Card shop stories: “can I use proxies?”
Before I start, if you use proxies, its fine, just gonna moan and groan a little about them.
So I have no problem with people using proxies in their edh deck, to an extent.
I know cards are expensive and some people cant afford them.
But what really bothers me is when people proxy cards that they will never buy.
There are the individuals that proxy cards because they cant afford them and they have no intent on ever buying them.
And the cards they proxy are cards like mishras workshop, gaeas cradle, fetchlands, and dual lands.
And there are people that proxy cards becuase they have 15 edh decks and buying 15 mana crypts and dual lands would cost too much.
My answer to that is stop having 15 edh decks.
And they say that its more fun when you have more decks and more variety.
And I answer back with simply “do you use every deck frequently?”
And the answer is no.
They respond by saying stuff like “I only use like 4 decks”.
And people are gonna say “you dont need to buy the cards to enjoy the game”.
I just get annoyed when i lose to someone else’s edh deck just to find out that they are proxying all their lands but basics.
Like yesterday, i played against a jund edh deck.
Typically the mana base consists of 9 fetches, 3 duals, 3 shocks, maybe 3 filter lands, etc.
Which takes me to my next point, I dont know why edh tournaments allow proxies.
They way the people play at certain edh events, they have no intent on spending more that 5 dollars on a card.
I tell them just save your money and buy one card at a time.
Thats what i did and I actually owned an unlimited timeteister, p3k English imperial seal, mishras workshop, and more.
Just venting.
Im done.
If you actually read all the way to the bottom just reply by commenting the “but did you pay the one?”
