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[-] gencha@lemm.ee 70 points 3 months ago

I have double sleeved MTG cards from two decades ago just sitting in storage. Not because I think it's an investment, I just don't care anymore. People who do the rubber band and sock approach have their values straight. Have fun playing

[-] Signtist@lemm.ee 24 points 3 months ago

Yeah, my mom used to be upset that I didn't hold onto my old pokemon cards, but not only did I never have any rare ones that would be worth anything anyway, I used them how I wanted to when I wanted to, and when they stopped interesting me, I gave them to someone who was still interested. I don't regret that.

[-] gencha@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Right on. You paid for the cards and had a good time. You don't need to get any money back. The money was well spent. Giving your cards away without regret while enriching the life of a new player is very rewarding. You just know how much they appreciate it and how much joy they will receive from it. Much better experience than hoarding.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

The box I store them in is a little small, so I have to bend them a bit to fit them in.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

You didn't have to worry about that if you simply fold them in half.

[-] drew_belloc@programming.dev 14 points 3 months ago

When i was a kid i did stored my cards with rubber bands, i can rest peacefully knowing they were fake yugioh cards (not that i knew it at the time), now my magic cards are all stored with sleeves in proper sized boxes for them

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

My Marvel cards were stored in a rubber band

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

My Garbage Pail Kids were and probably still are stored in a rubber band

[-] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 2 points 3 months ago

That rubber band probably fell apart by now.

[-] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I just started playing Magic the Gathering, and my Command Deck I just bought came before my box, sleeves, or dice.

I thought there was going to be a game last night at my local bar, and I was about to recreate this comic (except with the cardboard box it came in instead of a sock).

[-] OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

As a rubber band gang man, my shiny water damaged, 1st edition,Charizard disaprooves..

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I feel this in my bones. And I've been guilty too

I only started using sleeves when I started to print proxy cards. Why bother to take the collectables out and use them? Paradoxically my proxies were better protected then my originals ever were

[-] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just saw a video about a guy who sleeved them 6 and 8 times. As a meme to some people triple sleeving.

I think his name was dmarmada

I never sleeve anything. None of my boardgames, not my old MtG stuff I gave away. Just never felt the need.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 5 points 3 months ago

I am both characters.

[-] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

When I got back into MTG I was at a local game store and I brought my deck in a plastic sandwich baggie, loose with no sleeves. The people there were noticeably on edge about it. I actually did not even understand the issue at the time but have since rectified my ways.

Apparently I had a card in there that was quite expensive too. Whoops! It wasn't until I was back in the scene for a while that I learned the cards had actual money value to them, I just figured they were all trading cards that do different stuff. Who'd pay $100 for a card?

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

Triple sleeving entered chat

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

This made me giggle, thanks for the laugh ☺️

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I just played the game. I didn't collect them or even know what cards were rare. They're still pretty well taken care of; no bends, tears, stains, etc. But they're just loose in an old ammo box under my bed.

Now I have a ton of cards that can't even be used in competition and some of them are worth hundreds, possibly thousands of dollars. But only to the right people and I haven't been into the game for so long, I don't even know where I might sell them if I wanted to other than eBay and I hate using eBay.

this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2024
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