Actually, there's no ethical or acceptable reason to make "proxies" to pass the light test, bend test, and other well-known tests to weed out fake cards because there's no ethical or acceptable use of proxies that requires the proxy to be as similar to a real card as possiblea Sharpie on a basic Island does the job just as well and without any of the legal and moral issues
Chart a Course will be a Standard staple that will find a home in tons of different archetypes, and the fact that it only barely cracked my Top 10 really helps show how deep Ixalan is
Peregrine Drake Peregrine Drake is basically only used as a combo piece in blue and Simic decks, but it fulfills that role quite well
With two passive abilities, Elesh Norn both gives all your creatures a boost of +2/+2 while at the same time giving all your opponent's creatures a debilitating -2/-2
It's an incredible pump effect, and because it's attached to a creature and not an Instant or Sorcery, you can find it using green's excellent tutor effects
In the Commander format, decks are meticulously crafted with the intent to be able to replicate the same effects over and over again
