5 Magic: The Gathering Life Hacks That Actually Work 

Rip Jace

@@dariusdale3946 JACE, NOOOOOOOO

... Jace? Jace?! JAAAAAAAAAACE!! *-metal gear solid game over music-*

@@braveherogreenleaf6256 at least he has a Black Lotus now 😅

Are you for real??!! Was it accidental or did you mean to do that? I'd still buy it from you.. just for laughs

I'd also like this. I live in Illinois who, while not known for its humidity, gets quite nasty. Additionally, for the past five years my bedroom was over a crawl space in my apartment. 100% of all of my foils have curled. I've now bought a new home and not one new card has curled since moving in. And the home is over a basement, not a crawlspace. The only thing I can think of is that the humidity is controlled in my home, whereas the apartment it was not. So it must be the humidity. Furthermore we see this issue in other humid states, such as Florida, but not dry states such as Arizona. What I wonder is, is it possible that the weight of the 62% packet sitting on it for a week was what uncurled them? Because a trick my LGS taught me was to put a flat, hardcover book on top of the curled cards and it'll sort of "iron" them out over a few days. That the compressive nature of weight relaxes the fibers in the cardstock and pushes the curls out. So it's possible that the humidity packet "worked", not because it added humidity, but because the weight was sufficient? So an easy test would be to get a scale and weigh a fresh packet. Then, put something of similar mass on top of the cards in the same container and placed in the same location for 24 hours and a week. If the results are similar, it was the weight of the packet, and not the contents of the packet itself.

I live in alberta canada, our winters can be quite dry at times and can curl my magic, yugioh, and digimon tcg cards pretty quickly. My soulution to fix it is usually putting a few cards in a sealed container with a shotglass of warm water inside. I find the warm water works abit faster than cold and can get cards pretty flat again. The one thing i did notice is you can leave your cards in too long and they will begin to curl the other way but just like a face curve can be straightend out with a few desicant or silica packs in a sealed container.

@@lotsaspaghetticodejr.6488 there is 0 percent chance that the weight of the 1 ounce humidity pack contributed to the de-curling

I used a mass dessicator and strong dessicant overdrying the cards big curling. Shuffled the cards outside in the rain and they reduced in curl. The problem is the plastic face goes back to the form it was pressed during cut.

@@lotsaspaghetticodejr.6488 I use one of those exact same humidity packs inside a mason jar, but I always put the cards on top of it and after a day or two most are flat even if only one card is in. Really bent ones tend to take way longer though.

Lol, I just commented on someone else's comment this exact same thing. Should have scrolled father first, you're answer is shorter with the same amount of explanation.

Please tell me he didn’t do that for real…

definently was two cards but was still very funny.

I died inside... As a dedicated blue player, that hurt.

x2 haha

sad thing is ive seen similar happen more than once irl lmao

i might do it too i did it for the fun of it on a fun card game i did to remember and it worked i remembered for the whole game so it should work here with revealed cards

Same here. I've had people tell me to just play with them face up on the table but that's a tad too forgiving for my taste. If they don't remember or don't write it down it's not my job to remind them I'm holding something

These along with Dragonshield Mattes are my go to.

My buddies have switched to KMC perfect hards so I’m hoping that sealable perfect Hards become a thing soon. Perfect Hards also have the bonus OG helping keep Foils flat.

sealable sleeves make your deck fat as hell though

@@e.x.watson9997 not really an issue if you have big hands. Also you can remove the air that gets trapped inside them quite easily to make them easier to handle.

@@jelstone20 We-ll, I assumed getting the air out was implied. Are there people who sleeve their decks and leave all the air in on purpose? They must be uncontrolable to stack. Also, hand enlarging surgery is expensive in this country.

Thank you for clarification!

Soooooo.....we should start a business selling MTG deck humidors?

there is actually more to this. some guys on reddit did some extensive research on this, and it seems that the "right" amount of humidity actually depends on where the cards are made. in some factorys the humidity is higher/lower compared to others and therefore some foils curl to the front and some to the back even tho they are in the same environment. too much to explain so if you want some in depth just look it up edit: typo

Never have seen cards curl forward before tbh

Bread gets hard due to moisture moving from the starch into the bread and the starch crystalizes. I guess, you could say "the bread absorbs too much moisture from the starch" but that is slightly different than overall absorbing moisture in the air.

I use this method as well, so much easier

I have to squish my cards down a few times to get the air out. After that it's air tight.

I'm not sure i understand correctly, do you mean you apply pressure on the outside of the outer sleeve with a token to make sure no air is left in the outer sleeve before pushing the inner in ?

@@MrAkyr (1st step) put inner sleeve on card. (2nd step) Token onto the (inner) sleeved card while pushing it into the outer sleeve [to prevent the air pocket inside the inner sleeve as you apply pressure on the inner sleeve towards the card being already (inner) sleeved]. How would I get the card inside the outer while applying pressure from the outside at the same time. Makes no sense. There will always a be some air left you have to squeeze out which people tend to do with the full library at once. (3rd step) If this still didnt help you understand the process, nobody can help you.

go play online first, is easier to get started ^^

@@KororoTheGreat no substitute for paper

Jump on in! You can play for free if you download MTG Arena (Mac, PC, Mobile). It can also help you get used to the rules.

The tutorial on MTG Arena is tremendous. I don't play any Arena, but I've used it to teach like 6 new players. It's a lot more coherent than learning from most humans. The color challenges are good too, I think it's the white one that shows a few combat tricks. Most new players are going to see an instant that gives +2/+2 as an offensive spell and overlook it's defensive/removal uses, like to pump a chump blocker enough to kill their larger attackers.

If you can, *embrace the squirrels!!!*

It's SOOO nice when you're looking for your one OG dual in a 100 card commander deck

@@Fausto_4841 yeah OG true duals are super convenient when searching, especially as they're always the first lands to grab!

@@michaelfalzon8006 very true, but i find myself grabbing the kaldheim snow duals rather often when i don't have a play or it's coming in tapped anyways

I’m so glad that trick helped you! Some think I’m trolling when I put that in there but I know most people don’t know about it!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks! I was confused by the backwards curl

Raging goblin > Jace I said what I said

@@hitmonkey2984 Jace Beleran maybe.

You're welcome!

Foil cards have a different thickness from regular cards. There's also a chance the foil cards are bending which really make them marked. So if your inner sleeves are different, just make sure it's the same density/thickness as the rest of your inner sleeves.

That's a great idea!

1. maybe 2. Yes, unless you double sleeve them to lock the humidity. You can also keep the cards with a humidity pack in the deckbox. 3. Probably 4. Maybe 5. It would curl the other way around. 6. Nope! Now the Jace is famous!

@@NikachuMTG Wonder how much humidity a card has to be exposed to for that to happen. Still, definitely had given you some ideas for more research into flattening cards.

I use Dragon Shield inners + Dragon Shield matt outer sleeves and its perfect. Plus they fit tight into the boulder deck case and it helps to keep them flat and remove all the air in them

Glad you liked it!

By that I meant "the exact color you want" It always separates snow from standard basic lands because sometimes it matters.

I would say if you use alternate inner sleeves that they are similar thickness. Inner sleeves come in a variety of density so make sure they aren't crazy different. For casual games, it shouldn't matter either way though.

Great idea!

Sealables and tripple sleeving are kinda impossible for commander players though.