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How To Organize Your Collection

Card Organization

This question comes up frequently and there are a variety of preferences, however they broadly fall into two categories.

  1. Sort your collection by Precon
    • This is good for players who store their collection in binders as it means you don't have to rearrange cards each time a new expansion comes out.
    • This is the recommended way for players of the Red Rains solo/coop mode, especially if you intend to play the campaign.
    • Con: You need to know which release a card is from when you want to include.
    • Con: You cannot find and compare types of cards when building a deck as they are spread across precons.
  2. Sort your collection by card type and alphabetically
    • This matches how Ashes.live organizes cards and is very conducive to deck-building.
    • At the time of writing, all cards can fit in the master/core box. If you sleeve all your cards, all cards except the conjurations should be able to fit.
    • There are custom dividers available on Etsy for the master and deluxe expansion boxes.
    • Con: Take a long time (full collection) to sort initially, and you have to maintain it.
    • Con: Not good for pick up and play with friends/new players, or Red Rains play.
  3. Sort to play Draft: 1 copy of every non-Phoenixborn card then by one of the above methods
    • This is only if you're playing exclusively in person without building decks ahead of time.
    • Con: It requires a lot of clean up since you have to put all of the cards away after each game
    • Con: Draft encourages more randomness so combos are harder to make happen
    • Con: All players need to already be familiar with the cards, especially which ones are generally good and which ones are less efficient.
  4. Sort your collection by dice types
    • This is helpful after choosing dice types for a deck to easily see what other cards can be used
    • Con: Figuring out where to put cards with different dice type costs is a riddle as old as the Master Set itself.

 

Storage Solutions

  1. Master Set Box
    • At the time of writing, all cards can fit in the master/core box. If you sleeve all your cards, all cards except the conjurations should be able to fit. Conjurations can then be kept in a deluxe expansion box.
    • There are custom dividers available on Etsy for the master and deluxe expansion boxes
  2. Binders
    • Binders are most often recommended for players who sort by precon, as that is a sorting method that does not require rearranging cards within the binders
  3. Gamegenic Dungeon 1100+
    • The Gamegenic Dungeon is a popular option for storing a complete collection
    • As of the February 2023, it can comfortably hold a complete collection that is single-sleeved, with room to likely support some upcoming expansions
    • Dice and tokens can be stored in empty space to the side of the cards
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