*OFFICIAL* 2018 'Deck of the Year' Awards

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Hello all and welcome to UC's official 2018 'Deck of the Year' Awards! (or as we like to refer to them as, the DOTYs )

As the year draws to an end and a new begins, the 'Deck of the Year' Awards is a time for the United Cardists community to come together and reflect upon all the amazing decks to have been released throughout 2018 and officially recognize those of excellence that have really stood out among the rest in both quality of beautiful craftsmanship & design and show our appreciation to the talented designers & dedicated producers behind them.

Now, before you can participate, there are a few things you first should know, so please be sure to read through the posts below regarding the following:

• Rules of Participation & Voting
• Eligible Decks
• Award Categories & Nominations
• Prize Donations & Prize Giveaway Contest
• 'DOTY' Award Winners
• Prize Giveaway Contest Winners
• Additional Announcements

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If you need further clarification on what the DOTYs are and how to participate or have any other questions/comments/concerns/etc. about the 'Deck of the Year' Awards and/or the UC community, please feel free to reach out in our Discussions thread. The DOTYs Discussions thread is specifically for the intended purpose of providing members with the opportunity for open discussion on literally any and all things relating to the running and managing of the DOTYs; so please, don't be shy - join in on the conversation!

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RULES OF PARTICIPATION & VOTING:

• In order to participate in voting for the Deck of the Year Awards, you must be a registered member of the United Cardists forum. If you're not yet registered, you can do so here - best of all, it's completely free! All that is required is agreement to the terms of use of the UC site and a valid email address.
• All register members are allowed to participate in the 'Deck of the Year' Awards and voting is open to any and all members, including designers/producers themselves who are also permitted to vote on their own decks if they so desire.
• Voting will officially be open on January 20th, 2019 at 12AM EST until February 20th, 2019 at 12AM EST.
• There are a total of 15 various award categories in which you may cast votes for. You can choose to cast only one vote for only one category, or one vote for each and every category for a maximum total of 15 but only one vote per category will be accepted. You can learn more about the award categories here in the post below.
• PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR VOTE(S) IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS THREAD. We'd like to keep voting anonymous to deter the loudest voices in the room from possibly domineering over the opinions and/or voting of others. So, in order to do that, votes will only be accepted directly through private message (PM) to either myself, 'PipChick' or to 'DeckAwards'. You will also be messaged back a confirmation PM in return after your vote(s) have been formally received and accounted for.
• To vote, just simply submit a PM with the subject 'DOTY Vote' and write a message containing the name of each deck as well as the category for which you're casting that vote for. You must include the category for each and every vote you cast and please submit all votes within one PM to avoid confusion.
  
  • For example, your message should look similar to the following format:
    

    Best Tuck Case: Deck 'xxxxx'
    
    Best Ace: Deck 'xxxxx'
    
    Best Joker(s): Deck 'xxxxx'
    
    etc....

• IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NEW MEMBERS : If you are a brand new member that has not yet posted before in the forum, your PMing privileges have not yet been activated and you will not be able to send private messages to vote until you do.
  
  • At UC, everyone's first post is screened & curated by our Moderators and must be approved before it shows up & becomes visible to the public in the forums. This is to protect our community and it's users as a way to combate automatic posting by "Spambots" that try to post garbage or links to pirated software. We just want to make sure that YOU are not a bot and are in fact an actual, living & breathing human being behind the screen.
    
    So, if you don't see the PM button below each user's name & avatar, it's because you haven't posted enough to activate your privilege to do so. But don't worry! If this is the case for you, please reach out by posting a comment in our Discussions thread. The DOTYs Discussions thread is specifically for the intended purpose of providing members with the opportunity for open discussion on literally any and all things relating to the running and managing of the DOTYs; so please, don't be shy - join in on the conversation! And in doing so, earn your PMing privileges to participate & vote!
• If your vote(s) contain any ineligible deck(s), you will be immediately informed and allowed to submit a new vote. You can learn more about eligible decks here in the post below.
• Participation in voting automatically enters members into the prize giveaway contest for a chance to win one of the various prize bundles donated by our very generous sponsors of UC and the 'Deck of the Year' Awards. You can learn more about prize donations and the prize giveaway contest here in the post below.
• The administrators of UC reserve all rights to revoke anyone's right to participation in voting should there be any suspicion of dishonest activities. (this also includes their entry into the prize giveaway contest)
• Any and all sponsors have the right to change any prize donation(s) without prior notice.
• The administrators and moderators of UC reserve the right to amend any of the rules above without prior notice.
• Prizes from our sponsors will be chosen by assigned winners in the order by which final placement of participants were randomly generated by a list randomizer used by the Administrators. You can learn more about prize donations and the prize giveaway contest here in the post below.
• Prize Giveaway winners will need to respond to claim the prize they'd like to receive within 72 hours of being notified to make their selection among those still available and publicly post in this thread of the prize they have selected.

