The Best Deck Boxes? Tolarian Community College Academic 133+ XL and 266+ XL

[@acicon]

The world needs more extensive tcg product reviews like this. Well shot and incredibly detailed. Hope you do more. Was also able to back the Prof's kickstater and I absolutely love this deck box.

[@SJC_]

Thank you so much! That's very kind! I will be doing more reviews in the future!

[@raiseer]

This review was actually way more informative than the professor's own review - so thank you. Also kudos to the audio and video quality. Did not expect that from such a small channel. Well done.

[@SJC_]

Thank you very much! I appreciate that a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@clairechristenson9705]

A less considered use-case but I really like using the 133 as a draft kit for drafting or prereleases! I can hold 17 lands of each type pre-sleeved along with extra space for my sleeved limited deck, unused cards from my pool, dry erase tokens, dice, and the skinny plexiglass compartment is great for holding a few thin dry-erase markers! I don't attend a limited event without it anymore!

[@SJC_]

That is a great use case! Thank you for sharing! Funny enough I had a line in the video about storing a pen and paper pad in there, but when I went to film it my notepad didn't fit, so I cut it all lol

[@KresuGaming]

This is exactly how Im going to use it as well. I had to bring 3 or more boxes for tokens, lands, dices. I have to store somewhere my deck, store somewhere my unused card pool. This deckbox looks super sweet and I've already bought teal/pink one. Cant wait to get my hands on it!

[@Renegade_IV]

I really like how you showed the difference between the two in a backpack. That’s always been my main method of transporting my cards, so knowing that the 133 can fit comfortably, but the 266 can’t is very vital

[@SJC_]

Thank you very much! I am the same way!

[@MrNeelneel]

I’m commenting because of your parting comment. This review is one of the slickest and best produced I’ve seen in a while. The cinematography and editing are first class. I watched 4 or 5 reviews of this deck box and this was by far the most thorough, helpful and succinct. Thanks for making it.

[@SJC_]

Thank you so much! I really do appreciate it a ton!

[@tylerwolf42]

I fit 3 commander, single sleeved decks in mine. Plus tokens. And dice, infna-tokens, small marker, and life counters.

[@HoldinAces777]

I love these. I put my cedh deck in a 133+ and i have 4 commander decks in my 266+. Two decks on each side.

[@Bowflan]

Single or double sleeved?

[@HoldinAces777]

@@Bowflan single, i do have to put part of one deck from each side behind the divider though

[@mikeynice113]

This was a great review! 6:04 and 7:20, having too much fun shaking those cards

[@SJC_]

Lol it was fun to do

[@NaesGKFF]

Thanks for this review! Was about to get a 266 but you really sold me on two 133's instead. Your review was easy to listen to and you get to the point, also loved the editing and nods to the Prof. Well done! :)

[@SJC_]

Thank you very much! I'm glad I was able to help you out! Thank you for the kind feedback!

[@davidlayton4310]

great review and i cant wait to pick one up for my angels commander deck been looking everywhere for a good deck box that i would feel comfortable putting a expensive deck into and im loving this box in the reviews im picking one up as soon as i can

[@MrJBrown-ez9gy]

I ordered one during the Prof's original Kickstarter campaign. I have lots of decks and I have more expensive (also custom 3D printed boxes and custom carved wooden boxes) , but this is definitely one of the best deck boxes I have; very sturdy, looks great, protects my cards and when other people in playgroups see it w the Logo it turns some heads. I am extremely happy with it it was worth the 1yr wait I had to get it. Now that they are on the retail market in LGS's I am definitely going to pick up another one at some point. Great product 🙂

[@davidlayton4310]

@MrJBrown-ez9gy well thanks for giving me some more feed back man it just cements my desicison to buy one I really want the green and black as they don't come in white. But I look forward to it as my angels are quite on the expensive side. People are right when they say power is expensive.

[@SJC_]

Thank you! You'll be happy with these imo. I've been using mine for about a year now and they still look new and haven't had a single issue with my cards. My eldrazi deck has some pretty pricey cards in it (grim monolith, mana crypt etc) and I'm not worried at all while transporting it.

