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Storing Your MTG Cube

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Magic the Gathering has many different formats, both official and fan made. One of the most popular ways to play is a Cube Draft. It combines elements from constructed and limited play to create a unique, curated experience.

A cube consists of a selected group of cards; at least 360, although larger cubes for more players or more variety are possible. The cards are divided into 15 card “packs”, which are then used as booster packs for drafting. The cards used in the cube are up to the creator, although there are resources like Cube Cobra and CubeTutor that can be useful.

The first consideration is how to make the “packs”. While there are specially designed products for this, another, more economical option may be more appropriate, especially if you’re just starting your cube. Some options to consider are BCW Thick Card Sleeves, BCW 10 Count Slider Boxes, BCW 7mm Toploaders, or 15 ct Card Cubes. The card cubes allow the use of single sleeved cards, while the other options work best with raw cards.

300 card box with Magic cards
BCW 300 ct. Card Box with MTG Cube
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Double Sleeving Gaming Cards

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To protect Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and other TCG’s with valuable cards, some players prefer to double sleeve their cards. The cards are first protected by an inner sleeve that’s barely larger than a standard card, and then insert the card/inner sleeve inside a regular gaming card sleeve.

BCW offers three varieties of Inner Sleeves:

Regular Inner Sleeves are top loading, but a better description might be bottom loading. When inserting cards in these inner sleeves, it’s recommended to insert the card in the bottom. Then insert the card/Inner Sleeve in the regular sleeve in the normal top loading orientation. Using this process, the card will have no edges exposed at the top of the regular sleeve, providing extra protection against a spilled drink.

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Which BCW Cardboard Boxes are Large Enough for Card Holders or Graded Cards?

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Most BCW cardboard boxes are only large enough to hold standard 2½” x 3½” cards or cards in sleeves. However several boxes have wider rows to accommodate cards in protective holders such as semi-rigids, toploaders, 1-screws, magnetics or other holders or cases. Some BCW boxes are designed to hold graded cards or other tall cards. A few boxes have both wide rows and increased height.

If you are trying to decide which BCW boxes are right for your collection, the list below shows the basic sizes. If you store cards in protective holders, you’ll need a box with WIDE rows. If you have graded cards, other tall cards, or you have 4-screw card holders, get a box labelled GRADED.

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Organizing your Doomtown Cards… Shootouts, Dudes, and Boot Hill!

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Doomtown Cards and Chips with Card Supplies

BCW 9-pocket sideloading pages are an excellent way to sort and separate you card collection. The colors were chosen such that Magic, Pokemon, and YuGiOh players can easily sort the cards into matching pages. Even if you don’t play these games, the different colors can be employed for sorting the game you do play.

I used 9 different colors and also clear pages to create the sorting separation for my Doomtown: Reloaded Binders. What’s Doomtown? Doomtown is a flavorful card game based in the Weird West, think twisted history mixed with magic, that involves various factions vying for control of a California boomtown. The wild west flavor is further demonstrated with a clever combat system that involves a series of poker hands, and cheating as well is part of the game.

Fixed releases (no randomized booster packs to buy!) and living card style of the game means that I have (at least) four of every card. Unless otherwise used in a deck, all my cards are in binders. This means that most of the cards in my binders are in sets of four, back-to-back. While this makes for some heavy pages, the plastic pages accommodates the weight just fine. When I’m looking for a card, the colored pages and their interior organization makes finding what I’m looking for easy.

For transporting and storage of my decks, I rely on the Prime X-4 Gaming Box. It’s spacious and easily holds four decks, poker chips, dice, and tokens. I can be quick on the shootout opportunity with this deck box holding all I need for a day of Doomtown fun!

Martin
a.k.a. Marshal Possum

Doomtown decks with accessories in a Prime X4 box

BCW Folio Solutions for Card Playsets

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In Magic: the Gathering, Pokémon, and other card games, collecting playsets of four cards is ideal for some strategies. In Magic for example, you have a deck of sixty cards (in general) and you draw seven cards in your opening hand and one more each turn thereafter. Magic rules limit your card selection to no more than four of the same card in your deck. Thus, if you have four of a certain card in your deck, a “playset”, you can maximize the likelihood the desired card will be in your hand when needed.

Organizing playsets in a binder is perfect for displaying what sets you have or showing what cards you’re needing to complete a set. Furthermore, when forming a deck with a desired tactic, folios make it easy to see your options and selecting your deck. BCW offers three solutions for collecting cards in playsets.

BCW 4-Pocket Page Pro-Folios with Magic cards

BCW 4-Pocket Pro-Folios

BCW 4-Pocket Pro-Folios provide a simple 4-up page. Twenty double-sided pages are welded into the album for holding 160 cards. The pages are acid-fee with side-loading pockets. An elastic closure is used to keep the folio closed. 4-Pocket Pro-Folios are available in five colors.

BCW 8-Pocket Page Pro-Folio LX Black with Magic cards

BCW 8-Pocket Pro-Folio LX Black

The BCW 8-Pocket Page Pro-Folio LX is available with a black leatherette cover and an elastic closure. It’s the same exterior size as our 9-Pocket Page Pro-Folio LX, however the cards are oriented the other direction with 8 pockets per page which is conducive to collecting sets of four. The folio contains twenty double-sided pages to for holding 320 cards.

BCW 12-Pocket Page Z-Folio LX with cards

BCW 12-Pocket Z-Folio LX

The BCW 12-Pocket Page Z-Folio LX has twenty double-sided pages for holding 480 cards. The pages are acid-free with side-loading pockets. The leatherette covers are available in five colors. A durable zipper ensures cards will be kept safe.