Hi fellow Professors,
Recently I had a discussion with a fellow local Professor about the rise of double sleeving cards.
Admittedly, the trend has grown in our Pokémon group locally after players noticed that all my decks are double sleeved. This is a trait I picked up in my Magic: The Gathering days, where a competitive deck for standard can run into the $100's.
We talked about the legality of double sleeving cards at major tournaments and when we consulted the rules, we could not see if it was okay or not.
Full disclosure, I took the stance of it is perfectly fine, as long as all the sleeves are identical and it otherwise conforms with the rules on the use of sleeves.
I have been using the KMC Full Sized "Perfect Size" Sleeves. These sleeves are designed to allow are card to be sleeved and then have that card put into another sleeve with the bare minimum of room between the two different sleeves. The sleeves can be seen here: KMC Sleeves.
These sleeves fit snug in any of the major sleeves on the market, I currently have my decks double sleeved in Ultra Pro sleeves, and aside from physically pulling them out, they have not and do not slide out. The cards are first fitted into the "Perfect Size" sleeves so that the bottom of the sleeve is at the top of the card (basically you sleeve the cards upside down) and then the sleeved card is inserted into the outer sleeve right-way up. The result is that the card can not slip out of either sleeve and when done correctly, the entire deck is uniform and there is no real distinction between the cards.
My fellow Professor was against the idea, but as there was no official ruling that we could see, conceded that at the end of the day it was down to the Head Judges discretion as to whether or not a player would be allowed to use double sleeved cards.
So my question to you is: Would playing with a deck, where all 60 cards are double sleeved in an identical fashion, be acceptable for a major tournament? As I am going to be heading to the Australian Nationals this year to play, I'd just like to see if I should desleeve my deck or if I should be fine.
Regards,
Pope.
Recently I had a discussion with a fellow local Professor about the rise of double sleeving cards.
Admittedly, the trend has grown in our Pokémon group locally after players noticed that all my decks are double sleeved. This is a trait I picked up in my Magic: The Gathering days, where a competitive deck for standard can run into the $100's.
We talked about the legality of double sleeving cards at major tournaments and when we consulted the rules, we could not see if it was okay or not.
Full disclosure, I took the stance of it is perfectly fine, as long as all the sleeves are identical and it otherwise conforms with the rules on the use of sleeves.
I have been using the KMC Full Sized "Perfect Size" Sleeves. These sleeves are designed to allow are card to be sleeved and then have that card put into another sleeve with the bare minimum of room between the two different sleeves. The sleeves can be seen here: KMC Sleeves.
These sleeves fit snug in any of the major sleeves on the market, I currently have my decks double sleeved in Ultra Pro sleeves, and aside from physically pulling them out, they have not and do not slide out. The cards are first fitted into the "Perfect Size" sleeves so that the bottom of the sleeve is at the top of the card (basically you sleeve the cards upside down) and then the sleeved card is inserted into the outer sleeve right-way up. The result is that the card can not slip out of either sleeve and when done correctly, the entire deck is uniform and there is no real distinction between the cards.
My fellow Professor was against the idea, but as there was no official ruling that we could see, conceded that at the end of the day it was down to the Head Judges discretion as to whether or not a player would be allowed to use double sleeved cards.
So my question to you is: Would playing with a deck, where all 60 cards are double sleeved in an identical fashion, be acceptable for a major tournament? As I am going to be heading to the Australian Nationals this year to play, I'd just like to see if I should desleeve my deck or if I should be fine.
Regards,
Pope.