Others don't bat an eye at the notion of proxying any card that strikes your fancy
You often don't have that much agency over the mechanic
Spell Stutter is a good reason to play 1-drop faeries, and it gets better with flash faeries since its harder for your opponents to play around the counter
As I mentioned before, things are more complicated than this when you consider cantrips, card advantage, and such, but this should give you a good start for making sure you have the right number of lands in your deck
Besides saving a quick buck on those spendy cards, printing your own proxies lets you download or design your own pseudo-variant art for your favorite cards
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