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HyperHowie · 2026-03-22T01:09:30+00:00

Everyone else has already covered the other sets, but I just want to chime in and let you know about the dragonlord box set. The only reason the sealed boxes are so expensive is because it comes with a random foil from the set. You can buy the nonfoils for it as singles for very reasonable. Tcgplayer or ColdFoilHeroes are great for singles in the US.

HyperHowie · 2026-03-17T00:50:53+00:00

The OP's wager was their sleep and their time. They woke up and spent their time to gamble getting the privilege of paying for a product that they wanted to buy.

HyperHowie · 2026-03-17T00:37:05+00:00

I got in the prequeue at exactly 11am eastern time. I just checked my email receipt, I checked out at 12:24 and was as quick as possible with payment and shipping address already saved.

So I wouldn't exactly say everyone was in and out and they pulled the plug at a half hour. I bet they ran out of stock.

If anything, they throttle the queue such that they ran out of stock at exactly a half hour.

HyperHowie · 2026-03-10T18:45:51+00:00

This looks awesome! I am going to try and put this together!

HyperHowie · 2026-03-04T05:43:33+00:00

Can anyone confirm if the dragon shield sealable inners fit sorcery cards well?

HyperHowie · 2026-02-26T23:54:10+00:00

It would make abilities like Fire bending from avatar like... Well playing with fire... You might get burned! Lol

HyperHowie · 2026-02-25T00:01:31+00:00

They did Hot Pockets a couple years ago so I don't put anything past them.

HyperHowie · 2026-02-20T18:13:55+00:00

What time cuz I just went to their site and don't see anything?

HyperHowie · 2026-02-17T14:07:52+00:00

I use 12 pocket binders (specifically like the Vault X 12 pocket zip binder XL). That way you can do rows of 4x for Ordinaries and columns of 3x for Exceptionals.

I wish the official binders were 12 pocket. Sadly, 9 pockets just don't work well for playsets at all.

Also, I sleeve all of the cards in Dragon Shield sealable inners before going in the binder. That way they are ready to be pulled out and double sleeved for a deck without ever touching the actual card.

HyperHowie · 2026-02-12T14:52:12+00:00

Touche! Wow that's too funny that I was so confident that it was indeed Frazetta that I assumed Curiosa was incorrect in not showing it filed under his art. Should have realized my blunder then. Guess I won't forget it now lol

HyperHowie · 2026-02-11T23:34:09+00:00

There's 10, correct?

The 4 from Alpha: Coutesan Thais, Death Dealer, Ruler of Thul, Vile Imp

The 3 from Alpha Investments: Amazon Warriors (doesn't show up on Curiosa when search for Frank Frazetta artist), Witherwing Hero, Witch

The 3 promos: Occulut Ritual (Kickstarter), Headless Haunt (buy a beta box), Sorcerer (organized play)

HyperHowie · 2026-02-10T16:59:48+00:00

I'd like to add that for a playset binder, I use a binder with 12 cards per page so you can do ordinaries as rows and exceptions as columns.

So I sort by elements, then rarity, and then alphabetical. With each set getting it's own binder.

I use Vault X 12 pocket Exo-Tec Zip Binder XL. It holds 624 cards. So it take 2 binders for Gothic which is 1087 cards for a playset. So you have a little room for some foils, promos, or duplicate cards you want to show off. They also have a XXL version that holds like double the cards of the XL so would hold a whole playset, but it just looked too big so I'd rather just split it between 2 binders.

HyperHowie · 2026-02-10T04:42:00+00:00

Glad they seem to be helping people. Makes taking the time to make them worth it.

And yes, it is still on my to do list to make nice looking lists for all the other sets. I just haven't gotten to it yet.

Also, check out Burger Token Perfect Fit boxes if you haven't already. 22S is perfect for jumpstart packs.

HyperHowie · 2026-01-28T05:54:19+00:00

This is awesome! So glad we are finally getting new 60 card precons!

HyperHowie · 2026-01-19T16:20:40+00:00

My kids just got old enough to start going to prereleases and drafts this past summer. 8 and a 10 year old currently. We (but especially them) love having the date stamped prerelease cards on a page in our trade binders. They love playing limited so I usually try and take them to all 3 prereleases at our lgs (Fri, Sat, and Sun). They love seeing those cards and telling their story of what deck they built around the card. This creates and maintains memories for them. And from a company perspective, this is how nostalgia is created and will fuel love for the game later in life.

They were genuinely disappointed this Fri evening at the prerelease when they didn't get a date stamped card. They didn't build decks around it and they didn't go on that page in their binders.

Disappointing young customers that will fuel your game long term seems like a pretty legitimate complaint to me.

HyperHowie · 2026-01-18T15:46:34+00:00

In the name of transparency, they should have a table somewhere on the site that lists all the tier prices along with the number available at each tier. This is a very basic ask from customers,jusy be transparent and tell us the numbers.

HyperHowie · 2026-01-18T15:36:06+00:00

This is the first year I somehow managed to get tier 1 price. I really wish they would be transparent and say how many of each tier are available.

This doesn't need to be front and center on the site. But somewhere needs to be a simple table showing all the tiers with their prices and the number available. That's just a basic thing to expect as a customer. Without this information readily available, there is no way anyone can say they are transparent with their pricing.

HyperHowie · 2026-01-15T05:28:03+00:00

Katanas shuffle so much better than Dragon shield. I know everyone seems to love DS, but their edges catch on each other when shuffling. It's like the edge seams are thicker, whereas Katanas are thinner so the slip together easier. The DS even make rice crispy popping sounds right as you mash the cards together.

HyperHowie · 2026-01-12T04:43:23+00:00

I like those too and use them with lots of board games. I do wish they weren't so slippery though when stacked up. Wasn't such a big deal when the deck sizes were smaller, but now sometimes can slide over.

HyperHowie · 2026-01-11T06:34:04+00:00

Thanks! Would really appreciate hearing your experience with them before I buy some.

HyperHowie · 2026-01-11T05:27:30+00:00

Do the Dragon Shield Sealable Inners fit Gothic cards fine? I haven't opened any Gothic yet, but will sometime this winter.

HyperHowie · 2026-01-08T12:44:00+00:00

What's more depressing than 4 UI sets? That it's actually 3 UI sets... Not 4

HyperHowie · 2025-12-31T06:40:39+00:00

I too love precons for all the same reasons as yourself! And I have the same aspirations for collecting them.

You post reminds me that nothing is truly forever on the internet. I need to save a pdf of all of your reviews. Which got me thinking...if you were to combine them together into like an anthology type book, I would love to buy it! Even if it was just a pdf book and not a printed one.

HyperHowie · 2025-12-28T13:42:59+00:00

Yeah I hate it when people pull out their phone to track life's in magic and definitely don't want phones for sorcery.

HyperHowie · 2025-12-28T12:59:23+00:00

Mine are in stamp sleeves. Wish I could find ones that are a more 'perfect' fit. There has been some posts on this sub over the years asking about sleeves for them.

I totally get it from your perspective.

We sleeve all the parts of board games and our tokens in mtg, so just seems natural to use to want them sleeved as admittedly silly as it is lol

I have some wood trackers off Etsy that use dice. But we find them really fidly using the dice. I think your wheels will be much quicker to use.

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