by jbabel
Quoted from OP:The box is wonderful, and (unlike other recently-released superhero deckbuilding games) actually features an intuitive way to organize your cards, making setup and breakdown ridiculously simple – seriously, this game is out of the box and ready to play in 45 seconds, with put-away taking just a minute or so of card separation.
I just got my copy and I must say I feel exactly the opposite. The first thing you notice is how 1/3 of it is useless.
There are 3 sections, the left is 1 large hole for your oversized super-hero cards (more on this in a moment).
The next is the middle section, this is a solid design though somewhat limited in it's shortsightedness. The top is 4 divided sections, there is a medium sized middle slot and a large slot on the bottom (some of the top slots are kinda small when thinking of expansions, mostly the super-villain part).
Then we come to the useless 1/3, the right has a sticker that has some markers to show you recommended placement of the cards in the middle section. While nice, it is unnecessary and makes this last third of the box lost space. So instead of a smaller box (and cheaper cost/shipping) or extra storage for expansions we get a sticker...
Back to the first third for the oversized super-hero cards. I just have to ask what the heck were they thinking!? There is no way to store the cards in this slot (without an additional support piece of some kind) without them laying flat in the slot. What's so bad about this you ask? The pre-cut finger slot only goes about half way down and the cards fit snug enough that unless you have long nails (and wish to risk scraping the edges of these cards) or turn the box upside down you cannot get the cards out!
You can't put them on their side and use foam behind them because they stand too tall so the box doesn't close tight (especially with the instructions in the box since they can't lay flat due to the cards sticking up higher).
Yes I sleeve my cards and even if I did not the space issue would be a concern, just instead of a concern for the first or second xpac it would be the second or third.
The OP says the box is intuitve way to organize your cards, this is true because there's only 1 way that make's sense to put them in and even that is not 'intuitive' because there's a spot for both punch and vulnerability cards (the starter cards, 35 and 15 each) and I just put them all in the punch area because I pre-setup my starting decks.
The wasted third, poorly thought out oversized slot and short sighted pre-cut middle section make me give this box a big :thumbsdown: