6 5000 count card boxes for misc. stuff that has been sorted by color. 2 3000 count boxes for cards I might play, another 3000 count box for lands, and one last 3000 count box for cards I haven't sorted.
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That was pretty interesting. But dropping a warship on me is cheating. Take it back!
Just looking to get some advice on magic card bags and/or cases. I am getting to the point where i just have to many decks (mainly edh) and transporting them around in cardboard boxes is just getting frustrating.
Does anyone have experience or advice on a good magic gaming case that keeps things organized is robust and can hold EDH decks (100 cards) in its pockets.
The color isn't visible in Amazon's photo. I've seen some websites showing them with red trim around the edges. Mine has blue trim around the edges, which I'm fine with since blue's my favorite color.
I fit 6 sleeved EDH decks in it by laying 5 down normally in the compartments and then turning the last one vertical and sliding it into the space left over in each compartment. It also has a dice compartment next to the decks and pockets in the top for holding extra cards, although if you have cards in them be careful how you open it.
Overall I'm very pleased with it and it's the only compartment I need to carry with me most of the time. Mine also has a shoulder strap.
The color isn't visible in Amazon's photo. I've seen some websites showing them with red trim around the edges. Mine has blue trim around the edges, which I'm fine with since blue's my favorite color.
I fit 6 sleeved EDH decks in it by laying 5 down normally in the compartments and then turning the last one vertical and sliding it into the space left over in each compartment. It also has a dice compartment next to the decks and pockets in the top for holding extra cards, although if you have cards in them be careful how you open it.
Overall I'm very pleased with it and it's the only compartment I need to carry with me most of the time. Mine also has a shoulder strap.
I have one of those and I love it, but I do a ton of trading too so I upgraded to a bookbag. I have a bookbag that can hold a lot of decks, a few mats, two very large binders, and still have room to spare for whatever else my creative mind comes up with. Costed me less than 20 bucks from Wal-Mart.
In the bag: This goes with me to the LGS for play.
EDH Deck, in a hollowed out book (best deck box evar)
Deck Builder's Toolkit Box with 4 Deck Boxes (these are standard/extended decks)
Green and Blue 4 pocket Monster Binders (these are for the rares/in demand uncommons)
Wood Box for Dice/Counters/Pad/Paper (keep track of keeping track)
A tournament pack box with 75 full art ZEN lands (for drafting)
At home, in a box
2 Shoeboxes (flip lid), with 4 fat pack box bottoms full of playsets
A longbox of bulk/semi bulk rares (backfill for binders)
a 2 pocket monster binder for legacy keepsakes and heirlooms
I still have a hand made box setup for fat pack boxes I built out of wood, but I prefer the solution I made instead of that.
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Decks in the hopper... Standard - R/G Aggro RG Standard - Book Burning UR Modern - U/W Tempo UW Legacy - Master of Affinity XX Vintage - Burnination RR
In my bag:
-Two Ion Deckboxes; one for my Treva EDH deck, the other for my nonsleeved Ashling EDH deck and my WoW deck
-Dragon's Egg [Seriously I love this thing]
-Several spindowns in one pocket, a few sets of dice and loose dice in the other
-two Standard decks, a Pokemon deck, my Yu-Gi-Oh deck, my DBZ deck, and my sleeved tokens and a bunch of loose rares that cycle in and out of my EDH deck
-All of my Scheme and Plane cards, as well as my 4 Planar Die
-Spare sleeves
-Rare binder
-Windwright Mage playmat
At home
3 Fat Pack boxes and two old Booster boxes full of the cards I haven't culled from my collection. Every few months, I go through and keep a max of 4 copies of cards I think I'll want/like/use, and keep those; everything else goes into a shoebox which is left at my playgroup for them to take as they want.
Eight Ultra Pro deck boxes for my Commander/Pauper/Extended decks, and two fat packs for my cube. I carry them around in a strapped laptop bag sans laptop. I like carrying it around because it fools people into thinking I'm a contributing member of society, when in reality I'm hauling a huge load nerd equipment to sling cards with at the uni.
I finally got around to taking some pictures of my collection. Let's just say that Craigslist is good for some things. I found this a few years back. I basically bought it at first sight. I have been looking for one of these for a long time, as I always thought it would be kind of cool to use for storing cards. Long story short, one popped up on Craigslist and my girlfriend thought it would be nice to have, so we went and bought it that night.
Without further ado:
Turns out, the card catalog had come from a library a few towns over when they were cycling out the entire card catalog. The gentleman I bought it from had bought it at the library sale and had used it for filing business contacts. Once he was fully retired, he decided to retire the catalog as well.
Once I got it home, I worked on how to get as much cardboard crack in there as I could. I came up with a divider that split each drawer into 2 rows that can store ~950-1000 cards each. Extrapolate that out over the 60 drawers, and the total approximate storage capacity is 117,000-120,000 cards. That should last for quite awhile.
Here are some pics of the dividers and a full drawer:
Overall, there is something fitting about using a library card catalog to store a collection of Magic cards. I still have to put dividers in another 30 or so drawers and label each drawer with the expansion symbol. Once that is done, I can move my collection over. Needless to say, it's a beast to move on its own, let alone with 100,000 Magic cards.
As far as the sort is concerned, I have adopted Wizard's method. I sort each set into CWUBRGMHAL order. Each segment is then alphabetically sorted. Finally, each set is ordered chronologically by block. The Core/base sets are stored together as its own "block". The three Portal sets are stored together as well. It is really easy to sort the newer sets based on number. Then I just co-opted the system for use with the older sets so that system is consistent. Makes things really easy to find with the card catalog.
I've got a box that separates Mythics/Rares/Uncommons from Commons. Within those groups it's broken down into colors. Beyond there is no order, it is chaos!!
My decks I keep in a shoebox that I've decorated, along with life dice, counters, and potentially useful cards for decks that are still a work in progress. Easier to find them that way than digging around the box of chaos.
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Eight Ultra Pro deck boxes for my Commander/Pauper/Extended decks, and two fat packs for my cube. I carry them around in a strapped laptop bag sans laptop. I like carrying it around because it fools people into thinking I'm a contributing member of society, when in reality I'm hauling a huge load nerd equipment to sling cards with at the uni.
Which model of deck box is it that fits a sleeved Commander deck?
I've been playing magic for about 7 years, and I've just kept them in folders and drawers. But, now I have so many that it takes about 10 hours to find all of the cards for a deck! I was thinking of using an Excel document to sort them... I want to know what ways you use/ suggest for organizing cards?
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I sort mine alphabetically, separated by color and rarity. It took a long time to get them all organized but it was worth it in the end. If I ever need to find a card, any card in my collection, it takes about 2 seconds to find it.
I go alphabetically, with the rares, promos, and mythics in boxes I carry around, and common/uncommons sorted by color and set in those sets' boxes at home. I made my own web page to see it online whenever I feel like. One of these days I'll need to customize that software to work for everyone and start selling it.
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Until recently, I had been using a Mirror's Edge bag, but the zipper broke. I'm now in the market for a new thing to carry my deck boxes, binders, etc in.
A nice backpack I bought at a backpacking/camping store. I made sure it was durable and water resistant in order to protect the cards, and had sufficient space for the 6 Fatpack boxes of stuff I carry with me when I play (4 boxes for my 12 EDH decks, another for specialty cards (Planechase and Archenemy) and the last for Tokens) and a big bag of dice.
I used to cram most of that into a courier's satchel I have, but all that weight (it's like 20 pounds fully loaded) on a single strap isn't very comfortable for any considerable hikes. Spreading the load across both shoulders is a much better/easier way to lug it all around.
I used to want one of the fishing box style carriers, but in hindsight I think getting a durable carrying solution that can pull double duty as an actual backpack is probably the wiser choice.
I do recall someone saying in a thread like this that they carried their cards in a 50 caliber ammo tin they got from an army surplus store, which I have to say is pretty stylin'.
I penny sleeve playsets of commons/uncommons in groups of four (or eight since I usually keep two playsets).
They work really well, but I wouldn't stack more than one or two of them if they are completely full (they'll start to cave from the weight).
Mine are actually side by side on a table. The 800 count boxes I can slide in and out of the top when I need them.
EDH: Xenagos, God of Revels.
Just looking to get some advice on magic card bags and/or cases. I am getting to the point where i just have to many decks (mainly edh) and transporting them around in cardboard boxes is just getting frustrating.
Does anyone have experience or advice on a good magic gaming case that keeps things organized is robust and can hold EDH decks (100 cards) in its pockets.
Any help would be amazing cheers!
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The color isn't visible in Amazon's photo. I've seen some websites showing them with red trim around the edges. Mine has blue trim around the edges, which I'm fine with since blue's my favorite color.
I fit 6 sleeved EDH decks in it by laying 5 down normally in the compartments and then turning the last one vertical and sliding it into the space left over in each compartment. It also has a dice compartment next to the decks and pockets in the top for holding extra cards, although if you have cards in them be careful how you open it.
Overall I'm very pleased with it and it's the only compartment I need to carry with me most of the time. Mine also has a shoulder strap.
