One use of a playmat that I haven't seen mentioned, and the primary reason I bought a playmat, is that it's easier to pick cards up off a playmat than it is to pick them off a table. Without a playmat I find it difficult to pick cards up off a table and I feel like I'm risking damaging the cards. With a playmat I can pick cards up with ease.
I recommend a tube protecter that wraps around your tube to protect it while it protects your mat which protects your sleeves which protects your cards.
If you go to a professional magician's shop, you can get close-up pads. These are like playmats, but thicker and larger, with a softer foam backing so your fingers can get up under the cards. Parlor magicians use these to make sure they can consistently lift cards for sleight-of-hand tricks, and they're a hell of a lot better than anything you can get at an LGS.
"I know we are getting into a silly territory here, of worrying about the plastic that protects the plastic that protects the plastic that protects our cardboard." xD Loved the video btw, VERY informative and true. Thank you for this.
I'd also note that I recently got a playmat at GP Sacramento, and compared to my inked playmat I bought not very long ago, it is fairly thick in comparison to their inked playmat counterparts. This is really nice for someone like me with really meaty fingers that has a hard time picking up cards (and is one of the primary reasons that I use playmats)
Finally ordered my own phoenix mat from inked playmats after drooling over yours in so many different videos... love it so much the $20 shipping to england will be worth it!
This is great, thanks for sharing your review. I have been curious about providing my art on game mats and wanted to make an informed decision for quality.
Hi, Im new to Magic and started playing a few months ago. I only have two decks and just watched your video about buying a pre-made commander deck which led me here to playing mats. I have a play-mat but I don't know if it machine washable because there is no tags. I want to save points I get from my hobby shop so i can get a better mat but I like my plain one colored one. I love your videos too and kinda wish you were my English teacher/professor in high school/college.
Professor, I have bought a dragon shield mat, it came out of the box in perfect condition, no wrinkles, no imperfections, nothing wrong with the quality of it. The only issue with it I have is that one you've rolled it up a few times, when you roll it up it starts to try and open out, it can be easily fixed with a mat tubes, and for a person of my size being broad shouldered and quite the perfectionist for space, this mat is the perfect size, the tables we use at my local card shop is just perfect to fit two of these, one for each player.
My good sir, you have exceeded my expectations with the pleasant mixture of your articulate syllables, high definition close ups, and a wealth of time saving information. Thank you, and please continue your work. You are a benefit to humanity.
Nice to know it's possible to clean playmats. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has encountered others' dirt-tanned and booger sticky playmats before. I don't personally use them or care for them honestly, but I respect people who respect their mats, thank you for the video
OMG! Did you see the Lucca T-Shirt the woman is using at 5:20? Professor, I'm a fan of you work and simply love your videos. Thank you for your love and dedication towards this community.
I love your videos they always give a good amount of information on what your talking about compared to the "um well its good because um" I normally find on youtube. However I do wish you would do some videos on accessories for smaller trading card games like yugioh I cant decide if dragon hide binders would hold my cards as well as monster or ultrapro.
Great review as always. As an aside that mousepad-type material that you call a "rubbery plastic" is properly called neoprene. It's the same stuff in wetsuits and medical devices like soft kneebraces. :D
I got a great deal on my playmat. I went to my first prerelease (for 2015, just last week!) and they had Ultra Pro mats for 10 dollars. Got a nice Angel one to match my choice of White for the pre-release. At first I wasn't interested in a playmat, but the store I played at has them sitting on the tables at the event and they actually work great as a way to keep your play area yours. I really like using one now.
I actually feel the dragon shield ones are best for a few reasons that you actually said they where bad for haha. 1. the large size is great the ultrapro ones are way to small for me i cant fit my game onto it wether im playing edh or a 60 card format. theres just not enough space on the ultrapro ones i often have to put cards on the table next to them 2. i like simple art on my playmats that doesnt destract. 3. the rolled up pr wrinkled feel yours had isnt a universal thing i have 2 and both came out flat
I actually have found those generic playmats on eBay to be quite fine. So far, I have not noticed significant wear, they are nice and big, and seem easy to keep clean. I personally find the artwork on the ultra pro playmats to look cool but prefer a plain black background to play on. I love this channel though. Most MTG channels just have people opening booster boxes or packs, which is neat enough to see the cards I guess, but beyond that, pointless. I actually learn good information here. Keep it up, professor!
