Best Way to Sort (Archive) Cards?

[Crystal Beast 123]

So I've got a bunch of Yugioh cards, and I want to sort them, but I'm drawing a blank on method of how to best do this.

 

By packs (sets)? By card type? Alphabetize?

[Red_Gengar]

By set. It's much easier to put them in binders that way.

[GraveHorizon]

I organize mine by card type, then by ATK then DEF for monsters and alphabetical for Spells and Traps. I resorted them once by set, but it was kind of lame. All my powerful cards are the monsters at each end of the Effect section.

[Mysty]

I organize mine by card type' date=' then by ATK then DEF for monsters and alphabetical for Spells and Traps. I resorted them once by set, but it was kind of lame. All my powerful cards are the monsters at each end of the Effect section.

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I organize mine similarly. First I sort into monsters, spells, and traps. Then I sort the monsters by Normal non-Tuner, Effect, subtypes (Tuner, Toon, Gemini, etc.. Those get separated among their own groups as well), Nomi and Semi-Nomi monsters, Ritual, Fusions, and Synchros. Then I arrange the monsters by Level, then ATK, then DEF, then alphabetical order.

The Spells I organize by Type and alphabetical order.

Same process as Spells for Traps.

 

Yes, I organize my monsters extensively, but I know where everything is, so I'm happy with it.

[Brandon Michael Geren]

Throw away all the bad cards. Then you won't have as much to organize.

[Fraz]

I have a big box.

[burnpsy]

Throw away all the bad cards. Then you won't have as much to organize.

 

Horrible idea. Many cards have become useful after seeing no use at all in the past - it would suck if a card that was thrown away ended up being one of them.

[Crystal Beast 123]

I have a big box.

 

Yeah, I've got one of those too. :)

[Brandon Michael Geren]

Throw away all the bad cards. Then you won't have as much to organize.

 

Horrible idea. Many cards have become useful after seeing no use at all in the past - it would suck if a card that was thrown away ended up being one of them.

loldoesn'tknowhowtorecognizesarcasm

 

Like what?

[Mysty]

Throw away all the bad cards. Then you won't have as much to organize.

 

Horrible idea. Many cards have become useful after seeing no use at all in the past - it would suck if a card that was thrown away ended up being one of them.

loldoesn'tknowhowtorecognizesarcasm

 

Like what?

 

Rescue Cat (before Synchros and crystal beasts, I personally didn't think too highly of it)

BEWD (until Sol Hopeless was invented, i didn't like it too much. Not to mention his Malefic counterpart)

Batteryman AA (I don't need to explain how this one got better)

Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (if you're into Phantom Beasts)

Magical Hats (and then they invented geartown and AGGD)

 

Those are just a few ones that personally found quite sucky a while ago and might have thrown away if I didn't have big boxes to put all my cards in.

[yugiohmasterobelisk]

i think it depends on wat you are doing with the cards you see if you want to sel them then you shoud organize by pack and then by number inside the pack but if you dont want to sel them i think you shoud organize by monster spell trap then different types of monsters like blac wings and x saberrs and lightsworns then it wil be easy to find which monsters you want

 

you can also put the staple spells together and the random ones in alpabetical order and the traps

 

i hope this helps :D

[Brandon Michael Geren]

Throw away all the bad cards. Then you won't have as much to organize.

 

Horrible idea. Many cards have become useful after seeing no use at all in the past - it would suck if a card that was thrown away ended up being one of them.

loldoesn'tknowhowtorecognizesarcasm

 

Like what?

 

Rescue Cat (before Synchros and crystal beasts' date=' I personally didn't think too highly of it)

[b']Okay.[/b]

BEWD (until Sol Hopeless was invented, i didn't like it too much. Not to mention his Malefic counterpart)

Not a card to throw away. Sorry. I meant throw away all bad cards that aren't imortalized by the anime because those can be used as trade fodder.

Batteryman AA (I don't need to explain how this one got better)

Yes you do. I don't follow Batteryman chronology.

Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (if you're into Phantom Beasts)

Not really. Still sucks.

Magical Hats (and then they invented geartown and AGGD)

Still don't like it.

 

Those are just a few ones that personally found quite sucky a while ago and might have thrown away if I didn't have big boxes to put all my cards in.

[legolover09]

Well how about cards like Cold Wave or Mind Crush? I believe those are old cards that were once thought to be bad.

[Great Unclean One: VK]

Me:

 

Organize the usefulness of the cards in the current meta in certain boxes.

[thanonyx]

Monsters by stats

(Highest ATK first, if same ATK then highest DEF, if same ATK and DEF then alphabetically)

 

Spells by alphabet

 

Traps By alphabet

 

That's how I do it.

[Toffee.]

I have a big box.

 

Yeah' date=' I've got one of those too. :)

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And this would be the 3rd person to admit to storing all there cards in a giant rubbermaid box, but only keep there current deck(s) out of it, as they have sleeves/there own deck box

[Canadian]

Nike Shoeboxes FTW.

[Brandon Michael Geren]

Well how about cards like Cold Wave or Mind Crush? I believe those are old cards that were once thought to be bad.

 

Cold Wave is okay and Mind Crush is mainly a side card. But it gets mained often too. Decent cards, but not good.

[burnpsy]

I used to use a box, then used several tins, etc. Now I have one HUGE binder that annoys those I want to trade with.

[Red_Gengar]

I organize mine by card type' date=' then by ATK then DEF for monsters and alphabetical for Spells and Traps. I resorted them once by set, but it was kind of lame. All my powerful cards are the monsters at each end of the Effect section.

[/quote']

 

I organize mine similarly. First I sort into monsters, spells, and traps. Then I sort the monsters by Normal non-Tuner, Effect, subtypes (Tuner, Toon, Gemini, etc.. Those get separated among their own groups as well), Nomi and Semi-Nomi monsters, Ritual, Fusions, and Synchros. Then I arrange the monsters by Level, then ATK, then DEF, then alphabetical order.

The Spells I organize by Type and alphabetical order.

Same process as Spells for Traps.

 

Yes, I organize my monsters extensively, but I know where everything is, so I'm happy with it.

 

I tried that once. Then I realized that sifting through thousands of cards to place the new ones in is too much work.

 

I have a big box.

 

Yeah' date=' I've got one of those too. :)

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And this would be the 3rd person to admit to storing all there cards in a giant rubbermaid box, but only keep there current deck(s) out of it, as they have sleeves/there own deck box

 

I used to do that, but then I decided to give them some order. Thousands of cards, you know, right?

[DARKPLANT RISING]

By Level and Attribute. So it's like:

LV 1 DARK

LV 1 LIGHT

LV 1 EARTH

LV 1 WIND

LV 1 FIRE

LV 1 WATER

LV 2 DARK

...so on.

[Manjoume Thunder]

By Level and Attribute. So it's like:

LV 1 DARK

LV 1 LIGHT

LV 1 EARTH

LV 1 WIND

LV 1 FIRE

LV 1 WATER

LV 2 DARK

...so on.

 

Rule 1 of trading: ALWAYS put the shiniest and most expensive stuff on the 1st page.

[LuffyLaxer]

Trade Binder: Highest Rarity to lowest

 

Card Collection:

Attribute: Fire Water Earth Wind Light Dark Ritual Fusion Spell Trap

[Fraz]

By Level and Attribute. So it's like:

LV 1 DARK

LV 1 LIGHT

LV 1 EARTH

LV 1 WIND

LV 1 FIRE

LV 1 WATER

LV 2 DARK

...so on.

 

Rule 1 of trading: ALWAYS put the shiniest and most expensive stuff on the 1st page.

*looks at binder*

 

Emmersblade, Trag, 2 Launcher, 2 Sarc... I think this guy is right.

[Crystal Beast 123]

I'm looking to sell my collection. Which order should I put them in? My entire collection, I mean.