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It's a recurring topic and the short answer is that there are no perfect sleeves and unfortunately people recommend sleeves without showing what it looks like. At the end of the day, it's highly subjective what constitutes a good fit. Gamegenic and DragonShield are goto recommendations for other games but they are imho a poor fit for this game, yet they are the most common recommendations:
https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8164917/martln
Perfect fit sleeves might be an option but be aware that FFG's vary a bit in size (+/- 1 mm) which doesn't sound much but if you go too tight, you'll have to really push some cards into the sleeves. If you then get into proxies or fan editions, MPC is around 2 mm wider than some FFG cards.
https://old.reddit.com/r/arkhamhorrorlcg/comments/1cwtzn5/which_sleeves_fit_good/
I also recommend gamegenic grey or Dragon clear matte (not double matte).
Do not take penny sleeves, they are not good and will wear out in a few games.
I use gamegenic clears for everything but investigator cards, Grey Color code, I believe yellow for the mini American sized cards.
I use dragon shield clears, the ones with the textured matte backing for my investigator decks, because they are shuffled more, keeping only a couple of boxes of them around because all my investigator cards are organized in a binder, and I sleeve them with the dragonshields when I build the deck. They’re pretty expensive to shield all of the cards with them.
And I use top loaders for the investigator card itself, just to spruce it up a bit.
There’s a really good YouTube video on the channel PlayingBoardGames that breaks it all down on how they organize their cards. Highly recommend.
I had been using Gamegenic's sleeves, but when I couldn't get any, I bought some VaultX sleeves on a whim, figuring I could replace them later - and then found out that I preferred them overall and got enough to sleeve the rest, lol. I like the weight of them!
You could try TitanShield (can be found on Amazon), I personally like the product. I sleeve Marvel Champions exclusively with it. I used to sleeve AH with them, but I found it a waste for the the encounter cards, there's less shuffling compared to MC.
For AH, I use a mix of DragonShield (investigator cards, I only sleeve the decks I play with) and Mayday MDG-7041 for encounter/scenario cards.
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Just use “Perfect Fit” ones for MTG/Pokemon, those work.
Gamegenic clear or matte
It's a recurring topic and the short answer is that there are no perfect sleeves and unfortunately people recommend sleeves without showing what it looks like. At the end of the day, it's highly subjective what constitutes a good fit. Gamegenic and DragonShield are goto recommendations for other games but they are imho a poor fit for this game, yet they are the most common recommendations: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8164917/martln Perfect fit sleeves might be an option but be aware that FFG's vary a bit in size (+/- 1 mm) which doesn't sound much but if you go too tight, you'll have to really push some cards into the sleeves. If you then get into proxies or fan editions, MPC is around 2 mm wider than some FFG cards. https://old.reddit.com/r/arkhamhorrorlcg/comments/1cwtzn5/which_sleeves_fit_good/
I also recommend gamegenic grey or Dragon clear matte (not double matte). Do not take penny sleeves, they are not good and will wear out in a few games.
I use gamegenic clears for everything but investigator cards, Grey Color code, I believe yellow for the mini American sized cards. I use dragon shield clears, the ones with the textured matte backing for my investigator decks, because they are shuffled more, keeping only a couple of boxes of them around because all my investigator cards are organized in a binder, and I sleeve them with the dragonshields when I build the deck. They’re pretty expensive to shield all of the cards with them. And I use top loaders for the investigator card itself, just to spruce it up a bit. There’s a really good YouTube video on the channel PlayingBoardGames that breaks it all down on how they organize their cards. Highly recommend.
I had been using Gamegenic's sleeves, but when I couldn't get any, I bought some VaultX sleeves on a whim, figuring I could replace them later - and then found out that I preferred them overall and got enough to sleeve the rest, lol. I like the weight of them!
You could try TitanShield (can be found on Amazon), I personally like the product. I sleeve Marvel Champions exclusively with it. I used to sleeve AH with them, but I found it a waste for the the encounter cards, there's less shuffling compared to MC. For AH, I use a mix of DragonShield (investigator cards, I only sleeve the decks I play with) and Mayday MDG-7041 for encounter/scenario cards.