Reddit mentions of BCW 800-Count Storage Box for Standard 20pt Trading Cards, 200 lb. Test Strength (3-Count)

Binders are a lot of unnecessary "walls", for little useable space. Get yourself a few long boxes (that specific auction is super expensive though, but it's the first result).

I have one box filled with EDH stuff, already double sleeved, and 2 more filled with set of playable in penny sleeves. Organize as you want, but on a limited collection, I find Color/CCM to work fine.

I think MTG is a game that will creep and occupy as much space as you give it, so I actively go against it by periodically going through my collection, and assessing whether or not I'l ever play X/Y card, so a lot of "playable" I don't keep. Stuff like Doom blade. It's great, but Modern and EDH have better removal. I'm never using a Doom blade in a deck. So I don't keep then. Same for let's say Smother. Great card, but I only kept one copy to Tiny leaders.

If you have your decks in different colored sleeves (or in smaller deck boxes, like these), you can just carry them in one of the white cardboard boxes that most people store cards in. My LGS sells them for $3 each and I imagine you could fit more than 10 decks in one. They look like this, but this one might be better for you.

You could instead get the Khans of Tarkir holiday box, but I wouldn't recommend it since the quality of the cardboard is pretty low.

I have also seen people use this zippered gaming case to transport cards; one of the reviews says that it can hold 10 deck boxes.

> I'm wondering how I should organize, store, and use my cards.

For me, I went with BCW boxes for commons and uncommons, sorted by set, then color. UltraPro page protectors for 3 ring binder for my rares, foils, and mythics.

The Professor has a video on how to store your M:tG cards.

https://www.amazon.com/Ct-800-Card-Storage-Gaming/dp/B00MWJQ7X6?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_1

This?

I can't really think of a good way to save a game; so much of where you are / what your goal is comes down to how the board is arranged / what skills and units are available etc. The game itself is going to take about 4 hours, so it's definitely a "This is my big activity for the day" sort of thing, but it really should take more than an afternoon.

For storage I put all the cards in a cut-down TCG storage box, along with some 3d printed stuff. I've considered getting one of those fancy inserts, but my grad-student wallet can't justify it

This is a large box to store up to 4000 cards, it saves on cost and keeps your whole collection together, but it will get heavy.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000K41E7E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_LEO3BbSNMHCWD

This is a set of boxes with a little less storage room but it accommodate separate collections for you and son, and allow for a lands pool to share. Plus they are far lighter individually when they get full, rather than moving 4000 cards at once.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MWJQ7X6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_mEO3BbBNT9Z75

They are also available direct from BCW shop in larger quantities and generally for a better price.

Also get binder(s) for rares and foils, much safer way to store cards with some market value or the potential to gain value in the future. Don't worry about doing separate binders for sets, if you have rares enough to fill a binder, maybe it's time to build another deck.

I keep most cards that I buy, even if you exceed a play set, if you are a casual player there is no reason to dispose of them, [[Llanowar Elves]] is super common, but they are also the most dependable green ramp card, if you have them why give them away or get a penny per ten at your LGS when you could just keep the two dozen you'll eventually amass?

Lastly, I have played all four of the C18 decks at least a couple of times each and they are all pretty decent, that in mind I would recommend either [[Aminatou, the Fateshifter]] Subjective Reality or the [[Saheeli, the Gifted]] Exquisite Invention deck. They are fun and niche style decks, not that the other two don't have their merits but they are pretty popular concepts for decks, Bantchantress is a common archetype in commander and it is powerful and popular which means upgrades are expensive. The last one being largely lands focused means that your largest avenue of upgrades is literally the most aggressively priced card type, lands, this doesn't make it bad just, again, expensive to upgrade. Now a lot of people have varying things to say about C18 decks but the big thing I can say that is incontrovertible is that Exquisite Invention and Subjective Reality have the most opportunities for upgrades that simply make them the best choice as a starter deck. Artifacts are printed every set, this will mean always having room to grow and relatively easy access to cheap in theme cards if you choose red blue. The other deck I feel is more customizable at a reasonable price point, considering GRN had great Dimir (U/B) cards and the surveil mechanic that feeds solidly into the theme, and the next set will give Azorius (W/B) and Orzhov (W/B) a turn to present their best which is generally really solid, the white blue black deck is also a really solid option. I hope this is detailed enough to help inform a decision, and too much so that it is annoying or long-winded.