Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Storage Problems and Solutions! 

When did you realize you needed a way to store your cards? #AskTheSquad

Yeah, I actually use stuff from Nike... They're called shoe boxes if I remember correctly. Those boxes are a bit on the expensive side, but they give you free shoes with them, so I guess it's a good deal.

When you get to the point in your life where it’s worth it to just buy a card rather than search your collection for it.

i respect how this man wakes up with his team aps shirt on

I just walk around with a brief case handcuffed to my wrist.. lol

I thought they ere pizza boxes at first

The problem is that konami won't allow me make my blackwing galaxy dark magician red eye deck with 267 cards

PRO TIP for storing your mats. When you put it in the tube, make sure to roll it with the artwork facing outward. If you roll it the other way, it won't lay flat on the table. The ends will curl up.

As a newer player, I really appreciate videos like this! Love your channel, keep up the good work!

U gave me a great ideal put my monster cards in one binder put my traps in another binder n put my spells in my last binder thank you

I store my mat by using it as a mousepad

30 minutes of picking up cards for 30 seconds of content. Love the dedication. 🥇

How about a video on Tag Team Dueling and why it would or wouldn't work in a competitive environment?

*Hey guys! Hope you all enjoyed this look into our very messy lives!* 😅 What supplies do you use to store and carry your cards? Or do you just wing it like Alec?!

I bet picking up all those cards was a pain

I use binders, but its because I make a lot of decks, I like to be able to get access to them easily. I use colored binders to match the card type and sub categorize them. I use a labelling machine on the spine so I know where each card is.

I was using this ginseng extract box to hold my valuable cards and just a regular tin for the rest of them. The ginseng box holds the cards with or without sleeves perfectly

Haha, great stuff! I use Subway sandwich boxes, yu-gi tins, deck boxes, laptop bags, folders & bags etc 😂 👾

Great Video! The atmosphere of the video in addition to the mini-skit at the beginning creates my kind of video! Love the content, keep up the great work!

Are you guys going to talk about the fact that Revolver is going to get a Structure deck?

PLEASE do a video about SLEEVES!!! What kind of sleeves make your cards feel thicker, smoother, which ones are better for shuffling, Normal vs Matte colors, which have more opacity and things like that!!

I use 1 story, clear plastic fishing/tackle boxes to hold my cards in bulk. A bit pricey but very sturdy and spill proof!

Quick tip for storing huge amount of cards in boxes like the first one in this video: divide cards by pack and put a card sepator (a bit higher than the cards) with the pack name in it. This way you'll indicize your collection, and when looking for a specific card you'll only need to know from which pack is it from!

This is good advice for any card game!

I'll be going to my first locals later in march Your tips videos have really helped me to give it a try 👍

I really need to do something like that. Thanks for making such and awesome video and inspiring me to store my cards properly!!!

Lol, I love that intro. And thanks so much for the tip

Sleeping with your jeans on seems like the bigger problem here...

I use one of the plastic Plano Kidz Division 6 row card boxes for cards that my son and I use frequently for deckbuilding, we have one of the 5 row boxes like you showed along with a few smaller ones with cards in them, we only have one binder for trade stuff currently as we usually put in stuff that is seeing play into it for trading off, neither of us play the decks that are frequently seen so it makes for good trade bait to help other folks and get us cars we are after.

Thank you for this man, superr helpful man. Keep it up man !!!!!

Something I really enjoy doing is putting cards that go together near each other. Like for example I still have a dark magician,knights title, and dark magician knight from when I was kid so in my binder, that's a 3x3 per page, I put a dark magician then beside it I put knight's title and then beside that I put Dark magician Knight. Same with gearfried the iron knight, release restraint and gearfried the Swordmaster. For ones that don't affect each other but are similar that are grouped togethe are the Inpachi cards. The knightmare cards are together, the drytron cards are together. The exception to this is dupes. If I have dupes of anything they just go together on different pages, sort of because I just have 1 binder right now but keeping the traps together is cool and what I do for misc. Trap cards that don't "go with" any one card or archetype, like mask of weakness, simultaneous loss, non fusion area, pendulum dimension. Same with magic cards. Do kinda wish I had a 4x4 binder if only because I could spell out HERO with the the cards instead of HER on one row and then O on the next. Granted this binder is pretty much for my collecting purposes so unless it's a dupe I don't really plan on doing anything with them. I might get 5 more binders, one for spell dupes, one for trap dupes, one for monster dupes, one for extra deck dupes, and one more for personal collection.

