Ultimate Guard Katana Sleeves Japanese Size Red (60)

These card sleeves are a total game-changer! I can confidently say these are some of the best sleeves I’ve ever used.First off, the durability is unmatched. They protect my cards from wear, scratches, and even accidental spills like a charm. After countless games and shuffles, they still look and feel like new—no splitting, warping, or fraying at the edges.What really sets these apart is how smooth and easy they are to shuffle. The texture strikes the perfect balance—slick enough for seamless riffle shuffles but with just enough grip to prevent slipping or cards flying everywhere. It makes gameplay faster, smoother, and way more enjoyable.The fit is also excellent—snug without being too tight, so my cards stay secure without bending or creasing. The transparency is crystal-clear, which means the artwork on my cards pops beautifully.If you’re serious about protecting your cards and optimizing your gameplay experience, these sleeves are a must-have. They’re worth every penny for the quality and performance they deliver. Highly recommend!

These sleeves work great for my MTG double sided tokens. They feel great in your hand and don’t feel cheap. These sleeves are definitely worth the money if you wanna have good sleeves that will last and protect your cards.

It’s perfect for double sleeping, new favorite inner sleeves

I know in the MTG community that dragonsheield reigns supreme for most. I just recently got back into magic in September and ever since I first used Dragon Shield sleeves I haven't been the biggest fan of them. Not sure if it was a bad batch from the factory or if I'm just not as careful as I need to be, but they seem to just get damaged by shuffling so I looked for an alternative and am happy that I found Katana sleeves. Love how they feel and shuffle versus being slippery and hard to shuffle. Would recommend to fellow players and anyone looking for a great alternative to dragon shield.

I absolutely love these sleeves, they feel really amazing and shuffle like no other sleeves I've ever felt. They seem really durable as well, and I'm sure these will last about as long as you'd expect sleeves to last. My major problem with them is the way the cards move easily inside the sleeve, shuffling them for a while and general movement of them causes my cards to inch to the top of the sleeve instead of sitting in place at the bottom.For the premium price though, I think I'm just going to stick with Dragonshield going forward. These don't quite differentiate themselves enough to go out of my way to purchase when my LGS has tons of Dragonshields for less.

These are great sleeves. Currently they’re my favorite. Cards look great in them. They are thinner than Dragon Shield sleeves which is important sometimes depending on the size of your deck box and size of sideboard etc. for example they fit more tokens if you are using an ultimate guard Xenoskin 100+ box which has less space than an ultra pro plastic flip top box. They are a bit narrower than other sleeves so you have to work a little harder to get in KMC perfect fits but it’s doable if you’ve got a brain and small fingers (or have access to someone else with small fingers…). Smooth and shuffle easy, which also means they’re a bit slippery, they don’t resist being knocked over like pro mattes do, but you won’t care about that because they feel and look SO much better than them. They are “standard height” or “ultra pro height” (not “dragon shield” height). Amazon ships the box straight up inside of whatever package they feel like giving you which might be a cardboard box but also might be a mailing envelope in which case the box gets a bit squished but it doesn’t affect the sleeves at all. The box they come in isn’t really reusable which is fine. If you’re buying 1 box of 100 sleeves for a commander deck, go ahead and buy 2 boxes so you have spares, you will have a much greater chance of getting 2 boxes that are exactly the same size and edge condition if you buy them at the same time (as opposed to waiting 2-3 years until you need spares and hoping you can get a new box that’s the same size etc as a box made 2-3 yrs ago).

The media could not be loaded. As in video, I really torqued these things, and they maintained shape without tearing! Slick finish, smooth shuffle. Same approximate sheen and clarity as DragonShield. However: On further testing, the penny sleeves I use for “inside” sleeve protection (double-sleeving) tend to fold over and wrinkle inside the Katanas. Great covers by themselves, but if you’re protecting your cards by double-sleeving, buy UG’s internal cards to ensure a good fit. No real difference between these and DS; pick what you like based on color and style!

It's super easy to insert your cards into these. If you like your cards to glide a lot I recommend these for you. Because they have that type of texture its super easy to shuffle.