I bring along 3 Ultra Pro Deck boxes. 1 for my Standard deck+SB, 1 for my Modern deck+SB, and 1 for my maybe-boards, tokens and dice.
My trade binder.
Folded up playmat.
Then gently plop them into a little bag I found around the house. Apparently, it was my mom's purse. It's a black suede Dockers shoulder bag. Real classy looking. A bit too metro for some, but I like it.
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I feel like this is the third time I've answered this exact question...
But at any rate, I'm a fan of cheap laptop briefcases that you can get from bigbox stores (e.g. something like this). I like it better than a backpack because you can carry it one-handed (it's not that heavy), and the exterior pockets are nice for accessories.
Agreed. I use one of these, although I got mine at a thrift store.
After checking out that Dragon's Egg, I plan on picking one up. My only qualm is there's no place for a trade binder D:
There is room for a 4-pocket trade binder. I agree that it's not optimal, especially since I am a huge trader, but if you just need a few things and would rather not carry around the whole cavalry, this is a great option.
I really like the deckboxes that come with event decks. I really, really wish they made versions that were not just paper, but something more heavy duty. Just toss it in your backpack.
They are very nice boxes, agreed. The width of the Dual Deck boxes that Ultra Pro makes to accompany each release is comparable, although they're much taller. =/
I like them too, except that they can't hold a full sleeved 75 card deck.
I assume you mean 60 cards plus 15 sideboard? I have no problem fitting that many cards in. It's snug, but that's good because it means they won't move around.
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I have gone through 2 of these Deckpro cases in about 5 years... they are pretty great, but when I have too many decks I end up taking out the foam and just used deckboxes from Deckbuilders Toolkits to store things. Works really well and I have room for another small case, slim binder, dice bag, and a playmat.
As for the zippers... here's how I fixed them after they broke:
Freaking love that stuff... I fixed a bunch of stuff around the house with it.
But if you can't hack it to fix, I'd say go with Dragon Egg. I like them but I tend to need more space than they give me. That and I like being able to sling these over my shoulder and keep my crap safe, unlike a backpack which is easy to put down since they get heavy.
I should have made it more clear in my OP. The Zipper tag not only broke, but the zipper itself does not run through the Zipper piece evenly. Even when I get it to run through the Zipper piece evenly, it fails to lock the sides of the Zipper together. Both Zipper pieces are like this. I'm pretty sure it's unfixable, because of this.
I carry my standard deck in one of the magnetic flip boxes, my only complaint about it is unlike the older ones it's a bit thicker and the cards don't fit snugly. I carry my deck+sb and my poison counter in it easily. My dice/counters/sleeves/tokens all go in my fat pack and the rest go into my bag of holding with my netbook, kindle, trade binder and other things.
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Each time I hang out with my friends to play, I bring 2 different deck boxes, rotating through them so (accounting for changes through new cards or straight up altering a deck) there's always something new or at least fresh to play.
I bring a third fatpack box with all 45 Planechase cards in it, the dice bag and a acrylic box for token cards as well, all placed in a high quality backpack I snagged from a local store. Not a light bag to heft, especially if I'm packed for a weekend visit somewhere, but not so heavy that I can't make good time going where I need to.
This is how I carry my decks around. I pretty much just play EDH, so one side is for cards I'm not using in decks and the other side is for 4 completed EDH decks. It's just such an awesome box that my dad built for me. Can hold up to 1000 cards sleeved. Weighs nothing too. Plus it holds my dice too.
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I have an old messenger bag that my grandma used to use as a purse when she traveled. It has 9 decks in it right now with a dice pouch on the side. Most of those are in the flap top deck boxes that most of you have but one is in a Duel deck box since it has a lot of work to be done on it.
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Normally just a deck box in my pocket but when I'm bringing out more then one I use a small aluminum suitcase I picked up at my local home depot. It fits 4 standard sized deck boxes and 1 EDH perfectly with a small spot left for dice and a silica packet.
The top domed part of the Egg can hold two of these binders, so while you may not have your entire trade stock with you, you can at least easily carry your best 128 cards (64 per binder). Plus there's still a little bit of room in the dome for a small dice bag. With the ability to hold a trade binder now, the Egg has no drawbacks in my opinion. It can hold four sleeved decks with a sideboard inside, the top domed part can hold: two full Monster binders and a small dicebag, OR, 1 binder and a larger dicebag, OR a dicebag and a sleeved EDH deck (although the only way it will hold an EDH deck on top is if the deck is unboxed with no protection. As such make sure to keep that in mind, that is don't set anything on top of the bag. I've transported an EDH in the top portion literally hundreds of times and never had card damage, but I'm always cognizant of the fact the EDH deck is in there).