Excellant way to help organize trades and bulk.! Thanks for the knowledge.!!!

Love this video! Makes me want to reorganize my binders!

I definietly appreciate this kind of content

Thanks for the tips. Currently, I've just been placing all my cards in generic folders with generic stuff I bought from like Wal-Mart and Target. Those boxes, folders and that backpack put the generic stuff to shame.

I'm a huge fan of the ultra pro "satin tower" deck boxes. The lid is nice and tight so you don't have to worry about anything spilling out. It has a space for dice and coins. And these things are tough as nails. I've literally seen someone run one over with a car, and it was fine. Best damn deck boxes on the market.

I buy Ultra Pro Silver Series storage pages and put them in standard 4" 3 ring binders which I keep on a bookshelf. It's not really the most efficient way of storing things but It looks really slick just having binders on my bookshelf instead of boxes or bins or cards.

Use one basic sleeve colour! Best tip in here, I learnt it the hard way.

Thief 1: Oh crap, it's an anti theft bag! Thief 2: Can't you just grab it and run? Thief 1: Bruh, obviously not. It's in the name, duh

Literally love the ES blanket.

When your sorting your cards in those boxes, live stream it and just chat to people, plus it let's you show a real reaction in case you find a good card

For cummon cards. I have one of those huge black binders for monsters. Then I have bought a lot of tins over the years, and use them to hold spell and traps. Then I do have a trade binder for anything o need to trade, and then my decks are in selleves, and deck boxes.

Back when I used to have my collection, I used the 3 drawer storage boxes from Walmart. One drawer for each class of card.

Thanks Paul for the tips.

Flexing that switch behind the binders

Lol, I've seen those white boxes in the background of your videos and just assumed you guys just ate a lot of pizza.

I keep pretty much all of my Yu-gi-oh cards in my room. A lot of the common ones are in one of three tins, I only still have the lid for a single tin. I have more rare cards than I can fit in my 2×2 book. I have more decks than deck boxes. Rubber bands are helpful in keeping/organizing cards.

I have a lot of deck boxes, even some of those acrylic boxes you get sometimes from Walmart mystery cubes. A lot of bulk in old empty mega tins, the rest in binders. I have a lot of cards and so the trick for me lately is to make my binders into themes. Ash Blossom binder for waifu cards. the new hero binders will become the home of my hero cards. and so on. Everything is sleeved in penny sleeves with better cards getting double sleeved.

I see that Switch and that Team APS mat. Gonna need some new shirts flexing like that. Also, I just got a stack and some boxes that the cards came in.

I currently keep all my cards in all the Legendary Deck boxes. If I didn't stop playing for years ago for about 13 years, I would most likely have half my room be Yugioh cards. Seeing this makes me want to buy binders for my cards so I can organize my cards by archetype and name. I do have to buy more sleeves eventually and get a play mat, because the small one I got from the mystery box isn't cutting it.

I use old tins and I've got a couple plastic containers from the big buck store. I have no binders which people say is annoying. But not for me. I don't really trade my cards and I've got them sorted to where I know where things are. Plus it's all labeled. But yeah those tins are cool and some shops sell empty tins which is really cool.

So true. My room’s desk has a lot of random cards and Decks I’m working on and I worry how many cards I have and where to put them, besides my Yugioh tins and boxes.

I use the gold sarcophagus to store each type of monster card, old booster boxes and duel powers to store decks, and a repurposed shoebox for backrow.

I’ve, over the last year, sorted each and every card into alphabetical order, and I use used boxes for shipping from my work to make the boxes

Hey what's up guys! I'm a bit of a clean freak and just organized my Yu-Gi-Oh cards by sets from release date. Oldest to newest. Took me a couple of days to do this but my OCD is at peace 👌🏼

My biggest issue is probably WHERE I store them. I can easily get a hold of sleeves, binders, deck boxes etc. but I only have my small-ish bedroom to store things, and therefore limited space. I've thought about making some kind of protective storage thing on one of my walls but I doubt that would be easy to make, or buy from somewhere.

I use to use maga tins with old cardsleevs for spacing but now i mostly use boxes now aswell for storage. But if I want to keep what i may use or see usefull for future or current decks I use a plastic waterpoof resipe box.

