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The Issue

If you have been collecting or playing Magic the Gathering (MTG) cards for any period of time, you’ve probably got plenty of MTG cards in many different places, and have real problems finding them and tracking down your cards!

I’ve found a wider system for selling off your spare MTG cards and earning some serious cash. This article is one of the key steps in that process, and is an overview of how to effectively sort your MTG collection so that you can fully understand and realise what potential you have in your collection.

The Process

Understanding what you have in your collection is so important for playing, collecting, buying and selling Magic the Gathering cards; these are the steps required to properly sort your MTG collection so you can understand what you have.

1. The Whole Story

The simplest, yet most important step – try to find every Magic the Gathering card you have and gather them together in one place where you can sort your collection; I’d suggest a big table if possible. If you have all you collection together in the first instance you wont have to go back and redo any of the steps later on.

2. Sort by Set

The first thing to do with your collection is to go through the collection you have in front of you and sort your cards into Set. Firstly you should go through all your cards and sort these cards into piles. Each pile should contain all cards from one Magic the Gathering set – try to keep them in chronological set order. In other words, try to make sure that your piles of cards are sorted such that the cards from the oldest sets are first, and the sets with the newest cards are last. This is probably the longest step, but the most import.

3. Sort by Block

Once sorted by set, we now sort those piles of cards into their respective Blocks – a Block in Magic the Gathering is a grouping of Sets which are usually released consecutively. This is a quick step. Try to get hold of a full Magic the Gathering set and block list to aid this step.

4. Sort by Rarity

Ok, so now you have a number of piles of cards, one for each set, and you have grouped your piles of cards together in their respective blocks. You now need to go through your cards and sort each pile by rarity.

The main reason to do this is so that you can easily find your mythic rares, rares and uncommons, these are your most sought after and precious cards.

5. Sort by Colour

Now you should have a relatively well sorted collection, but to finish off the sorting, you need to sort those piles by colour within their respective rarities. Go through each card pile, and then sort your collection by colour within rarity (so sort all your mythic rares by colour, then your rares by colour etc.). The normal way to sort MTG cards is by the standard Magic the Gathering colour wheel:

- White – Blue – Black – Red – Green – Multicolour – Artifact – Land

Sorted – this should now leave you with a collection of Magic the Gathering cards which are nice and sorted, and easy to find anything you want.

Summary

A sorted MTG card collection is a joy to own as you can then have more fun with that collection. It can also be a real asset if you decide to sell any of your cards as you can find and value your collection quickly and easily. This really does help you to realise the full potential of your Magic the Gathering cards!

Want to find out more?? Need to find a full Magic the Gathering (MTG) set list, or help identifying what set your cards come from? Find full guides and MTG set lists at How to Sell Magic the Gathering (MTG) Cards. Now you’ve sorted your Magic the Gathering collection, its easy to release the value from your sorted collection, visit http://www.sell-magic-the-gathering.com to find out how, and for much more.

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