These sleeves measure 2 3/4" x 3 5/16" and are designed to hold cards from the early 1950s, before the standard card size was universally adopted.

With the thumb and forefinger on your left hand, grip about a half inch down on the left-hand side of the top of the penny sleeve. Slide your finger to “open”. For what you pay, GoldOars card sleeves are surprisingly good quality – and there’s even a range of colours, including matte (yes – our personal favourite!) to choose from. Acid-Free: If you’re serious about protecting your cards or have particularly valuable ones, you’ll want to buy penny sleeves that are explicitly marked as acid-free. Acid and similar chemicals may rub off on your cards and run the risk of discoloring or staining your cards if they’re stored in them over an extended period of time. Therefore, acid-free penny sleeves are generally the best option for collectors. With your right hand, slide the leading bottom corner (left) into the newly opened gap in the penny sleeve.

If you’re trying to decide which grading company to go with, I put together a huge review post about the state of grading right now: In a top loader, a penny sleeve reduces the chances for a card to move around in a top loader, which can cause corner or edge wear. The sleeve also protects cards from surface scratches, or from sliding out of a top loader unintentionally. Just like the Logan’s Sleeves, these trading card sleeves aren’t adorned with fancy branding and won’t be winning any beauty contests for product design.

Inner sleeves should go on upside-down, then the playing sleeve the normal way so both ends are sealed. This way cards are really well protected against drinks spilling on the table or in your bag. Triple Sleeving + Oversized Sleeves Penny sleeves nowadays are produced without PVC and are acid-free for long-term storage of cards. They are usually made of polypropylene. Some penny sleeves from the 1980s were made of plastics that did not age well, often getting stiff and potentially reacting with cards creating damage. Disney Lorcana’s standard cards measure just under 2.5 by 3.25 inches or 64mm by 89mm. This is the “standard” playing card size used by Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and newer Bandai card games.Dragon Shield have created a sleeve that isn’t much different to its competitors, but have created a long lasting, durable sleeve with a brand that has a bunch of beastly dragons as their “colour code”.

Top loaders are too pricey and take up too much space to protect every card you want to keep (in my opinion).These top loaders can also house sleeved cards, and that’s typically the correct way to use them. Traditionally you sleeve up your cards with penny sleeves, and then put the sleeved cards into a top loader for the ultimate protection. A new product from Ultra Pro, these card sleeves feature an angled corner cut that allows you to easily slide the card in the sleeve without risk of corner wear.