How To Make Paper Proxies For Magic: The Gathering | BEST METHOD

This is the easiest method to make good-looking paper proxies for your decks.

[@sageelias9517]

Hell yes!!!!! It’s awesome to see someone else using this method! I’ve been doing this for ages! Although I use slightly different options in mtgprint, i.e. I find black corners gives the prints a cleaner look unless you want to spend the time snipping all the white corners off. PRO TIP: You ask someone working there about printing on card stock instead of regular printer paper. That way you can put the proxies directly in the sleeve instead of using bulk cards as backing.

[@sageelias9517]

And btw, thank you so much for making this video! Now I can send my friends this instead explaining to them 10 times 😅

[@landidk1082]

What specific card stock paper?

[@SeniorAdrian]

What card stock? Does it work well?

[@fasterbuilder11]

You still need bulk cards even with cardstock, I've tried it.

[@kishascape]

@@fasterbuilder11depends on the card stock. I just personally print regular paper and buy those Bicycle brand playing cards made out of thin plastic to put my prints on.

[@borebnm]

Graphic designer here. Never done these myself but I would use 250 - 300 g/m2 (grams per square meter) uncoated paper. You can print the paper on both sides (you just have to find a backside pdf in the right dimension and align them with the frontside. You need a bit of photoshop skills for that since the webside doesnt give the backside of the cards). Make sure to include trim marks. After you cut the cards you can take them a level further and use a corner cutter to... round the corners duh. Ask for that at your local graphic studio, it should be a couple of bucks. You should have wonderful proxys after that :)

[@pigeon7777]

awesome advice, thank you

[@noobemperor5149]

Use 350 g

[@justinbeal3920]

@@noobemperor5149 If you use 350g the card will be way too thick, I use a full deck of 325g proxies and my deck was about 30% taller than all the real decks at the table

[@vinnyangelo6634]

Best way to still enjoy the game without supporting wizards greed 👍🏼

[@princemars6746]

OI watcha got against wizards there, my favorelite creature type

[@wodseachers2]

@@princemars6746 hes talking about wizards of the coast

[@manny_1056]

@@princemars6746found the mage

[@seanhardner5842]

Wizard’s greed? They aren’t the ones selling Gaea’s Cradle for $800. If everyone just prints proxies then Wizards is done and no more new sets. Also no card stores so have fun playing Magic at your kitchen table where you don’t really need proxy fetch lands to have fun anyway.

[@vinnyangelo6634]

@@seanhardner5842 I agree .. but they deserve to fail. Time to play another game that appreciates their players like Flesh&Blood

[@emperorbliss]

One of the best guides I've ever seen for anything. So concise. Thank you sir.

[@KandiKlover]

I used MPCfill instead and the MPC website so I could get them printed on much superior plastic cards. No sleeves needed, very durable.

[@colledeicorvi7422]

This is awesome! I play magic with my Little brother and 50 euros for premade Commander decks seemed eccessive, but this is a game changer thank you so much i never tought of this ❤️

[@blakkatana]

Best thing I've done, buy some 120lb cardstock, go to your local office store with self service printers (I use office Depot) bring the paper in, give it your PDF file, print a whole deck for less than $10. I wouldn't suggest scissors, get a pepper slicer, if you wanna be fancy get a 3mm corner cutter punch, then sleeve it. Feels real, looks great (besides the white back of the card)

[@christanehrhart8824]

If you give the sheets a black background and play with dual matte dragon sleeves you dont need to cut the radius of the corners or have a pesky white cresent at the corner of your cards

[@Kiyo_yours2keep]

But how will you know where to cut exactly? Maybe you can cut a bit wrong making the card uneven, tho you can avoid this with just lightly drawing your line and afterwards cutting

[@benbresnan5325]

Thank you for this. Tired of scanning at home lol. Didn’t know the pdf website, etc existed. I’ll sub just because this is concise and perfectly explained.

[@moxcardboardtv8797]

Appreciate you champ

[@dinnahgod8349]

I’m glad I found this. This will definitely help me to make vintage cube for my group.

[@amodsr]

Depending on cost your local library is also a decent spot with what is most likely a solid color printer. I usually take the pictures home and cut them out there with a pair of scissors.