I have one of those and I love it, but I do a ton of trading too so I upgraded to a bookbag. I have a bookbag that can hold a lot of decks, a few mats, two very large binders, and still have room to spare for whatever else my creative mind comes up with. Costed me less than 20 bucks from Wal-Mart.
In the bag: This goes with me to the LGS for play.
At home, in a box
I still have a hand made box setup for fat pack boxes I built out of wood, but I prefer the solution I made instead of that.
Standard - R/G Aggro RG
Standard - Book Burning UR
Modern - U/W Tempo UW
Legacy - Master of Affinity XX
Vintage - Burnination RR
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In my bag:
-Two Ion Deckboxes; one for my Treva EDH deck, the other for my nonsleeved Ashling EDH deck and my WoW deck
-Dragon's Egg [Seriously I love this thing]
-Several spindowns in one pocket, a few sets of dice and loose dice in the other
-two Standard decks, a Pokemon deck, my Yu-Gi-Oh deck, my DBZ deck, and my sleeved tokens and a bunch of loose rares that cycle in and out of my EDH deck
-All of my Scheme and Plane cards, as well as my 4 Planar Die
-Spare sleeves
-Rare binder
-Windwright Mage playmat
At home
3 Fat Pack boxes and two old Booster boxes full of the cards I haven't culled from my collection. Every few months, I go through and keep a max of 4 copies of cards I think I'll want/like/use, and keep those; everything else goes into a shoebox which is left at my playgroup for them to take as they want.
The latest Comprehensive Rules are also good, and can be found here.
From the mind of Raymond Swanland: Valla, a plane made entirely out of brownish spikes.
Each card individually sleeved in a KMC perfect Fit and then into a Pink Dragon Shield.
I only play vintage, so the single box of cards I call a collection is worth something like $10K
Without further ado:
Turns out, the card catalog had come from a library a few towns over when they were cycling out the entire card catalog. The gentleman I bought it from had bought it at the library sale and had used it for filing business contacts. Once he was fully retired, he decided to retire the catalog as well.
Once I got it home, I worked on how to get as much cardboard crack in there as I could. I came up with a divider that split each drawer into 2 rows that can store ~950-1000 cards each. Extrapolate that out over the 60 drawers, and the total approximate storage capacity is 117,000-120,000 cards. That should last for quite awhile.
Here are some pics of the dividers and a full drawer:
Overall, there is something fitting about using a library card catalog to store a collection of Magic cards. I still have to put dividers in another 30 or so drawers and label each drawer with the expansion symbol. Once that is done, I can move my collection over. Needless to say, it's a beast to move on its own, let alone with 100,000 Magic cards.
As far as the sort is concerned, I have adopted Wizard's method. I sort each set into CWUBRGMHAL order. Each segment is then alphabetically sorted. Finally, each set is ordered chronologically by block. The Core/base sets are stored together as its own "block". The three Portal sets are stored together as well. It is really easy to sort the newer sets based on number. Then I just co-opted the system for use with the older sets so that system is consistent. Makes things really easy to find with the card catalog.
In those binders, however, I sort by Rarity (Mythic Rare/Rare is seperate from Uncommon/Common), then Color -> Card Type -> Sub-type.
Beyond that I try to sort by similar abilities or effects.
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My decks I keep in a shoebox that I've decorated, along with life dice, counters, and potentially useful cards for decks that are still a work in progress. Easier to find them that way than digging around the box of chaos.
out of the house - a pro carry case (5 deck slots) one of the OLD ones with the plastic insides not the foam ones.
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Which model of deck box is it that fits a sleeved Commander deck?
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"Sufficiently advanced experience is indistinguishable from clairvoyance." -Carsten
"Ah those eyes, those horrible creepy eyes!" -Chaosof99
DCI Level 3 Judge & TO
"I do not consider myself a hero. I know only what the Vec teach:
justice must always be served and corruption must always be opposed."
Go read! I am one of the three authors of Cranial Insertion.
But seriously, if you can't remember "Woapalanne", just call me Eli.
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I play neat decks but not very well.
I used to cram most of that into a courier's satchel I have, but all that weight (it's like 20 pounds fully loaded) on a single strap isn't very comfortable for any considerable hikes. Spreading the load across both shoulders is a much better/easier way to lug it all around.
I used to want one of the fishing box style carriers, but in hindsight I think getting a durable carrying solution that can pull double duty as an actual backpack is probably the wiser choice.
I do recall someone saying in a thread like this that they carried their cards in a 50 caliber ammo tin they got from an army surplus store, which I have to say is pretty stylin'.
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I can usually fit 24 of my decks in it, plus dice and other supplies in the sides
It's nice