Best way to sort cards?

[MacUser001]

How I make decks.

With gratuitous help from iMtG, of course!

[Spikepit]

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[cltrn81]

I just got one of those 5000 count boxes and hope to put all my commons and other semi worthless cards in there so I am not always thumbing through 12 copies of the same useless cards when I am in deck build mode.

[Thattallguy]

Hey black jester thanks for the help with the my precious. Also I don't know why but I never once thought of using the filter!!!! Probably cause it was super late and I was tired. Anywho thanks you guys for all the ideas. Now it's time to get started organizing and separating and organizing and seperating and organizing and separating all of my cards. So if you guys don't see me on here for a while it's cause I am busy hahahahaha although I might go through withdrawl from this app.

[Rass]

Ok about six months ago  I returned to MTG. I have collected quite a bit of cards from all different collections. I'm trying to figure out the best way to store them. What works the best to get access to them. Keep them separated by expansions? Colors? Types? Casting cost? As I am slowly adding them to imtg to make decks I'm not sure what to do besides a huge mess of cards I want to make decks with

[Prophylaxis]

Use those 3200-card shoeboxes. I can provide a picture if you want.

I organize by block and color, and keep a binder, and keep a backpack full of decks. I'm a stickler for organization.

[BlackJester]

@Rass:  Your thread has been merged with an earlier thread on the topic.  To summarize, how you organize depends on how many cards you have, how much space you have, and what is most important to you.  Start from the most important aspect and work down.

For me, I have been buy FatPacks, so I use those to organize.  All of my rares and cards worth over $1 are in binders, and a separate binder for high value cards.  The rest I separate by Set > Color > Common/Uncommon > Creatures/Spells > Casting Cost > Name.

That's how I roll, your mileage my vary.

[Bluenote20]

I bought one of those vaccum food savers from a infomercial and now I am able to condense 10,000 cards into a wallet sized bag.

[Rass]

Thanks for merging it I didn't page thru enough to see this thanks.

[BlackJester]

I bought one of those vaccum food savers from a infomercial and now I am able to condense 10,000 cards into a wallet sized bag.

  How small is your wallet?

[Bluenote20]

Alot smaller since 2008 but I suspect it will get bigger sooner than later.

[BlackJester]

Alot smaller since 2008 but I suspect it will get bigger sooner than later.

I hope that by wallet, you don't mean something you put credit cards in and stick in your pocket.

[Thattallguy]

I finally got all of my cards organized. I bought some binders. I put all of my M11 and SoM block in a binder. Organized by set then color (WUBRGArtifactDualColorRareLand). Then within each color the cards are alphabetized. Any card I have multiple copies of I placed 4 in the binder and the extras are in a card box in alphabetical order in the same way that they are in the binders. Since I have just recently gotten into magic I only have 2 binders with cards in them. One binder is SoM block and M11 and the other binder contains M12 and innistrad. So my second binder will fill up as the next two sets come out.

[Nypinto123]

I like the ideas for sorting thanks guys. When it comes to your cards that are worth more, but are used in a play deck, how do u care for them. Do you use proxys for them or what?  ie i have a deck with 3 grave titans, of course in sleeves, but do u think thats good enough or should i remove them for play totally??

[BlackJester]

I like the ideas for sorting thanks guys. When it comes to your cards that are worth more, but are used in a play deck, how do u care for them. Do you use proxys for them or what?  ie i have a deck with 3 grave titans, of course in sleeves, but do u think thats good enough or should i remove them for play totally??

I sleeve all my decks, and keep them in metal deckboxes. Otherwise, that's it.