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ELIGIBLE DECKS:

• Decks eligible for this year's 'Deck of the Year' Awards must have been released and available to the public between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2018. Any decks released in 2017 or earlier do not qualify; therefore, are ineligible to receive an award and the vote will be invalid.
• If the deck is from a 2017 or earlier Kickstarter (KS) campaign, but was delivered in 2018, it qualifies for this year's Awards. However, if the KS campaign started shipment at the end of 2017, and decks were delivered/received by some backers in 2017 and some in 2018, it does not qualify as technically it was made available in 2017, even though not yet to everyone.
• Reissued variations/editions of established decks released prior to 2018 may be declared ineligible if no significant change(s) were made to the original design. Reprinted decks are not eligible at all.

As per the rules of participation above here:

• If your vote(s) contain any ineligible deck(s), you will be immediately informed and allowed to submit a new vote.

If you are unsure whether a deck qualifies for the 2018 'Deck of the Year' Awards, you may either refer to this google doc here of a master list of all decks to have been released in 2018 or, even easier, feel free to ask the community in our DOTYs open discussion thread here.

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AWARD CATEGORIES & NOMINATIONS:

Don't know which decks to vote for or in which category to vote for them in? No problem!

Over the past few weeks, members of our community have anonymously submitted dozens of personal nominations of decks for each of the various award categories found below. These nominations were made to shine the spotlight on some of the amazing decks not just eligible for the 'Deck of the Year' Awards, but worthy of serious consideration in voting. You may view these nominations, along with tons of pictures for side-by-side comparison of the best of the best, in a thread that can be found here.

However, if you don't feel that any of the nominated decks deserve your vote, you may always choose to cast a vote for any other eligible deck that was released in 2018 even though it hadn't been explicitly nominated for a particular category as well - so no need to feel pressured that you must only choose from those nominated.

As per the rules of participation above here:

• There are a total of 15 various award categories in which you may cast votes for. You can choose to cast only one vote for only one category, or one vote for each and every category for a maximum total of 15 but only one vote per category will be accepted.

List of Award Categories is as follows:

• Best Tuck Case
  
  
• Best Ace
  
  
• Best Joker(s)
  
  
• Best Gaff / Extra Card(s)
  
  
• Best Pips
  
  
• Best Courts
  
  
• Best Use of Color
  
  
• Best Back
  
  
• Best Deck For Fanning
  
  
• Best Deck For Cardistry / Flourishing
  
  
• Best Deck For Magic
  
  
• Best Non-Poker Deck
  
  
• Best Rookie Deck
  
  
• Best Innovation
  
  
• Best Overall Deck

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PRIZE DONATIONS & PRIZE GIVEAWAY CONTEST

The 'Deck of the Year' Awards and the Giveaway Contest have been made possible and brought to you by the contributions of the UC Community as a whole through the tireless efforts, investment of countless hours, unwavering support and generous donations from dedicated members like you. Prizes have been generously donated by members of the UC community to show support of UC & to help sponsor and promote the 'Deck of the Year' Awards. Thank you!

Donations can be made by anyone, be of any size or value, and be anything relating to playing cards, cardistry and/or magic. Donations are still being accepted and will continue to be so all throughout voting and up until prior to announcement and presentation of the Awards on March 1st, 2019 to all designers/producers in recognition of their amazing work. If you'd be interested in also contributing to UC and the 'Deck of the Year' Awards, please consider showing your support by making a donation of your choosing and declaring it in our 'Prize Donations' thread here. Any and all donations are very much appreciated and we all thank you for helping to make United Cardists the amazing community that it is.

