We cant count how many times we went up against an opponent with a Moltres EX that instantly began farming fire energy for a Charmander and eventually a Charizard EX while we languished, praying wed draw our Dragonair so we could get our powerful Dragonite rolling
In a multiplayer game this is quite powerful
Our proxy can be used for kitchen table magic, a proxy for deck testing, act as an additional copy of those expensive cards that you already own, players who looking for altered art of a card that they like or to use as their Commander, cube, EDH / CEDH games with friends who welcome proxies
There's a term for when games like the Pokemon TCG increase the relative strength of their playable pieces through the years, so much so that at a certain point, earlier content is no longer powerful enough to compete
That is a massive success to me as a player
Theyre most commonly required at Tier 2 events, which are the most competitive Yu-Gi-Oh