You should do a review on the HCD gaming mats. I bought one and besides the compliments i have gotten on the detail on the mat, its right up the alley with ultra pro and inkedplaymats. Check one out if you haven't yet.
Tolarian Community College What I find funny is that Dragon shield = excellent card sleves, Ultra Pro = meh card sleeves, Dragon shield = sh*tiest playmat, ultra-pro = some of the best playmats.
LordVandervaVonPoopenheimTheTenth Yeah it's funny how inconsistent certain brands are. Hell, maybe there's a really awesome Max Protection product out there? xD
Professor, i made an total different experience with the dragonshield playmats. I bought my dragonshield mat (as far as i remember) 5 years ago and i use it up to 3 days a week since i bought it. I always roll it and it never ever looks like yours. Maybe it's different from product to product? About the size of the mat, i love to have a little bit of extra space on the table for many of my decks. But its true that it dosn't fit on any table in any game-shop. In my opinion its a "B"
That "Rubbery Plastic" is neoprene, the same material used in wetsuits. It comes in a variety of thicknesses and should not be left in direct sunlight as it will degrade.
I wanted to call it neoprene, but couldn't find 100% confirmation on any of the websites that it is actual neoprene and not just neoprene-like substance. So I played it safe with my wording. But, yeah, neoprene.
Another great thing not mentioned in the video about inked playmats is that they come in a durable, reusable tube that protects your mat, alleviating having to by a monster/UP tube. Also the old KB spellground mats can run upwards of $200-$300 dollars for the old two player mats. Even the single player mats are expensive. Good to hear that they will be coming out with more!
***** Yeah, I wish I had talked more about Inked, as they are now my Playmat of choice, but it was an early video and I wasn't yet grading every single item. Maybe I need to do a followup. As for Khalsa Brains, yeah those old mats go for big bucks, but when they come out with new ones they are much more in the normal price range.
Tolarian Community College What do you think about spellground mats? I'm thinking of investing in a playmat that I can use for Magic, Yugioh and Pokemon instead of buying 3 different ones.
I bought an ultrapro playmat and only afterwards wondered how good it was compared to others companies. Given their reputation with sleeves and binders I was nicely surprised.
You make me want to take better care of my cards. I'd always considered double-sleeving and playmats to be overkill (I remember a pro calling out people who brought playmats to GPs for being "noobs"), but the reasoning in these videos is sound, and I do listen to logic above all else. Thanks for changing my opinion!
I live in a small town in the uk and there's only 1 place I can get mtg stuff from and even then its limited stuff as the place is tiny but no where, where I live sell mats so I currently use a cloth hand towel until I order my playmat as its the right size and works fairly well
Well, in a situation that I have, a tube makes sense for keeping my playmat in good condition, because when I go to school, I keep my mat in my backpack with my books, and it can get cramped in there, and while constantly pulling out books and putting them back in, the mat unravels, twists around, and can even be squished to the bottom when I toss a textbook in there. The tube can prevent unraveling and stop the playmat from being pushed around.
The mat he put in it is a special edition made just for prerelease tournament winners. A tube is totally precious for your 'daily driver' but it makes sense for storing a memento
I've taken to using playmats as mouse mats. I only ever use my Shadows Over Innistrad Game Day mat when playing Magic, so I don't mind picking up another one every once in a while to use as a mouse mat. Though I kinda wish the edges didn't wear as badly as they do.
i have been using a world of Warcraft Cryptozoic mat for a long time now, and it has no visible afflictions, feels great, does not slide and has a rather nice design (Battleground master achievement ftw) almost every ultra pro i have seen at my local game store has faded or had some kinda fraying at the edges (maby i look after mine more, i just roll it and stuff it in my laptop bag along with all the other boxes and MTG stuff i take with me.
