Bloomburrow Is a Gift for Proxy Printers
Bloomburrow's art direction went somewhere most recent sets haven't: warmth. Every card in the set feels hand-illustrated rather than rendered, and that carries over well to home printing on cardstock. The illustrated look holds up where heavily rendered, gradient-heavy frames fall apart.
We went through the full spoiler and pulled twelve cards that print best: a mix of competitive staples and casual favorites that deserve a spot in your Commander decks.
Top Picks for Printing
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame leads the list. The showcase treatment is exceptional. The illustrated style works better on cardstock than the usual glossy finish would suggest. Print the full-art variant.
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods in the borderless treatment is one of the best-looking green cards printed in years. The gradient on the waterfall reads beautifully when you run your color profile at Vivid.
Ygra, Eater of All has the kind of gothic darkness the older Innistrad cards had: high contrast, clean edges, minimal gradient banding. It prints with that same quality.
The Competitive Staples Worth Proxying
Three BLB cards have already landed in competitive EDH lists: Maha, Its Feathers Night, Glarb, Calamity's Augur, and Annie Flash, the Veteran. All three have conventional-frame versions that print cleanly and slot right into existing decks.
Bloomburrow is the first set in two years where I'd print the entire spoiler just to have them on-hand. The illustration quality is that consistent.
Print Settings for BLB
BLB cards carry slightly more background color than average, which means your color profile matters more than usual. The Vivid preset at 95% saturation is the starting point. Drop it to 90% if you're seeing dark shadows bleeding into light areas on the animal characters. For a deeper look at color management for proxy printing, see our ICC profiles guide.
Cardstock: 80 lb cover stock, matte finish. The illustrated style doesn't benefit from glossy lamination the way photorealistic cards do; matte is the right call here. For a full breakdown of cover stock options and which printers handle them best, see our best cardstock guide.
