PSA 10 is still the most trusted standard worldwide
A proxy is used when a collectible card game player does not own a card, and it would be impractical for such purposes to acquire the card
In America, we approached it very cynically
While a ton of them can't (or won't) be cast outside of the kitchen table (I'm looking at you, Polar Kraken), they're just such iconic, larger-than-life creatures
Like the films children, who grow stronger as the town's adults are killed, so do the orphans, who are pumped during in-game combat for each other creature that the cards controller taps down during attacks
To illustrate how big a gulf there is between Shadowless and first edition copies, the former version of this card only commands about $40 in near-mint (NM) condition, while the first edition copy typically sells for somewhere around the market price