I would like to hear your oppinion about the new ultra pro soft-touch playmat. Should I buy or better a should I better buy a standard playmat? Thx and Regards
I absolutely adore the Spellground mats by KB Games. If you can afford the $200-$300 for the originals(from 94), it's worth every penny, and if you only want to spend the $30-$60 for new mats, they are quite nice as well. I used to own a crimson(red) mat, and the new seasons line are quite nice as well.
Would it be possible for you to do a review on playmat tubes? In the TCG community I'm part of, they're pretty standard, and used as much for storage and transport as they are for protection.That being said, I've had more than one playmat tube crack on me before, and I've seen some made of thicker or thinner plastic, not to mention to variety of one or two openings. I know Ultra Pro, Monster, and RFG all make some, but the info I get about the differences tends to be rather scattered.
I probably comes off as a dragonshield fanboy, but I have used my DS playmat for years now. I dont remember if it came out like yours did, but mine doesnt curl like that. I also like the extra size since you can have basicly 3 rows instead of 2 for an ultra-pro playmat. :) But I would say both brands offer fine playmats.
I actually was surprised that you didnt go over homemade playmats. many players are either talented with a sewing machine, or have leftover place settings their grandmothers may have made them. I use one myself. The only issue i have with it is that its a tad small, especially for commander gameplay. But thats easily fixable. Other than that, every time i pull it out, i get a ton of compliments (then again it has pikachu on it) and its machine washable quite easily. I can fold it for simple storage at the bottom of my bag, and its easily able to be customized depending on your skills or the makers skills at a sewing machine/loom. That and its actually cheaper to do this than it is to just buy a playmat, depending on the amount of free time you have.
Professor, I recently bought a Star City Games playmat, from the Liz Nugents collection. Please, can you tell me your apinion about the quality of the SCG's playmates? Are they washable? I'm also new at the channel, and i'm surprised of how good your videos are. Very happy of learning magic tricks here ^^
Can you give a quick guide on the proper way to wash the playmats? I have tried with two and they either got destroyed or bleached (albeit that was probably my fault).
One minor observation: Many playmats use latex in the mix. If you have an allergy, you may want to double-check first. That microfiber one does strike me as a potential boon for those with latex allergies.
Sean Riley Fabulous advice, I'm sorry that I did not mention that in this review. Checking with the manufacturer just now, the Khalsa Brain playmat is indeed latex free.
Love your videos. Currently getting back into Magic after a few years break. Have you tried the Artists of Magic playmats? If so, are they any good? Thanks :)
What if chosen to buy a custom mat from say e-bay? Is there anything I should be avoiding or look for like should the description list materials or where they got it from?
Is there going to be an update that includeds ultimate guard? I realize not alot of people use ultimate guards products in comparison to ultra pro but im planning on pick up a new play mat and was wondering on ultimate guards since ive enjoyed their products so far
im going to double sleeve my playmat
I'm gonna get a playmat for my double sleeved playmat
Lol
+BubbyClan :P I'm going to get a protector to protect my doublesleeved playmat
nice the it wont curl
I'm going to double playmat my sleeves.
Protecting Tubes are Plastic that protect my plastic, that protect my plastic, that protect my plastic that protect my cardboard.
One use of a playmat that I haven't seen mentioned, and the primary reason I bought a playmat, is that it's easier to pick cards up off a playmat than it is to pick them off a table. Without a playmat I find it difficult to pick cards up off a table and I feel like I'm risking damaging the cards. With a playmat I can pick cards up with ease.
I recommend a tube protecter that wraps around your tube to protect it while it protects your mat which protects your sleeves which protects your cards.
Also remember to use an inner sleeve and a stasis container to put your tube and quadruple-sleeved sleeves while you are not using them.
+greenghost2008 No double sleeving? Filthy casual.
I'm using my UltraPRO Mats as oversized Mousepads.
This is actually what i was JUST about to ask. They look like theyd make good mousepads.
I am doing the same for mine!
thats genius!!!
If you go to a professional magician's shop, you can get close-up pads. These are like playmats, but thicker and larger, with a softer foam backing so your fingers can get up under the cards. Parlor magicians use these to make sure they can consistently lift cards for sleight-of-hand tricks, and they're a hell of a lot better than anything you can get at an LGS.