[@boardrfolif3]

Thank you so so much! I was thinking I could find images, size them, then do this myself. The website you gave saved me an unbelievable amount of time plus I love the ability to easily choose between the different art on the card. Can't thank you enough

[@corvusblackfeather456]

dude you're a lifesaver! thank you for the video! makes proxy printing so much easier to do!

[@PositivePsyche]

If you are looking to upgrade your home printer, the Epson Eco Tank models let you add ink directly instead of using cartridges. This can dramatically lower costs as printer cartridges are the biggest expense for home printers.

[@BoogieTCG]

If you don’t have a fed ex near you staples will do it in color for around 8 bucks depending on how much you do and in color

[@RobatVx3]

If you're having issues with scale, turn off crop marks and print to actual size in printer settings.

[@jackbennett6902]

Keep in mind that some places like Staples will shut down your print if it detects copyrighted material, including proxy cards.

[@moxcardboardtv8797]

I've been doing this for 7 years and have never had a problem.

[@seanmclaughlin6096]

Just put an order in through staples and they called and told me it was trademarked material even when I the art is on public domain. I can physically do it myself but Staples refuses to print for me.

[@cygnusx-1256]

@@moxcardboardtv8797 I've worked at the "kinkos" Now "FedEx Office" and he is correct. The corporate policy at that shop(and as I've heard from other similar print shops) is they won't allow employees to print copy righted material unless you can prove that you own the right to print(example you are taking an online course and they give you .pdf files to study but you want to print them to use for note cards or whatever readying etc. then you can show you were given the rights to use the files for yourself). I've never seen any policy that said it would stop someone from self-printing on the machines in the shop though. This all comes down to the fact that the company doesn't want to walk that grey line legally because it could open up grounds for potential lawsuit since the company makes money off of printing for you, but isn't paying any agreement fees to the licensed product(book, artwork, etc.)

[@animalmotha9751]

@@seanmclaughlin6096 is this only happening in canada ?

[@seanmclaughlin6096]

@animalmotha9751 nope I'm in Pennsylvania.

[@Ghaleon]

Yo! What type of paper did you use? Looks way better than a regular A4. Thanks for the vid

[@giornogiovanna9657]

My proxies are a little smaller (like 0.5cm), why is that?

[@thenumbertrenton]

Very important when you hit print in the website MAKE SURE your paper style is not a4, make it Letter 8.5x11.0 in so you do not get the website advertisement on the paper sheets!

[@isaaclewis8558]

When I go to print these, they show that it will print in color but doesn't. My printer is able to print images and should be printing these in color but it isn't. Please help

[@garrettdashem]

how do you print them to scale everytime i print there really small and not to scale with an actual magic card

[@xGMOx]

I shrink them down just a little and put a cheap pokemon card behind it with the pokemon line underneath it. It has a yellow border so I can identify it easily. I have the real card in a little box and can swap it out easily for real play while having a deck that my friends can play.

[@celsofreitas344]

I did exactly that but the image on the paper appears smaller than the real cards =( i asked a employer to print it to me. Do you think he decreased the size ?

[@johannesoderso]

actually this happened to me too. but when i used my own printer it worked perfectly well. i believe its some settings the stores or i dont know maybe because they cant print on the whole paper

[@MonkeyDLouie999]

Do you put any tape or glue to prevent proxies from sliding around?

[@yellingcode4290]

Great tutorial, and right to the point.

[@Kelpo.Gaming]

Absolute life saver. Thanks for the tips

[@hellstocker7707]

I always used microsoft word to make the sheets but this seems to be much quicker and without hassle!

[@ThaMobstarr]

Is there a website for Europe?

[@barbecuesauceeyebrows8254]

this video seemed awesome. I'm wondering if you know an alternative for pokemon cards

[@GreatFlibbityJibbits]

They keep coming out slightly too small for me off by like 2 or 3 mm compared to s real card any idea how to fix that ?

[@milolane4596]

When you print verify that the printer file isn’t “fitting to page” as that can make the scale off.

[@Dremium]

How come when I try this it prints them a little smaller

[@nickfanzo]

This is especially good for 93/94 old school, 93/95 old school, vintage and legacy. Where decks can reach up to $90,000-$100,000 Good thing I kept all my cards from 1993 and 1994 though! $$$$$ And as a photographer I have all these tools at home

[@gavinendsley7858]

Awesome play mat!

