It is sad that they create a digital toolbox and then use that to create cards that could have been done in a paper-friendly way. The recent flood of dfc has already made me unhappy enough - literally the only workaround I have for playing these cards in physical magic is to have a second copy of each flip card so I am not constantly fumbling with pulling the cards out of sleeves to flip them.
At the current trajectory of abandoning physical magic for digital - they will eventually run into the situation where the illusion of digital magic is just to play the game when physical isn't available will end. When magic exists as a digital game - they will lose the enfranchisement of the players. When that happens - the everquest/wow myspace/facebook switch will happen. A better game will have the window to succeed and draw the critical number of players from magic.
You do know that there are Checklist/Proxy cards in almost every pack in a set with DFC right? There are also clear sleeves in most brands and penny sleeves if you are desperate. It's honestly how *I* choose to play my DFC. It's much easier, less wear and tear on the card, less wear and tear on my fingers (hate getting that little "chip" in my skin that's annoying/painful from sleeving and desleeving) and honestly so much more satisfying to flip the card over than to pull a card out and reverse it. It even works in your favor because you don't have to remember to flip cards back each game, don't run into an issue of "Oh crap. I forgot to flip this around. How do I flip it back without giving my opponent information because I forgot what the front side says" and if you accidentally shuffle a clear-backed sleeve into your deck it kinda stands out so easier to correct that issue as well. But yeah, that's my two cents.
You do know that there are Checklist/Proxy cards in almost every pack in a set with DFC right? There are also clear sleeves in most brands and penny sleeves if you are desperate. It's honestly how *I* choose to play my DFC. It's much easier, less wear and tear on the card, less wear and tear on my fingers (hate getting that little "chip" in my skin that's annoying/painful from sleeving and desleeving) and honestly so much more satisfying to flip the card over than to pull a card out and reverse it. It even works in your favor because you don't have to remember to flip cards back each game, don't run into an issue of "Oh crap. I forgot to flip this around. How do I flip it back without giving my opponent information because I forgot what the front side says" and if you accidentally shuffle a clear-backed sleeve into your deck it kinda stands out so easier to correct that issue as well. But yeah, that's my two cents.