At DCI-sanctioned events, judges will sometimes print out proxies when cards are accidentally damaged during play, like if water was spilled on the table or someone was shuffling a bit too aggressively
Many of these cards retain a core status in one of the longest-surviving decks in the game today, a testament to the legacy and power of this structure deck
For this reason, this Modern Masters set, as well as the two previous ones and even last years Eternal Masters set, attract special interest for me mostly because theyre ways to get a best of draft scenario, with real stakes and intensity, just like when you drafted the original cards in their native format
This is not only a really fun mechanic, it's also a decent rattlesnake, which is not something you see in red all the time
From there, the rest of the trade was easy