List of current prizes that will be available for the prize giveaway contest have been donated by the following members of the community and, those in yellow are still available for selection from winners, those in red have been claimed by a winner and is no longer available for selection from another winner:

• Lotrek
• 1 x SANCTUS (signed)
• 1 x Arabesque: Gold, Collector's Edition (signed)

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• Stockholm17
• 1 x Mixed Half-Brick of the following Decks:
  
  • 3 x House of the Rising Spade: Faro Edition
  • 3 x House of the Rising Spade: Cartomancer Edition
• 1 x Custom House of the Rising Spade Carat Case with laser-etched graphics on the lid

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• JacksonRobinson
• 1 x complete 1-year subscription of the 2019 Kings Wild Shorts Series

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• IAmTheChin
• 1 x Mystery Brick of Decks

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• jodyeklund
• 1 x Brick of 'Top Aces of WWII': Limited Edition Decks

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• guru
• 1 x one of a kind, special hand-painted Ganjifa card (with or without frame included)
  
  OR
• 1 x Motley Pack: Heritage Edition (Artist Proof / Prototype Deck featuring different back design)
• 1 x Divine Art (Artist Proof / Prototype Deck featuring different back design)
  
  Costs of shipping within Australia included; costs of International shipping outside of Australia will be paid for by the winning recipient. Pic of donation can be viewed here.

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• 4HOGS Games
• 1 x Half Brick of Draconic Decks

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• montenzi
  
  choice of either:
• 2 x HELLO TIKI: V2 (any color variant)
  
  OR
• 2 x custom green NEO: WAVE variant as part of an EXTREMELY limited MPC print run of only 7 total

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• montenzi
  
  choice of either:
• 2 x HELLO TIKI: V2 (any color variant)
  
  OR
• 2 x custom green NEO: WAVE variant as part of an EXTREMELY limited MPC print run of only 7 total

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• shermjack
• 1 x Set of 10 Prototype Carate XCB Cardboard Brick Box with Viewing Window
  
  Costs of International shipping included. Pics of donation can be viewed here.

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• Diavoli
• 1 x Mixed Half-Brick of the following Decks:
  
  • 3 x VOODOO
  • 3 x HYPNOTIK

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• misterharmanko
• 1 x JacksandJokers Club Membership
  
  More information about the Club Membership can be found here.

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• misterharmanko
• 1 x JacksandJokers Club Membership
  
  More information about the Club Membership can be found here.

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• Bradius
• 1 x Complete set of the Standard Edition Planets Series
• 1 x 8-deck Carat Case
  
  Costs of Domestic shipping included; costs of International shipping will be discussed & worked out with the winning recipient. Pic of donation can be viewed here.

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• caniveski
• 1 x Mixed Half Brick of the following Decks:
  
  • Eva
  • Sins: Mentis Edition
  • Sins: Corpus Edition
  • Sins: Anima Edition
  • Into the Weird
  • Draconian: Wright Edition

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• TwoPiece
• 1 x Mixed Brick of Mystery Decks
  
  Costs of shipping included.

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• JuFiN
• 1 x Mixed Brick of Mystery "seconds" Decks:
  
  • 10 x sealed decks in cello with a few minor bumps that do not harm the contents
  • 1 x opened deck with cut seal in good condition
  • 1 x sealed deck without cello and bottom fold of tuck in fair condition

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• sinjin7
• 1 x Mixed Brick of the following Decks:
  
  • No. 17 Prototype deck (Limited Edition of only 530 ever printed)
  • Tally Ho: 2018 Cardistry Con Edition
  • Gold Madison Revolver
  • 2016 Bicycle 7-Eleven Deck, coupon included
  • Lone Star Deck
  • Voltige: Blue Edition with side-opening tuck case
  • Pagan: Blue Edition
  • Empire Keeper: Foil Edition
  • D&D Mirror: 2012 Reprint Edition of the Smoke & Mirror decks
  • Gold Artifice
  • BRuT
  • The Hive: Green Edition
  All decks are brand new & sealed. Costs of Domestic shipping included; costs of International shipping will be split with the winning recipient. Pics of donation can be viewed here.

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• hsbc
• 1 x Jinto's & Jokers
• 1 x Eneida: UA (Standard) Edition
• 1 x mini mystery novelty deck
  
  All decks are brand new & sealed.

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• Räpylätassu
• 1 x Mixed Brick of the following Decks:
  
  • Clas Ohlson
  • Bicycle Transducer: Fire Edition
  • Four Corners of the World
  • 2015 White Palekh
  • Bharata Major Arcana Tarot
  • Turku Castle: Light Brown Edition
  • Turku Castle: Green Edition
  • 1993 Jurassic Park Deck
  • 1970's Vintage Greek Deck: Green Edition
  • 1970's Vintage Greek Deck: Red Edition
  • Zombie: Black Edition
  • Zombie: White Edition

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• Azazaaz
• 1 x Mixed Brick of the following Decks:
  
  • Hudson: Black Edition
  • D.I.
  • Ecliptic: Limited Edition (#163/3000)
  • Signature Series: Exquisite Player's Edition
  • Friendly Felines
  • Jurassic Park
  • Recuerdo: Muertos Illuminados Edition
  • Snowman Factory
  • Bicycle Strigiformes
  • Bicycle Sumi
  • Sumi: Artist Edition
  • Sumi: Grandmaster Edition
  Costs of shipping included.

