How to Organize your MTG Cards?
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:43 pm
Hey all, I've been taking a look at my collection and realized that I have way too much extra laying around. I want to go to the local flea market and sell my mtg cards off but I have no clue how to do it. I would post on BT but theres over 5k of them and making a list is just too much work. And besides, most people are only interested in the money cards anyways. So, How can I sell them without getting ripped off by selling them in bulk? I have my collections sorted out but I need a way to inventory the rest. Basically to prevent people from going "Hey, do you have this card?" And me wanting to bang my head against the wall having to look for it. I want it to be "browsable" so they can know if I have it. A spreadsheet would work but theres way too many sets and cards to put that together. I don't have the HTML knowledge to put together a webpage but would like to in the future. I would also eventually like to own a hobby shop; but I have to start somewhere
Looking for:
A way to have them organized
An online version/easily accessable (For Ebay/BT/Friends)
Portable! (Need to take them with me to the flea market/trading)
What I think would work:
5 cent JUNK box -- Everything that will never see the light of day unless you are new to magic.
25 cent Common Box sorted by colour -- Not bad cards but not premium cards. These ones are playable but still junk.
50 cent Uncommon box sorted by colour -- Same as above
Premium uncommons/commons (Hymms, Dark Rits, Dazes Etc.) Go in a seperate box so I can grab them fast.
>$5 binder
$5-10 binder
$10+ binder
The only dilemma is that that organization doesn't work online or at game shops. Too much to lug around and no one wants to sift through all the cards. So I can't go onto BT and post 1000 uncommons hoping to sell a few of them.
Anyways, long post. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
Looking for:
A way to have them organized
An online version/easily accessable (For Ebay/BT/Friends)
Portable! (Need to take them with me to the flea market/trading)
What I think would work:
5 cent JUNK box -- Everything that will never see the light of day unless you are new to magic.
25 cent Common Box sorted by colour -- Not bad cards but not premium cards. These ones are playable but still junk.
50 cent Uncommon box sorted by colour -- Same as above
Premium uncommons/commons (Hymms, Dark Rits, Dazes Etc.) Go in a seperate box so I can grab them fast.
>$5 binder
$5-10 binder
$10+ binder
The only dilemma is that that organization doesn't work online or at game shops. Too much to lug around and no one wants to sift through all the cards. So I can't go onto BT and post 1000 uncommons hoping to sell a few of them.
Anyways, long post. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!