The side pockets are perfect for holding a pack of 100 penny sleeves for drafts/releases. I keep 100 sleeves in one pocket, and in the oteher pocket is enough room for a pastic box with basic lands. One of those thin plastic boxes than holds like 50 cards. Rather than basic lands, you could easily put in more of your trade stock as well, so two pockets would net you another 100 tradeable cards.
EDIT: In my original post I said (and linked to) Monster 4-pocket binders, I meant Monster 2-pocket. The Egg will NOT hold 4-pockets! Correct info and link now above.
4 Magic-themed long boxes. 2 contain sleeved decks, 2 are unsleeved decks inside deckboxes. One more plastic 'tray' with a few other stray decks + dice container + abacus life counter. Two of my favorite EDH decks (sleeved) in some of Leifkicker's custom EDH boxes (and they are just totally bad ass, btw).
All of it fits into a canvas duffle-bag that is slowly being ripped apart by the inexorable force of gravity. I'm taking wagers on which fails first; it..or my shoulder.
The top domed part of the Egg can hold two of these binders, so while you may not have your entire trade stock with you, you can at least easily carry your best 320 cards. Plus there's still a little bit of room in the dome for a small dice bag. With the ability to hold a trade binder now, the Egg has no drawbacks in my opinion. It can hold four sleeved decks with a sideboard inside, the top domed part can hold: two full Monster binders and a small dicebag, OR, 1 binder and a larger dicebag, OR a dicebag and a sleeved EDH deck (although the only way it will hold an EDH deck on top is if the deck is unboxed with no protection. As such make sure to keep that in mind, that is don't set anything on top of the bag. I've transported an EDH in the top portion literally hundreds of times and never had card damage, but I'm always cognizant of the fact the EDH deck is in there).
The side pockets are perfect for holding a pack of 100 penny sleeves for drafts/releases. I keep 100 sleeves in one pocket, and in the oteher pocket is enough room for a pastic box with basic lands. One of those thin plastic boxes than holds like 50 cards. Rather than basic lands, you could easily put in more of your trade stock as well, so two pockets would net you another 100 tradeable cards.
I have been really interested in buying one of these, but they are always sold out on there website. I book marked it on my phone, so I plan to check every day and will buy it instantly if I see it. It will be able to hold my 2 Standard, Legacy and Modern deck perfectly. And I already use a 2x2 monster binder for my big trades, and keep everything that isnt $15 of more in a bigger binder. But I have another 2x2 laying around (somewhere in my apartment :-/), so I will just add the chase cards into that.
I use a fat pack box, which is good for 3 decks. I carry that around in a travel bag that's the perfect size (just a little bigger than the fat pack box) that I bought at Goodwill for $4.
It is the perfect size to store the fat pack box with 3 decks, my playmat, and a pair of 4-slot trade binders. It has several compartments: one I have assigned to spindown counters and dice, one for extra sleeves in case mine get accidentally marked and I need to resleeve, plus toploaders for any extra cards I trade for, and one stores my counter stones, writing implement and life counter ring. Interior compartments are just big enough for a 60-card deck box, not enough for fully constructed, sleeved decks, but good enough to store tokens for cards that create them, and basic lands for Limited play. One final compartment at the top stores a hanger so I can totally hang it up whilst traveling, and put snacks in there. It zips up with a double-ring zipper design for a travel padlock if so desired.
I use a slipknot messenger bag with three tool kit boxes. One with decks one with lands and one with standard also a fat pack with edh decks and four deck boxes
I carry my laptop in a backback, i use the fron pocket for my Fat Pack Box, which as two normal deckboxes with my vampire deck in one, and my double dribble deck in the other, then the bigger deckbox with my commander deck in it. I use the pocket on the opposite side of where the waterbottle holder is to hold a deckbox with all my dice in them.
I had a "pro case" but i ended up carrying it in my backpack anyways, so i decided to use my awesome looking fatpack box instead because it has nice art on it.
My good friend made me and a few other friends our own personalized "magic boxes"..
