7 Trading Card Game Supplies
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Organize and protect playing card games
One of the most important things about playing trading card games is keeping the cards in excellent condition. During a game, each player has to quickly shuffle through their deck to find the best cards to use against the opponent. After the tournament is over, players sort through their cards to organize their next assault. The wear and tear on game cards is unavoidable, but scratched and dog-eared cards are disqualified from game play.
Ultra Pro is one of a handful of companies that make clear plastic collecting supplies to store and protect trading cards and collectible card games, baseball cards, artist trading cards and any kind of paper ephemera. BCW, Clear File and other companies make similar products that may be less expensive. Ultra Pro products simply look better (clarity), the heat sealed pockets will not tear and the pages are more scratch resistant.
Ultra Pro is one of a handful of companies that make clear plastic collecting supplies to store and protect trading cards and collectible card games, baseball cards, artist trading cards and any kind of paper ephemera. BCW, Clear File and other companies make similar products that may be less expensive. Ultra Pro products simply look better (clarity), the heat sealed pockets will not tear and the pages are more scratch resistant.
Contents at a Glance
Deck Boxes / Deck Vaults
Deck boxes are used to organize and protect cards while they are stored in deck protectors or card sleeves. Made of durable plastic to keep cards safe in backpacks and desk drawers and prevent the corners from getting bent. Deck vaults are even stronger, made of tin-plated steel and featuring raised graphics from trading card artists commissioned especially by Ultra Pro.
The artist's gallery is a whole range of products developed by Ultra Pro with top-name artists, including a series of deck protectors and deck boxes with illustrated wizards, warlocks, dragons and the "Deadly Temptation Women".
Nesting Deck Vault by Ultra Pro
The artist's gallery is a whole range of products developed by Ultra Pro with top-name artists, including a series of deck protectors and deck boxes with illustrated wizards, warlocks, dragons and the "Deadly Temptation Women".
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Albums and Portfolios
Ultra Pro Collectors Albums are D-ring binders used for any size pocket pages. These albums are three inches wide with padded covers for a more resilient feel, and come with a index pocket on the spine for labels. The Collectors Album series comes in 3 solid colors, and Ultra Pro also makes albums with baseball, basketball and other sports themes printed on the cover.
Pro Binders from Ultra-Pro have 20 pocket pages permanently bound into a booklet that holds up to 360 standard sized cards in UltraPRO Deck Protector sleeves. Each pocket has a black backing to frame your cards. An elastic band wraps around the binder to keep cards in place.
Pro Binders from Ultra-Pro have 20 pocket pages permanently bound into a booklet that holds up to 360 standard sized cards in UltraPRO Deck Protector sleeves. Each pocket has a black backing to frame your cards. An elastic band wraps around the binder to keep cards in place.
9-pocket & Platinum Pages
The Platinum series is the heaviest gauge plastic from Ultra Pro with the best clarity, and always acid-free quality. You can recognize the platinum pages from the hologram logo on the left margin. The Silver Series pocket pages are thinner, less expensive, and still acid-free alternative to the Platinum Series. Pages are also available internationally with 11-holes to work with any kind of album or binder.
9-pocket pages are designed to fit standard sized trading cards. Collectors use them for everything from phone cards, stickers, artist trading cards and even school portrait pictures.
12 different sizes of clear plastic pocket pages are made for three-ring binders to fit everything from cardboard coin holders (20-pocket) and baseball cards (9-pocket) to 8x10 photographs and letter size documents (1-pocket sheet protectors).
Ultra Pro 9-Pocket Trading Card Pages - Platinum Series (100 Pages)
9-pocket pages are designed to fit standard sized trading cards. Collectors use them for everything from phone cards, stickers, artist trading cards and even school portrait pictures.
12 different sizes of clear plastic pocket pages are made for three-ring binders to fit everything from cardboard coin holders (20-pocket) and baseball cards (9-pocket) to 8x10 photographs and letter size documents (1-pocket sheet protectors).
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Deck Protectors and Card Sleeves
Card sleeves are simple plastic bags with the top edge open to insert baseball cards and collectible card game. Often called "penny sleeves" or "soft sleeves", these storage products will protect any kind of cards or paper from getting damaged. These inexpensive sleeves are ideal for product packaging and to protect artist trading cards that are traded in the mail.
Deck protectors are a special kind of card sleeve created by Ultra-Pro specifically for trading cards. Designed to fit game cards with a clear window on the front to see the face of the card, and a solid panel on the back, each deck protector is produced to a uniform size to eliminate any way of marking the cards. This is important during trading card card tournaments, like Magic: the Gathering games and Pokémon duels, where the cards must be kept in mint condition while shuffling through the cards in a deck, because once the card becomes damaged or marked it cannot be used for tournament play.
Ultra Pro makes deck protectors in eleven different colors and a variety of special finishes for standard sized cards and smaller Japanese game cards. Deck protectors are smaller than card sleeves, and actually fit inside card sleeves for even more protection from scuffing.
Lot of 10 Packs x 100 Soft Sleeves / Penny Sleeves
for Baseball Cards & Other Sports Cards
Deck protectors are a special kind of card sleeve created by Ultra-Pro specifically for trading cards. Designed to fit game cards with a clear window on the front to see the face of the card, and a solid panel on the back, each deck protector is produced to a uniform size to eliminate any way of marking the cards. This is important during trading card card tournaments, like Magic: the Gathering games and Pokémon duels, where the cards must be kept in mint condition while shuffling through the cards in a deck, because once the card becomes damaged or marked it cannot be used for tournament play.