5:04 SHE DIDNT DRAW A CARD AT THE START OF HER TURN
McSuilenroc She was nervous about being (slightly) on camera.
Hehe, that's cute. Great video though! Cheers!
Too used to yugioh
Forget the card draw. 45° sloppy tapping is the problem that needs to be pointed out.
Common mistake.
This is a great, informative video. Good job :)
"I know we are getting into a silly territory here, of worrying about the plastic that protects the plastic that protects the plastic that protects our cardboard." xD Loved the video btw, VERY informative and true. Thank you for this.
who says we cant wash sleeves, watch me
Hyun-Kun Animations angerey
I'd also note that I recently got a playmat at GP Sacramento, and compared to my inked playmat I bought not very long ago, it is fairly thick in comparison to their inked playmat counterparts. This is really nice for someone like me with really meaty fingers that has a hard time picking up cards (and is one of the primary reasons that I use playmats)
Another great video, I am just getting into magic and before I make any purchases I check your reviews. Again Thank you!
Very helpful, also found the carrying case and sleeve videos to be very helpful as well.
I have that exact dragonshield playmat that you used and it came out fine and works quite well
Finally ordered my own phoenix mat from inked playmats after drooling over yours in so many different videos... love it so much the $20 shipping to england will be worth it!
This is great, thanks for sharing your review. I have been curious about providing my art on game mats and wanted to make an informed decision for quality.
Hi, Im new to Magic and started playing a few months ago. I only have two decks and just watched your video about buying a pre-made commander deck which led me here to playing mats. I have a play-mat but I don't know if it machine washable because there is no tags. I want to save points I get from my hobby shop so i can get a better mat but I like my plain one colored one. I love your videos too and kinda wish you were my English teacher/professor in high school/college.
New to your channel professor, and I must say, I love your videos. Continue the good work sir!
Thank you a LOT! All of your videos have helped me tons! I'm a new player, so all of this stuff is really useful to me! Props to you :)
I have that dragon shield mat. I've had it for years, and after it flattened out I've never had any issues with it. it's great actually
Another great review! Well done. I never knew that I could wash my play mat! Silly me.
Professor, I have bought a dragon shield mat, it came out of the box in perfect condition, no wrinkles, no imperfections, nothing wrong with the quality of it. The only issue with it I have is that one you've rolled it up a few times, when you roll it up it starts to try and open out, it can be easily fixed with a mat tubes, and for a person of my size being broad shouldered and quite the perfectionist for space, this mat is the perfect size, the tables we use at my local card shop is just perfect to fit two of these, one for each player.
Well, I was going to request this one be made, but you beat me to it. Fantastic review as always, and thank you for making this one! :)
I just bought two playmats off of Inked. I hope they get here before the preprelease next weekend!
Informative fun video, and as always awesome music :P
My good sir, you have exceeded my expectations with the pleasant mixture of your articulate syllables, high definition close ups, and a wealth of time saving information. Thank you, and please continue your work. You are a benefit to humanity.
Glad to be of service!
i love this hannel, so informative thank youu
Nice to know it's possible to clean playmats. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has encountered others' dirt-tanned and booger sticky playmats before. I don't personally use them or care for them honestly, but I respect people who respect their mats, thank you for the video
Thanks for the knowledge drop Professor. I didn't know my mat was machine washable nor the proper rolling technique for longevity. Stay groovy.
OMG! Did you see the Lucca T-Shirt the woman is using at 5:20? Professor, I'm a fan of you work and simply love your videos. Thank you for your love and dedication towards this community.
I find this video very helpful! Thank you for making this video.
I don't see why you need a playmat to protect your cards, when mine get dirty I just throw them in the washer.
your pretty amazing i enjoy your videos :) i still feel like there is so much to learn about magic so many possibility its maddening sometimes
I love your videos they always give a good amount of information on what your talking about compared to the "um well its good because um" I normally find on youtube. However I do wish you would do some videos on accessories for smaller trading card games like yugioh I cant decide if dragon hide binders would hold my cards as well as monster or ultrapro.
Fantastic upload, thank you.
BTW, love the videos keep up the great work!
