As it turned out, the stapler-thrower was right, and I was wrong
A patent was granted to Wizards of the Coast in 1997 for "a novel method of game play and game components that in one embodiment are in the form of trading cards" that includes claims covering games whose rules include many of Magic' s elements in combination, including concepts such as changing orientation of a game component to indicate use (referred to in the rules of Magic and later of Garfield's games such as Vampire: The Eternal Struggle as "tapping") and constructing a deck by selecting cards from a larger pool
It was always inevitable that this would be a greatly coveted card
Place a creature from your graveyard on the bottom of your library for three, tap this and make a 2/2 dork
If everyone is up for the ride, youre probably gonna have a good laugh out of the ridiculous game ahead of you
Proxies are all about exploring different art styles and layouts that Wizards cant, adding custom imagery to your game, and spicing up your decks