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by shunterino
Mon Oct 28, 2024 8:45 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: The House of the Rising Spade
Replies: 592
Views: 91395

Re: The House of the Rising Spade

The key on the bottom of the ace of hearts is a great example of what distinguishes great cold foiling from Cartamundi and many others. So much detail lost. I notice the keys on the AoS still show the original key so now it doesn't match. Seem like a lazy error although I'm sure it was deliberate b...
by shunterino
Wed Oct 16, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: The House of the Rising Spade
Replies: 592
Views: 91395

Re: The House of the Rising Spade

So the year is MMXXIIII? Nice try.
by shunterino
Wed Oct 16, 2024 4:50 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Monster Cereals by Fulton's
Replies: 30
Views: 1794

Re: Monster Cereals by Fulton's

These are pretty horrible in every respect. If they were USPCC and 7.99 than fair enough but $20 a pop with the same courts for each deck and even the same background on each court card is just a lazy cash crab for Halloween. And fifty bucks for the gilded... Chinese companies must offer gilding at ...
by shunterino
Mon Oct 14, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: High Flyers Playing Cards by Squiddle Ink
Replies: 53
Views: 3260

Re: High Flyers Playing Cards by Squiddle Ink

If we're making requests I'd like a Digital Petroglyphs 2. Can't find a copy of that deck anywhere.
by shunterino
Mon Oct 14, 2024 2:53 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Bicycle Wizards, Witches & Warlocks Playing Cards by Gent Supply Co
Replies: 4
Views: 358

Re: Bicycle Wizards, Witches & Warlocks Playing Cards by Gent Supply Co

I like the concept but the execution feels a little bland to me. Comes across like a bunch of people carrying sticks with nothing very magical about them.
by shunterino
Sun Oct 06, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Bicycle Retro Rocket (Pengiun Magic, Sept. 7)
Replies: 28
Views: 2379

Re: Bicycle Retro Rocket (Pengiun Magic, Sept. 7)

You still get free shipping if you wait until you have $100 in your cart Yes but I only buy a deck at a time and months apart so for me personally it isn't a valid option. I do appreciate they are trying to offer the best prices they can but the only temptation will be if they produce a really stel...
by shunterino
Sun Oct 06, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Bicycle Retro Rocket (Pengiun Magic, Sept. 7)
Replies: 28
Views: 2379

Re: Bicycle Retro Rocket (Pengiun Magic, Sept. 7)

Depends. If you already own a deck and live in the UK then no, it isn't.
by shunterino
Sun Oct 06, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Bicycle Retro Rocket (Pengiun Magic, Sept. 7)
Replies: 28
Views: 2379

Re: Bicycle Retro Rocket (Pengiun Magic, Sept. 7)

To be honest it doesn't matter anymore. Now that they've raised their shipping prices there's no reason to trawl through the horrendous search UI to find decks, much better value to use Vanishing or JPG for stuff. Shame really. If they had bothered to fix their site before the price hike I might sti...
by shunterino
Sun Oct 06, 2024 3:59 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Room 237 by Penguin Magic
Replies: 41
Views: 5158

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

I don't really see how making it slightly closer to two-way makes any difference. Either it's symmetrical or it isn't. If anything they've made it worse because it's now more difficult to sort the cards out. It always bugs me when a geometric design that could easily be two-way isn't for some reason...
by shunterino
Sat Oct 05, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Room 237 by Penguin Magic
Replies: 41
Views: 5158

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

None of their in-house decks are USPCC anymore but this is still a cool deck, worth getting if you don't have it already I'd say. Personally I prefer it to the similarly themed Overlook deck in terms of art and design. And their ultralux cards handles okay. I think the general consensus is it's a Ch...
by shunterino
Fri Oct 04, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: High Flyers Playing Cards by Squiddle Ink
Replies: 53
Views: 3260

Re: High Flyers Playing Cards by Squiddle Ink

Looks really great. Still doing special shipping rates for the UK massive, right?
by shunterino
Fri Oct 04, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Bicycle Retro Rocket (Pengiun Magic, Sept. 7)
Replies: 28
Views: 2379

Re: Bicycle Retro Rocket (Pengiun Magic, Sept. 7)

I wonder what happened with the site revamp.
by shunterino
Fri Oct 04, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Room 237 by Penguin Magic
Replies: 41
Views: 5158

Re: Room 237 by Penguin Magic

Different printer, the old one was USPCC. Also looks like the cardback is slightly different but still one way which is annoying. If it was two way I think I would have picked up a copy, although they no longer do free shipping so that sucks all around.
by shunterino
Fri Sep 20, 2024 5:40 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Ronin by kings wild project
Replies: 50
Views: 3079

Re: Ronin by kings wild project

So, I like this deck. I like the art, the name Ronin is cool, the pips are fine, overall it fits into the kind of strongly themed deck I like. My only issue is with the tucks. It feels very basic to me. Not that you can't have cool minimalist tuck design and I'm sure it cuts down on costs and simpli...
by shunterino
Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:51 am
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Hello, I'm a collector and artist
Replies: 15
Views: 716

Re: Hello, I'm a collector and artist

Hey, welcome. I like your deck concept and you seem to have a good eye for colour combinations. Are you planning on having symmetrical card backs? I'm curious which 100 decks caught your fancy over the last 15 years, do you have a Portfolio52 account?
by shunterino
Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Superman by Theory11 (ill. Ty Mattson, Clark Orr, Adam Moore)
Replies: 57
Views: 2954