Great review as always. As an aside that mousepad-type material that you call a "rubbery plastic" is properly called neoprene. It's the same stuff in wetsuits and medical devices like soft kneebraces. :D
Great video! I can't believe I missed this one before. I had no idéa that playmats where machine washable. About how warm do you wash a playmat?
That's a pretty nice tube, you should consider investing in some sort of protective covering for it.
Another great video! I was wondering if you were doing a video on non ultra pro deck boxes?
It's coming up!
Subscribed! Thanks for the vid :D
Wow prof, that Inked mat has gorgeous art.
5:02 I literally expletive'd irl when I saw that amazing Lucca CT shirt
I got a great deal on my playmat. I went to my first prerelease (for 2015, just last week!) and they had Ultra Pro mats for 10 dollars. Got a nice Angel one to match my choice of White for the pre-release. At first I wasn't interested in a playmat, but the store I played at has them sitting on the tables at the event and they actually work great as a way to keep your play area yours. I really like using one now.
I bought a mat from Inked. i love the quality, and the art is BEAUTIFUL!!! It's an artist's rendition of Black Lotus, and all my friends love it.
thanks for this ,its very helpful to me
I love your videos!!! Greetings from Pacific Northwest!
I also find gun cleaning mats are great, come in a variety of sizes. And many different ones showing your favorite gun model complete disassembly.
I actually feel the dragon shield ones are best for a few reasons that you actually said they where bad for haha.
1. the large size is great the ultrapro ones are way to small for me i cant fit my game onto it wether im playing edh or a 60 card format. theres just not enough space on the ultrapro ones i often have to put cards on the table next to them
2. i like simple art on my playmats that doesnt destract.
3. the rolled up pr wrinkled feel yours had isnt a universal thing i have 2 and both came out flat
Damn it! I've bought a dragon shield playmat before i've seen this video! I didn't know this channel at the time...
I actually like that Dragon Shield artwork. It may not be the best mat, but that art is badass, man.
I actually have found those generic playmats on eBay to be quite fine. So far, I have not noticed significant wear, they are nice and big, and seem easy to keep clean. I personally find the artwork on the ultra pro playmats to look cool but prefer a plain black background to play on. I love this channel though. Most MTG channels just have people opening booster boxes or packs, which is neat enough to see the cards I guess, but beyond that, pointless. I actually learn good information here. Keep it up, professor!
You should do a review on the HCD gaming mats. I bought one and besides the compliments i have gotten on the detail on the mat, its right up the alley with ultra pro and inkedplaymats. Check one out if you haven't yet.
I'd be happy to. HCD stands for...?
I have the Rise of the Eldrazi fatpack art playmat just got it for $16 my first playmat love it
Very strange with Dragon Shield! I definitely didnt see that one coming.
Yeah, and I've now washed AND ironed that mat TWICE and it still doesn't lie flat. "I do not recommend" is an understatement.
Tolarian Community College What I find funny is that Dragon shield = excellent card sleves, Ultra Pro = meh card sleeves, Dragon shield = sh*tiest playmat, ultra-pro = some of the best playmats.
LordVandervaVonPoopenheimTheTenth Yeah it's funny how inconsistent certain brands are. Hell, maybe there's a really awesome Max Protection product out there? xD
Update; I just got some DG's and stress tested them, they split strait away, but I was being a mong and basically put all of my strength into it.
damn these are good videos
cheers, man!
for that inked playmat, it that a custom image?
Nope, that's the "Phoenix" playmat by Mythic Mats: www.inkedgaming.com/collections/art/products/copy-of-phoenix
Tolarian Community College what about ultimate-guard play mats? Are they good?
awesome videos man! , keep up the good work (y)
Well they also sell carrying cases to protect the plastic protecting the mat protecting the plastic protecting your cardboard at my local game store.
Professor, i made an total different experience with the dragonshield playmats.
I bought my dragonshield mat (as far as i remember) 5 years ago and i use it up to 3 days a week since i bought it. I always roll it and it never ever looks like yours.
Maybe it's different from product to product?
About the size of the mat, i love to have a little bit of extra space on the table for many of my decks. But its true that it dosn't fit on any table in any game-shop.
