Guide

Storing and shelving a set

How boxes, packs and shelves line up by set in TCG Card Shop Simulator, so a collection is stored and displayed by what it belongs to.

Applies to

no version stated by this build (see the sources page)

Before you start

• Cards from more than one set
• A shelf for cards and somewhere for storage
• Enough space to sort by set

Steps

1. Expect the game to ship a box for each rarity rather than one box.
   the game ships a card box for each rarity: rare, epic and legend
2. Expect a parallel set of boxes for the later expansion.
   the later expansion has a parallel set of boxes for the same rarities
3. Know that bulk supply boxes are pictured per rarity and per grade.
   bulk supply boxes are pictured per rarity and per grade
4. Keep a set's packs with the set, because each pack is tied to an expansion.
   each pack is tied to an expansion and the later sets have packs of their own
5. Expect a set to supply a front, an icon and a background for its cards.
   the game supplies a front, an icon and a background for a card of a set, including full-art fronts
6. Put each kind of fixture where the manager expects it.
   a manager holds a separate list for shelves, cashier counters, card shelves, combined shelves, prize shelves, play tables, workbenches, empty-box storage and donation boxes
7. Know that card storage is listed apart from card shelves.
   card storage shelves are listed apart from card shelves

Common mistakes

• Sorting a later set into the base set's boxes.
• Storing packs by size rather than by the set they belong to.
• Treating card storage as if it were a card shelf.
• Assuming one shelf kind is interchangeable with another.

Related entries

Storage and stockWhat the shelf manager keepsA manager holds a separate list for shelves, cashier counters, card shelves, combined shelves, prize shelves, play tables, workbenches, empty-box storage and donation boxes.Packs and openingThe boxes cards come inThe game ships a card box for each rarity: rare, epic and legend.Packs and openingThe expansions the game shipsThe game keeps a list of expansion names of its own, with the base set sitting in it.

Sources

A local copy of the game, read only. Grounding for each step is on the technical reference pages; no number is estimated.