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10 months ago ::
Aug 14, 2012 - 11:21PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 12, 2012
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I just started playing collecting and was wondering how you organize your binders? Do you only put one card per slot? or back to back? or like 5 of the same card in one slot?
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10 months ago ::
Aug 15, 2012 - 12:29AM
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I don't use binders for my collection, because it's just too big; I use boxes.
But in my trade binder, I put cards back to back and don't double up beyond that; this allows me to know exactly how many of a given card I have without having to pull them out to check and avoids binder damage caused by too many multiples.
And so people say to me, "How do I know if a word is real?" You know, anyone who's read a children's book knows that love makes things real. If you love a word, use it! That makes it real. Being in the dictionary is an artificial distinction; it doesn't make the word any more real than any other word. If you love a word, it becomes real.
--Erin McKean, Redefining the Dictionary
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10 months ago ::
Aug 15, 2012 - 3:35AM
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I only use binders for my trades, in which case I make a point of using one that lets you add additional pages - it means you can reorder everything without replacing every single card. I tend to divide it by colour/multicolour/artifact/ casual staple  / EDH staple  . HAven't found (m)any problems yet.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 15, 2012 - 8:39AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 20, 2011
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I use boxes for my uncommon and commons. Then use a binder for rares, single cards in each slot.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 15, 2012 - 9:01AM
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Date Joined:
Apr 21, 2010
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I put all of my Storm Crow  s in the front, and all of the chaff in the back.
Etiamnunc sto, etiamsi caelum ruat.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 15, 2012 - 10:07AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 11, 2010
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I keep changing my organization, and it will probably change again as my collection is still young and primarily only consists of cards from the last 3 years. I currently have 4 binders, organized thusly:
1 binder for trade fodder. Organized by color and that's it, currently with some mishmash in the back since I don't bother moving cards around if I don't have a slot for a new one I'm putting in; I just insert it in the back. This binder only includes rares and mythic rares; uncommons for trade are in boxes.
1 binder for creatures. This is the largest. Organized by color, and alphabetically within each color, W B R G U Gold/Hybrid Colorless from front to back.
1 binder for non-creature spells. Organized similarly to creatures, by color and alphabetically in the same order, minus Gold/Hybrid and Colorless.
1 binder for lands and Gold/Hybrid and Coloress non-creature spells. This is the smallest binder.
The not-for-trade binders contain all rarities, but consist mostly of mythic/rare/uncommon cards. Commons only make binder status if they're of the highly sought after variety or I find them particularly useful.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 16, 2012 - 6:26PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 26, 2012
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My soon to be non t2 rare binder is sorted by color then set age.
My non t2 binder is color sorted and random.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 16, 2012 - 7:03PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 22, 2004
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Only by color. I'm too lazy for any other form of organizing them.
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