Just a safe place. Sleeves and top loaders. You could probable find vacuum sealed box, to keep dust out.

I wouldn't bother double sleeving any random/bulk holos/reverses, that's just a lot of extra money on sleeves that isn't needed. I wouldn't even binder 'regular' cards.

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I just have bulk boxes (BCW in US, Fenrir Games in EU/UK) that store 1000s of cards that any regular cards/bulk/no value regular/reverse/holo go in. I will also penny sleeve V cards that I can get more value for from my trade in person. If it's a V card used in the current meta, has value or of a pokemon I like then will just get an ultra pro sleeve and stuck in a binder. Anything above that, high value, special art or something I love or whatever gets double sleeved with KMC perfect fits or dragon shield resealables then into a dragon shield sleeve if I have any left then into a toploader and on my display case if I have room.

I've been trying to collect master sets for all sword & Shield Era sets and I typically just single sleeve and use vault x binders myself.

I just bought some high quality binders from DEX, and put my cards in those with ultra pro penny sleeves. I keep the binders laying flat, and honestly i feel like my cards are super safe. And i can easily enjoy looking at them when i want. I started using top loaders first but felt like it was a struggle to store them and look at them. (Ofcourse not safe from fire, but if that happens my cards aint my biggest worry)

A fire-proof lock-box isn't a bad idea.

What a collection!!

Good binder can store cards for couple decades without issues, someone had a base set in their childhood collection binders and many graded 9's. I'd recommend Dragon Shield Codex with Dragon Shield matte sleeves, or ultra pro penny sleeve into ultra pro top loader if not bindering. There's many good alternative options out there too this just what I use and like GL! =)

You can get top loader binders from topDeck. It's the best way to store cards imo

I like keeping valuables holos in sleeve + toploader to reduce any chances of warping/curling or other issues holos can have over time. Otherwise, I just keep most cards in a sleeve & binder.

I use Dragon Shield resealable perfect fit sleeves. Ensures all four sides are covered so you can handle them as often as you like.

Dragonshield perfect fits, dragonshield regular sleeve, outer sleeve, then top loader. Do it proper and it might as well be life proof. No water or dust will touch the card. Won’t see air so it won’t curl, and it won’t see dust so won’t get any sudden scratches or dinks. It’s a lot but I use it for my more expensive cards that need the protection

KMC Perfect Fits, card goes in upside down and then insert that into a KMC Hyper Mat. Card is protected on all four sides and all cards are stored in a side loading zip binder.

penny sleeve then a toploder

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If your not a fan stop trying to open lol

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Welcome aboard my brother

Penny sleeves and top loaders

I mean I keep my base in the box just like that. Anything beside super rare in penny sleeves and then anything valuable it depends. Anything above $20 I’m putting in a penny sleeves top loader and probably bagging. I guess it just depends some others I’ll go above and beyond for lol.

There are toploader binders (search gem loader). I like to use these for my expensive cards and then lesser cards I penny sleeve and store in ETB’s.

I bought some magnetic cases for my big hitters and they store well into to the ETB boxes

I just have everything in binders

I have all mine in binders, sorted by set and card number. I leave empty spaces for my missing cards so I can easily see what I still need ^_^ I also use the Pokellector app to keep track of what I have/need

Sleeve them and put into a top loader. I would recommend normal sized sleeves, not perfect fit. If doing a binder. I would recommend a binder without rings. Ringed binder have potentiometer to leave indentations in cards

Sleeves and binder for most but grails get slapped in a sleeve + top loader

Hire a team of mercenaries. Never let them out of sight.

Depends on the card really. I like to get my higher end cards graded even if they will be a 9. Otherwise a good penny sleeve and side loading binder(I use a lot of vault x stuff). I will also double sleeve some of my favorites for extra protection and less movement to slide around in binder.

There is also the option to get a top loader binder if you want even more protection.

Grade em.

Dont collect everything, you dont have to buy a pack because its newly released. I personally only collect garchomp cards and art rares! Buying singles is way cheaper than always buying packs/booster boxes

Cards you like, full arts. Exs etc should be put in a perfect fit sleeve then dropped in a top loader. That's the best way to protect them. Ora sleeve then a decent binder. Always sleeve them though. Perfect fit sleeve just means one that fits tight on the cards vs like a clear penny sleeve that's loose and is larger than the card by an in or so. Good luck. Happy collecting. Don't buy into all the fomo and nonsense hype as of lately. Don't buy packs just to gamble for valuable cards. Don't over pay for packs. And for the love of God do not become one of the loosers that pays people on whatnot to open packs for them.. that stuff is so pathetic and needs to stop... smfh. Have fun though. May the odds be ever in your favor lol

I have recently just started too. Not really got any Idea what I'm doing but I've enjoyed buying boxes and packs from sets I can find like Paradox Rift and Shrouded fable. When I have most of the cards in the set (not including secret rares) I'll stop buying that set and start buying singles for that set to (semi) complete it. Any secret rares I find are sleeved and put into top loaders. Got a couple of chase cards in the process too!

Isn't it fantastic being an adult with your own income to buy your own cards with?

Try these tips & resources. Singles will be better especially with the hype atm.