Proxy/fake cards

I've admitted it, I bought a bucket ton of fake/proxy cards. They were the cheapest out there, white core, laminated front and back. Good enough sleeved up for me. I could play the game, and not care about investing THOUSANDS of dollars to just play the game I wanted to play. I was never going to spent 10 hours on a Saturday at a pro-tour stop, nor a SCG event. Just not why I am playing. Sure, the local card store doesn't care about proxies, I'm down for that. And oh, it is VERY obvious my cards are fake once unsleeved. (anyone want a foil Lotus? I have one!)

However, I have a different proposal for fakes:

   (this is for all the collectors and Wizards)

What happens if the people making these proxies/fakes get them so good that people cannot tell the difference? I mean, shipped off to a grading service and returned with grades sort of well off cards. (btw, it has happened)
Keep in mind, the fakes are only going to get better, not worse. Take for example, this site. They proport to have multiple generations of printing stock and better technology to get more accurate prints. Be sure to check out their gallery of fakes.


My point being, if the fakes are so good that they are not different from the real cards- what is the response? I suspect the market crashes, only cards slabbed (graded and sealed) before a certain time frame will be considered to be genuine. Though that pretty much makes playing in any tournament hard.
Wizards would have to respond somehow. Their self imposed restricted list of cards they will never print again might have to be re-thought.
Perhaps bring back runs of these cards with holograms, or even my thought- purple boarders. Allowing Wizards to make a buck, and keep the fakes at bay. People will buy old World Championship decks to get the hard to find cards, even though they are in gold boarder. Or even the collectors edition cards which are square corners and gold backs.


The point being, the time is coming. I hope the market and Wizards are ready for a response to when the fakes are just as good as the real thing.


Btw, if you want a MUCH longer, likely much better written version of what I might have been trying to say, check out this SCG article from almost 3 years ago. It lists pretty much exactly the same points, but in much better detail.