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• vasta41
• 1 x Mixed Half Brick of the following Decks:
  
  • Bicycle Packer
  • Bee Erdnase 1920 Acorn Back
  • Bicycle New Era: V2 Silver Edition
  • Bicycle Full Moon: Standard Edition with lenticular motion lens
  • Draconian: Wright Edition
  • Origins (First Edition)
  Costs of Domestic shipping included; costs of International shipping will be discussed & worked out with the winning recipient. Pics of donation can be viewed here.

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Participation in voting for the 'Deck of the Year' Awards automatically enters members into the prize giveaway contest for a chance to win one of the various prize bundles donated by our very generous sponsors of UC and the 'Deck of the Year' Awards.

Winners of the prize giveaway will be selected through a randomized drawing of all entered participants of the giveaway contest using a randomizer site in which to generate a list of winners. Those winners will then have the opportunity to choose their prizes based on the order in which their randomly assigned number was drawn in correspondence to their placement on the list of winners. There will be as many winners selected as prizes donated and made available for the 'Deck of the Year' Awards.

Unless already specified in the description of the prize donation, shipping arrangements will need to be discussed and agreed upon between the member donating the prize and the winning recipient who selected that prize.


As per the rules of participation above here:

• The administrators of UC reserve all rights to revoke anyone's right to participation in voting should there be any suspicion of dishonest activities. (this also includes their entry into the prize giveaway contest)
• Any and all sponsors have the right to change any prize donation(s) without prior notice.
• Prizes from our sponsors will be chosen by assigned winners in the order by which final placement of participants were randomly generated by a list randomizer used by the Administrators.

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'DOTY' AWARD WINNERS

'Deck of the Year' Awards for each category will be presented to designers/producers that earn the most number of votes as casted by participating members of the UC community, as well as their placement - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd - as determined by the number of votes casted and will be announced on March 1st, 2019.


BEST TUCK CASE

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • Luna Moon / Helius Sun / Ester Star: Deluxe Editions, designed by Kevin Yu & produced by BOCOPO (USPCC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE - TIE:
  
  • ARABESQUE: Collector's Editions, designed by Lotrek (OPC)
  • HANA: Signature Editions, designed by Steve Minty (EPCC)
  
  
  4th PLACE :
  
  • House of the Rising Spade: Gatekeeper, designed by Lorenzo Gaggiotti - Stockholm17 (Cartamundi / USPCC & tuck by OPC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • 2018 NPCCD Series, designed by Alexander Chin (USPCC)
  • Deck the Halls, designed by Jackson Robinson - Kings Wild Project (Shuffled Ink & tuck by EPCC)

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BEST ACE

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • House of the Rising Spade, designed by Lorenzo Gaggiotti - Stockholm17 (Cartamundi / USPCC & tuck by OPC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • Hudson, designed by Dan Gretta & produced by Theory11 (USPCC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE :
  
  • Nouveau Gemmes, designed by Karin Yan - Bona fide Playing Cards (EPCC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • ARABESQUE: Collector's Editions, designed by Lotrek (OPC)

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BEST JOKER(S)

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • House of the Rising Spade, designed by Lorenzo Gaggiotti - Stockholm17 (Cartamundi / USPCC & tuck by OPC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • OUTLAW, designed by Lee McKenzie - Kings & Crooks (USPCC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE :
  
  • Maduro, designed by Jackson Robinson - Kings Wild Project (EPCC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • Kalevala, designed by Ishan Trivedi & produced by Sunish Chabba - Guru Playing Cards (USPCC / WJPC)
  • The Iron Horse, designed by Jody Eklund - Black Ink Playing Cards (LPCC)
  • Impasto, designed by Nicolas Oliveros & Santiago Forero - Obec Studio (USPCC)

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BEST GAFF / EXTRA CARD(S)

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • Mechanic Optricks: Red Edition, designed by Mechanic Industries (USPCC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • Delirium, designed by Giovanni Meroni - Thirdway Industries (USPCC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE :
  
