Card Holders

[mrymar]

What kind of card holders are you using for your magic cards?

I have a few cards that I would say have a value of around $50.  I have purchased 3 different types of click-together plastic card holders for them, but I am not satisified with any of the 3. 

[LotusHead]

What the hell is "Click Together Magic Card Holders"?

Sleeves? like for tourney play?

If so, Dragon Shields for me.

[andrewpate]

No, he's talking about to protect valuable cards not in decks (although <3 Dragon Shields).

I have a mint Unlimited Mox Sapphire not in a deck right now.  I just have it in an ordinary toploader like this:



with a very thin, pvc-free sleeve on it to protect the card from scuffing against the plastic.  This is generally what I use and I have never felt the need for anything more robust.  As long as the card is kept somewhere safe, that's all you really need.

[mrymar]

Above image shows what I am talking about.
Mana Crypt and Underworld Dreams are both in sleeves and then toploaders.
Yzerman card is in a case that has some space on the sides, so you can see the corners.
The Mirror, Ali, and Eve are all in clip cases, but the borders and corners are covered up by the edge of the plastic.
The Will is in a case that is in the middle of size between the Yzerman case and the eve case.  You can just make out the corners and borders of the Will card.

I purchased some cases like the one that I use for my Yzerman card.  But the thickness is off between a sports card and the MtG card.  As you can see in the pic of the swamp below, the magic card floats around out of where is is supposed to be, and movement in the case is not a good thing.



The last image just shows the corners more.



The Yzerman case you can clearly see the corners and borders, but if I put a MtG card in this holder, the cards moves. The Mana Vault is again in a sleeve and then toploader.   The Eve Case protects the card great, you just cant see the borders or edges; there is also a high potential to crimp the card when you are trying to lock the case.  the Will case is not great as the card moves around quite a bit in the case.

I guess I am just not trusting with the top loaders of some reason. 

I am really looking for some cases like I have for the Yzerman Card, but I can't find any that work do to the card thinkness and movement in the case.