My Daughter's Proxies; or, The Cutest Goyf in the World

I think I've mentioned that whenever I buy a box of Magic cards, my daughter and I simulate a Sealed format by opening six packs at a time, building Limited decks, and playing each other.  It's great fun, and educational to boot.

But when my Modern Masters 2015 box arrived, I fell prey to my American capitalistic sensibilities: I insisted that any 'money' cards could not be used.  "That's not fun!" my daughter said, and you know what, she's entirely right.  So we arrived at a compromise that lit up her little eyes: she would draw proxies for the money cards.  Here are a few; see if you can guess what cards they represent before reading the explanation.

This is a Vendilion Clique (or, as my daughter used to say, "the Vendilion Snap"; it took me a while to understand her confusion).  I have no idea why the sun in the picture is wearing glasses.

This is a proxy for a foil Vraska the Unseen that we opened in a Return to Ravnica box.  My daughter thought it would be hilarious to give her a big smile.  You know, she's kinda right.

And these are her pride and joy: a rather cheerful pair of Tarmogoyfs.  One is a boy and one is a girl (note the ribbon on the girl Tarmogoyf).

A Worthy Sheath

Magic inspires my daughter to do a lot of things that one might expect for a fan of the game: to do math faster, to work on deck construction, to read Uncharted Realms.  One unexpected result?  Wrapper art.

This all started with a guy at the local game store that collects booster pack wrappers (netting upwards of 50 on a good night).  He takes the wrappers and carefully laminates them onto notebook covers, creating really cool notebooks that people love to use for jotting down life totals.  Rumor is that he's working on both a tie and a hat next.

My daughter thought this was just about the coolest thing ever, and so she asked if I could save my extra wrappers.  I agreed, and this is what she came up with:

I have to admit: I'm both impressed and a little jealous at how cool the sword sheath came out.