A lot of mana ramp, some utility creatures, ways to make tokens and steal their stuff and maybe some card draw and you've got yourself a recipe for a 75% deck that's going to steal a lot of their creatures but won't be reliant on them to play creatures since you'll have a lot of your own
You can block with a creature no matter how long its been on the battlefield
Old Fogey is phased out when its echo ability would trigger, so that ability doesn't trigger at the beginning of the upkeep after Old Fogey enters the battlefield
Ive opted for Lich-Knights Conquest, too, which can get rid of our tokens and exchange them for the creatures we already put in the graveyard
same goes for Sire of Insanity
The card stock is great, the art is vibrant, and unlike some other proxies Ive had over the years the text is all all clear