Ultra Pro Eclipse 2-Piece Deck Box Review

The Ultra Pro Eclipse range is designed to be simple, functional and look nice - all without burning a hole in your wallet. Does the 2-Piece Deck Box fit this bill, and how does it differ from the Eclipse PRO deck box? We'll be answering all of this and more, below. 

The Ultra Pro Eclipse 2-Piece consists of 2 halves: a storage compartment and a slide on lid. Both halves are injection moulded with polystyrene into a slight trapezoid shape, with sloped sides to enable the lid to slide on and off with ease. The thickness of the 2-Piece starts at 2mm and gets thicker towards the bottom of the storage compartment, whereas the lid is a constant 1.7mm throughout. 

When the lid is on, a rigid and sturdy shell is formed. Though strong enough to withstand reasonable impacts, the plastic is not the same heavy duty stuff found in Ultra Pro’s Satin Tower and Satin Cube. This thin plastic will crack and break if dropped from a height or crushed with enough force. To add to this, the plastic is easily scratched and marked through regular usage which detracts slightly from its otherwise beautiful looking aesthetic.

The Eclipse 2-Piece: assembled, separated, and the in-built ridges for stack-ability.

The design itself is a simple one, consisting of just the aforementioned 2 halves - no locking mechanism, no frills of any kind. The only ‘feature’ to be found are the raised ridges on the top and bottom of the deck box so that 2-Piece Deck Boxes can be easily and securely stacked together. 

All in all, for such a simple deck box using simple materials, the Eclipse 2-Piece is built with precision and looks fantastic in any of the expansive 12 colour range. We can give this a solid 6/10 for build quality and toughness.

We should start this section by noting that the Eclipse 2-Piece was designed as a storage solution and without security in mind. That being said, we put it through all of our regular tests anyway. 

As always, we filled the deck box under review with 100 double-sleeved cards, flipped it upside down and began to shake with increasing amounts of velocity to find the breaking point of the closure. Considering the lid is designed to slide off with ease, we did not get very far with the 2-Piece and even the force of being upside down is enough to displace its contents. 

An unsurprising result which only confirms the 2-Piece’s intended function as a storage option for decks rather than a deck box to be taken out and about. We score this a lowly 1/10 for security.

The Ultra Pro Eclipse 2-Piece claims to fit 100 double-sleeved cards but this is where we hit a real bump in the road. We can overlook the 2-Piece’s lack of security due to its intended purpose as a storage solution, but we cannot overlook the fact that, at 66.4mm, it has the smallest storage compartment of any 100+ deck box on the market!

This restriction is sorely felt when we tested the fit of 100 double-sleeved cards in varying combinations of inner and outer sleeve. In over 2/3 of the sleeving combinations, the 2-Piece simply could not fit the 100 double-sleeved cards or the fit was so tight that we would not recommend it.  

The only saving grace here is it does fit 100 single-sleeved cards and 100 double-sleeved cards in Ultra Pro’s own inner and outer sleeves, which just so happen to be some of the thinnest sleeves available. To see exactly which sleeve combinations fit into the Eclipse 2-Piece then head on over to our detailed Deck Box Comparison Tool.

As you would expect, this box is only designed for cards. It is a solid plastic box and so could well fit only accessories in it at home, but not if you intend on storing cards in it as well. 

If you are looking for an Ultra Pro deck box with space for accessories then check out the much loved Satin Tower.

A sample from the Eclipse range of colours. There are 12 in total!

The RRP of the Ultra Pro Eclipse 2-Piece is a reasonable £4.99. Slightly more expensive than its cousin the Eclipse PRO, but comfortably cheaper than Ultra Pro’s Satin range.