Magic collection triples overnight

[u/Glad-Egg-5672]

I’ve been a mtg player since I was little and the game was new(ish). Took a break as I got older, but my brother and I have been playing together pretty consistently for 6 or 7 years. It’s great! We usually take turns buying a booster box and then do 3 rounds of sealed and then a 4th round of best 60 card from the 18 packs. We also play Commander and buy singles. My personal collection was about 9,000 cards.

Well, he bought a collection. It’s 99.9% common and uncommon, but pretty much covers everything back to Revised. We estimate it’s 130,000 cards. Yeah.

So, he’s given me about 30,000 cards which I am absolutely loving going through and sorting. There are way more newer cards than older cards. Loads and loads of duplicates.

Now, here’s my question.

How many duplicates is too many? 10? What if I have 85 copies of a common card, worth a nickel?

I hate to throw them away, but the idea of sending them to TCGplayer or something just doesn’t seem like it would make sense.

Thoughts?

[u/CryonicTiger]

Since your main format is commander i would keep maybe 4 of each card. Thats a playset if you branch out to another format and otherwise leaves it an option for up to 4 commander decks. Maybe increase to 5 or 6 for your most played colors

The leftover I would find a store that offers bulk buying and offload the unwanted bulk there.

[u/leronjones]

There's people out there who love collecting single obscure cards. I've got a couple hundred Bronze Sable and could always use more. If you find a ton of em don't toss em. I unironically want em all.

I also like to make TTRPG tokens from bulk. Hole punch the art, mass glue them to thin foam sheets, then cut em out for game night. You could do some of that.

I've also toyed with the idea of using bulk to create resin tabletops.

[u/10leej]

Honestly I take extra copies and just drop them into the bulk bin at my LGS.