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Dragon Shield's new line of Matte Dual sleeves comes out today! As such, I got a chance to try them out for review. I've always been a fairly big fan of Dragon Shield sleeves, and this article will be no exception to the rule. The sleeves I got to try out are that good, to the point where I'm comfortable just saying so immediately. But please, read on, and take a better look at the sleeves in question. A huge thank-you to Dragon Shield for providing these review samples!

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Three New Styles of Matte Duals

As the featured image for this article suggests, there are three new Matte Dual styles available as of Friday, June 26th. Those styles are:

• Power & Copper
• Black & Gold
• Soul & Petrol

For the sake of review purposes, and because I only had one deck that presently needed sleeving, I decided to specifically examine the Black & Gold sleeves. I was a bit surprised with how these turned out; I didn't come in with any expectations, but I didn't realize that the gold side would be the inside of the sleeve. This consequently looks quite interesting in effect!

Sleeving With Dragon Shield Matte Duals

Sleeving cards with these also feels really satisfying. As any Commander player can tell you, it's generally an exercise in tedium to fit a whole 100-card deck into sleeves. Usually, I've found that this issue stems from making sure the sleeves are open enough to receive the cards and then snug enough to fit them well (especially without air pockets). I have not had this problem with these Dragon Shield sleeves, which, to me, is a huge boon!

Shuffling With Dragon Shield

The real test then began: how would these sleeves shuffle? As mentioned above, I managed to sleeve the entire 99 of my newest yet-unsleeved deck with the Black & Gold sleeves (Kelsien, the PlagueKelsien, the Plague, if you're interested). I don't riffle or bridge shuffle, as I am too concerned about bends in my cards from that level of wear. However, I did a bit of pile shuffling and then just interlocked the piles together a few times. This is how I normally get my shuffles done (and yes, it's a lot of randomization overall). I'd say that because these sleeves held up as well as they did, they passed with flying colors. We will see how they do in a few months, but frankly, I expect they'll still be in fine condition then, too.

Conclusion

These new Matte Duals are very interesting. I really like them for their stylistic colorations, as well as how they handle in my hand when sleeving, shuffling, and playing. I'm giving these high marks!

You can find these on Dragon Shield's website. If you go there for your sleeving needs, please be sure to use our affiliate code edhrec (case-sensitive) for 5% off your purchase. And, be sure to stay tuned; I'm certain there'll be even more to come as the summer rolls along!