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Cactus Playing Cards

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Cactus Playing Cards
I have always dreamed about creating my own deck of playing cards. With all the playing cards coming out every year, I felt I had nothing to offer the world. That was until this design came to mind.


I spent two years of my life in the Arizona Desert, looking at the majestic Saguaro every day. Though it was a short amount of time, I fell in love with the desert and the Saguaro. There is no better icon than this cactus to represent the old west, and the history that lives there. I hope this deck will too become a vivid history that lives on.

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Premium stock
1 Double Backer
All custom faces and pips
Two identical jokers
Casino cut card (perfect for game-play, magic or a bookmark)
Printed by the United States Playing Card Company
I took the time to re-create all of the face cards and pips in the deck. I gave the pips an older styling but kept the classic red and black color way. The face cards were redrawn and updated. I took a lot of the old details out and cleaned up the design and helped make the court card faces simpler and more realistic.

The back design proudly displays the Saguaro cactus icon design on Dusty Blue - chosen to represent the haze of the desert days. This simple back design was revised several times to get things just right. Color adjustments, sizing and resizing the cactus icon, no detail was overlooked when completing any of this decks design elements.

The Leading Ace


The Cut Card


Court Cards


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To add extra decks or an uncut sheet, please add the proper amount as stated below:

Each extra deck + $9
Signed deck + $15
Uncut sheet of Cactus Playing cards + $30
Extra sticker sheet + $2
Stickers
Who doesn't love stickers? Whether you stick them to your laptop, car or phone, you can always use extra ones - right? Below is an example of the sticker sheet you will receive with your playing cards.


Stretch Goals
$7500 - Traditional Cut
$7500 - Crushed Stock
**MORE TO COME**
Cactus Desert Casino

With no physical location, the Cactus Desert Casino represents the gamble one takes with their life when exploring the desert. A risk that will return a reward in its beauty and in the adventure. In that same way the Cactus Playing Cards will bring beauty too and continue adventure with your playing card endeavors.



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This project is a very important thing to me. And being my first Kickstarter project, I want to oversee all the aspects of it. My family and I will be packaging and sending out each and every package. I can guarantee things will be checked, double checked and and sent out as fast as possible.
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Easy pass on this campaign ... yuck.
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It's like a squeezers wannabe except not feeling special at all.
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I was hopeful when I saw the title of the thread because for some reason I think a cactus themed deck would be cool. But this isn't it. Too minimal.
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I like the stickers lol

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So this is an obvious pass, but I LOVE the inclusion of a cut card. For those who play poker, cut cards or cover cards are the most obvious/easiest add-on or stretch goal that I feel should be included in just about any campaign. A good quality, long-lasting, plastified card that displays a designer’s own branding could potentially last a lot longer than any deck and provide free advertisement for said designer. Just something I think we should see A LOT more.
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So this is sth that I'm definitely NOT gonna pick up. Nonetheless, I still feel that the creator has put in effort to modify the faces enough to take away the boredom of Bicycle standard faces. The court faces are all redrawn at least:

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Font and indices are also a lot sharper and modern than normal, seen in Kier's review here:

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PiazzaDelivery wrote:So this is an obvious pass, but I LOVE the inclusion of a cut card. For those who play poker, cut cards or cover cards are the most obvious/easiest add-on or stretch goal that I feel should be included in just about any campaign. A good quality, long-lasting, plastified card that displays a designer’s own branding could potentially last a lot longer than any deck and provide free advertisement for said designer. Just something I think we should see A LOT more.
(Scribbles furiously) Definitely making note of this :D

It looks like the cut card in this case is actually part of the deck, just the 56th card (55 is a double-backer.) Does that change anything for you?
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RelativityCards wrote: It looks like the cut card in this case is actually part of the deck, just the 56th card (55 is a double-backer.) Does that change anything for you?
As someone who used to deal poker professionally, a good cut card is a big deal. If it were me, I would not include it inside the actual deck - but have it as a "gift". You can print it with your branding/logo or in the same style of the deck - but the goal is for the cut card to be used. So even if you deck is on the shelf, the deck currently being used will be cut with your cut card displaying your logo/brand. This is a common thing when you purchase plastic playing cards as those are really meant to be used for serious playing over an extended length of time. I keep all of mine in one of my wooden card caddies, as shown below.
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I would recommend that you possibly create a few designs. The first one being for your brand/logo and series agnostic. This would be something you can toss in a box on every order as a gift/thank you. If it is cool and vibrant and looks good, it will get used, even if your deck isn't. Then, you could make more for each series of decks you create as a gift, stretch goal, etc. They cannot be expensive to make since a 100-count block of colored cuts are $30 at Spinettis. https://spinettisgaming.com/collections ... -size-size .
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Yeah, I am definitely going to look into this for my own projects. Thanks for the insight! :D

On topic, The cactus itself is a pleasing design, and I really dig the ace of clubs. But those courts are a big no for me. I don't know if it's a borderline-trypophobic thing for me or that it reminds me of grossly shaven cartoon skin, but... I'm skeeved out. I'm *sure* that I am in the absolute minority for reasoning on this one :lol:

Edit: I've looked a fair bit and I can't find anyone making custom cut cards except one place that charges $14 for ONE :shock:
Buuuuut I do have access to a laser :geek:
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RelativityCards wrote:Yeah, I am definitely
On topic, The cactus itself is a pleasing design, and I really dig the ace of clubs. But those courts are a big no for me. I don't know if it's a borderline-trypophobic thing for me or that it reminds me of grossly shaven cartoon skin, but... I'm skeeved out. I'm *sure* that I am in the absolute minority for reasoning on this one :lol:

I agree that the cactus is a pleasing design, but they could have done so much more with the courts and incorporating the theme into them. As for the grossly shaven cartoon skin, are you referring to their clothes and the dotted pattern on them? If so, it is very strange looking, but not enough to skeeve me out :lol:
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It's the dotted patterns. I haven't needed to eat for days :lol:
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RelativityCards wrote: It looks like the cut card in this case is actually part of the deck, just the 56th card (55 is a double-backer.) Does that change anything for you?
Yeah, it does. Cut cards should not be of the same stock as the cards being used for play, nor of the same color. Contrast is the name of the game. Sturdy plastic cards with bright colours do the trick just fine.
As someone who used to deal poker professionally, a good cut card is a big deal. If it were me, I would not include it inside the actual deck - but have it as a "gift".
This. Make it an add-on.
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Absolutely hideous.
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Cactus Playing Cards - Sky Shades
🌵 Cactus Playing Cards V2. Printed by the USPCC and fulfilled by Gamblers Warehouse ❤



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V2? Don't tell me there was a ... - holy sh**. There was. Good to know that my hard drive deletes such info. Fingers crossed I'll forget the V2 too.
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Harvonsgard wrote: Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:41 am V2? Don't tell me there was a ... - holy sh**. There was.
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You lot crack me up. That's exactly why I added it on this thread though. :lol:

The first deck is superior in my opinion. I'm not bedazzled by the colors on this one in particular but there's still something going on here. I think he's just shy of keying in on to. . . well that's another deck. This design isn't bad and has potential. If it's clip art, if it's not clip art, doesn't matter either way. This still has more effort in it than some that have funded recently. Not to mention, they got hats and merch on a separate shop, not the kickstarter campaign! That alone makes me hope this campaign funds. :)
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Also these had pledge one get one deck free for the first 48 hours I think.
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