[@KingCtm]

After hasbro announcing 1100 lay offs 2 weeks before Christmas all of a sudden I no longer have any moral conundrum about proxy's

[@Bronze39]

Silly question but will taped out have the upcoming fallout expansion? I’m not into magic but I’d like to get these cards and I don’t mind if I have to make proxies since I’m on a budget. If anyone knows it would be most appreciated.

[@arvinsim]

After considering buying from places like MPC, I ended just doing this. No waiting times, no hassle.

[@nathanielallanschweitzer9986]

What if you want to make a custom artwork?

[@juliowisniewski]

Just made it! Thanks

[@Old_Socks]

Does the printer at Fed Ex cost anything to use?

[@firstthessalonian6889]

Yes, they charge you per sheet i believe, its a small fee

[@scorpX87]

Do i have to use a usb flash?

[@nicoxbones]

One question. Which kind of paper did you used?BTW thank you for uploading this!

[@moxcardboardtv8797]

Just regular 8.5x11 printer paper

[@nicoxbones]

@@moxcardboardtv8797 thank you mate!!

[@jaafarmhasan8713]

Is the paper size A 4 ?

[@alexanderbautista3354]

9$ at my local print shop to essentially try a new edh deck. Worth it.

[@DreammasterFTW]

I have to ask. I really am getting into the cable when I test a variety of texts, and I have crap ton of basics from old days that I don't use anymore. Is it bad to just make a deck full of proxys to play test as long as it's not CEDH level? In my main decks and reuse a couple for cards I don't want and I don't have the money to afford to really get the deck together, but I would love to make a bunch of fun decks like tribal decks or janky decks. Sometimes I don't want to buy the same card 50 times more to keep smoking in LOL. I only play Commander casually, do you think it would be okay to do it this way

[@giantgrowth4204]

Cedh is basically the only format that all players allow proxies.

[@MortonFMurphy]

Yeah don't worry about it, if your playgroup is cool then you're good. MtG even specifies "playtest" cards are okay. I think people begin to think proxy = counterfeit and that is far from the truth. The CEDH comment is also true, there are probably more CEDH lists with Mana Crypts online than there are actual Mana Crypts in circulation.

[@Cynidecia]

this is the only way i still play. except i use another site that allows me to upload custom card images so i make fancy custom proxies of cards that are newer.

[@mattisjouy392]

whats the website

[@wetner9995]

​@mattisjouy392 did you find the website?

[@Cynidecia]

@@wetner9995 It was mtg-print but they require you to register to download proxies now, and they push you to order directly from them.

[@henrybarnes1842]

@@wetner9995 ive seen a website like this, i think i found it on a reddit mtg proxy sub

[@jaafarmhasan8713]

Please answer me. I live in a place where we don't have MTG cards. What's the best site to get high resolution pics of MTG cards. I want to make proxies so bad.

[@RobatVx3]

EDHRec

[@thashikreddi8138]

hi just wanted to ask about the scale should I keep at 100 or go down to 90

[@MattOxiBeats]

I kept it at 100 & it came out just right

[@jcmadcat82]

About how much does a deck run this way?

[@moxcardboardtv8797]

About $7

[@BrunoVMann]

Really helpful! Thanks

[@namelessrace9803]

Hello, do you have a referral to someone that makes very good looking proxy sets (Beta/Arabian Nights/Legends/Antiquities; etc?) I've been out for so long, but like the nostalgia feeling without paying the nostalgia premium lol. This would be for my personal collection only. Thank you kindly.

[@Rezulince]

I followed step by step and it's printing in black and white. I need help

[@roden1368]

bro you are the goat

[@danielbialecki2959]

Thank you this is awesome

[@internetperson8224]

Wow thanks so much!

[@sp3dweed673]

the bottom of the page gets cut off a bit :(

[@Xaocka]

Awesome!!!

[@tyleryoung4890]

The simple way, thanks

[@eblancho871]

Definitely going to do this for the 3 cards I need for my deck that are way to expensive to purchase outright. $160 for 3 cards no thanks.

