{"id":4367,"date":"2021-01-06T19:14:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T19:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/?p=4367"},"modified":"2022-11-17T17:15:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T17:15:57","slug":"organize-pokemon-card-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/06\/organize-pokemon-card-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do You Organize Your Pok\u00e9mon Card Collection?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What&#8217;s the best method to sort, store and catalog a large Pok\u00e9mon card collection? Reddit user <em>HighwayForward<\/em> shared his system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HOUSE-12-800-Card-House-Pokemon-1400px-1-1024x859.jpg\" alt=\"BCW Card House labeled with various Pokemon sets\" class=\"wp-image-4370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HOUSE-12-800-Card-House-Pokemon-1400px-1-1024x859.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HOUSE-12-800-Card-House-Pokemon-1400px-1-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HOUSE-12-800-Card-House-Pokemon-1400px-1-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HOUSE-12-800-Card-House-Pokemon-1400px-1-358x300.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HOUSE-12-800-Card-House-Pokemon-1400px-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I store all bulk in numerical order in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/card-house-with-12-800ct-boxes\">Card House<\/a>. Each individual card is sleeved straight out of the pack. Full arts are also put in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/3x4-topload-card-holder\">toploaders<\/a> and stored in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/shoe-storage-box-1600-cards\">2-Row Shoe Box<\/a> viewed on top, as the rows in that box are wider to accommodate toploaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CST-Sorting-Tray-1400px-1024x707.jpg\" alt=\"BCW card sorting tray with Pokemon cards\" class=\"wp-image-4371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CST-Sorting-Tray-1400px-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CST-Sorting-Tray-1400px-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CST-Sorting-Tray-1400px-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CST-Sorting-Tray-1400px-435x300.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CST-Sorting-Tray-1400px.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I open packs, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/card-sleeves\">penny sleeve<\/a> each card and sort numerically using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/card-sorting-tray\">this tray<\/a>. Don\u2019t know how I used to do it without the tray to be honest. Such a game changer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"877\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pokemon-Card-List.jpg\" alt=\"Example spreadsheet for tracking the Darkness Ablaze Pokemon set\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pokemon-Card-List.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pokemon-Card-List-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pokemon-Card-List-768x700.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bcwsupplies.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Pokemon-Card-List-329x300.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, as I am putting the cards away from the tray into boxes (or binders, as I do have a few for master sets) I catalog everything on my <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1J0mJDEF8R_vVtmOqvWFyOk-lpAKgXvUwQPIOBAMCJEM\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inventory spreadsheet<\/a>. I use <a href=\"https:\/\/m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net\/wiki\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bulbapedia<\/a> to copy and paste specific set card numbers and names into a new sheet and then input the rest of the information from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This information was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PokemonTCG\/comments\/kpyum7\/how_do_you_guys_sortstorecatalog_your_cards_here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this Reddit post<\/a>, and republished with minor edits with the writer&#8217;s permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the best method to sort, store and catalog a large Pok\u00e9mon card collection? 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