>>54285485It's a separate game that doesn't interact with the main game.
If you want to bust out your printer and make proxy trading cards and play them in a side-game built entirely around proxy trading cards, go ahead.
Just like you're going to get laughed out of the building if you bring a crayon-drawn Charizard to a Pokemon TCG event, you're going to get laughed out of the building if you bring a Showdown team file to a Pokemon VGC event.
