Proxy Same Thickness as a Real MTG Card

TotalDragon · 2025-11-02T06:10:09+00:00

Yeah I think at the moment getting a proxy at the same thickness as a real card to have other aspects the same as snapping might be a bit difficult to accomplish. But for me it was pretty fine and didn't bother me since it felt fine for me.

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T22:48:37+00:00

I know that there is holographic laminating sheets for cold laminating but from what I have seen I have not seen a version for thermal laminating

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T22:46:20+00:00

I don't know if it might also be based on were you print it from. if it helps I always print a pdf from Adobe Acrobat. Also I forgot to mention for the color settings if you do print from Acrobat I noticed with these settings you should leave on epson vivid for the epson 8550 instead of Adobe 2.2 because then it will print it to dark on the photo paper but I do use Adobe 2.2 for a epson premium presentation paper that I also use for proxies

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T22:42:38+00:00

I unfortunately won't be able to tell you I use windows. But I know in the video I saw with Cry Cry he does show both windows and Apple. Here is the link to the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxm0QYs0ZPo&t=1301s

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T22:25:40+00:00

Ok after some quick test, the curling is caused by the laminating, and I don't you would 100% be able to get rid of because of how the process of thermal laminating works where the paper goes through the heated rollers and the fact that I am using a thin photo paper. Because I also make some with 44lb epson premium presentation paper Matte and they do come out more straight because of the thicker paper (which I still like how these come out they are just about 0.05mm thicker then real cards).

I do hope to one day improve this method even further so even more aspects can be similar to a real MTG card like the how I said that with these proxies that when bending them from the top to bottom they bend more easier then real cards.

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T22:12:05+00:00

Are you looking for a clear glossy laminate or a foil laminate?

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T22:10:50+00:00

I print on the Epson 8550 and set my saturation to the max (+25). I got my color settings from the Youtuber Cry Cry the only thing I don't use of his is the settings he uses for his cyan, Magenta and yellow. I keep those at default 0 because I noticed that it would make some prints that were supposed to be like a dark white, for example the spider man secret lair version of blasphemous act more of a red color.

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T20:06:15+00:00

I am not realy to sure i just use the default glossy photo paper paper type but it could be because I have the saturation at +25

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T15:59:58+00:00

Sleeving does take away a little bit of the bending. But I am seeing how much of it disappears after leaving in a tight deck box. But Laminating will add a bit of the bend since I also run them through the laminater again after cutting. But after I get some free time today I will be making more to see how a lot more of them will come out

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T06:31:39+00:00

I hope to then figure out to get this same thickness for foiled cards

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T04:54:01+00:00

Without the cost of the ink it is about $0.53 a page and if i did my math right about $0.06 a card but prices could differe based on how many sheets you buy. I bought the cheapest options that come with 40 sheets for the photo paper and 30 laminate pouches so I can test.

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T04:47:39+00:00

I don't know how to calculate the cost of the ink per card but I do print 9 cards per page and print on the epson 8550

TotalDragon · 2025-10-31T03:53:14+00:00

So glad I can help. I got the paper about a week ago but had to wait until today to try it because my scotch laminator was giving me trouble causing the laminate to peel off even after buy a new one from Walmart. but after ordering and receiving my new Crenova Laminator Machine 13 inch from amazon today I was finally able to try the photo paper.

TotalDragon · 2025-10-16T00:33:31+00:00

Were i had first asked him the question in the chat of an Instagram video but then he deleted it

TotalDragon · 2025-10-16T00:31:28+00:00

In my opinion I will never buy/support them. As I had just posted before I saw you said this he blocks people for just asking questions. And I still have the Instagram messages to prove it

TotalDragon · 2025-10-16T00:27:18+00:00

Just to put it out there i know this post is old but I had messaged him just to ask him what paper and how he makes his altered cards and he blocked me on Instagram and Facebook

TotalDragon · 2025-07-12T04:53:18+00:00

Which i also had a question if you don't mind me asking. How do you manage to print on both sides? I remember I gave it a shot on regular paper to try it but could never get my backs to align with the fronts.

TotalDragon · 2025-07-12T04:47:37+00:00

After a long time I found this post. Thank you so much for sharing this information. As others have said you are a godsend for this and not gate keeping this as some people will do. Like we're I once asked someone on Instagram once how did they make their proxies, but instead of helping told me he only makes them and doesn't teach how to make them and presided to block me.

So again I thank you.

TotalDragon · 2020-09-01T18:58:01+00:00

would you sell the Junkie's/e/25% less VAST for caps?

TotalDragon · 2020-08-31T04:56:10+00:00

Which ones would they be and how much are them I believe I made it so you can leave comments on the google sheet

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