Make your own Proxies: Easily and Economically

This video is educational. I'm happy to play with people who play with proxies but if you're not, that's okay also.
For those in need of respectable quality proxies, costing roughly $0.10/ea this information is for you.

[@bananabeam5602]

bro just wanted to flex his black lotus

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

Anything is possible :)

[@FumetsuGolf]

Card stock + laminator + printer = unlimited high quality proxies.

[@cactusdoodle8619]

what kind of cardstock do you use? I've been trying to find some with a "core" to really nail that feel

[@TDeck1]

​@@cactusdoodle8619🤣

[@2saucytommy]

@@cactusdoodle8619S20 or S22 superior are what I use

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@cactusdoodle8619 apparently 120- pound is even better. That's what one person just wrote after trying it

[@williamross6477]

I spent $40 on new ink for my printer and it got through about 12 pages of cards (about 1.5 commander decks) before running out. So not quite unlimited, lol.

[@Westblader]

I loved this video and the fact that your daughter came to the room, you were so sweet to her and told her you'll be with her in a couple minutes warmed my heart. I love seeing great people that are part of this community, it makes everything so much more worth it when it comes to this hobby and life in general. I subbed, keep it up and keep being awesome(:

[@BlackLotus2]

Can you try printing onto those blank filler Magic Worlds championship cards with the gold border? And see how they they print out

[@unclerobbieslug]

I started playing when ice age was new. I've always hated sleeves but I think proxy in a sleeve might be my new jam.always wanted an alpha Lord of the pit and a few juzam djinns... But I'm poor because I've been playing since 1995!!!

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

I totally feel you. I'm teaching my kids to play, they'll never have any money to get into trouble, hehe

[@avatech6037]

❤❤❤

[@Big_Dai]

That's a disgusting thumb if I've ever seen one..

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

HAHAHA! That thumb was going through a hard time

[@abvsohub6512]

thank you so much, me and my friend done it manually and it was so annoying, so glad i found casually your video in my homepage :D

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

My pleasure. I'm gaining some basic body skills and I want to show you guys my updated version. I have better way now and I want to share that

[@mopardude109]

now when you sleeve em are you just puttin in the sleeve or a regular card behind it ?? and you said 100lbs paper ?

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

Hi and good question. When i used to print on regular laser jet paper, then I would need to sleeve them with an additional playing card behind them to make them less floppy. The 100lb paper stock is rigid enough that they can be put directly into the card sleeves. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

[@mopardude109]

@@Road_to_Tolaria what do i select on staples website to submit an order im so gonna do this from now on 👌🏻

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@mopardude109 [e-mail] Sending your PDF file to that address will generate reply email which contains a "release code", valid for 24hrs. Bring that email on your smart phone to the print desk and ask them to print from that. I'd recommend to bring a real magic card with you to compare size. On rare occasions, their calibration is off. Good luck. Let me know how it goes

[@a.artmaster8733]

So the 100lb paper by itself in a sleeve feels like a normal magic cards in rigidness? I don’t want a significant difference in how they feel

[@cactusdoodle8619]

yes, I use 100lb and it feels just about identical in a sleeve

[@a.artmaster8733]

@@cactusdoodle8619 then wow that’s awesome

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

Yes. Especially if you double sleeve it.

[@Lycurgus1982]

Indeed games are meant to be enjoyed and certainly not meant to spend your life savings on. Thank you for making this!

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

Let's brew and play more together, rather than taking that second job or loan to get that old school deck.

[@Lycurgus1982]

@@Road_to_Tolaria I'm with you on that, brother! 🍻

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@@Lycurgus1982 🍻

[@mattmonster8402]

Use a rotary tool they cut better Amore accurately for a Precision cut

[@gislo]

Great video. I would add using a steel ruler and a hobby knife instead of scissors I found gave better results. And you have one of those hobby mats to cut on, same as this guy has under his keyboard.

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

Thank you very much for sharing. Those are great suggestions. Since the time that I made this video, the process has become more refined. Still using the guillotine to break down the sheets to square cornered cards. However, I've purchased a corner cutting tool from Amazon and it's a real game changer. Quicker, better and overall more satisfying :)

[@gislo]

@@Road_to_Tolaria Nice, would u happen to have a link for that tool? Also, how do you do with white bordered cards? Anything different from black border? I just to put cards in back and thin paper on top, with the.black border from the real card the cuts would not be as visible.

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@gislo I don't make white border proxies generally and the reason is that it's harder to cut a mixed sheet of black and white border cards. One or the other is fine and you would cut them exactly the same way. Since many of the proxies I make only exist in black border, that is why I went this route.

[@albertorozco3652]

Do you have any proxy of cards you don't own? Thank you for the video.

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@@albertorozco3652 Yes, I have both proxies of cards that I own and cards that I don't own.

[@albertorozco3652]

@@Road_to_Tolaria As a new player MTG is very expensive. So hopefully whenever I can go to a local store people will be ok with me using proxy. Thank you for showing us how to do it.

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@albertorozco3652 it is expensive and it's also arguably the greatest game ever created. People should be allowed to enjoy this experience free of judgment. If anyone gives you a hard time, don't worry, there's 10 others who won't.

