A Magic card contains lots of elements that Wizards' artists and designers made.

Many new proxy-makers make the assumption that the only thing you aren't allowed to sell is exact recreations of scans of cards. Wizards of the Coast is extremely rare as IP holders go, in that they have a very cleanly defined Fan Content Policy. A lot of people who agree with what I have written so far are not going to like what I have to say next: Almost all of the high-end proxies being used by the community violate the rules regarding proxymaking. One of my Breaking the Rules articles is about a card you have to proxy to even access. Proxies of this kind can make cards whose prices are absolutely unreasonable for the average person possible to experiment with, or get to try formats they are priced out of. To many people, myself included, digital art that is printed onto blank cardstock is a great way to express themselves creatively in the casual formats they love. (I will continue to use the word proxy, as it is the term the community has settled on.) Wizards of the Coast have stated that they have absolutely no interest in cracking down on what they internally refer to as 'playtest cards.' provided they are being used in the appropriate contexts.

While this statement would have started a fight a few years ago, I think all of us have probably decided where we stand on them, and I have no desire to argue about that.

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