[@AmineL-es3dk]

absolute legend

[@gastUCR]

Kind of like buying a purse at the thrift store for $5 instead of the designer one for $5000... Both serve the same exact purpose... HAHA

[@MikeL21101987]

This will save me at least a few hours. 😁😁

[@Its109TheGamer]

Is this a reupload? I remember something about 102% fitting just a bit better in a comment here, but I'm unsure

[@FirstNameOnReapersWishList]

Yeah i actually tried printing it out in an office. 100% is too small, but with my printer at home 100% scaling was perfect...

[@dragospop202]

hey man, i have the same problem. Is 102% more fitting, cuz i didnt go to the printer yet

[@Its109TheGamer]

@@dragospop202 I use 102% and it fits just fine

[@patrickcamus2842]

Is there a way to print both sides of a double-sided card?

[@ForeverDayGreen]

Easiest way to handle those is probably to print both sides individually, sleeve them separately and just grab the backside from outside the game when it is needed.

[@23ChickenWings]

The site in the video will detect double sided cards and print both sides next to each other. How best to play sleeve/play it, idk.

[@pasta1998]

GOD video thanks

[@0rdep_]

I used to do this when i was a poor kid, now i do this, sometimes, as a bit poor adult. MTG cards are very expensive in Brazil….

[@dramatikill]

What printer and paper do you use? These look fantastic!

[@callmeanti6985]

Question. I'm new and I have decks I want to try out. I don't want to spend 1k on a deck, I also won't be playing in tournaments. Whats the issue with a proxy deck? Mind you I'm only a week into the game. Please don't bash me lol

[@moxcardboardtv8797]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. Just make sure the people in your playgroup are aware that you have them.

[@callmeanti6985]

@@moxcardboardtv8797 ok ty!

[@callmeanti6985]

Like even now I asked my friends that have played forever how they'd feel about me playing a proxy commander deck. Response is it isn't that expensive. Or I've got $30 decks that are good.... Like I just want to play and actually compete with the group rather than get stomped wondering if I should've spent $400 on a different deck..

[@moxcardboardtv8797]

@@callmeanti6985 ask them how much their decks cost and proxy a deck in that price range. They shouldn't expect you to spend hundreds of dollars to join a hobby. Your friends are wrong $30 decks are shitty.

[@callmeanti6985]

I feel like it's bs that because you spent 1k on a deck a person like me who really only wants the social interaction has to do the same. I'd rather not play

[@Bone2187]

Man I just want my cold snap collection back the ex tossed. Ugh!

[@Bronkeykong]

can you upload custom cards to mtg print?

[@moxcardboardtv8797]

No

[@rhysjonsmusic]

Fuck giving wotc any money

[@AnthonyScottGames]

‘The easiest way” lol No no. The easiest way is a sharpie…

[@moxcardboardtv8797]

Thank you "akshually" guy for making a rare appearance.

[@AnthonyScottGames]

@@moxcardboardtv8797 any time.

[@mooninites755]

This is exactly the type of thing I hate with proxying; low quality, difficult to read cheap proxies. If you're going to proxy, please just order legit proxies off something like MPC. I do not care how good you think your HP Deskjet 5300 or the FedEx printer is, printed off, paper proxies look like absolute shit.

[@wetner9995]

Damn son, who hurt you?

[@humboldtdoomer866]

proxies are absolute trash, they must be banned!

[@MQ-F]

💀 buddy who wants to spend 100$ on some cards

[@humboldtdoomer866]

@@MQ-F find another hobby, simple as. part of the game is that rare and overpowered cards are, rare! if mommy wont fork over some cash, you dont belong

[@ghosthost7981]

Get a life bro it’s a kids game

[@MQ-F]

@@humboldtdoomer866 the fact that it's actually crazy, they're robbing the shit out of people, to get "official cards" you have to pay extra for that? 🧐 shit can get more dumber than this too. Everyone should have access to cards, they don't have to be expensive.

[@MQ-F]

Fyi wizards themselves have said "mtg is a skill based game" so get good loser!

[@GoneMorbid]

You are awesome, thanks for the consice and very helpful tips 😊

[@mtgurza8246]

So basically you just a criminal? 😂If you can't afford a game just leave it and paly something else