Basically, a shoe box with cut out pictures of our favorite things.
Mine has kittys everywhere. Others have comic book charaters and other assorted people and movies they like.
Its pretty handy because i can fit a fat pack box (with my 3 edh decks), a standard/modern box, my bag of dice, and a pen and notepad perfectly inside.
PLUS, its cute to carry around and show off. :3
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When I go to play casual I put all of them into a carry bag and bring all of my functioning decks.
When I go to FNM I put a few decks (usually 2 standard, 1 Modern and 1 Legacy, and maybe 1 Commander) into a fat pack box and take just those ones. No need to have 20 decks at a FNM.
I have a separate Wal-mart plastic box with dice, glass beads, token cards and my Planechase and Archenemy oversized cards that I take to any gaming.
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Depends on where I'm going and what I'll need. I usually take my beaten up old backpack with boxes in it. 2 Fat Pack boxes and my Dragon's Egg.
The Egg holds all of my non-spindown, non-Planechase die in one side pocket, and all of my spindowns in the other side pocket. The inner compartment holds my Standard deck, my Yu-Gi-Oh! deck, and two 'other' decks [at the moment, Graveborn and one EDH deck], as well as my favorite d% and d100. The top compartment holds my Planes, Schemes, and oversized Commanders, while the little front pocket holds my spare sleeves and my Planar die.
The Fat Pack boxes hold a total of 4 EDH decks. One of them holds 3 sleeved decks, with room for dividers and a box of token cards. The other one holds my favorite deck; the deck is double-sleeved, then held within an Ion double-deck box, which is then put inside of the Fat Pack box with another little chunk of sleeves to fill the box.
I have one little box that I carry with me to the LGS when I go to play. It fits a type-2 deck (plus sideboard), dice, sleeves for limited events, and a small box of basic land so I don't have to deal with store land. I don't need much. I will bring my rare binder too, but not always.
The box and my binder fit into my purse, or I can make my fiance carry the binder in his backpack.
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If you can find them any more you can use 3.5 floppy disk 10 pack holders.
The top flips forward.
I wish I had a picture of one. They were the best things my friends and I found to hold decks. You could hold a 60 card deck, 15 card sideboard all in sleeves and about 6 to 10 dice on top.
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I just picked up a Rook Steel Storage Capsule that seems to work well kicking around in my backpack. My EDH is in a Ultra Pro Pro Deck box, and my 1v1 EDH is in the plastic cast the Rook box came in....BONUS! Got a couple regular plastic UltraPro boxes that are holding up fine too.
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My trade binder.
Folded up playmat.
Then gently plop them into a little bag I found around the house. Apparently, it was my mom's purse. It's a black suede Dockers shoulder bag. Real classy looking. A bit too metro for some, but I like it.
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Agreed. I use one of these, although I got mine at a thrift store.
There is room for a 4-pocket trade binder. I agree that it's not optimal, especially since I am a huge trader, but if you just need a few things and would rather not carry around the whole cavalry, this is a great option.
They are very nice boxes, agreed. The width of the Dual Deck boxes that Ultra Pro makes to accompany each release is comparable, although they're much taller. =/
I assume you mean 60 cards plus 15 sideboard? I have no problem fitting that many cards in. It's snug, but that's good because it means they won't move around.
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I should have made it more clear in my OP. The Zipper tag not only broke, but the zipper itself does not run through the Zipper piece evenly. Even when I get it to run through the Zipper piece evenly, it fails to lock the sides of the Zipper together. Both Zipper pieces are like this. I'm pretty sure it's unfixable, because of this.
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Each time I hang out with my friends to play, I bring 2 different deck boxes, rotating through them so (accounting for changes through new cards or straight up altering a deck) there's always something new or at least fresh to play.
I bring a third fatpack box with all 45 Planechase cards in it, the dice bag and a acrylic box for token cards as well, all placed in a high quality backpack I snagged from a local store. Not a light bag to heft, especially if I'm packed for a weekend visit somewhere, but not so heavy that I can't make good time going where I need to.
