OATH'S PATREON -details

[Leachy19]

sounds like a plan, how about vancouver since our dollar is worth nothing these days (so traveling to the US is extra expensive lol)

[Leachy19]

Lotrek mentioned to me this morning that an update on Qalif will be coming shorlty.

[Bikefanatic]

My top 10 Lotrek Decks:

1.Golden Oath
2.Arabesque Silver
3.Icons Imperial
4.Damask Blue
5.Black Patrons (White is just as good)
6.Icons Signature
7.Royal Silk Red
8.Icons Anniversary
9.Crypt
10.The Entertainer



11.Fable
12.Liturgy Black
13.Venexiana Gold

[Leachy19]

Great list!

[jasonx73it]

I feel compelled to express my top10 Lotrek decks:

1. Venexiana Gold - it’s where my obsession for Lotrek started, and it also took me a long while to finally secure a copy. But for the whole time I was buying by the thousands left and right, Venexiana Gold has always been my deepest desire
2. Blue Golden Oath - I know I should just say Golden Oath and call it a day but I have a weird fascination for the Blue one. Maybe it’s the missing tuck, the fact that it gets straight in your face with the ace of spade, the stock color or the numbered carat I dunno.
3. Crypt - I love the mystery, the anonymous brown paper case and when you open it, Jesus. First time my jaw dropped to the floor, I love the intricacies, the multiple foils, the details, everything.
4. Blue Damask - when you spread first time and you feel the cards under your fingers, it feels incredible
5. Arabesque Silver - before being obsessed with Venexiana Gold, I was obsessed with Arabesque. Again the intricacies, I was blown away by the pictures, it was something I never saw before and I remember looking on Amazon where I found the three Player’s versions. Young me was very satisfied back then but once I got Gold and Silver years later, oh boy.
6. ICONS Imperial Reverse - the tuck is luscious, the story of the deck makes me shake a little when I hold it in my hands, even through the carat case. It’s probably the most valuable deck I own, and maybe this has some influence on the placement.
7. Qalif - I have to, despite the randomness that might give most of the time a flawed deck. Aside from that, the deck is gorgeous and has a “heaviness” that I like.
8. Royal Silk Red - (Gold/Silver) - of all the Royal Silk variations, this one is as close as it gets to perfection.
9. Tale of the Tempest Prism - what can I say? I like shiny things.
10. Venexiana Signature Editions - just for the hand drawn jokers. I’m just that easily impressed.

[Leachy19]

Thanks Jason, I’m really loving reading these!!!

[laitostarr777]

Are we now sharing Top 10 Lotrek decks? Alrighty, guess I'll share mine - although I am not able to majority of older Lotrek decks, because I discover Lotrek too late, so here is mine:

My Top 10 Lotrek Decks

1. Qalif = Haven't got the deck in my hands yet, but since it shares the same artworks as Mystery III Craft and seeing Willow's photos, I fell in love with the color scheme
2. Mystery III Craft = The amount of details are just very amazing. I definitely amazed on the amount of patterns I see done in hot foiling.
3. Royal Silk Purple = The cards are ALL Gold foil, the artworks, the patterns, everything in gold.
4. Tale of the Tempest Dynastinae = From the tuck box to the cards, the craftmanship is exceptional. While it suffers a reprint (ya know the story), learning the technique in producing the cards intrigues me.
5. Tale of the Tempest Wylenti = The beauty of this deck lies on the patterened borders as well as the inverted back done in gold foil. And what makes this special: the deck was available in the campaign for killer cheap price!
6. The Golden Rule = Love Lotrek's artistic rendition of the old Shakespeare deck. I only owned the Standard one - must be nice to see the Foiled edition...
7. Silk Players = The gold ink plus the shiny gold gilding (so shiny you can see your fingers reflection) is so bling bling blong.
8. Sanctitimus = Love the back design - how it almost resembles Christianity art tome (still hoping for Lotrek to create another Christianity art deck very soon).
9. ICONS Anniversary = Getting this is sort of my redemption of missing the OGs.
10. The Charmers Playing Cards = Classic playing cards designed for magician Kellar O'Neil. One of the Jokers is interesting, hot foil silver to be like a mirror. Although mine has the missed registration, so the foil for that mirror didn't sit in the frame.

[Dplay]

I'll have to limit myself to the decks I own so my list will only be a top 5 (I only came to the hobby during the pandemic and therefore missed a number of releases).

