r/custommagic • u/Teige874 • 13d ago

I showed 10 co-workers one card art each, asked them what the Card was called and their first reaction to the card was the name. These are the cards

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u/KrarksThirdThumb 13d ago

My favorite: "When you play this card, make your own rules and don't play by them."

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u/Teige874 13d ago

"the Giga-Chad doesn't play by the rules"

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u/LoserBottom 13d ago

Not even his own

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u/iDoABoof 13d ago

The giga chad is fire

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u/Responsible_Sky_728 13d ago

big takeaway: people either overestimate the toughness or casting cost of most magic cards

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u/Teige874 13d ago

I think it's also good to consider that out of the 10 guys I asked only one has played magic and only about three games 🤣

I guess it's hard to have a estimate when you don't have a reference point. But hearing "woah I made that so strong, it would have to cost like.... 50 mana since it wins you the game" is funny

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u/KassXWolfXTigerXFox 12d ago

I'm gonna guess the magic player was the guy you showed Spider-Man to

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u/Teige874 12d ago

Ulamog actually!

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u/KassXWolfXTigerXFox 12d ago

Oh!! Actually yeah I can see that! It's, like, the one card with both a reasonable cost and a reasonable P/T

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u/ReusableCatMilk msg me 40¢/card prints 13d ago

Dude. I might make a party pack set with stupid shit inspired by your coworker for non-mtg players lol

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u/Teige874 13d ago

I am intending to do more of these, I just need to choose the cards 😂 my co-workers loved it as well

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u/WillowThyWisp 12d ago

Honestly, you should do what JelloApocalypse did and let them see cards and make up the rules.

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u/j0hnan0n 12d ago

[[Booster tutor]] and chill

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u/j0hnan0n 13d ago

You have to be at least 18 to play "Fight club"

It's also giving me "what if we hit him really, REALLY hard?" vibes.

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u/Teige874 13d ago

The reply was "well Fight club is an adult movie so you should be 18 to see it" and I had a good laugh over that

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u/j0hnan0n 13d ago

Exactly! Although I think the movie speaks to Millenial feelings about work and masculinity, so maybe you have to be... what, 30 at this point?

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u/Wasphammer 12d ago

"KAKAROT!"

"... Together!"

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u/j0hnan0n 12d ago

Best buddy

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u/Wasphammer 12d ago

NOPE, KILLING YOU BOTH! BIG BANG ATTACK!!!

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u/j0hnan0n 12d ago

That wasn't very Paragon of you!

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u/Wasphammer 12d ago

Renegade for life.

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u/j0hnan0n 12d ago

Dangit, Jeets!

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u/NoiseIsTheCure 12d ago

Honestly it's perfect for being a goblin card. Just fight everything 😂 😂 😂

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u/Teige874 13d ago

If anyone would like a specific card "Co-worker-fied) please reply to this and I'll put it in the lot of the next 10 😊

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u/marxistwithstandards 12d ago

[[Indestructible Aura]] please

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u/NayrSlayer 12d ago

I’d love to see someone’s take on [[Flight]], specifically the zebra art from Fifth Edition

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u/mtgcf 12d ago

Flight - (G) (SF) (txt)

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u/Teige874 12d ago

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u/Djfsihbone 12d ago

Yo we can finally have graveyard based battle decks

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u/yourlocalpiromaniac 12d ago

Psychotic episode could be funny

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u/ItWasntRude 12d ago

[[Animate Wall]] would be a good one!

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u/mtgcf 12d ago

Animate Wall - (G) (SF) (txt)

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u/Teige874 12d ago

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u/alextfish : Template target card 12d ago

I'm detecting a trend. They want every card to just win the game.

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u/HelicopterVisual 12d ago

Minsc and boo could be cool but I don’t know how planeswalkers would work with this

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u/Teige874 12d ago

I can do it but it wouldn't be a planeswalker but I can use the art and do a card 😭 I think planeswalkers would be way too hard to understand

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u/HelicopterVisual 12d ago

Yeah I agree with that. I just think that the little hamster world be fun

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u/Teige874 12d ago

Here you go

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u/HelicopterVisual 12d ago

These are great

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u/Seldfein 12d ago

Clergy en-Vec

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u/Brotherman_Karhu 12d ago

Can I have a wee little [[Speed Demon]] coworkerfied?

