organizing the Collection

If you're like me and don't always have the luxury of sorting cards when they are brought home from a draft, event, trading with friends, or buying "just one more pack," these stack n safe row box organizers are a game-changer! You can say goodbye to the mess and hello to convenience. I drop the cards into sections based on set, and then I can easily sort cards by color and number whenever I find a spare moment. They have lids as well to offer more protection, while they sit waiting for "spare time" to finally find me.

• Ultimate Guard – Stack n Safe Card Box 480+

Another option for sorting and also storage are these boxes with a snap on lid:

• Trading Card Storage Box with 5 Dividers, Hard Plastic Large for 165 Toploaders 650 Cards (2 Pack)

So now I have a stack of cards that I do not need for my binder, what I do with them? Well, I personally like to put aside another group of four of each card as an extra playset, so if I do want to play that card I have some that I don't need to pull from my binder. 

I pull out my "bulk" bins, which are just three row heavy card sorting boxes with lids, and dive in. Let's say I have an extra Mickey Mouse - Leader of the Band from set 4, Amber #15. In my white "bilk bin" I'll see if I have any of this card in a penny sleeve. Per the image to the left, I do. I also have a penny sleeve with an extra Mickey Mouse - Musketeer Captain, set 4, Amber #16. The difference is, MMMCaptain has a sticker on the outside of the penny sleeve. This is my way of noting to myself that this card does not yet have an extra playset, and thus isn't "bulk" like MMLeader of the Band. This makes it so much easier to sort and put away cards and not have to refer to my spreadsheets for every single card. 

I would then put the extra MMLeader of the Bands into the penny sleeve with the others, while if I had an extra MMMCaptain I would check to see how many I needed to make a playset. If there are 3 in the penny sleeve with the sticker and I have 2 more, I would now have a total of 5 Captains. I would put 4 into a new penny sleeve to make the extra playset, and one left over in a new penny sleeve (with no sticker as I now have an extra playset) in the current space for the next time I sort. 

Many of these items I get from my local card shop, but here are similar items: 

• 4 Pack Trading Card Storage Box, 2340 Count Card Storage Box White

• 10 (Ten) Pack Lot of 100 Soft Sleeves / Penny Sleeve for Cards

• Gamegenic Flex Card Dividers: Multicolor Pack (GG2552)

• Card Dividers for Storage Boxes Trading Box Dividers Multifunction Card Sponge Shock Absorbing Sponge Suitable for Almost All Boxes to Fill Extra Space Security Black(40 Pcs)

• 75 Sheets, 1 to 100, Number Stickers Labels - 0.4" Round, 7500 Pieces

• Sabary 20 Sheets Colorful Coding Labels Rectangle Colored Stickers Assorted Removable Stickers for Classrooms Offices Labeling Marking (Trendy Color,0.5 x 0.75 Inch)

Many other options exist for housing your card collection, so by no means think this is the way it needs to be done. I've gone through a lot of trial and error to get where I am today, and who knows what I'll be doing a year from now. I'm always learning and growing as well.

One storage solution would be to utilize the box provided with the Lorcana troves. For instance, you can see how one of these boxes comfortably houses nearly a full playset (4 of every card) stored neatly in penny sleeves. While some may opt for individual boxes for each set, I prefer the convenience of accessing all three sets from a single box. Ultimately, the choice between organization methods comes down to personal preference and convenience.