  • Odissea, designed by Giovanni Meroni - Thirdway Industries (USPCC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • Kalevala, designed by Ishan Trivedi & produced by Sunish Chabba - Guru Playing Cards (USPCC / WJPC)

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BEST PIPS

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • HANA, designed by Steve Minty (EPCC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • House of the Rising Spade, designed by Lorenzo Gaggiotti - Stockholm17 (Cartamundi / USPCC & tuck by OPC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE - TIE :
  
  • Culminus Vol. III, designed by Nicolai Aarøe (NPCC)
  • Ragnarok, designed by Nicolai Aarøe & produced by Design Imperator (NPCC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • ARABESQUE: Collector's Editions, designed by Lotrek (OPC)
  • VOODOO, designed by Sam Hayles - DOSEprod Studio & produced by Sven Jochen Philipp - Spielkartenshop (Cartamundi)

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BEST COURTS

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • House of the Rising Spade, designed by Lorenzo Gaggiotti - Stockholm17 (Cartamundi / USPCC & tuck by OPC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • ARABESQUE: Collector's Editions, designed by Lotrek (OPC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE - TIE :
  
  • CARTOMANCER, designed by Alain Benoit (USPCC)
  • Kings Wild Tigers: Limited Edition, designed by Jackson Robinson - Kings Wild Project (USPCC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • Kalevala, designed by Ishan Trivedi & produced by Sunish Chabba - Guru Playing Cards (USPCC / WJPC)
  • OUTLAW, designed by Lee McKenzie - Kings & Crooks (USPCC)

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BEST USE OF COLOR

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • Lunatica, designed by Giovanni Meroni - Thirdway Industries (USPCC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • House of the Rising Spade, designed by Lorenzo Gaggiotti - Stockholm17 (Cartamundi / USPCC & tuck by OPC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE :
  
  • NEO: WAVE, designed by Montenzi (USPCC & Cartamundi)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • Baha Mar Casino: Junkanoo, designed by Peter Dunham & Linnea Gits - UUSI (EPCC)

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BEST BACK

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • ARABESQUE: Collector's Editions, designed by Lotrek (OPC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • Sisterhood of Blood: Vol. II, designed by Kirk Slater - 52 Ravens (EPCC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE - TIE :
  
  • Nouveau Gemmes, designed by Karin Yan - Bona fide Playing Cards (EPCC)
  • Apothecary Series: II (Seronda Sentiments & Verana Virtues), designed by Alexander Chin (USPCC)
  • DAMASK, designed by Lotrek (OPC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • HANA, designed by Steve Minty (EPCC)

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BEST DECK FOR FANNING

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • LUXX Mandala, designed by Alvin Cheung & produced by JP Games LTD. (LPCC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • OCULUS, designed by Randy Butterfield - Midnight Cards & produced by Mike Wilson/The Doc (HCPC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE :
  
  • Tally-Ho: Cardistry Con 2018 Edition produced by United States Playing Card Co. (USPCC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • Rainbow Unicorn, designed by Brett Gross & produced by De'vo vom Schattenreich - Handlordz LLC (USPCC)
  • Master Series: Dark Lordz, designed by De'vo vom Schattenreich - Handlordz LLC (USPCC)

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BEST DECK FOR CARDISTRY / FLOURISHING

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • Tally-Ho: Cardistry Con 2018 Edition produced by United States Playing Card Co. (USPCC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • Sirius B, designed by Kevin Yu & produced by Riffle Shuffle (USPCC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE :
  
  • Cardistry Ninjas: Kiwi / Wildberry Editions, designed by De'vo vom Schattenreich - Handlordz LLC (USPCC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • School of Cardistry: V4, designed by Edo Huang & produced by Jaspas - New Deck Order (Unknown)

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BEST DECK FOR MAGIC

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • DMC ELITES: V4 Marked Forest Green, designed by Phill Smith & produced by Drummond Money-Coutts (USPCC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • White Regalia, designed by Nick Vlow & produced by Shin Lim (Cartamundi)
  
  
  3rd PLACE :
  
  • Mechanic Optricks: Red Edition, designed by Mechanic Industries (USPCC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • Honeybee: Elite Editions, designed by Randy Butterfield - Midnight Cards & produced by Penguin Magic (USPCC)

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BEST NON-POKER DECK

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • Supra Oracle Deck, designed by Peter Dunham & Linnea Gits - UUSI (EPCC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • Bharata Tarot: Major Arcana, designed by Ishan Trivedi & produced by Guru Playing Cards (WJPC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE :
  
