Ultra Pro 2-Piece 100 Count Box Card Holder - Collector's Cache - Pokemon Cards, Yugioh cards, Pokemon, Magic cards, Star Wars, Naruto Cards, Webkinz, World of Warcraft. Storing in Style. O you say you have a lot of Magic cards? And you wish you had a nice way to store them? Listen to this story by Daniel Rezendes! He originally sent it to Mark Rosewater for use in a mailbag column, but Mark kindly sent it over to the Arcana department, where we are happy to give this story some exposure.
Because seriously, this is the coolest cabinet we've ever seen. Take it away, Daniel! I've played Magic since Ice Age, and my collection has grown so large that I need a dedicated piece of furniture to house it. Rather than just using any old cabinet or whatnot, I spent some quality time with my father and, on occasional weekends over the course of a year, we built a cabinet specifically for my Magic collection, designed around the Magic card back.
The cabinet is built to house six 5000 count card boxes, one for each color and an extra for artifacts/multicolor/miscellaneous; each is about 2/3 full, so I have plenty of room to expand. Robot Viking » » Making a Lunch Box Full of Magic Cards. Lunch boxes are great for carrying lunches in, but not so great for hauling around Magic cards. Here’s an easy do-it-yourself project to convert a metal lunch box into the ultimate collectible card game road case. A few weeks ago, Wizards of the Coast sent out these sweet Scars of Mirrodin lunch boxes (with two preconstucted decks and a stack of booster packs inside). As far as I can tell, these were sent out as promotional items to press and website owners, but you can still make this project without it using any standard-sized metal lunch box. There are tons of excellent ones out there — hell, they’re a collectible hobby all by themselves.
The first thing I noticed when I started planning this project was that the inside of the box is not only not compartmentalized (so your cards would just fall into a big pile), but there are metal pokey bits that could do serious damage to the cards. Step 1. Step 2. The key to cutting foam core is making three cuts. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. The Gathering Papercraft Deck Box | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models.