How do you organize your collection?

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ErinPuff

Guest
I hate the way mine are organized.. I have a binder that has my almost-complete collection of Weatherlight in it (just 18 cards to go, and they should be in the mail), I have a boxfull of white, blue, and black, I have another boxfull of basic lands, artifacts, nonbasic lands, and multicolor, I have my Beatdown box with decks, red, and green, and I probably have random cards strewn about everywhere. :p
 
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Gizmo

Guest
I like to be able to find the card I want when I want it. I brag I can find any card in my collection within 10 seconds, from a standing start.

FOLDER
Rares (basically a trades folder organised by set then color)

FOLDER
Type-II legal Commons/Uncommons laid out in color/set/alphabet order

Then a bunch of boxes:
UBC Commons/Uncommons organised into color/spell or creature/set/casting cost
Rath Commons/Uncommons same system
etc...etc..
All the way back to Legends (what I have of it)

Sad, I know - but organising cards passes those long, lonely nights.
 
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ErinPuff

Guest
I was really bored and started organizing my cards by set, but I don't know what to do with them then...
 
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Hetemti

Guest
Box 1: Spells and Lands, Sorted by color, then name, then edition. No more than 4 copies, save special "power" commons, like GG and Rancor and counterspell.

Box 2: Critters, Artifacts, and Golds. Same sorting scheme.

Box 3: Excess dead trees I paid good money for but will never use...except to fill Box 3.
 
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Duel

Guest
Box 1: Pre-type 2 cards, organized by color. Rares seperate

Box 2: Type 2 cards, orgnainzed by color and cycle. Rares, again, seperate.

This is, however, largely theoretical....
 
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Chaos Turtle

Guest
Now that you mention it, I really ought to organize my collection...

Deckbuilding is such as hassle as it is now.
 
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Duel

Guest
A friend has his red xcard alphabetically organized. The rest of his cards are scattered. Guess his least favorite color?
 
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Duel

Guest
[me] is trying to make it harder....[/me]

Red. Though his best deck IS r/g. go figure....
 
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Chaos Turtle

Guest
If I wans't downloading on Napster right now, I'd be a lot closer!

Count your blessings!

R/g is a color?
 
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Duel

Guest
Shoudl be..


You know you're in trouble when you run into the 30 second rule on DIFFERENT Forums
 
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Apollo

Guest
I have my rares in a binder, organized by color, and most of my commons organized by color in many boxes. Other cards are randomly scattered throughout most of my house.

One of my brother's friends came over today. He has a big box, and he literally threw all of his cards into it. I tried to trade with him, and ended up searching for 20 minutes to find a Worship and an Undermine. He claimed there were 2 Dragon Legends in there, too, but I never saw them.
 
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Duel

Guest
Yeah, that's literally how mine were for 3 years... eventually, I gave in. They took 5 days of work to organize.
 
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Duel

Guest
Booya. I lost my replenish deck recently. I feel oddly lightened and happy because of it.....
 
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Gerode

Guest
Box 1: B and U commons and uncommons, in alphabetical order.

Box 2: G and R commons and uncommons, in alphabetical order.

Box 3: W and Artifact commons and uncommons, in alphabetical order; Unglued and Portal collection, unused sleeves.

Two plastic deck boxes, one with 9 decks and spare basic lands, the other 8 decks and all my under-construction decks.

Small binder with all my unused rares and foils.

I've been this organized since I started playing! :)
 
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Duel

Guest
That's really sad....

Hand up all those who say we should to go Gerode's house and mess up his stuff!
 
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Gerode

Guest
You don't know where I live! Ha ha ha!
And it would only take me about a dozen hours to put it back in order!

I'm not as sick as I sound. The rest of my room is a disaster zone. Trust me. Please.
 
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Thallid Ice Cream Man

Guest
Duel - I like your "Take my Replenish deck. Please." attitude ;)

Gerode - How could you call a foil "unused"? You, of all people? I suppose staring at its shininess doesn't count...
 
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rkoelsch

Guest
Binder 1- Dark and Fallen Empire set(singles)
Binder 2- Ice Age, Homelands, Alliances set(singles)
Binder 3- Mirage, Visions, Weatherlight set(singles)
Binder 4- Tempest(up to 4 of each card)
Binder 5- Stonghold "
Binder 6- Exodus "
Binder 7- Urza's Saga "
Binder 8- Urza's Legacy "
Binder 9- Urza's Destiny "
Binder 10- Mercadian Masques "
Binder 11- Nemesis "
Binder 12- Classic Ed or equivalents "
Binder 13-B/R/G rares for trade
Plastic Box 1- Prophecy
Plastic Box 2- Invasion
Plastic Box 3- Unglued
Box 1- B/R/G commons and Uncommons sorted by set/alphabetically
Box 2- W BB cards sorted by set/alpha
Box 3- B BB cards sorted by set/alpha
Box 4- W/B WB cards, Multi color cards sorted by set/alpha
Box 5- Artifacts sorted by set/alpha
Box 6- Land sorted by set/alpha
1 Deck box w/Blind Cats Deck
shoe box with sleeves and hard cases for trading

My intention was to keep Type 2 cards 4 of a kind in binders but it was a real hassle rotating them.
 
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