbasic lands. Add R for each permanent destroyed in this way.
6/6

IIW: Rare Shades