For a long time, I've been wanting to buy in to modern so I can play with a few friends. Now, I'm not wealthy, I'm in a position right now where I can't really afford magic, and I sold a lot of my cards, but finally I decided I needed an outlet besides my cube and buckled down to play Storm, since I used to dabble with it on MODO before Gitaxian Probe was banned and I sold all my cards. I went to my gamestore and picked up all the spare cards I needed totaling about $230 Canadian, and I got home at 6:50. My mom came around at about 8:00 and we talked for a bit. I resolved to take a nap while my new singles were on m computer desk and she said she'd play some games while I rested. I woke up at 10:30 but it was 11:20 before I noticed anything was wrong. It was incredibly humid in my old apartment, which was weird because it was never like that, lo and behold, my radiators are on and spitting humid air into my small domicile. My mother had turned them on because she was cold, which wasn't that odd, but then I didn't think anything of it. about 30 minutes ago, after my mom left to go home, I saw the cards on my desk. She had riffled through them, which wasn't unusual nor do I harbor any bad feelings. She used to play Magic, and she just wanted to see the cards after all. I started to pick them up... and they flexed. They made that telltale 'krik' sound and I knew I was screwed. I double sleeved them immediately but the damage was already done. Now... is there any way to fix this, card gurus? Is there any way I can make my new deck playable? I shuffled it a few times, but some of the cards are completely rigid and bent backwards, like draft chaff that's been on an Alaskan windowsill for days. No visible damage, but I don't even think they're casual playable. Is there any way to fix these cards and make them how they were? Or, at least something that I can play in a GP? I'll be honest, if they're unplayable, I'm probably just going to quit magic- sans cubing. I just don't have the money and dropping 1/3rd of my monthly pay just to have it go up in flames is more than a little disheartening. I'm a pretty stoic guy, but I'm almost in tears. I was so looking forward to playing 60-card magic with my friends just like back in middle school. I hope you can help, I'll be grateful forever.
If there is no crease or bent , they are still good, you just need to get thr curl out. What i normally do is i will curl it the other way and hold it there for awhile , say a minute (becareful not to bent it), it might be good if it is humid (but not wet). It should go back to relatively straight (but this is probably temporal - since the card naturally curls in a vertain direction) next you but it inbetween somethung dry and absorbent maybe a book, make sure it is flat, if you must do it to several cards a time make sure they are aligned (but its really safer to do this individually) put thr card in the book or inbetween books then put as much weight as you can ontop of the book (maybe more books). The cards should flatten out after a few days or a week. After that double sleeve it and trybto keep it flat with no exposure to air. New sleeves tend to trap air, so be sure yo squeeze them and keep them tight in a container to maintain no to minimal air exposure.
Thats how i normally do it. But a crease is kinda a goner. But non-structural damage or non-defacement level damage is usually salvagable. Good luck
If there is no crease or bent , they are still good, you just need to get thr curl out. What i normally do is i will curl it the other way and hold it there for awhile , say a minute (becareful not to bent it), it might be good if it is humid (but not wet). It should go back to relatively straight (but this is probably temporal - since the card naturally curls in a vertain direction) next you but it inbetween somethung dry and absorbent maybe a book, make sure it is flat, if you must do it to several cards a time make sure they are aligned (but its really safer to do this individually) put thr card in the book or inbetween books then put as much weight as you can ontop of the book (maybe more books). The cards should flatten out after a few days or a week. After that double sleeve it and trybto keep it flat with no exposure to air. New sleeves tend to trap air, so be sure yo squeeze them and keep them tight in a container to maintain no to minimal air exposure.
Thats how i normally do it. But a crease is kinda a goner. But non-structural damage or non-defacement level damage is usually salvagable. Good luck
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