So with my ever growing collection if mtg cards (which in resent months has taken a very large jump!)thus I have been having more and more cards to put into my binders (currently organized like this: set>color>rarity) but its getting much harder to maintain that organization with the "jump" and I need a new way to orgenize them...any ideas?
Right now I'm thinking by block>color>and possibly rarity...
Well id only put value commons/uncommons and rares in a binder, find an old shoebox for the rest as seperate by color(this is my method)
Quote from: MisterJH on June 14, 2013, 10:55:36 AM
Well id only put value commons/uncommons and rares in a binder, find an old shoebox for the rest as seperate by color(this is my method)
i like this idea...
My lgs sells large tcg boxes that have rows to fit cards. I put all my bulk commons and uncommons in there (holds 3k cards) and stick the rares and mythics into my binder by color.
For me I just have a binder for each block, a binder for extra rares and mythics, and a box for my commons and Uncommons.
I like these ideas...I think I'm gonna make a few binders for rares/value uncommons and commons a put the rest in a box. How does that sound?
Don't put two colors in the same binder sheet. That way you don't have to remove lots and lots of cards when you get new ones. You'll just have to add a page
Quote from: Birdbrain on June 14, 2013, 12:09:11 PM
Don't put two colors in the same binder sheet. That way you don't have to remove lots and lots of cards when you get new ones. You'll just have to add a page
lol ya I learned this the hard way back when I played pokèmon :P
But once you find a way you like your binders organized, KEEP IT THAT WAY haha. I organized my binders 4 times before I decided to do it by blocks. It took so much time, never wanna do that again.
Quote from: Birdbrain on June 14, 2013, 12:09:11 PM
Don't put two colors in the same binder sheet. That way you don't have to remove lots and lots of cards when you get new ones. You'll just have to add a page
True this.
I sort by rariy>color>most recent set>alphebetical... I think I did that right. Then my standard collection is separated to the front, so you see that first.
Just get a RtR gift box. That should do it!
If you find yourself with a lot bulk commons and nowhere to put them then grab a 5000ct storage box from trollandtoad.com.
Being the OCD person I am, I do:
Format>Block>Set>Color(B, U, W, G, R, Multi, Artifact, land)>Rarity>Alphabetical Order.
It takes a very long time.
I've got mine: rarity -> color -> alphabetical.
My binders are:
Mythics -> alphabetical.
Rares -> color -> alphabetical.
Money uncommons/commons -> color -> alphabetical
Bulk stuff is in fat pack boxes:
Set -> Color -> Alphabetical.
Since I almost always buy a playset of Common/Uncommons per set, it's helpful to keep the bulk stuff in set related fat packs.
I had binders set up, and boxes. Currently most of my bulk collection is set aside for repacks. Most of my decent bulks have been thrown into my cube; I just hope to get rid of more cards sooner than I accumulate them.
Need any homelands?
I separate by colors (each is sorted by creatures, instants, sorceries, then enchantments and each of those sections are alphabetized) a sheet or two for each mixed color (or 4 for {U}{G}), a section for artifacts, a section for tokens, a section for lands, and a section for planeswalkers. I try to keep my collection down to 4 cards each of just the essentials.
3 binders house my entire collection.
I follow the same procedure for organization that my LGS does. I have a big 4 row box. In each row, I have a set. So, right now one of my boxes has (in order): Innistrad, Dark Ascension, Avacyn Restored, M13. What do all of these sets have in common? They rotate out at the same time.
Now, for organizing each set, I follow WoTC's number system, and I put like cards together in penny sleeves (clear sleeves that generally cost $1 per 100). This way, they are organized by color, and then alphabetically. This makes searching for cards much faster, at least for me.
Now, the order that WoTC does things is Colorless/White/Blue/Black/Red/Green/Gold/Hybrid/Artifact/Lands. Also, if you look at the bottom of each card, there is a number associated with it. For instance, the One Thousand Lashes you linked, is card number 183. So, it would go 183rd in my box.
I hope that this helps.
Quote from: prayos on June 20, 2013, 07:23:31 PM
I follow the same procedure for organization that my LGS does. I have a big 4 row box. In each row, I have a set. So, right now one of my boxes has (in order): Innistrad, Dark Ascension, Avacyn Restored, M13. What do all of these sets have in common? They rotate out at the same time.
Now, for organizing each set, I follow WoTC's number system, and I put like cards together in penny sleeves (clear sleeves that generally cost $1 per 100). This way, they are organized by color, and then alphabetically. This makes searching for cards much faster, at least for me.
Now, the order that WoTC does things is Colorless/White/Blue/Black/Red/Green/Gold/Hybrid/Artifact/Lands. Also, if you look at the bottom of each card, there is a number associated with it. For instance, the One Thousand Lashes you linked, is card number 183. So, it would go 183rd in my box.
I hope that this helps.
I wish I had done that when I started :( I've got two 3 row boxes of cards from the past 3 or 4 years, and they're just organized by color. It'd take me ages to get them all reorganized :-\
I currently put cards for each set into a binder.. Can usually fit 2 sets per binder. Max is a play set of each card in number order. I even leave spaces for openings if I don't have a play set just in case I get them. It's the collector side of me that does this.. The they rest over playset are in tcg boxes by color.. Might change that part up though.
I put all my bad cards that i'll never play with in a shoebox like {tin street market} and stuff like that.
Then in my box i put my commons/uncommons in color organization with standard at front and modern/vintage at back.
In my binder it goes Moneycards, Special lands, Multicolored rares, Red, Black, White, Blue, Green, Artifacts. Its not alphabetical or anything cause I havent been playing too long so i can skim through easily.
Quote from: Avnger345 on June 24, 2013, 08:38:06 PM
I currently put cards for each set into a binder.. Can usually fit 2 sets per binder. Max is a play set of each card in number order. I even leave spaces for openings if I don't have a play set just in case I get them. It's the collector side of me that does this.. The they rest over playset are in tcg boxes by color.. Might change that part up though.
Do you get orders pretty regularly ala TCG?
Don't buy on TCG... Meant cardboard card boxes.