Foils and Curling
General forum
Posted on May 7, 2015, 11:17 p.m. by Phaetion
I recently got Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed and Overwhelming Forces. They're both Judge foils (and I have a foil Entomb). I took a EDH deck piloted by Xiahou a week ago, and I noticed that it started to warp. I looked into the problem and I'm at a loss at what to do. What if I run any or all three of them in the Other 99?
I wanted to double sleeve them, then add them to the deck, but I'd get into trouble unless I double sleeve all my cards (and double sleeving a whole EDH box is a crazy and time consuming idea). I could proxy them, but I wish to use the actual card, and doing it will be pointless for 2/3's of them. Any advice on what to do? I really don't want them to curl.
Also, I'm not sure if here is the right place to post this, so mods are free to move it where they see fit.
Epochalyptik says... #3
I'll confirm that, assuming your foils aren't curled at the start, double sleeving mitigates most of the danger of curling while in a deck. This is, of course, provided that your environment is not inordinately humid.
If it gets really bad, you might consider pressing the cards in a tight deck box and resting that in a sealed bin of rice in your cupboard, pantry, or basement. The rice will wick the moisture from the air inside the container, and the deck box will help flatten the cards again.
May 8, 2015 12:03 a.m.
I've enev seen one player get some of those silica gel packets and keep them in his deckbox to avoid moisture getting to the deck. You need a larger deckbox to do this but if you're going to double (or triple) sleeve a deck, a bigger box is a must anyway.
May 8, 2015 12:16 a.m.
Right now, I have a toolbox, where all three foils are/will be (One of them is on its way). I could simply throw in a silica pack and call it a day. I never really knew that about rice though. I'll definitely try that for the worst case scenario.
I forgot to put this in the OP (I was tired, and I posted it via phone), but thanks everyone.
Servo_Token says... #2
Keep them dry, keep them sleeved, and if they do end up curling, just press them in a dry book in a dry place.
The reason that foils curl is because the cardboard absorbs moisture in the air and warps around the non-expanding foil.
I have a collection of curled foils that I have pressed face to face in one of my storage boxes, and they tend to straighten out after a couple weeks. But in terms of prevention, just keep them sleeved and in a deck box.
May 7, 2015 11:21 p.m.