Art of Play Mystery Deck, Summer Edition

[GandalfPC]

https://www.artofplay.com/collections/p ... er-edition

Back by popular demand, we are excited to offer up a selection of 1,000 of our most treasured playing cards featuring decks such as If an Octopus Could Palm and Overlook along with a selection of both new and out-of-print decks from our catalog.

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[STLBluesNut]

seems like there are many folks out there that like the whole mystery deck thing. i am not one of them. just seems like a way to sell the lower priced decks at a higher price.

[MagikFingerz]

seems like there are many folks out there that like the whole mystery deck thing. i am not one of them. just seems like a way to sell the lower priced decks at a higher price.

That's exactly what it is. The total value of [the few rare decks available plus the buttload of cheap ones] is way less than [price of mystery deck times total amount of mystery decks], guaranteed.

But hey, if the demand is there, I say let the gambling addicts have 'em.

[Entaro]

These were a ton of fun last year and I went back for more like three times... This year they were sold out within like 30 minutes

[onlyonenation95]

These were a ton of fun last year and I went back for more like three times... This year they were sold out within like 30 minutes

crazy I had seen the email but was running around this morning looks this evening and gone very disappointed in myself I do enjoy these cause my kids love the suprise like an early Christmas lol. also the box I wanted the most but missed that too I was able to get the summer bundle but what can you do lol Dec will be the next one

[GandalfPC]

Picked up three bricks of these, first 20 arrived today - these were the decks thus far…

(A crazy quantity for sure, but I wanted to get a feeling for what the mix was for future mystery releases, and I am a bit crazy )

1 cardistry con 2019
3 cardistry con 2018
3 papercuts
2 golden sunrise
2 fantastique
2 balance
2 ARW X BMD
2 makers private reserve
3 overlook

Quite happy with the haul thus far - really wanted an overlook - hoping the next batch will have some octopus - feel it was of good value overall

Frankly this quantity was embarrassingly large for me to post, but as a public service I decided to own up

[GandalfPC]

So has anyone looked under the “void if removed” label yet, or am I going to have to pop one of these open and rip it off?

[hsbc]

Someone on reddit got a Memento Mori in one of these If anyone here ends up with an extra.......

3 overlook

If you want to let one of these go (for a reasonable price ) let me know

[GandalfPC]

Took a peek on ebay to see what unreasonable prices might be - was a bit surprised - knew these were a bit pricy, but hadn't guessed they were moving at over a hundred.

Will have to think long and hard about cracking one open to look under the "void if removed" label...

As for letting one go, would rather let one go for a reasonable trade than a reasonable price

Ebay sold listings, for your shock and bemusement...

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Most current listings trying to make those selling prices look like bargains

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[KingfisherZero]

I have looked under the "Void if Removed" seal. Literally nothing. Stands out as one of the significant disappointments in my lifetime.

[GandalfPC]

That is disappointing, but I am quite grateful you spared me from finding out firsthand, or going to my grave still wondering

[GandalfPC]

Last batch of 16 came in - another great bunch IMO:

3 Momento Mori
2 Overlook
2 Makers Private Reserve
2 Cabinetarium
2 Fantastique
2 Golden Sunrise
1 Cardistry-con 2018
1 Papercuts
1 ARW X BMD

Making the total haul for 36 mystery decks:

5 Overlook
4 Makers Private Reserve
4 Cardistry Con 2018
4 Papercuts
4 Golden Sunrise
4 Fantastique
3 Momento Mori
3 ARW X BMD
2 Cabinetarium
2 Balance
1 Cardistry-con 2019

[GandalfPC]

Family photo…

[hsbc]

Man if I had known there were Memento Moris mixed in I would have picked up a few mystery decks

[Entaro]

"my 36 mystery decks" - well pretty obvious why they sold out so fast lol

[GandalfPC]

Purchased 10 at 10:23am, 10 at 10:32am, 16 at 11:11am - so available close to an hour at least this year

[Entaro]

Purchased 10 at 10:23am, 10 at 10:32am, 16 at 11:11am - so available close to an hour at least this year

How does that work? I was there within 30m on launch and they were sold out

[GandalfPC]

Not sure, just going by my email receipts for the times (from art of play and paypal, so I think times are correct) - I did just come across the mystery packs by accident, hadn’t seen the release notice, so perhaps they were up before the release time - or perhaps some orders cancelled and freed some up at the end…. Perhaps both…

[GandalfPC]

It seems the Makers Private Reserve from the Summer Mystery packs are NOT gilded (corrected after some pain and suffering)

Gilded not yet released…

[HostileTraveler]

I got excited about this and opened the one I got from the Summer Mystery decks. No gilding for me.

[GandalfPC]

Now we have a puzzle on our hands - will have to reach out to madaboutcards and see if there is any way to distinguish the gilded…

Sent a private message on instagram, awaiting response (asked if any way to tell from tuck or seal if gilded, let him know that yours was not)…

Strangely, I see the Buck twins liked his post on the gilding, but made no comment as to not all of them being gilded…

[NativeTongue]

My Maker's Private Reserve doesn't appear to be gilded either (same weight). From the original post about them I took it as they were a separate release.

[GandalfPC]

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This is the one I saw. As seen below, it is refuted later - mystery packs are NOT gilded

[GandalfPC]

Just weighed mine - very sensitive scale - four decks weights are 100.07,100.30,100.32, 100.51 - an exercise that was fruitless as posts above and below describe - none gilded

[GandalfPC]

Seems he made another comment refuting that the mystery decks were gilded, and that they were in fact a new release (not yet available):

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