Actually, there's no ethical or acceptable reason to make "proxies" to pass the light test, bend test, and other well-known tests to weed out fake cards because there's no ethical or acceptable use of proxies that requires the proxy to be as similar to a real card as possiblea Sharpie on a basic Island does the job just as well and without any of the legal and moral issues
While eight mana can be a bit unwieldy, eight energy to grab it out of the graveyard for a turn for an alpha strike is easy to arrange, and will have huge results if you've got a developed board
You have protective enchantments like Sterling Grove to give an extra layer of defense while the big bombs like Starfield of Nyx and Sigil of the Empty Throne go to work
Die Hardened Scales is a reference to Die Hard, and Llanowar Elf is a reference to Elf in addition to also being an in-universe reference to Llanowar Elves, which has remained an iconic creature in the game for most of its lifespan
However, if we put the work into that setup, Eulogist is going to do some work for us, and I'm really excited to play with this card
