Dragon ShieldDragon Shield | Standard Size Card Classic Sleeves | 100 CT - Smooth & Tough Premium TCG Sleeves - Compatible with Pokemon, Flesh & Blood, One Piece & Magic The Gathering | Clear

Heavy duty and work well to sleeve double sided tokens. They have a crystal clear view.

I've tried so many premium sleeves from all arouhnd the world. These are the ones you want for displaying fine collecting cards. They offer amazing top notch clarity and a great level of protection. The hand feel is premium, try these and let your search be done.

Sturdy and can double up with a regular penny sleeve

These sleeves are amazing. They fit the card snugly, and are just firm enough to fix any slight bends in the card

Title says it all. $12 for a box of 100 is more expensive then I really want to pay, but these are satisfyingly stiff and good quality.I wouldn't use these to sleeve an MTG deck, or anything I'll have to shuffle and handle. The corners are sharp and the sleeves slide around on each other in a stack.However, these are perfect for board games where there are only a few cards that need to be legible and protected as they move around. The satisfyingly crisp feel of these sleeves are perfect for reference cards, or cards that get used in play with cubes and things moving onto and off of them.

I wanted to upgrade the sleeves I use to store my collection and these were perfect. The sleeves are more rigid than a traditional penny sleeve but are still ultra-clear for your foils to shine through. These sleeves fit perfectly in a Dragon Shield Codex 576 binder. Because the sleeves fit perfectly in the binder slot, there is no need to double-sleeve your cards to prevent dust from going into the sleeve.

When I wanted a premium card sleeve for the board/card game Seasons, I posted a forum question at BoardGameGeek.com asking for recommendations in the standard Magic: The Gathering size of 63 x 88 mm (2 15⁄32 by 3 7⁄16 inches). I typically use KMC Perfect Size sleeves for this card size, but I wanted more rigidity to the sleeves for this game.Dragon Shield sleeves were the consensus suggestion.Produced by Arcane Tinmen of (and in) Denmark, and distributed in the U.S. by Fantasy Flight Games, Dragon Shield sleeves are an archival-quality sleeve. They have considerable heft in the plastic material that makes them about two to three times as thick as what most gamers are used to in premium card sleeves.And Dragon Shield sleeves are most definitely ultra-premium--with an ultra-premium price too. Expect to pay $10+ street for a pack of 100, almost twice the price of other premium sleeves.Packed in a box about an inch thick, the sleeves are more transparent than other premium sleeves I've used and not quite as slick. Dragon Shield sleeves come with colored backs, but I purchased the entirely clear sleeves to preserve access to the card art on the reverse. The sleeves have an obvious, slightly bulky edge where they have been sealed and a faint plastic odor.In sleeving the Seasons cards, I noticed the batch of sleeves felt like it was two runs. Half the cards were packed in the box opening up, the other half down. One half was slightly smaller in width and required more nudging to get a card into the sleeve. So while the uniformity of the sleeves was good, it wasn't perfect.Overall, the fit was snug even though there was about 1 mm or so on either side of the card. KMC Perfect Size sleeves fit more snugly, almost a skin for the cards, but I suspect the bulkier Dragon Shield sleeves required more card overhang due to their much greater mil thickness. The opening of the sleeve was 2-3 mm above the card edge, and was the most rigid of any card sleeve I have used. This sleeve is not going to give and let the tops of cards get damaged.If used for board/card game cards, these sleeves will inflate the depth of the card deck by two to three times. So if your game has an insert with a well for cards, be prepared for serious overflow. Not only that, but in game play a stack of cards sleeved with Dragon Shields will resemble a wobbly Jenga tower missing most of its blocks.A few who suggested buying the Dragon Shields noted a couple extra sleeves came with every box. I was counting on this, so when it appeared that I was one short, I felt that little surge of customer satisfaction angst. Luckily, sleeve number 100 was lurking in its box. Extras? Nope. Given how much these sleeves cost, a couple extra would have been nice, since the prospect of replacing a damaged sleeve is a little daunting when you paid $10 for a pack and the company HQ is in Denmark.In conclusion, if you are somewhat maniacal about card sleeving, I can't think of a sleeve that delivers better protection. That said, Dragon Shield sleeves are more archival than playable. Cards sleeved in Dragon Shields will make the card stack seem like the gaming equivalent of the race for a mile-tall skyscraper. Some have suggested pressing the sleeved cards under a book to force some air out, and that may be something I try.If you need to ensure maximum protection for MtG-sized cards, Dragon Shield sleeves are your best bet. Just be prepared to pay more and to look for ways to keep the height of your card stack manageable.

If you wanted to up your clear sleeve game for your collection, these are the move. The most robust transparent sleeve I've come across.