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LOCK-DOWN DEFENSE

ONCE UPON A TIME, you stored your trading cards in a big binder—filled with stacks of sleeves specifically designed to protect each card. You brought that binder everywhere. You carried it in your backpack. You lugged it to your friends’ houses. You hid it somewhere safe. You kept it close, always.

It wasn’t the most safe or secure approach, however. That

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