The best cards to proxy share a common trait: they are powerful enough to belong in almost any deck of their colour, expensive enough that buying originals is hard to justify for casual play, and impactful enough that having them genuinely improves your games
Aside from growing whenever another human enters the battlefield under your control, it also grows your other humans when it enters the battlefield
It has served both as a much-needed replacement for some social media scrolling time, and a chill activity to start my day as I lay in bed
Recommended allocation by budget Booster Boxes ETBs Bundles Vintage/PSA Japanese Budget 50-200 euros: the entry point 1-2 ETBs from recent high-potential expansions (Mega Evolution, Prismatic Evolutions) 3-4 bundles to diversify across multiple expansions 30th anniversary special gift boxes at retail price At this budget level, focus on recent products you can buy at the reference price
I think its most interesting home could be in a Standard control deck, however - in a two color strategy with a solid manabase, this card provides card draw over a few turns , a board presence or a blocker for one life, or a Treasure token to eventually ramp into game-winning spells
Once you have a few 1-drops to enable this and get back two or even three creatures, you might be on to something
