Two whole months after the Planechase sets came out, I finally found the Planechase deck boxes at my local comics and gaming shop. There seem to be only 2 models available - one themed for Grixis (and or Zombies in general) and I got this one which is combination theme for the artifacts deck and the "Strike Force" red-white deck which I happen to play.
The box is a typical Duel Deck-Box with an interior space that would normally fit two standard sized Ultra-Pro deck boxes. However, this set comes with a plastic divider to compartmentalize the interior into a space large enough for Planechase cards and about a deck and a half of normal cards.
The highlight of the set is that comes with Ultra-Pro premium sleeves for the Plane-chase cards. They are matte black on the back and have the Ultra-Pro hologram-seal on the fronts. Surprisingly, they are "top-load" - the cards go in oriented bottom-in-first even though the Planechase cards, unlike normal M:tG cards, are "sideways" (wider than they are tall). The set also comes with 60 normal sized premium sleeves. These are glossy on the back with an image of the standard back of a M:tG card (in case you forget what game you're playing in the middle of your match!).
The downside, which kind of annoys me, is that the unique divider provides way too much room for the Planechase cards. The divider board fits so that it divides the box into 2 halves and then the front half into two quarters. That means the thickness of a 60-card deck won't fit into one of the quarters and must partially be stored on the second quarter. This doesn't leave enough room for a second deck (but it should have, if the divider sat slightly farther back).
The box is a typical Duel Deck-Box with an interior space that would normally fit two standard sized Ultra-Pro deck boxes. However, this set comes with a plastic divider to compartmentalize the interior into a space large enough for Planechase cards and about a deck and a half of normal cards.
The highlight of the set is that comes with Ultra-Pro premium sleeves for the Plane-chase cards. They are matte black on the back and have the Ultra-Pro hologram-seal on the fronts. Surprisingly, they are "top-load" - the cards go in oriented bottom-in-first even though the Planechase cards, unlike normal M:tG cards, are "sideways" (wider than they are tall). The set also comes with 60 normal sized premium sleeves. These are glossy on the back with an image of the standard back of a M:tG card (in case you forget what game you're playing in the middle of your match!).
The downside, which kind of annoys me, is that the unique divider provides way too much room for the Planechase cards. The divider board fits so that it divides the box into 2 halves and then the front half into two quarters. That means the thickness of a 60-card deck won't fit into one of the quarters and must partially be stored on the second quarter. This doesn't leave enough room for a second deck (but it should have, if the divider sat slightly farther back).
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I actually liked the extra room to fit the planechase cards as I have all 40 of them. Where I'm getting annoyed though is that the box only comes with 10 oversize sleeves and UltraPro so far has not released any other way to get these oversized sleeves other than by purchasing multiple of these deck boxes. My wallet is feeling the pain when I think about buying 4 of these just to be able to sleeve up all my planechase cards.
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