  • The Marigold Tarot, designed by Amrit Brar (PrintNinja)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • Hanami Hanafuda, designed by Antoniette Fazio-Johnson - IndianWolf Studios (LPCC)

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BEST ROOKIE DECK

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • CARTOMANCER, designed by Alain Benoit (USPCC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • The Planets: Mercury, designed by Srdjan Vidakovic & produced by David Goldklang - Vanda Playing Cards (USPCC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE :
  
  • Jinni, designed by Zack Mirza (USPCC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • Gjallarhorn, designed by Elizabeth Hughes - Ethereal Visions Publishing (NPCC)
  • BlackTales, designed by Eduardo Méndez Crocco (USPCC)

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BEST INNOVATION

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • 2018 NPCCD Series, designed by Alexander Chin (USPCC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE - TIE :
  
  • Luna Moon / Helius Sun / Ester Star: Deluxe Editions, designed by Kevin Yu & produced by BOCOPO (USPCC)
  • DAMASK, designed by Lotrek (OPC)
  
  
  4th PLACE :
  
  • COPAG 310, produced by Cartamundi (Cartamundi)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • NEO: WAVE Ultra Edition, designed by Montenzi (USPCC & Cartamundi)
  • Deck the Halls, designed by Jackson Robinson -Kings Wild Project (Shuffled Ink & tuck by EPCC)

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BEST OVERALL DECK

• 1st PLACE :
  
  • House of the Rising Spade, designed by Lorenzo Gaggiotti - Stockholm17 (Cartamundi / USPCC & tuck by OPC)
  
  
  2nd PLACE :
  
  • ARABESQUE: Collector's Editions, designed by Lotrek (OPC)
  
  
  3rd PLACE :
  
  • CARTOMANCER, designed by Alain Benoit (USPCC)
  
  
  Honorable Mentions :
  
  • HANA, designed by Steve Minty (EPCC)

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PRIZE GIVEAWAY CONTEST WINNERS

Prize Giveaway Contest winners will be announced on March 1st, 2019 along with the randomly generated list of winners denoting the order in which they each can select one of the prizes among those that have been generously donated by members of the UC community & sponsors of the 'Deck of the Year' Awards. You can view all current prize donations and learn more about the prize giveaway contest here in the post above.