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I can't say enough about the quality of a Dragon's Egg. Absolutely love mine. I also thought that their only drawback was a lack of storage space for trade binders, but the (relatively) new 2-pocket albums by Monster solved that problem. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0043BNUOK/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0043BKPS4&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=18RGGM0VFYHR54W1HE7K
The top domed part of the Egg can hold two of these binders, so while you may not have your entire trade stock with you, you can at least easily carry your best 128 cards (64 per binder). Plus there's still a little bit of room in the dome for a small dice bag. With the ability to hold a trade binder now, the Egg has no drawbacks in my opinion. It can hold four sleeved decks with a sideboard inside, the top domed part can hold: two full Monster binders and a small dicebag, OR, 1 binder and a larger dicebag, OR a dicebag and a sleeved EDH deck (although the only way it will hold an EDH deck on top is if the deck is unboxed with no protection. As such make sure to keep that in mind, that is don't set anything on top of the bag. I've transported an EDH in the top portion literally hundreds of times and never had card damage, but I'm always cognizant of the fact the EDH deck is in there).
The side pockets are perfect for holding a pack of 100 penny sleeves for drafts/releases. I keep 100 sleeves in one pocket, and in the oteher pocket is enough room for a pastic box with basic lands. One of those thin plastic boxes than holds like 50 cards. Rather than basic lands, you could easily put in more of your trade stock as well, so two pockets would net you another 100 tradeable cards.
EDIT: In my original post I said (and linked to) Monster 4-pocket binders, I meant Monster 2-pocket. The Egg will NOT hold 4-pockets! Correct info and link now above.
All of it fits into a canvas duffle-bag that is slowly being ripped apart by the inexorable force of gravity. I'm taking wagers on which fails first; it..or my shoulder.
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I have been really interested in buying one of these, but they are always sold out on there website. I book marked it on my phone, so I plan to check every day and will buy it instantly if I see it. It will be able to hold my 2 Standard, Legacy and Modern deck perfectly. And I already use a 2x2 monster binder for my big trades, and keep everything that isnt $15 of more in a bigger binder. But I have another 2x2 laying around (somewhere in my apartment :-/), so I will just add the chase cards into that.
It is the perfect size to store the fat pack box with 3 decks, my playmat, and a pair of 4-slot trade binders. It has several compartments: one I have assigned to spindown counters and dice, one for extra sleeves in case mine get accidentally marked and I need to resleeve, plus toploaders for any extra cards I trade for, and one stores my counter stones, writing implement and life counter ring. Interior compartments are just big enough for a 60-card deck box, not enough for fully constructed, sleeved decks, but good enough to store tokens for cards that create them, and basic lands for Limited play. One final compartment at the top stores a hanger so I can totally hang it up whilst traveling, and put snacks in there. It zips up with a double-ring zipper design for a travel padlock if so desired.
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I had a "pro case" but i ended up carrying it in my backpack anyways, so i decided to use my awesome looking fatpack box instead because it has nice art on it.
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Basically, a shoe box with cut out pictures of our favorite things.
Mine has kittys everywhere. Others have comic book charaters and other assorted people and movies they like.
Its pretty handy because i can fit a fat pack box (with my 3 edh decks), a standard/modern box, my bag of dice, and a pen and notepad perfectly inside.
PLUS, its cute to carry around and show off. :3
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When I go to play casual I put all of them into a carry bag and bring all of my functioning decks.
When I go to FNM I put a few decks (usually 2 standard, 1 Modern and 1 Legacy, and maybe 1 Commander) into a fat pack box and take just those ones. No need to have 20 decks at a FNM.
I have a separate Wal-mart plastic box with dice, glass beads, token cards and my Planechase and Archenemy oversized cards that I take to any gaming.
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The Egg holds all of my non-spindown, non-Planechase die in one side pocket, and all of my spindowns in the other side pocket. The inner compartment holds my Standard deck, my Yu-Gi-Oh! deck, and two 'other' decks [at the moment, Graveborn and one EDH deck], as well as my favorite d% and d100. The top compartment holds my Planes, Schemes, and oversized Commanders, while the little front pocket holds my spare sleeves and my Planar die.
The Fat Pack boxes hold a total of 4 EDH decks. One of them holds 3 sleeved decks, with room for dividers and a box of token cards. The other one holds my favorite deck; the deck is double-sleeved, then held within an Ion double-deck box, which is then put inside of the Fat Pack box with another little chunk of sleeves to fill the box.
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The box and my binder fit into my purse, or I can make my fiance carry the binder in his backpack.
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I wish I had a picture of one. They were the best things my friends and I found to hold decks. You could hold a 60 card deck, 15 card sideboard all in sleeves and about 6 to 10 dice on top.
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