In my opinion its a "B"
That "Rubbery Plastic" is neoprene, the same material used in wetsuits. It comes in a variety of thicknesses and should not be left in direct sunlight as it will degrade.
I wanted to call it neoprene, but couldn't find 100% confirmation on any of the websites that it is actual neoprene and not just neoprene-like substance. So I played it safe with my wording. But, yeah, neoprene.
it was grate like your other videos thanks
Another great thing not mentioned in the video about inked playmats is that they come in a durable, reusable tube that protects your mat, alleviating having to by a monster/UP tube. Also the old KB spellground mats can run upwards of $200-$300 dollars for the old two player mats. Even the single player mats are expensive. Good to hear that they will be coming out with more!
***** Yeah, I wish I had talked more about Inked, as they are now my Playmat of choice, but it was an early video and I wasn't yet grading every single item. Maybe I need to do a followup. As for Khalsa Brains, yeah those old mats go for big bucks, but when they come out with new ones they are much more in the normal price range.
Tolarian Community College What do you think about spellground mats? I'm thinking of investing in a playmat that I can use for Magic, Yugioh and Pokemon instead of buying 3 different ones.
Tolarian Community College In addition to Inked, have you tried erolj.com, or any other custom playmat sites that you either liked or disliked?
Thanks for the informations!
I also think you should cover this how to clean a playmat because I don't know how and don't want to ruin it
Wish there was a part in this video that pled the track used when your showing of a premium grade item, but I guess playmats have yet to be perfected.
I bought an ultrapro playmat and only afterwards wondered how good it was compared to others companies. Given their reputation with sleeves and binders I was nicely surprised.
You make me want to take better care of my cards. I'd always considered double-sleeving and playmats to be overkill (I remember a pro calling out people who brought playmats to GPs for being "noobs"), but the reasoning in these videos is sound, and I do listen to logic above all else. Thanks for changing my opinion!
I live in a small town in the uk and there's only 1 place I can get mtg stuff from and even then its limited stuff as the place is tiny but no where, where I live sell mats so I currently use a cloth hand towel until I order my playmat as its the right size and works fairly well
After I saw the play-mat tubes I lost it. That was a little insane.
What's next? A play-mat tube container? lol.
Well, in a situation that I have, a tube makes sense for keeping my playmat in good condition, because when I go to school, I keep my mat in my backpack with my books, and it can get cramped in there, and while constantly pulling out books and putting them back in, the mat unravels, twists around, and can even be squished to the bottom when I toss a textbook in there. The tube can prevent unraveling and stop the playmat from being pushed around.
The mat he put in it is a special edition made just for prerelease tournament winners. A tube is totally precious for your 'daily driver' but it makes sense for storing a memento
A momento I can see you would want to protect, that didn't even come to my mind.
I've taken to using playmats as mouse mats. I only ever use my Shadows Over Innistrad Game Day mat when playing Magic, so I don't mind picking up another one every once in a while to use as a mouse mat. Though I kinda wish the edges didn't wear as badly as they do.
i have been using a world of Warcraft Cryptozoic mat for a long time now, and it has no visible afflictions, feels great, does not slide and has a rather nice design (Battleground master achievement ftw) almost every ultra pro i have seen at my local game store has faded or had some kinda fraying at the edges (maby i look after mine more, i just roll it and stuff it in my laptop bag along with all the other boxes and MTG stuff i take with me.
Informative video. Unfortunately, your initial premise is wrong; you *can* clean sleeves.
All it takes is a wet towel
I would like to hear your oppinion about the new ultra pro soft-touch playmat. Should I buy or better a should I better buy a standard playmat?
Thx and Regards
When you say machine washable, what washing speed do you recommend: low, medium, or high?
I absolutely adore the Spellground mats by KB Games. If you can afford the $200-$300 for the originals(from 94), it's worth every penny, and if you only want to spend the $30-$60 for new mats, they are quite nice as well. I used to own a crimson(red) mat, and the new seasons line are quite nice as well.
