There are several sellers of so-called 'proxy' Magic: The Gathering cards. The two most known sellers are call themselves Black Lotus[1] and Villa Zheng[2]. T

There are several sellers of so-called 'proxy' Magic: The Gathering cards. The two most known sellers are call themselves Black Lotus[1] and Villa Zheng[2]. They generally have the same product, printed somewhere in China on playing card stock. They typically are easily identifiable by their too glossy finish and not very good back coloration. The idea purported by these sellers is that these cards are not intended to be sold as the real thing - even the price they sell the cards at reflects that. They're meant to be used in place of the real thing in your own decks either because you cannot afford the actual card that it is replacing, you have a damaged copy of the card that it is replacing, or you refuse to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for a piece of cardboard. Undoubtedly some unscrupulous people try to pass these as real, and there's a large subreddit and section of the proxy community that tries to prevent this - reporting eBay sellers and generally informing people that they exist. [1] Example of Black Lotus's product - you can see the old dual lands and power 9 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yozhleRg2SA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yozhleRg2SA [2] Example of Villa Zheng's product - you can see that it's the same as Black Lotus and also contains the old dual lands and Power 9 as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRINgS8R-7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRINgS8R-7w