[@Spinobean]

Got the 133+ one and have 2 commander decks (one double sleeved) and a ton of dice + so many tokens in there. Its awesome! :D

[@caseygutierrez5349]

Amazing job. Thank you for this unbiased review.

[@SJC_]

Thank you very much!

[@andrewh0000]

Honestly looks like a very solid product which meets its intended purpose. Now we need the SJC themed deck box.

[@akshayasrivastava4406]

I love that you used tcc music!

[@SJC_]

Thank you! I figured it would be fitting for this one

[@rykerm4249]

I'm using one to hold all my Warrior stuff for Flesh and Blood so I can build any hero as I go

[@Sinistra359]

I got the kickstarter version. It's good, but I barely use mine. It's a bit too bulky for what I need so I just put my dice in it. I wouldn't buy another one. Just my preference.

[@SJC_]

That's a very fair perspective! At $50 it should be something you really like so nothing wrong with that

[@weishin]

I think my main problem is the drawers. I have 3 of them and for some of them the drawers are so hard to pull out, i almost feel like im going to break it pulling it out. I wish the QA was better on it. And I agree the XL is kind of in an awkward position as it either doesn't fit everything or there isnt enough to put in it.

[@Petrosmurf9]

Any chance or links where we could get the grey and red colors? the one that you have? i’m building an edgar deck and love that color combo.

[@minty0751]

I really like the music in this video!

[@joshua_lee732]

In all honesty I just want a smaller version, this is too much deckbox

[@LordAlbrecht]

8:20 not quite the same form factor, unfortunately. Its the only deckbox ive ever owned that doesnt fit in a quiver and im trying to figure out how to carry it around without just throwing it in a backpack. Hate to compromise because i love the academic, its easily my favorite deckbox for a FaB CC deck Very solid review

[@SJC_]

Ahh good point. I don't use those so I didn't have that as a reference point, but thank you for letting me know. And thank you very much!

[@lurrusmeow688]

Prof is the best!!!❤❤❤

[@michaelsurya6601]

Thanks for great review, Can i ask are there any drawbacks for using this deck boxes in long term ? Because once i tried to buy ultra pro satin tower deck boxes and it became very sticky and dirty in 5 - 6 month..

[@SJC_]

Hey! Thank you very much. I've been using these for over a year now and they still look great. No noticeable scratches. For context, those were kickstarter boxes and they were about 6 - 9 months old with a fair amount of usage when this was filmed. I do think the outside color has faded a bit from a deep black to a less saturated black but it's not a concerning amount of fading. However, everything else is holding up as expected. There may be a difference in quality between the kickstarter and mass production boxes, but even so they use the same materials so the aesthetic durability should be the same. Let me know if you have any more questions about it.

[@dmneos255]

How many Yugioh cards fit in the smaller compartment? I was thinking about picking this up for 2 of my favorite decks to fit in with the dices 😃

[@SJC_]

You can easily fit 40 cards in each tray if your cards are double sleeved. You're supposed to be able to fit 50 single sleeves cards but I kept on getting the top card caught when pulling it out. That could be due the sleeves puffing up a bit over time.

[@uuu12343]

Unfortunately for the pricing points, thats decided by the company and you know, gamegenic being gamegenic much like every corporation out there, they wanna earn as much as possible, so thats out of the prof's control But that aside, really like this fully fleshed out review which pointed out the points that makes sense this supports yugioh and even shadowverse which means it should support pokemon cards as well which is pretty nice

[@SJC_]

Yeah very true. And it absolutely will work for pokemon! Thank you for the compliment!

[@saltgoblin]

What a great video!

[@SJC_]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it!

[@josiahgrothe6600]

Any idea how many non-sleeved PVC cards they could hold?

[@SJC_]

Unfortunately I don't but if you have the thickness of one pvc card I can calculate it for you!

[@josiahgrothe6600]

Thanks for your response. They are essentially the same as standard non/sleeved card so I think that would give a good enough idea.

[@karlgrylls2406]

unfortunately, in my country, this deckbox is delayed until end of april ;( And we have only a few colours. Can you buy the grey/red one in your country? That thing looks sooo damn nice!

[@raiseer]

I think the grey/red one was part of the kickstarter campaign two years ago. The "re-release" only exists in black/violet, green/black, pink/teal and black/black/no-logos.

