The last time i played a tcg was back in the 90s when magic first came out. In other words, i might as well be new to tcg.

For not very regular play, what card sleeves would people recommend? I wanted to get clear sleeves but am wondering if different data packs have different card backs or do they all have the same card backs?

Was also thinking of laminating the identites and corps. Is that a good idea?

Thanks!

Nope, all data packs have the same background. There is almost no color difference either (Let's say the red of a runner's cardback being darker in one set and more orange in another). So clear ones should work ok.

Now, if you plan on buying those special draft netrunner packs, and later add those cards to your regular decks, you will need opaque ones, because alltough the backs have the same card art, the way they are printed there is a massive diffrence. This is making them clear to spot and thus making them "marked".

Laminating? Just sleave them should work.

Seconded: draft and alt art cards have slightl hue and color saturation and cardstock variations, so opaque sleeves are the way to go. As for laminating? Couldn't hurt. Although I do lots of proxying for deck testing, and all those spare ID's make good backers for paper cards.

What sleeves would people recommend? I've watched youtube videos recommending KMC hyper mat, Dragon shield and Ultra Pro matte.

Good advice about the alt art card backs. Won a bid on ebay for 3x promotional Adonis Campaign and was about to order some clear sleeves! Guess i will have to stick with opaque sleeves. But which ones? Decisions decisions!

I've used both Dragon Shield and Ultra Pro matte sleeves and they're both fine, really. I feel like Dragon Sleeves are more likely to stick to each other if you press them together (I suspect it might be because their backs are smooth) so I prefer Ultra Pro sleeves because I find them easier to shuffle.

I use Ultra Pro Matte or Legion Matte sleeves just depending on my color preference. I don't like the thickness and curvature of Dragon Shields but that's just me.

Ultra pro- clear. a hundred for a buck.Easy to shuffle and keeps your cards clean just the same.

What about the logo on ultra pro sleeves? Does it not cover up the art on the cards? Am trying to decide between KMC hyper matte and Ultra pro matte.

It's not very obtrusive. KMC hyper mats are nice but so very expensive, and I like to have lots of decks at a time in both AGOT and ANR, so I like a broader variety of colors.

I'm having a lot of fun shopping for accessories. Have yet to play the game but i'm more a collector think i am going for hypermats. The logo on Ultra Pros killed it for me.

Lots of new listings on ebay uk...from sellers in the US! Seriously, the postage and packaging costs a whole data pack and takes two weeks to arrive. Where are all the EU sales!

Legion double matte sleeves are extremely comparable to Ultra Pro in look and quality, but have no hologram. I buy those in blue and red for corp/runner.

Legion sleeves are much larger than Ultra Pro or KMC so i decided not to get those.

Instead, i bought Ultimate Guard supreme matte sleeves. It is slightly cheaper than KMC. I bought perfect size and red and white matte sleeves. The perfect fit seems to be smaller than Netrunner cards! I need to recheck that as my promo cards seem to fit just fine. I couldn't double sleeve them though, which is strange because the pack says perfect fits can double sleeve with standards (maybe standard and matte is different?).

Cards fit in matte sleeves very nicely but you can still make out the back of the cards on the matte side of the sleeve.

I would rate Ultimate Guard Supreme sleeves as average.

Pros: no hologram, matte standard fits nicely, cheaper than dragon shield and kmc

Cons: cannot double sleeve perfect fits with matte sleeves, some perfect fit is smaller than cards (top part of card stick out), matte side not totally opaque

Perfect Fit is not meant to be a card sleeve unto itself. They're the boxer shorts to the pants of a normal sleeve. Most people just go commando, as it were.

the very slight translucency of Ultra Pro Matte and Legion Matte doesn't really bother me. It's more than enough to obscure the printing differences of POD cards.