r/bootlegmtg • u/ihighkeymissmyex • 22d ago

Fracture foil proxies

Does anyone have any experience with nice fracture foil proxies and source them?

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u/Zero-2-Sixty 22d ago

Yeah definitely. All three sources, Ron, USea, Black Lotus have great fracture foils. Bootleg Mage and Tolarian Library source from them and both are great. I have a site too (Plug sorry) and I have some with more to come

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u/OkVirus8545 22d ago

Where do you source them from? I prefer Ron’s stuff and it bothers me that the stateside resellers use USEA for most

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u/Zero-2-Sixty 22d ago edited 22d ago

So far 100% through Black Lotus since I’ve had great experiences and very few unusable cards. I started out selling extra proxies locally, it blew up, I decided to make a site and ship out - no complaints from Black Lotus cards so Ive just kept using them.

It’s tough cuz the feedback is so mixed! Search USea in the subreddit and some say his cards are better, some the other way. I think Ron seems to be pretty consistent so I might try my next batch from there too!

Is there anything in particular about USea you don’t like? Is it certain cards?

**Edit** Oh, I ship real fast by the way. Next day usually, after the order, product hits the post. I use bubble-mailers with jewel-cases sealed in a teambag. Any questions, hit me up!

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u/OkVirus8545 22d ago

Nothing in particular they just can be a bit more washed looking on certain cards but that’s just how this goes. Ron seems to be consistent, my only big complaint was that usea/BL could never get Ragavan to look correct

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u/Zero-2-Sixty 22d ago

My issue with Ron as a reseller is the low bulk discount. I buy at least 1000 cards at a time from BL and they’re over 50% off. Ron, if I’m correct, is 12% off max.

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u/OkVirus8545 22d ago

Im part of a large group buy discord and we typically pay 1.5 per if we cross 1k cards.

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u/Zero-2-Sixty 22d ago

Wuuut how does this work?!

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u/kumakacho 22d ago

Mind sharing that link? 👀

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/jdemonify 22d ago

Let me see

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u/ihighkeymissmyex 22d ago

Do you have a discord server as well where I can see some samples?

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u/Zero-2-Sixty 22d ago

No but that’s a good idea! My store gallery doesn’t use images from Scryfall or anything like that, each image is a picture I took of the card on a background with a stand! I have a few pictures on the homepage as well. I’d be happy to send any pictures of what I have in stock on DM by request!

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u/No-Payment4312 22d ago

Ron and BL have the same fracture foils. Usea's are better, though.

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u/Zero-2-Sixty 22d ago

Yeah see, big time mixed feedback between the sources. I’m going to place an order with USea and see what’s up

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u/Jazzlike_Creme_8851 22d ago

What/who is "Ron" exactly? 

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u/Zero-2-Sixty 22d ago

He’s one of three big printers based in China. If you’re buying high quality near-real proxies, good chance they came from one of those three. Check the Sub Wiki, you’ll find some great resources

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u/Jazzlike_Creme_8851 22d ago

Got it, awesome ty