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I have had over the years several different ways, but the one I use today consists of several portfolio books/binders, three ring binders and ultra pro 9 card pages and two 4k card boxes.

• In the first small portfolio book like this: Ultra Pro 9-Pocket Black PRO-Binder I keep the true collectors items. These are the special, rare printings or just personally nostalgic cards I've collected over the years. These are NOT for play, I'll proxy the card and play with those. (Ex: Alphas, Betas, Unlimited, Promos, special foils, cards over $100, etc. It's really up to you and what you find meets your collector criteria)
  
• In the second small portfolio book (like above) I keep a copy of bench-marking cards. These are cards that I use to compare to others for fakes. I typically try to get two cards of each color, from each set, of those cards that often get proxied and pawned off as real. I take these and a jewelers loupe with me when I am purchasing a collection that I suspect and perform comparisons.
  
• In a large portfolio book like this: 12-Pocket Z-Folio LX Trading Card Albums, Black I dedicate to valuable lands (duals, shock, pain, filter, Scars, fetch, strip mine, tron lands, Urza's saga, cabal, man lands, etc etc. you get the idea). I only separate these because I place a high value in collecting lands for every occasion and pride myself on getting a full play set of each.
  
• In my three ring binder I have the rest of the rares and valuables I might play with. Example
  
• For all other cards, sleeves, counters, dice, etc. I have the 4k bulk card boxes 4 Row I separate by color, artifacts, tokens & gold/multicolor cards, and then divide by commons and uncommons. I keep sections for full art basic lands, foil lands, non-basic lands, etc.
  
• I have a 1k Card box for all the basic lands, I try to keep these to a min.
  
• I have an old school 1997 multiverse 1k Card box for decks Image, and just expanded in to a second one.
  
  I no longer maintain a trade binder. I did when I was younger and played more and frequently visited FNM and game nights. But now that I have moved in to more of a collector role I only play with close friends maybe once a month, so I don't really trade anymore (not sure if the kids still do these days). My trade binder disappeared when I really embraced selling off unnecessary items and started using buylists almost exclusively.
  
  Since these days I do more buying of collections and selling to fund my own collecting I have a great deal of extra boxes, 5k card storage boxes and binders. These are just to organize the sales. Most of the time I sell them with the bulk and replenish with each purchase. From the collections over the years I've acquired a great deal of starter boxes, deck boxes, dividers, stickers, foam inserts, etc that I use in my own collection and to help organize the purchases. These have been some of the most interesting finds, just seeing what other people use to organize is interesting.
  
  I've also purchased shelving from Home Depot to store my collection and the purchases I have going on. Each shelf is dedicated to shipping materials, empty boxes, my stuff or a purchase.
  
  What I see mostly from the collections I acquire is that most use three ring binders for rares/mythics and either separate by color or just leave it to utter chaos (the latter being the worst as its usually shoes boxes and random plastic tubes full, which damage cards).
  

I figured I'd give a shout-out to the two runner-ups.

Paran0idAndr0id
Turbosliiime - I'm a sucker for a land destruction deck with a sense of humor. The idea of ooze destroying all before it cracks me up. I would love to use something like this for Archenemy.

charizardguy
Soul-Sisters - I love the idea of endless hp. The only reason I didn't pick this one is because the only thing more awful than never getting a kill in would be to mill your own deck trying. I also have never made a mono-white and playing this would be incredibly therapeutic.

The winner was Leviathans - In playtesting this thing, the intended effect came into play draw 5 or so and I nearly wet myself. Goomba stomping around with unblockable monsters was awesome.

Honoure-able Mention: Wingedterra - I need these so badly that I'm actually spending the gift card on this and buying a couple decks outright.


Thank you everyone! I'm glad that there was a bit or participation. Thanks for making this another excellent subreddit.

Magic The Gathering MTG Commander 2017 Deck - Vampiric Bloodlust https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0751VWX2Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Xv-2Ab68Y8EJ2

It looks like prices have gone up a little bit. Here it's listed for $65. When we bought ours back in December, we purchased 3 decks from 2 different sellers on amazon. I think arcane wizardry was just under $30, like $26.99 or something. I think Feline Ferocity and Vampiric Bloodlust were around $32.99 and $38.99 or something like that. It was a great deal for 3 decks that average out to be really good. I play with a slightly modifies Feline Ferocity, and knowing now how strong it is, I would totally be willing to pay $65.

Feel free to mindlessly copy them :). They're either decks I brewed, or that I got offline and adjusted to be more budget friendly. Want me to find a couple more? Also, I super highly recommend this brand of sleeves (click me) $10 with shipping, and protects your cards a lot. (If you are wanting sleeves that is)

I use these

There are other forms of boxes from this company as well but these ones fit my needs the best.

I think I know exactly what you should get him. There is one particular Duel Deck-type product called a Clash Pack.

It comes with two decks (one blue/green, one green/red) that are designed to be played against each other.

Then when the player is ready for more advanced play, the pack includes instructions to combine cards from the two decks into a single, Blue/Green deck that is good enough to play somewhat competitively. He'd be able to bring this deck to his local card shop (if you have one nearby) and have a good time without being completely outclassed by more experienced players' decks.

If you're looking to spend more money than that, you could also get him a couple packs of protective card sleeves so his brand new deck stays in good condition, Walmart should have a variety of sleeves for sale with different designs on the back, but be careful: they sell sleeves in both 50 and 100-packs, and he'll need 60 sleeves for a deck.

Might want to post this on the actual /r/magicTCG page. If he plays casually you could buy him several products. The Deck Builders Toolkit is a good start, as it comes with a bunch of cards. You could also buy him a "fat pack" of the newest set, Khans of Tarkir, which comes with 9 packs.

The other things you listed could be okay, but there could be a lot of repeats which your son might not like. I have absolutely no experience with the bulk sets at all, so take the risk if you want to. I would stick with the first one you linked though, as it's from a trustworthy seller.

Depending on your budget, you could get the Toolkit, the fat pack, a pack of sleeves, and a good deck box.

Most of the cost of the deck is coming from those four Scrublands, which may very well be fake, depending on the seller.

If you'd like something more contemporary in the same colors, I'd like to suggest the Modern Event Deck:

https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Gathering-2014-MODERN-Event/dp/B00IR2W4WA

This can be found selling for 85-95 dollars and is overall more powerful than the deck in the picture you have posted. There's also almost no chance that the product is counterfeit, assuming you're buying it brand new.

i'd just buy a pre-constructed (pre-con) deck

Don't forget sleeves and a deck box

In the end, it'll probably cost about the same as it would collecting each of the singles for whatever you come up with. These are also pre-built and tested by wotc.

Deck Builder's Toolkit
http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Gathering-Builders-Toolkit-including/dp/B0089J89S4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368716233&sr=8-1&keywords=deckbuilder%27s+toolkit+2013