The best Pokémon card sleeves depend on what you are doing with your cards. If you mainly collect Pokémon cards, a simple clear penny sleeve is usually the most useful option. If you play the Pokémon TCG regularly, a thicker deck sleeve is much better suited to shuffling and handling a 60-card deck. If you…
A deck box is one of the simplest ways to protect a deck once the cards are sleeved. It keeps the cards together, protects the edges and corners while you are carrying them around and stops a loose deck from moving around inside your bag. The main thing to get right is capacity. A normal…
If you are sending trading cards for grading, a semi-rigid card holder is usually the type of holder you need. The card goes into a soft penny sleeve first, and that sleeved card then slides into the larger semi-rigid holder. You will often hear collectors call these Card Savers. Card Saver is actually a brand…
A toploader is a simple way to give a trading card much more protection than a soft sleeve can provide on its own. Put the card in a sleeve first, slide it into the rigid holder and it becomes much harder to bend, crease or damage while it is being stored or handled. For normal…
A good trading card binder does not need to be complicated. It needs pockets that hold your cards securely, pages that feel well made and enough space for the collection you actually want to store. Vault X is the binder brand we use for our own card collections, and it is the brand we would…
Yu-Gi-Oh! cards measure approximately 59 × 86 mm, so they are slightly smaller than Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering cards. For normal deck play, the best fit usually comes from sleeves sold as Japanese size, small size or mini size, with fitted gameplay sleeves commonly measuring around 62 × 89 mm. For regular play, Dragon…
The best trading card sleeves depend on what you are protecting and how you use the cards. A collector storing hundreds of cards has different needs from someone shuffling the same deck every week. For a large collection, an inexpensive penny sleeve is often all that is needed for basic surface protection. A deck that…