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  • A standard pack of Dragonshield sleeves usually runs you around 10€/pack at retail regardless of what kind of sleeves they are. Some colours are more expensive, art sleeves are also more expensive usually. Matte clear sleeves, depending on where you buy them, either go for the 5-6€/pack you paid online or they’re at around 10€/pack at retail or local game stores/trading card shops. So you paid a good price for yours. And considering that you’re buying quality sleeves that are very durable and will likely last you quite a while, that’s a good deal.

    Basic boardgame sleeves are usually cheaper but they’re also heaps cheaper in terms of quality, don’t shuffle well, are very flimsy and break easily. If you don’t mind that, you could have also gone for those. Not a huge recommendation on my part and since you’re already decked out too, probably not needed at this point.

    Overall, it’s not cheap as an absolute number, but it’s comparatively cheap for what you’re getting and how much you could have been spending for them.





  • Check out Arcane Tinmen’s sleeves. They also produce Dragonshield sleeves for standard size playing cards and card games, think Flesh and Blood and Magic the Gathering, but they also have an assortment of sizes for boardgames and non-standard size card games that would likely run you cheaper than Dragonshield… Afaik, they’re from the Netherlands, can’t comment on where the sleeves are produced, though, possibly China too.

    Another option would be Katana sleeves by Ultimate Guard. They’re a little cheaper than Dragonshield, have nice quality and shuffle feel (from what I’ve heard), and Ultimate Guard is from Germany. Again, can’t comment on where they are produced, but I imagine most sleeves are probably made in China.