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Other creatures will get the benefits (or, occasionally, drawbacks) of those things, but other creatures don't have counters or stickers on them unless they actually do

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That matters because it usually means: better flexibility (custom backs, version choices, one-off cards), pricing that can scale with order size, and turnaround that depends on production time + shipping transit time , not whatevers already on a shelf. ProxyMTG explicitly frames its model this way, including the practical breakdown of production vs transit (which is the difference between late and the label was created and USPS didnt scan it yet)

So in that scenario I would open and maybe grade them and then sell for max profit

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