Oversoul
The Tentacled One
I mentioned this already in one or more thread, but I moved recently (to Seattle). I currently share an apartment with Al0ysiusHWWW. He had most of my old collection with him before moving and I brought everything else here with me. He had also bought a few smaller collections and put all of the cards in my closet. Our focus is primarily competitive Legacy decks, but we'll build casual decks too. At this time, we have probably three or so decks between the two of us that we'd already built and that weren't taken apart. And no really good decks yet. But we have lots and lots of cards.
Recently, I've been going through thousands of cards. The last time I sorted a collection (which was much smaller, I did it first in tiers (good cards, okay cards, and cards that I would almost never use even in decks that are just for fun) and then by color, then card type. We've decided that the best way to organize these, so that we can find out if we have a card we want to use while deckbuilding, is to first divide the cards up by set. Technically, I've been sorting by block for now because it's more manageable, and I can split the blocks up into their individual sets later. I'll have to familiarize myself with the newer blocks when I get into those cards, but right now, the newest cards I've found have been from Fifth Dawn, and I have the expansion symbols easily memorized to that point.
Sorting between 4th and 5th Edition has been tedious, because the year is hard to see on some of the colors (especially blue) and I don't have a desklamp yet. I also notice that I have a tendency to mix Chronicles and 4th Edition up. But the real problem is between Unlimited and Revised. I used to consider myself pretty good at differentiating between cards of these sets. Apparently I've lost my touch. Or maybe it's just the sheer number of cards I'm sorting. Has anyone else had this problem? Any tips?
Recently, I've been going through thousands of cards. The last time I sorted a collection (which was much smaller, I did it first in tiers (good cards, okay cards, and cards that I would almost never use even in decks that are just for fun) and then by color, then card type. We've decided that the best way to organize these, so that we can find out if we have a card we want to use while deckbuilding, is to first divide the cards up by set. Technically, I've been sorting by block for now because it's more manageable, and I can split the blocks up into their individual sets later. I'll have to familiarize myself with the newer blocks when I get into those cards, but right now, the newest cards I've found have been from Fifth Dawn, and I have the expansion symbols easily memorized to that point.
Sorting between 4th and 5th Edition has been tedious, because the year is hard to see on some of the colors (especially blue) and I don't have a desklamp yet. I also notice that I have a tendency to mix Chronicles and 4th Edition up. But the real problem is between Unlimited and Revised. I used to consider myself pretty good at differentiating between cards of these sets. Apparently I've lost my touch. Or maybe it's just the sheer number of cards I'm sorting. Has anyone else had this problem? Any tips?
