https://theotcg.com/categories/storage/Recent content in Storage on Theo TCGHugoen-us© {year} Theo TCGFri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/water-damaged-and-mouldy-pokemon-cards/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/water-damaged-and-mouldy-pokemon-cards/<p>If your Pokémon cards have just come out of a flood, a burst pipe or a damp loft box, here is the short version. Separate them, dry them slowly and flat in moving air at room temperature, keep anything moldy away from anything clean, and accept early that you are rescuing keepsakes rather than saleable stock. Water damage is one of the few faults in this hobby that is genuinely permanent, and the fastest way to make it worse is to rush.</p>https://theotcg.com/blog/pokemon-card-binder-vs-box/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0600https://theotcg.com/blog/pokemon-card-binder-vs-box/<p>Put the cards you want to look at in a binder and the cards you only want to keep in a box. Neither one preserves value by itself, because the damage that actually costs money at sale time does not come from the choice between binder and box — it comes from a handful of specific mechanisms inside each. Top-loading pockets let cards slide. PVC pages break down chemically against the card. Overstuffed binders bend cards into a permanent curve. Boxes packed loose let cards shuffle and abrade. And heat and damp do more damage than all of that put together, in either format. Here is what each mechanism actually is.</p>