RANDOMIZED LIST OF WINNERS & the prize they have claimed

1. Gonzalo : JacksonRobinson (1 x complete 1-year subscription of the 2019 Kings Wild Shorts Series)
2. Merlebird : montenzi (2 x custom green NEO: WAVE variant as part of an EXTREMELY limited MPC print run of only 7 total)
3. Risible : Lotrek (1 x SANCTUS (signed) & 1 x Arabesque: Gold, Collector's Edition (signed))
4. yushucc : IAmTheChin (1 x Mystery Brick of Decks)
5. BaconWise : Bradius (1 x Complete set of the Standard Edition Planets Series & 1 x 8-deck Carat Case)
6. Eric Lee : montenzi (2 x custom green NEO: WAVE variant as part of an EXTREMELY limited MPC print run of only 7 total)
7. HFMJ : Stockholm17 (1 x Mixed Half-Brick of House of the Rising Spade: 3 x Cartomancer & 3 x Faro Editions & : 1 x Custom Carat Case with laser-etched graphics on the lid)
8. irtjames14 : misterharmanko (1 x JacksandJokers Club Membership)
9. Calypso : TwoPiece (1 x Mixed Brick of Mystery Decks)
10. JuFiN : sinjin7 (1 x Mixed Brick : No. 17 Prototype deck (Limited Edition of only 530 ever printed), Tally Ho: 2018 Cardistry Con Edition, Gold Madison Revolver, 2016 Bicycle 7-Eleven Deck, Lone Star Deck, Voltige: Blue Edition, Pagan: Blue Edition, Empire Keeper: Foil Edition, D&D Mirror: 2012 Reprint Edition of the Smoke & Mirror decks, Gold Artifice, BRuT, The Hive: Green Edition)
11. SirCrunoke : caniveski (1 x Mixed Half Brick : Eva, Sins: Mentis, Corpus & Anima Editions, Into the Weird & Draconian: Wright Edition)
12. wingedpotato : Räpylätassu (1 x Mixed Brick : Clas Ohlson, Bicycle Transducer: Fire Edition, Four Corners of the World, 2015 White Palekh, Bharata Major Arcana Tarot, Turku Castle: Light Brown & Green Editions, 1993 Jurassic Park Deck, 1970's Vintage Greek Deck: Green & Red Editions, Zombie: Black & White Editions)
13. Saramia : Azazaaz (1 x Mixed Brick : Hudson: Black Edition, D.I., Ecliptic: Limited Edition (#163/3000), Signature Series: Exquisite Player's Edition, Friendly Felines, Jurassic Park, Recuerdo: Muertos Illuminados Edition, Snowman Factory, Bicycle Strigiformes, Bicycle Sumi & Sumi: Artist & Grandmaster Editions)
14. phantom1412 : jodyeklund (1 x Brick of 'Top Aces of WWII': Limited Edition)
15. lightus : guru (1 x Motley Pack: Heritage Edition (Artist Proof / Prototype) & 1 x Divine Art (Artist Proof / Prototype)
16. mbbuckland : vasta41 (1 x Mixed Half Brick : Bicycle Packer, Bee Erdnase 1920 Acorn Back, Bicycle New Era: V2 Silver Edition, Bicycle Full Moon: Standard Edition with lenticular motion lens, Draconian: Wright Edition, Origins: 1st Edition)
17. Anastasia : shermjack (1 x Set of 10 Prototype Carate XCB Cardboard Brick Box with Viewing Window)
18. vasfra : misterharmanko (1 x JacksandJokers Club Membership)
19. Azazaaz : JuFiN (1 x Mixed Brick of Mystery "seconds" Decks: 10 x sealed decks in cello with a few minor bumps that do not harm the contents, 1 x opened deck with cut seal in good condition, 1 x sealed deck without cello and bottom fold of tuck in fair condition)
20. Bradius : Diavoli (1 x Mixed Half-Brick: 3 x VOODOO & 3 x HYPNOTIK)
21. TwoPiece : 4HOGS Games (1 x Half Brick of Draconic)
22. arjun1616 : hsbc (1 x Jinto's & Jokers, 1 x Eneida: UA (Standard) Edition, 1 x mini mystery novelty deck)

CONGRATULATIONS!

If any of the above winners of the DOTY prize giveaway would like to opt out & forfeit their chance to select a prize from the giveaway, please publically announce so as soon as possible. In the event of such a decision, the participant will be removed from the list, and all other winners will be moved up one space. The last remaining slot on the list will be filled by the participant that had been randomly drawn next in the initial drawing. There will be no "re-dos" and any gifting of the prize you select to any other member at UC will need to be arranged outside of this event. If there are any other questions, comments or concerns, please let me know either privately, or post them in the Discussion thread. Thank you.

[PipChick]

ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NEW MEMBERS : If you are a brand new member that has not yet posted before in the forum, your PMing privileges have not yet been activated and you will not be able to send private messages to vote until you do.

• At UC, everyone's first post is screened & curated by our Moderators and must be approved before it shows up & becomes visible to the public in the forums. This is to protect our community and it's users as a way to combate automatic posting by "Spambots" that try to post garbage or links to pirated software. We just want to make sure that YOU are not a bot and are in fact an actual, living & breathing human being behind the screen.
  
  So, if you don't see the PM button below each user's name & avatar, it's because you haven't posted enough to activate your privilege to do so. But don't worry! If this is the case for you, please reach out by posting a comment in our Discussions thread. The DOTYs Discussions thread is specifically for the intended purpose of providing members with the opportunity for open discussion on literally any and all things relating to the running and managing of the DOTYs; so please, don't be shy - join in on the conversation! And in doing so, earn your PMing privileges to participate & vote!

[PipChick]

ALL WINNERS ARE NOW POSTED! CONGRATS TO EVERYONE! YAY!

[arjun1616]

whereeeee??????????

[theCapraAegagrus]

Aren't there only 20 prizes? How are there 22 winners?

[PipChick]

Aren't there only 20 prizes? How are there 22 winners?

because we reached and exceeded montenzi's magic number of 88 participants, he is also donating prizes to two additional winning recipients

[JuFiN]

You should probably add those rewards to the list of options for when people start selecting their prize

[theCapraAegagrus]

You should probably add those rewards to the list of options for when people start selecting their prize

Yes.

[furrukhjamal]

Congratulations to all the winners

[arjun1616]

i didnt win [sob sob]...................

