Overall, during the Sword & Shield era, English cards had huge global visibility and sometimes inflated prices due to a wave of new collectors and investors, while Japanese cards offered an alternative for collectors priced out of English cards
Wheeling yourself by discarding any number of cards to then draw that many plus one enables you to see through almost your entire deck especially if your deck is built around it
And in this case, my general design rule is that if I've been thinking something is off and somebody says it is off, that means it's worth looking into
Then, there's Poppet Stitcher , a transforming mythic rare that can make 2/2 Zombie tokens and flip into Poppet Factory to enhance those Zombies, and transform back if desired
Gengar Haunted House Spooky Gengar with pumpkins, tombstones, and a haunted house at night
Black-core stock is chosen for durability and a consistent in-sleeve feel, so your MTG proxy cards handle like real play pieces instead of feeling flimsy or papery. Do you use UV coating