A V1 spellground could have been had for 200-300 bucks less than ten years ago? Damn. The standard original mats now go for 2k+ depending on condition
Would it be possible for you to do a review on playmat tubes? In the TCG community I'm part of, they're pretty standard, and used as much for storage and transport as they are for protection.That being said, I've had more than one playmat tube crack on me before, and I've seen some made of thicker or thinner plastic, not to mention to variety of one or two openings. I know Ultra Pro, Monster, and RFG all make some, but the info I get about the differences tends to be rather scattered.
I probably comes off as a dragonshield fanboy, but I have used my DS playmat for years now. I dont remember if it came out like yours did, but mine doesnt curl like that. I also like the extra size since you can have basicly 3 rows instead of 2 for an ultra-pro playmat. :) But I would say both brands offer fine playmats.
Lol I got one of the inked one for 7 dollars in the back of my lgs in a cardboard box-best mtg purchase I ever made
When the dragonshield art is your favorite.
What a awesome video.
I bought a dragon shield some time ago, if only i had found this video earlier...
It's never really flat
I actually was surprised that you didnt go over homemade playmats. many players are either talented with a sewing machine, or have leftover place settings their grandmothers may have made them. I use one myself. The only issue i have with it is that its a tad small, especially for commander gameplay. But thats easily fixable. Other than that, every time i pull it out, i get a ton of compliments (then again it has pikachu on it) and its machine washable quite easily. I can fold it for simple storage at the bottom of my bag, and its easily able to be customized depending on your skills or the makers skills at a sewing machine/loom. That and its actually cheaper to do this than it is to just buy a playmat, depending on the amount of free time you have.
Ayyy My arts on inked playmats! (now inked gaming)
How do you wash/clean ultra pro playmats?
Just got my first playmat and don't know how to keep it clean
Professor, I recently bought a Star City Games playmat, from the Liz Nugents collection. Please, can you tell me your apinion about the quality of the SCG's playmates? Are they washable? I'm also new at the channel, and i'm surprised of how good your videos are. Very happy of learning magic tricks here ^^
I personally use monster. Monster playmat holder. Monster deck box. Monster dice bag and monster binder. While using kmc sleeves. All are white.
Can you give a quick guide on the proper way to wash the playmats? I have tried with two and they either got destroyed or bleached (albeit that was probably my fault).
Professor do you think it would be good to get a over sized play mate from inked using a 60 card deck?
Where did you buy the Khalsa Brain Games mat? Is it available online?
Hey professor, I was about to purchase some legion sleeves, and noticed that they sold play mats as well. Could you review play mats by legion?
One minor observation: Many playmats use latex in the mix. If you have an allergy, you may want to double-check first. That microfiber one does strike me as a potential boon for those with latex allergies.
Sean Riley Fabulous advice, I'm sorry that I did not mention that in this review. Checking with the manufacturer just now, the Khalsa Brain playmat is indeed latex free.
When I wash my playmat, do I throw it in the drier as well? Also, what settings should my washer and\or drier be on when performing this task?
If you roll up the play mat won't the dirt that's on the table follow with the back side and make the front dirty as well.
Love your videos. Currently getting back into Magic after a few years break. Have you tried the Artists of Magic playmats? If so, are they any good? Thanks :)
I have not yet had a chance to check them out. Right now my top pick for playmats is inkedplaymats.com
Thanks I will take a look at them though I live in the UK so shipping might be a problem or expensive.
What if chosen to buy a custom mat from say e-bay? Is there anything I should be avoiding or look for like should the description list materials or where they got it from?
Any thoughts on playmats from "Gordian Knot"?
Are they washable?
Are they durable?
...or those are "one-time use" only?
What's the best way to wash my play mat? Do I use detergent or just run it through without? And i should just hang dry it right?
Would the khalsa brains playmats still fit in the tubes? They are quite a bit bigger and I want to know before I make a purchase.
Is there going to be an update that includeds ultimate guard? I realize not alot of people use ultimate guards products in comparison to ultra pro but im planning on pick up a new play mat and was wondering on ultimate guards since ive enjoyed their products so far
Not to mention, the awkward size of the Dragon Shield mat makes it impossible to find a tube that fits it (I haven't found one yet)