[PipChick]

You should probably add those rewards to the list of options for when people start selecting their prize

Yes.

already done

[RichK]

Hey Amy, I don't see my name on the list. I demand a reshuffle.

Congrats to the winners!

[mbbuckland]

AMAZING! Lucky number 16. I love being a part of this community.

[PipChick]

i didnt win [sob sob]...................

Hey Amy, I don't see my name on the list. I demand a reshuffle.

Congrats to the winners!

yea, I also didn't win a spot on the list of winners! BOO! lol

unfortunately, not everyone can win but the odds were just about 1 in 4 of being drawn with a total of 91 entered participants (95 total voters, but a few opted out of entry into the drawing for the prize giveaway) - the random numbers assigned to each participant were drawn completely blind by Allan and I had literally no part in it other than sending him the total (91) from which to generate a randomized list of numbers, so if you're unhappy with the results, take it up with him

but whether ya love the results or hate 'em, everyone truly did have an equal and fair shot in the giveaway and, in the end, aren't we all winners anyways...

[RichK]

i didnt win [sob sob]...................

Hey Amy, I don't see my name on the list. I demand a reshuffle.

Congrats to the winners!

yea, I also didn't win a spot on the list of winners! BOO! lol

unfortunately, not everyone can win but the odds were just about 1 in 4 of being drawn with a total of 91 entered participants (95 total voters, but a few opted out of entry into the drawing for the prize giveaway) - the random numbers assigned to each participant were drawn completely blind by Allan and I had literally no part in it other than sending him the total (91) from which to generate a randomized list of numbers, so if you're unhappy with the results, take it up with him

but whether ya love the results or hate 'em, everyone truly did have an equal and fair shot in the giveaway and, in the end, aren't we all winners anyways...

Because of your hard work an the nomination process this year was my first time voting so that's a win for me.

[BaconWise]

Honored to have a slot for the prizes, Amy! When my time comes, I will just post in this OFFICIAL thread, correct? Very excited

[JuFiN]

Well looks like you are the lucky first winner Gonzalo!

Chose your reward so we can get to lucky winner number 10 asap

[PipChick]

Honored to have a slot for the prizes, Amy! When my time comes, I will just post in this OFFICIAL thread, correct? Very excited

yep - correct

Now, I'm not gunna be constantly on my computer to keep up with the selection process at all hours as it's really dependent on when those winners first make their decisions/selections and get the ball rollin' so please be patient and I'm sure everyone else will help facilitate what prizes are and aren't any longer available as we go from winner to winner

[CommentNameHere]

If anyone wants to trade their Montenzi Green Neo Wave prize deck for something pretty (or money), PLEASE hit me up.

[arjun1616]

i didnt win [sob sob]...................

Hey Amy, I don't see my name on the list. I demand a reshuffle.

Congrats to the winners!

yea, I also didn't win a spot on the list of winners! BOO! lol

unfortunately, not everyone can win but the odds were just about 1 in 4 of being drawn with a total of 91 entered participants (95 total voters, but a few opted out of entry into the drawing for the prize giveaway) - the random numbers assigned to each participant were drawn completely blind by Allan and I had literally no part in it other than sending him the total (91) from which to generate a randomized list of numbers, so if you're unhappy with the results, take it up with him

but whether ya love the results or hate 'em, everyone truly did have an equal and fair shot in the giveaway and, in the end, aren't we all winners anyways...

well said wowwww really appreciate the effort (still if someone opts out i miiiightttttt win)

[PipChick]

well said wowwww really appreciate the effort (still if someone opts out i miiiightttttt win)

very true - there's always the possibility

[Timmargh]

Curses! (shakes fist at the sky)

Congratulations to all the winners.

[Bradius]

Congrats to the winners. I think the collective voters came up with some great choices. It was hard because all the nominees did a great job!

Special Congrats to Lorenzo for 2018 Deck of the Year!

It turns out TwoPiece and I get in by the skin of our teeth in the drawing.

Super special thanks to PipChick for her tireless efforts in organizing, promoting and running this year's UC Deck of the Year contest!

[irtjames14]

Congrats to all the winners. I started my collecting card hobby back in July 2018 and boy has it really come a long way. And really thankful for having met some very knowledgeable people here on cards! Glad I was able to find this platform and grow more here!

I'm actually very surprised I got selected as a random winner at #8 (given my luck I never get chosen for anything!) Not sure what I exactly want to get though, hmm.... any suggestions? haha


Lastly, huge thanks to Amy/Pipchick for organizing/handling this DOTY award process!!