Proxies are proxies
Alongside this, old cards sticking around should also prolong their usefulness, making purchasing a Standard deck somewhat more viable
Perhaps this can be seen as a metaphor for the Eevee at a crossroads, stuck between two possibilities of what it might turn into one day
7 Durant ex (Special Art Rare) $13.15 Marching Along Speaking of the relationships between English and Japanese cards, Durant adheres more closely to the conventional wisdom that most modern Japanese cards are worth less than their English counterparts (promos notwithstanding)

Agency Outfitter Ajani's Aid Analyze the Pollen Ancient Vendetta Angrath's Fury Ashiok's Forerunner Auditore Ambush Basri's Aegis Blood Speaker Boonweaver Giant Boseiju Reaches Skyward Burning-Rune Demon Call the Mountain Chocobo Chandra's Firemaw Chandra's Flame Wave Chandra's Outburst Chandra, Heart of Fire Clay-Fired Bricks Counterbore Cranial Extraction Crumble to Dust Dark Petition Dark Supplicant Deadly Cover-Up Deicide Delivery Moogle Demonic Counsel Dina's Guidance Dispossess Domri's Nodorog Dovin's Dismissal Elspeth's Devotee Eradicate Eternal Dragon Ethereal Elk Evolution Charm Extirpate Fang-Druid Summoner Final Parting Fork in the Road From Father to Son Frostpyre Arcanist Garruk's Warsteed Garruk, the Veil-Cursed Gate to the Afterlife Gideon's Battle Cry Gideon's Resolve Gifts Ungiven Goldmane Griffin Grand Master of Flowers Grasping Current Grave Upheaval Grim Reminder Grinning Totem Hoarding Dragon Horizon Spellbomb Iname as One Increasing Ambition Infernal Rebirth Infinite Obliteration Intuition Invasion of Arcavios Invasive Surgery Jace's Ruse Jarad's Orders Journey for the Elixir Kassandra, Eagle Bearer Kotose, the Silent Spider Landscaper Colos Liberating Combustion Liliana's Influence Liliana's Scorn

Damaged (D) Cards in Damaged condition can exhibit a tear, bend, or crease that may make the card illegal for tournament play, even in a sleeve.