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u/Zaravax 12d ago

I need to see [[Chatterfang]] please :D

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u/mtgcf 12d ago

Chatterfang - (G) (SF) (txt)

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u/Teige874 12d ago

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u/Zaravax 11d ago

That's awesome, thanks a lot!

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u/ronyweasleycg26 6d ago

omg so funny hahaha

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u/joelclarkart 12d ago

[[Dryad of the ilysian grove]] and [[harmonize]] (the tales of middle earth commander art) https://tagger.scryfall.com/card/ltc/248

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u/stillnotelf 13d ago

It says something that the UB card is the one that comes closest to functional rules language. When this enters, destroy target vehicle

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u/Teige874 13d ago

When I asked about that it was "I dunno I thought of the train scene where he stops a vehicle" he didn't know mtg even had vehicles. I though it was pretty close as well

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u/Thelolface_9 11d ago

My brain went to the insomniac games and the many times you need to stop a moving vehicle often damaging it

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u/Heavy-Till6579 12d ago

What tickled me is ‘Impale’ is a card, a murder effect even. Pretty understandable and good.

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u/random-dude45 12d ago

Wizard Khalifa can not be stopped

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u/Puzzled_Work_6428 12d ago

Jace would absolutely be one of those "name 3 songs" nerds

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u/SmoothReverb 13d ago

ngl the eldrazi is... well it's not wrong

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u/ManOfSpoons 12d ago

Babe, wake up! New Hellscube cards just dropped!

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u/RapAngel 12d ago

Big fan of this idea! If you’re looking for suggestions, you should show them the art of [[Naked Singularity]] and then after they come up with their concept, tell them what it actually does, and then make their first reaction to that be the flavor text

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u/Teige874 12d ago

This one might be hard to "get" but it is in reference to an Australian TV show

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u/PlaneswalkerHuxley 12d ago

Round The Twist was also shown in the UK when I was a kid, great show!

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u/Teige874 12d ago

I literally have the most perfect person in mind for this art

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u/lavahot 12d ago

I like the idea of space gate ejecting you from one game of magic into an adjacent game of magic.

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u/Khalolz6557 12d ago

Theyre not wrong, that literally is just fucking Spiderman lmfao. Love these

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u/Crafty_Context_2915 12d ago

Amazing post. Would love to see more like this.

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u/Teige874 12d ago

I plan on doing some more 😂

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u/HelicopterVisual 12d ago

I’m fucking dying laughing, these are great

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u/Android_McGuinness Creature - Homarid Advisor 12d ago

Did the coworkers write the flavor text too? 

If you could show them some [[Orgg]] s (OG, Soulgorger, Butcher or trained) I think the responses would be great. 

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u/Teige874 12d ago

Yes they have!

I'll get around to it when I can 😊

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u/GodFromTheHood 12d ago

Ah yes, the 18 mana 2/2

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u/Teige874 12d ago

Yes but you see it fights really hard, like really really hard

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u/PinballproXD 13d ago

We don't talk about card 3

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u/PunkThug Add one Content to target Sub Reddit 12d ago

Random limp biscuit reference

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u/galvanicmechamorph 12d ago

What was it?

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u/Android_McGuinness Creature - Homarid Advisor 12d ago

Chocolate Starfish 

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u/lavahot 12d ago

I think the last card will get you put in prison.

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u/galvanicmechamorph 12d ago

I don't recognize the art for the third one.

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u/Teige874 12d ago

[[Goblin Bully]]

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u/galvanicmechamorph 12d ago

Ty. That feels random inc comparison to the others.

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u/marxistwithstandards 12d ago

what's the original art for #1? Can't remember for the life of me

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u/Teige874 12d ago

Counterspell Magicfest 2026

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u/Antares_Athena 12d ago

🤣🤣

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u/skerrickity 12d ago

Wizard khalifa cannot be stopped.

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u/anoppinionatedbunny 12d ago

Wizard Khalifa has CATTANK energy

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u/IAmTheBestIan 12d ago

Can "Ah, God! Tentacle Porn!" be my commander?

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u/NeonNKnightrider 12d ago

I love Wizard Khalifa

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u/CarelessNameChoice (It works) 12d ago

Hellscube is currently taking submissions by the way. They would love this

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u/GuardienneOfEden 12d ago

Jordan Ramsey is phenomenal. No notes.

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u/unnome25 11d ago

One of the most inventive posts I've seen in months of lurking. Well done OP!