Honestly one of the biggest things hurting Legacy now is that the format has evolved to the point where the viable, Tier 1 decks are:
1. Xerox variations (whole bunch of tempo decks, plus one control deck in miracles)
2. Prison variations
3. Combo variations
Legacy simply isn't that wide open anymore, and while any given tier 2 deck can, and does, take down a tournament occasionally, you're pretty much limited to one of the big three for your deck choices if you want a tier one experience. A lot of players simply don't want to play in a format where that is the tier one mix. Prices definitely contribute to the declining player base, but the changes to the format overall have more to do with it imho. Legacy really is Vintage-lite at this point, and as MTGO has shown, even if the cards are cheap, there's just not that much of an audience for the experience Vintage offers. Legacy is headed in the same direction.
As cool as all this is, it's never going to happen. WOTC will never print proxies for us.
But there is zero reason why legacy communities can't allow proxies for their local tournaments. Proxies are dead simple and dirt cheap to print from MPC (no copyrighted images are allowed)... https://www.makeplayingcards.com/des...lank-card.html and there are tons of templates for them available in the reddit I linked to in the OP.
Can't have your event sanctioned, which means it doesn't count towards a stores WPN score thingy. At least that's what I was told when I asked about proxies at the 4 lgs near me. So I just bit the bullet and bought a budget deck. Can't playtest proxy decks until you know people who play legacy.
(The stores could just look the other way, but I imagine there are some ramifications to doing that)
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my suggestion that i posted earlier would be even easier.
just have the normal magic back and leave the front empty for black text.
tournament organizers can "print" with a black and white printer just text; Underground Sea: Tap for B or U
they could even put the date of the event with a disclaimer it's only good for the duration of the tourney.
EDIT: quoting someone under me?
i tell people to get a sharpie and whatever fodder was left on the floor from the last pre-release or set release.
I have a hunch that some people in our little local group have some, but I couldn't care any less, I just want to play Legacy.
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
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We allow proxies for Friday nights and casual play and it helped tremendously to build a local community and to have people try new things. The latter is extremely important for small groups, as it gets boring and stale otherwise. I play with my Tabernacle and just bought a Drop of Honey, but damn, we need new players to account for the ones leaving the format/game.
Our open series is non-proxy only though, to sanction these events and motivate people to invest in Legacy.
Lots of modern players are very unhappy with the format right now and looking to other eternal formats (Legacy and Pauper) for their magic fix.
We should welcome them in by letting them use proxies for FNM play so that they can make the transition without having to sell their car/house. Have you guys seen how much duals are going for these days?
We should also let them use shock lands as substitute proxies for their respective dual equivalents.
There's always Pauper for people who dislike proxies.
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