The Japanese print lands months before the English one, the card stock and holo usually feel a step up, and a large share of what gets printed there never crosses over into an English set at all
The SA version (39,800) uses a dramatically different special illustration by Naoki Saito with a distinctive artistic style
The deck also comes with a bunch of great equipment, like Behemoth Sledge and Champion's Helm, as well as the all new Summoning Materia which acts as both an equipment and a The Reality Chip for creatures
Cards are evaluated on four factors: centering, corners, edges, and surface condition
Table of Contents show A Quick Note About Proxies It seems like every single week in a Magic Facebook group or on Reddit, someone is posting about proxies