[@albertorozco3652]

@@Road_to_Tolaria By the way do you play commander? If so what tips can you share for building a deck. Thank you in advance.

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@@albertorozco3652 I only play 93/94 old school formats. So, no advice, sorry

[@Joshfortian15]

Thank u bro this method trumps my current one by far

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

My pleasure man. I'm going to make an updated video, with the current version. Improvements have been made. Thanks for your support!

[@williamross6477]

Pretty sure Staples has self service guillotine paper cutters available to use for free after you get them printed.

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

Great idea, if they have a good one. The Staples near me cuts with a razor on a track and I've never had good results with it.

[@blakkatana]

I tried this with staples, but they said they won't do it for me. Even if it's a custom card with no copyright, and my own personal art that I made, they still don't do it :l

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

I've had 1/3 Staples say no. Moral of the story, go to the next print shop. If you have a decent printer, it's just as possible to do at home with 100-pound stock

[@blakkatana]

@@Road_to_Tolaria I'll give some other places a shot, thanks!

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@@blakkatana good luck

[@blakkatana]

@@Road_to_Tolaria office Depot did it! And it looks amazing. I also tried on some 120 lb paper that I had, and it feels much closer to the real thing. Office Depot doesn't carry 120 lb but they said I could just bring it in and use the self service printer

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@blakkatana sweet! I'm going to try 120lbs paper now :) thanks for sharing that with the community

[@Wingedmagician]

love this video. thank you for creating this lil guide

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

Thank you :) I'm going to post an updated version on a couple of weeks.

[@forrestfranck7503]

Thank you for this video

[@bananabeam5602]

you could also print them on normal paper and put bulk cards behind them in the sleeve

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

That's the way I used to do it. Does a fine job, and a fair point. When I was going that route, I cut everything with scissors as well, real carpel tunnel job that was. I switched to this wasdue to personal preference to have just one card in the sleeve.

[@Joshfortian15]

@@Road_to_Tolariahow does the stock compare to mtg stock? Can u feel much of a difference? If not can u link me to where to buy the paper?

[@Joshfortian15]

@@Road_to_Tolariaoh wow I just saw u demo n flick it it looks great!! Please link me g

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@Joshfortian15 it's 100 pound paper stock. I'm a sleeve it feels very much like an mtg card would.

[@ArseAllowance]

Personnaly i just use Lands behind my proxies

[@jodhsingh8288]

Could you do a video on how to make a deck for beginners?

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

Sure thing. I made a couple of teaching decks recently and skilled them to a friend, so that he could teach his wife to play. They were mono Red and mono Green. I wish I'd made a video at that time. I have some other mini colored decks that I'm using to teach my 8 year old how to play. What a great idea for a video series. Thank you.

[@troybone6849]

Nothing goes together like proxies and nail fungus

[@mermaidfromspace]

love this thank you for the inspiration!

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

My pleasure. I'm going to make an updated version, with some improvements to the method. What's held me back is my total lack of technology skills. I'm trying to learn how to combine videos and do some basic editing.

[@silvioluizcastelhanofirmin8112]

Deckstats make these firsts steps at once

[@simonelimone2469]

thxx

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

My pleasure

[@baconguy247]

you said ask them to put on 100 pound paper? and you send it to them, do you call them and ask them then? or ask them through the email?

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

I usually go in person to print and ask them at that time. My friend has tried emailing the list and going to pickup, they get the right paper most of the time.

[@baconguy247]

@@Road_to_Tolaria Thanks! im going to have to give this a try!

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@@baconguy247 good luck with it. Let me know how it goes. I've updated my method a bit over time. I'll try to make a new video over the weekend of how I'm doing the corners now

[@baconguy247]

@@Road_to_Tolaria please do!

[@artboistudios5409]

bro fix ur nails

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

What? 😆

[@Ещёживойгек]

​@@Road_to_Tolariayour finger looks damaged(

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@@ЕщёживойгекThanks, I didn't even realize. I've had worse. Life of an active person ;)

[@laskyler1]

Thanks for posting this! When you said 60,000 deck at pub night I about had a heart attack lol

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@laskyler1 I'm the type of guy that has spilled a pint on my deck. At the time, it was only single sleeved. Fortunately, the most valuable card in that one was a Wheel of Fortune, which I promptly dried. Maybe a good future video would be to show my actual old school deck with real cards and discuss it a bit. Would that interest you?

[@nonlamesniper]

Just use another picture. And be honest about the proxies.

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

This instructional is intended for proxy friendly formats and games.

[@McDankEntertainment]

Booooo Fake Cards

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

Were you saying "Booooo" or "Boooo-urns" I mean, to each their own. I'm fortunate enough to have the task cards but I still find use for proxies, to make decks for other people to share and spread the good Old School vibe. Take care

[@TheRyutora]

I understand the need for real cards but lets just say I have a playset of something and I want to splash that playset to another deck I am building...it can get pretty expensive buying 3 to 5 playsets of the same card that I wont be needing once I am done playtesting. It would save me time just switching decks with proxies.

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

@@TheRyutora that's one of my main reasons to use proxies as well :)

[@chaseb4480]

this is really the only argument anti-proxers have

[@subtothebois6183]

Sup

[@Road_to_Tolaria]

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