Basically any card that is just about impossible to find or wildly expensive if you ever do manage to find it. Realistically, I think proxies are ethically fine when it comes to anything on the reserved list, as a start. Does it eventually lead to you proxying all Magic cards, even those that are easy to get your hands on and relatively cheap like current Standard sets? That’s going to end up in actual losses not just for WotC (boohoo), but likely for your LGS as well. If it becomes a normal thing to proxy insanely expensive and powerful cards, you’re all probably going to end up doing it. There is something to be said about the snowball effect of proxies. What happens at your kitchen table games with your friends is between you and them. Using proxies in casual, everyday Magic is fine. Greater Good | Illustration by Mathias Kollros That’s all the legal jargon, but what about ethics?
They might step in if you try to use them at your LGS or a DCI-sanctioned event, but personal use just isn’t worth their time or money. That being said, do I think Wizards is going to bust down your door because you printed a realistic-looking playset of the Power 9 to use at your kitchen table games? Probably not. Any printing service that knows what it’s doing will refuse to print Magic cards for you because they know that it’s copyrighted material and can’t print it without permission. Look-a-like Magic cards just for personal use are already toeing the line. WotC owns the rights to the card’s artwork, either through first printing rights (most likely) or full purchased rights (less likely). You can’t just make MTG cards to sell or distribute. I’ve talked about this before, so I’m basically just gonna say the same thing here as I did there. If your proxy is very official-looking and it’s hard to tell that it’s a proxy, you’re getting into dangerous territory. That’s basically the main thing that separates proxies from counterfeits. Proxy cards shouldn’t be indistinguishable from their official counterparts. It can get really messy sometimes, so let me clear the air before we get any further. Or they think a counterfeit card is actually a proxy card, or vice versa. There is technically a difference between proxy and counterfeit cards, but some people kind of use them interchangeably. True Conviction | Illustration by Ekaterina Burmak Proxies from The Fun Stuff: Ethics and Legality If you’re looking for professionally printed proxies, our quick recommendation is - they have every art version, fast shipping, and great looking proxies: There is a distinction, but it can be a bit of a grey area. Counterfeit cards and proxy cards aren’t technically the same. Proxies aren’t legal in MTG, and depending on how they’re made, they sometimes skirt the line of legal in general. They’re perfect for kitchen table Magic, but anywhere outside of your own playgroup is either a straight up “no” or a “probably not.” It’s always best to check and make sure first in any case, but anything competitive or even vaguely non-casual is a heavy “almost definitely not.” Obviously, you can’t use proxies in just any scenario. Some players also use them for more “authentic” playtesting of decks before they spend crazy amounts of money on them. They also might just be a homemade version of a card that’s not feasible to get. Printed proxies might have different art, different abilities, or just be a straight up custom card that doesn’t exist in Magic. The latter is the type of proxy I wanna talk about today. Some people just write the name and abilities on a piece of paper covering a reversed card in a sleeve, some write the name of a card on the back of a bulk card like basic lands, and many people just print out the card in question. There’s a pretty wide range for how to make a “proxy.” Proxies are basically just homemade copies or stand-ins for MTG cards. So, without further ado, let’s get started!Įasy Prey | Illustration by Ekaterina Burmak The reserved list ensures that a lot of them will probably never go for much less, but that’s neither here nor there.īut what is a proxy? Where can you get them? What’s the different between a proxy and a counterfeit card? I’m here to answer all of your questions on the topic. I don’t know about you, but I certainly can’t afford a large majority of cards from Magic’s past that go for hundreds, thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. In some cases, they’re even a little bit necessary. They can be fun, but they’re controversial. It’s in the title, I’m sure you’re not surprised. Official cards are made and distributed by our Wizard overlords.īut what about cards that are printed by a third party? I mean, they’re outsourced to a printing press, but you get my point. And the cards that you play with in paper Magic, the ones you buy at your local game store, are printed by WotC. Roilmage’s Trick | Illustration by Johann BodinĬards are kind of important in Magic, believe it or not.
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