Re: Superman by Theory11

Might have to snap this one up. Up and away the most interesting release T11 have put out in a while.
by shunterino
Fri May 24, 2024 12:59 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Bicycle Hesslers Enhanced playing cards - available now
Replies: 68
Views: 9062

Re: Bicycle Hesslers Enhanced playing cards - available now

Both Penguin and Vanishing are showing a "restock" date as June 3rd which is probably the release date. Are you sure the sold out page isn't just a place holder so they could get the page up early?
by shunterino
Tue May 07, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: P52 Debut Deck 'Odd Fellows' by Stockholm 17
Replies: 402
Views: 145215

Re: P52 Debut Deck 'Odd Fellows' by Stockholm 17

I think I would back if there was a foiled front and back with no gilding version. Don't like gilded decks, the handling, the flaking off, the tacky look of shiny gold paint all turn me off and I already have a couple of decks in the range so I feel my interest in the Odd Fellows is no longer piqued...
by shunterino
Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:41 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Tragoedia Macbethi Playing Cards - Experience the Tragedy of Macbeth
Replies: 68
Views: 3785

Re: Tragoedia Macbethi Playing Cards - Experience the Tragedy of Macbeth

Legends is definitely worth looking into, as is WJPC who I believe offer various deals to first timers.
by shunterino
Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Tragoedia Macbethi Playing Cards - Experience the Tragedy of Macbeth
Replies: 68
Views: 3785

Re: Tragoedia Macbethi Playing Cards - Experience the Tragedy of Macbeth

$22k is a very high target for a first time deck. That has nothing to do with the value of what you're offering, it just means 22k is too high full stop, so cut your cloth accoridingly. If you can't offer those decks for less, change what you're offering. A reasonable first time effort would be in t...
by shunterino
Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Tragoedia Macbethi Playing Cards - Experience the Tragedy of Macbeth
Replies: 68
Views: 3785

Re: Tragoedia Macbethi Playing Cards - Experience the Tragedy of Macbeth

So I had my eye on these, art looks good (although the Limited is so much better than the standard I'm not sure it was worth making this two decks) but as usual the shipping is just way too much for me to even be on the fence. £10 for one deck from a UK designer when I'm in the UK is just... I reali...
by shunterino
Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:06 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Unfortunate Portrait Playing Cards
Replies: 10
Views: 806

Re: Unfortunate Portrait Playing Cards

Which James Bond is the seven of spades supposed to be do you think?
by shunterino
Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:13 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Composers 2nd Collection by SixtyFour Playing Cards
Replies: 12
Views: 914

Re: Composers 2nd Collection by SixtyFour Playing Cards

So this is a standard deck with a composer on the tuck? I don't see the point of attaching a famous composer to the deck if that's all you're going to do with it.
by shunterino
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:18 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Master of Keys by Lonely Joker Cards (Todd Merrifield)
Replies: 31
Views: 2312

Re: Master of Keys by Lonely Joker Cards (Todd Merrifield)

I would say the 'this place is toxic and does the card collecting community not favours' comment appears here every few months. And not always provoked by Harvonsgard. And frankly, those comments are overblown and wrong. This place serves the card collecting community more than any other site on the...
by shunterino
Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:49 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Eye of the Ocean | Part 2 - Stockholm17
Replies: 197
Views: 14207

Re: Eye of the Ocean | Part 2 - Stockholm17

I like the courts enough to get a deck but I'll probably back out once it hits the 'upgrade' to gilded. I know people like things to be shiny but it doesn't appeal to me at all. To be honest I don't even like the edging, I find coloured sides to be gaudy and unnecessary.
by shunterino
Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:58 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Bloom Sapphire by Emilysleights52
Replies: 33
Views: 2626

Re: Bloom Sapphire by Emilysleights52

Looks like my words will remain uneaten. The male courts aren't anywhere near as nice as the female ones and way too many top hats all over the place. Better than those awful seahorse courts but still too repetitive and too blue.
by shunterino
Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Bloom Sapphire by Emilysleights52
Replies: 33
Views: 2626

Re: Bloom Sapphire by Emilysleights52

I agree that court looks good and is a vast improvement on her other efforts. I will definitely check out the deck when it goes live. My main concerns would be repeating courts and all of them being the same colour. Which may be part of the theme but I think would be a little too drab for my tastes....
by shunterino
Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:22 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: Abstrakt Playing Cards by Neil Bromfield
Replies: 7
Views: 666

Re: Abstrakt Playing Cards by Neil Bromfield

The courts seem okay but the backs are awful. Grey with the name of the deck on them in grey. Couldn't be more bland.
by shunterino
Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:36 am
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: La Mouche by Elettra Deganello
Replies: 59
Views: 184324

Re: La Mouche by Elettra Deganello

Now that I have a better idea of what this deck is I have to say it isn't for me. It has the feel of someone having lots of good ideas but they can't choose between them so they decide to cram all of them in. It ends up being a mish mash and feels more like a Frankendeck, which aren't unpopular but ...
by shunterino
Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: New & Custom Decks
Topic: La Mouche by Elettra Deganello
Replies: 59
Views: 184324

Re: La Mouche by Elettra Deganello

I really like the illustration of the hand that's on one of the tucks. I wish someone would do a deck in that style. Or maybe there already is one?