I used to sleeve every single card in my collection

Back in 2018 I spent like $60 on sleeves for all my Dominion expansions, but now I just rawdog hundred-card decks and hope for the best. Has anyone else just given up on protecting their cardboard?

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martin.felix22d ago

Rawdogging cards is a bold move but I get it. Sleeves cost a fortune and half the time they split on you anyway. My old Magic decks have sleeves from 2015 that are basically sticky tape now. At some point you just accept that cards are meant to be played, not preserved like museum pieces. As long as you don't eat Cheetos while shuffling, you're probably fine. Casual players on a budget shouldn't have to spend more on protection than the game itself costs.

ryan_gibson8422d ago

My buddy Tim tried rawdogging his commander deck at a local tournament last year. He was all about that budget life and said sleeves were a scam. Second round a guy spilled a soda across the table and three of his cards got wrecked before he could even wipe them off. He lost a foil Ancient Tomb and a Mana Crypt that day, which is like 200 bucks down the drain. I get being cheap but that one mistake cost him way more than a pack of sleeves ever would.

holly_walker761d ago

Think about humidity though. I live in the south where it gets nasty sticky in the summer and even double sleeved cards can start feeling wavy after a while. Rawdogged cards in a humid environment literally start warping and sticking together after a few months in a deck box. You don't even need a drink spill to ruin them, just existing in the wrong climate can do it. My buddy stores his unsleeved EDH deck in a ziplock bag with silica packets and people make fun of him but his cards are actually flat and playable years later. Sleeves aren't just about protection from other people, they also protect from the air itself.