[@karlgrylls2406]

@@raiseer oh man that's so sad

[@SJC_]

I'm sorry to hear that. Actually the store near me doesn't have them yet which was interesting. Unfortunately I don't think the gray and red one is for sale. I don't see it on the website and I think it was a Kickstarter exclusive color

[@thadrin]

Bought one yesterday, put my deck in it and really regretted the outlay. I wanted it for a single EDH deck, as it was advertised as ideal for that special deck, with lots of tokens and dice. Frankly a Watchtower is a far better purchase for that. This is a really awkward size and I fear the Prof himself is the reason for so much acclaim, not the box itself. The design is really awkward.

[@leonkrusch5494]

Very nice video.

[@VoidPatron]

Was this box directly from the Patreon? I was looking at recent review videos and one by Kaladesh Express that was posted 3 weeks ago was talking about how weak the magnets are for his own boxes, which I think are due to them being the generic mass produced ones and not the Patreon products.

[@SJC_]

Yup this was a Patreon box!

[@iakan6937]

so correct me if I'm wrong, but having said 50 single sleeved was giving you trouble would that mean a 55 cards single sleeved yu-gi-oh deck would be a tight squeeze, if not out of the question?

[@SJC_]

I just tried 55 yugioh cards with dragonshield sleeves and it definitely doesn't fit. At 49 cards it fits decently well but 50 still gets the top card stuck regularly. It also depends on what sleeves you do but 55 will most likely be out of the question.

[@iakan6937]

@@SJC_ that's what I was afraid of, thanks for the info

[@blazingelse9104]

I don't know man. They're do not seem very portable. All this extra space has to be carried around!

[@ThePencilWizard]

The Academic collects dust like a motherfucker though.

[@SJC_]

Haha actually haven't really noticed that with mine.

[@cread13]

that thing takes up way to much space for the limit it holds

[@snekksuperior]

2:48 You may not know this, but pokemon players use sleeves too. You can NOT fit a pokemon deck in there

[@SJC_]

That's very true. You absolutely cannot fit a sleeved 60 card pokemon deck in one of those drawers. However you can absolutely put them in main compartment as they are the same size as magic cards.

[@Andulvar]

If they're from TAC than it's hard pass from me.

[@spooderous]

I think the smaller version is overkill for one commander deck. I don't understand all the extra room when you have space for tokens. Just seems awkward and unwieldy. The larger one is more appealing, but still don't understand the extra room.

[@SJC_]

Yeah it certainly can be. I keep my favorite deck in here with tokens but its definitely extravagant compared to other options. I think he went for as much utility as possible and 133 card configuration allowed for other deck boxes to be stored as well. Not sure how many people will do that though lol

[@xternalpunk]

I made a huge mistake buying this deck from the Kickstarter. It's just a weird size and never works like I want it to. Like the professor says don't buy this product.

[@SJC_]

Yeah 133 cards is an awkward size. You really need something in there to minimize spacing. I am sorry to hear you aren't enjoying it. The flip and tray and Ultra Pro Satin Towers were my go to's for years prior to this.

[@septis9318]

Tcc is such a hypocrite. celebrates stinginess and incites people to boycott Wotc and only buy singles. Yet the same guy sells such overpriced deck boxes. If you're really someone who believes in TCC, you'd better not buy this shit and get a cheap cardboard box for your cheap singles. What a walking joke this man is.

[@crimson90]

Those prices are highway robbery. Taking a page out of WotC's book, I see.

[@SJC_]

Yeah it is definitely more expensive than I thought it would be. I thought it would go down to around $40, but even at $50 it's a good box. The flip and tray is around 40 and I'd rather have this. Ultimate guard satin tower is still the best budget option though

[@unspeakableoaf]

@@SJC_ Flip 'n' Tray is about $45 to $55 where I live, while The Academic seems like it's going to be $70. But that's nothing compared to what it cost me via the campaign. I don't dare to calculate what I paid in the end. Most US-designed deck boxes sold here are 50% above US prices too, so we just grin and bear it :/

[@earlymorningtoker]

Dam it won’t hold one piece card… hard pass

[@SJC_]

They should fit since they are standard size! I actually don't have any One Piece cards on hand as they are hard to find in my area or I would have used them.