I use different kind of boxes and I include separators in them to store my cards + I have a binder for the cards I want to trade, a binder for side deck cards and a binder for staple main deck cards

I had to learn to sell cards on Ebay to move my higher end money cards because I couldn't move them to the casual kids at locals. I found it quite easy and simple. With commons and cheap cards, I move them in Bulk to a new duelist so they have cards to play with.

I didn´t know I needed this until now

The bulk of my collection is in a 5 inch binder and my decks are stored in deck boxes inside of legendary collection boxes or tins. However, the binder is starting to get out of hand, so I was thinking of moving the spell and traps in separate binders.

My friends think i overdo it a little but they are also jealous, let me tell you why haha. I have seetrough deckboxen for every deckcore with a sticker with the name of the archetype on top. Maindeck cards (spell/trap/monster) are split between 3 quadrow maps and spell/traps are sorted on what the cards do and monsters are sorted on level. Extra deck is split is 4 triple maps (xyz/synchro/fusion/link) and sorted on rank/level/how many link arrows. Also i have every card sleeved by perfect fit clear sleeve thats really tight. So the cards are always stay in perfect condition. For a local orso i collect the cards and then double sleeve them when i am done putting the deck together.

Since I don't go to events as of yet(lack of time), I just keep the cards I have in a empty Legendary Duelist box I got a couple months ago. It ain't the neatest way, but it works until I get the proper storage and carrying supplies.

I like to keep all of my staple extra deck cards in specific sleeves and deck boxes, and I like to keep two of each. So for example, I keep all of my Xyz monsters in green sleeves, and I have two of stuff like Dracossack and Utopia the Lightning cause any deck might use them, and whenever I need them, I just throw them in an extra deck.

I sleeved decent cards in penny sleeves and stored them in labelled tins like "Effect Monsters", "Generic Spells", "Generic Traps", "Extra-Deck Monsters". Random bulk I just throw in tins. Archetype specific cards I've sleeved and sorted in tins with index cards marking what archetype. Then theres a "Staples" tin with frequently used double sleeved cards for easy access. Also use same colored sleeves for all decks so I can swap out cards with ease to save money.

I like to organize my monsters by type in my collectible tins, extra deck monsters, spells , and traps. I have binders too but the cards in there are only really for show (really rare/valuable cards and such).

something i might add to that when it comes to the sorting your cards is the 36 slot bcw card sorting tray it had made sorting a lot ever the it was before i had one and those boxes are a lifesaver i have 8 of them and each one has a different type of card sorted to it not there are so many cuz some of them are full and i will add if u can find the ones with the lid that goes all the way down the box they work a little better then the ones that just cover the top i have had those tear the lead over the years stacking them

There are like around 9,000 plus cards in this game only to use... ASH BLOSSOM 24/7

I sort mine in a binder. First Fusion, and any other extra deck monsters. Like xyz, link and synchros. Then I move to spell cards, then the traps and then pendulum monsters (really don’t care about them) then effect and then normal monster last. Tokens and other oddballs are last

this video should be renamed "Paul fanboy's over organizational tools for 10 minutes" XD

I store all my old childhood cards in this plastic box I got at wal mart. Keep in mind because these are childhood cards, most of them are in terrible conditions and I don't even bother sleeving most of them unless I see some sort of competitive use. All my current cards I sleeve and keep in multiple $2 deck boxes you can find at wal mart. My actual decks I want to store in deck lockers but I haven't gotten around to buying those yet.

What I've been doing is keeping my packaging from Legendary Duelists Season 1 and 2 and Dragons of Legend: The Complete Series. I put all of my non-bindered cards from each set in their own blaster box (or two), since they're a very good size for Yugioh cards, ordered by number. Then, I put the blaster boxes back in the display. Cards from sets that I don't have enough of to waste boxes on go in my Duel Devastator box, still divided by set and ordered by number. Hopefully, Legendary Duelists Season 3 will get announced soon. My last display won't last until the end of the year. I don't a have trade binder, but I have three 3" binders that hold one of each card from each set, ordered by release date and then number in the set. I also need more of these. I keep all of my structure and other pre-built decks sleeved in Card Barrier boxes that hold 1000 cards (according to the label). I also need another of these. I should probably organize the decks like I do everything else.

I arrange my binders by Archetypes. That way my Blue Eyes, Dark Magicians, Vendreds, and Vampires are all together.

i use 2 briefcases for all card and some tins also a seperate box for all the decks and binders sorted vby cardtype

the clip right at the beginning of the video was so relatable

Why in the world do you not have sheets and pillow covers

Thanks guys, love your vids.

