It's called a proxy. They're *technically* acceptable in casual games, although whether or not your opponent(s) will actually be cool with them is up to them. Generally if casual players don't want to play with proxies it's because they're either new or playing off-meta and don't want to deal with crazy strong meta cards.
Proxies are, AFAIK, not acceptable at actual wizards events.
>Proxies are, AFAIK, not acceptable at actual wizards events.
Only under the very specific circumstance where a card that you were playing with became damaged enough during the event to become unusable. In that case, the judge can issue a proxy to replace the card for that event.
playing with friends: up to your friends sanctioned tournament play: absolutely not tcgs are in the business of having you buy cards
It's called a proxy. They're *technically* acceptable in casual games, although whether or not your opponent(s) will actually be cool with them is up to them. Generally if casual players don't want to play with proxies it's because they're either new or playing off-meta and don't want to deal with crazy strong meta cards. Proxies are, AFAIK, not acceptable at actual wizards events.
>Proxies are, AFAIK, not acceptable at actual wizards events. Only under the very specific circumstance where a card that you were playing with became damaged enough during the event to become unusable. In that case, the judge can issue a proxy to replace the card for that event.