Do you double sleeve? And which sleeves do you use?

[nreich3]

@atevalve

@nreich3

You are in the same predicament as me. I have watched a fair amount of youtube vidoes and read a variety of forum posts on this matter. Alot of people seem to be happy with this option; For the binder cards I am going to go with KMC perfect size then into an ultra pro black Premium series side load page. Non binder cards; KMC perfect size then into KMC super series sleeves. I will let you know how that goes and I hope I helped!

I would recommend Dragon Shield perfect fits and sleeves if you can get a hold of them. They are slightly bigger (and thicker) and are easier to fit a card into.

I have heard of them before but will a dragon shield sleeve fit into a binder pocket?

[nreich3]

@sizzlinshibe

I stopped double sleeving the traditional way due to the agony of handling cards with even the slightest amount of bowing/warping. I now use KMC Supers/Hypers (bought a bunch before the recent quality drop) and slip those into penny sleeves for a more “breathable” double sleeve solution. Those then go into a Legion Dragon Hide/Dex Protection binder.

Hmmmm I may have to try this method. Ultra pro binders do look abit tacky compared to the Legion binder. Have you noticed much of a difference between the KMC supers and hypers? If so, which do you prefer?

[atevalve]

@nreich3

@atevalve

I would recommend Dragon Shield perfect fits and sleeves if you can get a hold of them. They are slightly bigger (and thicker) and are easier to fit a card into.

I have heard of them before but will a dragon shield sleeve fit into a binder pocket?

The perfect fits should definitely fit into a side loading binder (they fit in mine and I’ve seen them in many others), though you might have some issue getting them into a KMC sleeve which is why I suggest using Dragon Shields over KMC’s outside of the binder.

A bit more on my experience with Dragon Sheild sleeves themselves, the regular ones come in matte (better for play) or gloss (better for preservation) backs like many manufacturers these days. The perfect fits come in both smoked and clear (for display purposes I suggest clear but really it’s personal preference) and everything comes in packs of “100”, though they always seem to include a few extra. I’ve been using them for a good few years, probably gone through somewhere around 3k regulars and much less than that in perfect fits, and the only defects I’ve had have been thick spots at the edges of the regular sleeves which isn’t a problem outside of play.

[doctormurder]

@atevalve

I would recommend Dragon Shield perfect fits and sleeves if you can get a hold of them. They are slightly bigger (and thicker) and are easier to fit a card into.

Thicker? Sounds like the opacity I don’t want for my holos…

[atevalve]

@doctormurder

@atevalve

I would recommend Dragon Shield perfect fits and sleeves if you can get a hold of them. They are slightly bigger (and thicker) and are easier to fit a card into.

Thicker? Sounds like the opacity I don’t want for my holos…

Thinner sleeves are more likely to tear and do less to prevent damage. The opacity doesn’t really change unless you go with the smoked sleeves.

The most important part imo is that you are less likely to damage a card than with a normal perfect fit because they are slightly bigger while still minimizing movement of the card more than say a penny sleeve.