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# Black Lotus (BL)

While there are many sellers in China, Black Lotus is the collective name for a printing group that all utilize the same factory to print cards. They share printing files, resources, and collectively bargain with the printing factory for better rates.\
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Chinese sellers of these cards may include:

* **Black Lotus (BL, or Jason Lung)**
* **Ron Liu (Ron)**
* **Villa Zheng (VZ)**
* **Gail Cao (Gail)**
* **Proxyking (PK) \***

**Note: PK has no website. Any websites claiming to be PK are fake or scams. This name is commonly used to mislead others.**

## Pros and Cons Black Lotus MTG Proxies

Pros

* Average Quality is High. More often than not, the cards you receive are good enough for FNM.
* Great Selection of cards. BL has the largest inventory.
* Great Customer Service. If there are issues, they typically get resolved without much push back.

Cons

* Many print runs have inconsistent quality. Sometimes you may be sent older, inferior stock that is very poor quality. Or, the older stock is better, but newer stock is sent.
* While the selection is huge, there is large variance among quality, especially for less popular cards.
* Low tolerance for quality control. There are mistakes on cards that takes a careful eye to spot, and are sold anyway. Holo Stamps may be damaged or badly misaligned.
* Can only buy using an excel spreadsheet and email, which while functional, can be inconvenient.
* Prices tend to be the same (or more) for small orders when compared to local resellers with better quality controls such as [Bootleg Mage.](/where-to-buy/usa-based-sellers/bootleg-mage-bm-mtg-proxies.md)

You can find BL's selections here: <https://magic-cardplus.com>