Ultra Pro makes deck protectors in eleven different colors and a variety of special finishes for standard sized cards and smaller Japanese game cards. Deck protectors are smaller than card sleeves, and actually fit inside card sleeves for even more protection from scuffing.
New Standard Size Deck Protectors - Red
Gaming Accessories
Two kinds of clear acrylic boxes are designed to hold 50 or 100 cards stored in deck protectors, and the 4-compartment box holds up to 240 cards. Ultra Pro introduced 4-color corrugated boxes in 2007 for storing large card collections. Holds up to 700 cards in the deck protectors, with a divider to make two rows of collectible cards in one box.
Zippered carry cases
Choose from 8 different kinds of zippered albums and carrying cases for game cards with nylon pockets to hold deck boxes, game accessories and pocket pages on a D-ring binder. Carry all your cards, deck protectors and even deck vaults and card storage boxes with you wherever you go.
- The 4-Pocket Zippered Album includes 10 Ultra PRO 4-Pocket Pages and an adjustable, removable shoulder strap.
- Deck Box Zippered Album - Holds 9 pocket pages, deck boxes and deck vaults.
- Portable Gaming Case (Elmore) - Foam insert with compartments to hold gaming cards deck boxes & gaming accessories (not included) with an adjustable nylon shoulder strap. Available with a matching "Dragon" CD Case from the same artist.
- Gaming BackPack - Holds ULTRA-PRO 3" Albums, 4-Pocket Portfolios, Deck Boxes, 9-Pocket Portfolios. Comes with compartments to hold CD Player, pencils, pads, and gaming accessories.
- Miniature Carrying Case - Foam inserts to hold large and small Gaming Miniatures. Zippered pouch opens for Gaming Mat and some terrain. Adjustable nylon shoulder strap. Also sold with the Mage Knight (tm) logo.
- Metal Deck Vault Carrying Case - Specially made Carrying Case for Deck Vaults with a shoulder strap and a lock with 2 keys! Includes Inserts to customize the compartments.
- Mini Portable Gaming Case - Portable Gaming Case holds 6 Deck Vaults or Deck Boxes in a foam lined case. Includes a shoulder strap with sliding pad!
- Portable Gaming Case - Foam insert with compartments to hold Deck Protector Sleeves and gaming cards, Deck Boxes and Gaming accessories.
Clear plastic, acid-free storage
Specializing in trading card collecting supplies
Ultra-Pro made their first trading card collecting supplies in 1990, and right from the start they created acid-free, archival quality products without using plasticizers or PVC. These additives are commonly used by other manufacturers to make it easier to work with the plastic and form it into sheets. But PVC and other additives will chemically react with air and moisture and eventually release acid that can damage valuable cards and paper collectibles.
Over the years Ultra Pro has created dozens of new storage products for gaming and sports card collecting. The deck protector is an innovative product created by Ultra-Pro to protect cards during tournaments and duels among amateur and professional collectible card gamers. Originally created in 1994, deck protectors now come in several different colors and styles. UltraPro has also collaborated with the major game card manufacturers to release limited edition, licensed products.
Ultra Pro official Website
- Ultra Pro Collectibles home page (version 2.0)
- The most current products are shown on the latest Ultra Pro website, divided into two main headings: Gaming (and comic book collecting) + Sports card collecting supplies. Two product catalogs are available for download in PDF format.
- Ultra Pro home page (version 1.0)
- This version of the home page is arranged into additional sections featuring Photo storage products, CD/Multimedia and Scrapbooking. These products may have limited availability.
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Licensed Gaming Products
Ultra Pro works directly with game card manufacturers to create storage products especially for different collectible cards. Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon and Bella Sara games are featured on collectors' albums and portfolios, deck protectors and boxes with graphics inspired by the games.
Ultra Pro has a complete line of gaming products for Magic: The Gathering with the "mana" and "black lotus" symbols on deck protectors and deck boxes. Play mats with matching illustrations are available to play collectible card games in a tournament setting.
Ultra Pro has a complete line of gaming products for Magic: The Gathering with the "mana" and "black lotus" symbols on deck protectors and deck boxes. Play mats with matching illustrations are available to play collectible card games in a tournament setting.
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Do you use Ultra Pro supplies?
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ponyluver
Apr 17, 2012 @ 5:14 pm | delete
- yes i collect.i love using those page protectors for bella sara cards ;).<3<3<3<3<3:):):):):):):):)
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luniarose
Mar 14, 2012 @ 10:52 am | delete
- I have some of the Binders for my cards, it works well. Great lense
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curious0927
Feb 5, 2012 @ 7:37 am | delete
- I have the binder's and clear plastic protectors for my kids. I didn't know about any of the other products listed here on your great lens! Really neat stuff! Thanks for your work and Blessed!
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Tipi
Aug 30, 2011 @ 2:45 pm | delete
- It sounds like Ultra Pro is the way to go to organize protect your investment in trading cards. This will save many cards from unnecessary wear and tear. Very well done and congratulations on # 22!
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TapIn2U Aug 28, 2011 @ 10:09 am | delete
- My nephew is a card game addict and uses Ultra Pro to protect his valuable collection. I often wondered why he couldn't just put them all in one box and store them. Now I know why. Very informative lens! Sundae ;-)
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