I prefer binders. I have that security that they're mint. I use the big ass three tier ones. Right now I only keep holos and promos in them and my commons in promo boxes. But I buy packs that are completely holo in bulk for example Duelist saga, Dragons of Legend, Movie packs, Duel power, etc. Its reassuring when. You have a pet peeve against card yellowing.

Hey Team APS.. Thank you for your back pack idea, it's perfect for what I need.. Also do you recommend zipperd binders? I saw it, it looks like a safe bet..

I like dex personally i buy there binder's and deck boxes. Always feel like there the best.

Draw for turn. I use the Noble Knights of the Round Table box and several Tins. Three deck boxes and the center console of my truck to hold all of that. End phase and pass.

Honestly, Ultra Pro sleeves are the best sleeves imo. I bought a pack of them at a Regionals down in St. Louis at a regionals back in 2011 for $5. Out of 50 Sleeves that I got from it, only 2 split during shuffling which unfortunately split my terraformings in half thank god I had replacement ones for that too. But I been using these same sleeves for 8 years now and had 0 issues outside of that incident. I mean they are dirty, but that is because I don't know how to clean them without ruining them or if I did clean them and I think its dry and I ruined my cards.

I like to use this a four high storage cabinets and use yugioh boxs and sort them like one floor is monsters the other is spells the other is traps and the last one is extra deck and then I have an binder or two in each floor with more rare/expensive cards for each floor of cards. You guys should try it -edit- i have been using this type of storage since I started playing and that was a few years ago and to this day I still have more then enough room-

I use the mega tins for storage. For monsters, I sort them by type, alphabetically. For spells and traps, same thing. I store the Ritual monsters with the Extra Deck monsters. I sort them all by card type and monster type

What kinds of cards would you put in a trade binder? Would that be like if you have a lot of extra popular staple cards that everyone can use in any deck BUT someone else doesn't have them? I mean I'm not too big on trading any TCG cards now but how do you approach trading?

Sterilite latching box 26x16x6" and of course lots of zip lock baggies, original packages and tins. Ultra Pro 2 peice 50 count clear card boxes for my 40 card decks, plastic card containers for their extra decks.

I have a few tins to store my cards. I actually just launched my yugitube channel today! And it has my first video of the x4 2018 megatins that I now use to store cards. :D Also. I use white cylindrical cardboard mailing tubes to store my playmats. However, I want to use the plastic tubes but they come with a really bad stink. Do you have any recommendations on plastic playmat tubes that don't come with a stink? The only thing I can think of right now is to store my beautiful playmats in one of the ultimate guard playmat holders, since they have that nice soft cloth material that won't scratch the rubber of the playmat.

the way at i sort mine is i have 1 of every card i own at each rarity i own it sorted into binders with the rest in boxes and a notebook with how many i have of each and i use the binders as trade binders/cards used for decks when i need them, and i have a binder for monsters (sorted by type, ie warrior or spellcaster), one for spells (sorted by type, ie normal or continuous) and 1 for traps (sorted same as spells), and one for extra deck (sorted same as monsters), and one for stuff like tokens or tip cards etc that isnt really sorted but i have how many i have written down of those also lol, i also do the same thing for my mtg and pokemon cards, although i dont really play pokemon cause that game is so annoying to actually play its more of a collecting thing for me

i use dragon shield sleeves, i have both matte and glossy sleeves but i feel the matte ones shuffle better.

I’ve tried using the ultimate Guard sleeves you showed and was wondering if you have the same issues I’ve had? I kept getting too many miscut sleeves and they are thin so they mark easily.

I dont play yu-gi-oh at all, but i always find these guys videos super interesting, their humor is funny to me

Yea those white boxes that hold 5000 are an absolute lifesaver. So convenient for bulk.

As of right now I own 3 card binders, two 4 pockets and one 9 pockets. And I have some sleeves which I use mainly after completing a trade.

I’m still stacking tins lol the commons box is a great idea though, might have to cop a few of those

I like Storage Playmats Backpacks are Great things to have too I like it. Too 👍🏻

i always use tins and i put a post it note on top like best,amazing,good,bad

Where can I buy the backpack? There was no link in the description it looks like a great bag

I use the old school hard plactic top deck crates now you cant even find them As far as organizing outside of my deck books i sort by rarity and the leather deck pro binders are awesome i have 2 and i enjoy them

a very nice way to organize your cards (:

What are the playmat tube’s called? What brand?