1. Crypt - A couple weeks after I learned of custom playing cards I first heard about this deck. I don't know why I took such a gamble on it back then but something urged me to try and get one on the secondary market. In the end it became the deck that cemented my interest in playing cards. Without it I probably wouldn't be writing this post right here. All that makes it arguably my favorite deck in general.
2. Mystery III Crafts - What can I say other than that it's absolutely intricate and beautiful? That said I'm patiently waiting for Qalif and Mystery III proper.
3. Patrons Black - Elegant, sleek, great frontal fan. I love the gold on red colorway.
4. Royal Silk Red Gold/Silver - I haven't opened mine but I have opened all other Silk variants and I've seen the pictures. I didn't think the interplay between silver and gold would work this well to be honest. Should I ever open it I hope it holds true in reality as well (if not Gold/Gold will take its place here).
5. Fable - Still holds up as one of the more unique pieces I own (doubly so when I bought it). For some reason I really love the black corner of the tuckbox. It's what I always think of first when I think of the deck.

[Leachy19]

Are we now sharing Top 10 Lotrek decks? Alrighty, guess I'll share mine - although I am not able to majority of older Lotrek decks, because I discover Lotrek too late, so here is mine:

My Top 10 Lotrek Decks

1. Qalif = Haven't got the deck in my hands yet, but since it shares the same artworks as Mystery III Craft and seeing Willow's photos, I fell in love with the color scheme
2. Mystery III Craft = The amount of details are just very amazing. I definitely amazed on the amount of patterns I see done in hot foiling.
3. Royal Silk Purple = The cards are ALL Gold foil, the artworks, the patterns, everything in gold.
4. Tale of the Tempest Dynastinae = From the tuck box to the cards, the craftmanship is exceptional. While it suffers a reprint (ya know the story), learning the technique in producing the cards intrigues me.
5. Tale of the Tempest Wylenti = The beauty of this deck lies on the patterened borders as well as the inverted back done in gold foil. And what makes this special: the deck was available in the campaign for killer cheap price!
6. The Golden Rule = Love Lotrek's artistic rendition of the old Shakespeare deck. I only owned the Standard one - must be nice to see the Foiled edition...
7. Silk Players = The gold ink plus the shiny gold gilding (so shiny you can see your fingers reflection) is so bling bling blong.
8. Sanctitimus = Love the back design - how it almost resembles Christianity art tome (still hoping for Lotrek to create another Christianity art deck very soon).
9. ICONS Anniversary = Getting this is sort of my redemption of missing the OGs.
10. The Charmers Playing Cards = Classic playing cards designed for magician Kellar O'Neil. One of the Jokers is interesting, hot foil silver to be like a mirror. Although mine has the missed registration, so the foil for that mirror didn't sit in the frame.

Great list! Thanks for sharing

[Leachy19]

I'll have to limit myself to the decks I own so my list will only be a top 5 (I only came to the hobby during the pandemic and therefore missed a number of releases).

1. Crypt - A couple weeks after I learned of custom playing cards I first heard about this deck. I don't know why I took such a gamble on it back then but something urged me to try and get one on the secondary market. In the end it became the deck that cemented my interest in playing cards. Without it I probably wouldn't be writing this post right here. All that makes it arguably my favorite deck in general.
2. Mystery III Crafts - What can I say other than that it's absolutely intricate and beautiful? That said I'm patiently waiting for Qalif and Mystery III proper.
3. Patrons Black - Elegant, sleek, great frontal fan. I love the gold on red colorway.
4. Royal Silk Red Gold/Silver - I haven't opened mine but I have opened all other Silk variants and I've seen the pictures. I didn't think the interplay between silver and gold would work this well to be honest. Should I ever open it I hope it holds true in reality as well (if not Gold/Gold will take its place here).
5. Fable - Still holds up as one of the more unique pieces I own (doubly so when I bought it). For some reason I really love the black corner of the tuckbox. It's what I always think of first when I think of the deck.

Great list, don't own cyrpt sadly but have the other 4 - I LOVE Fable - that tuck is probably my second fave after silk blue (which imo is the greatest tuck ever created)

[kevork]

[...] my second fave after silk blue (which imo is the greatest tuck ever created)

It really is my favorite tuck ever made

Lotrek had mentioned in an interview that he loves creating decks where other designers can look at and wonder how it was created; in this case, the herringbone foiling on the cards and tuck. I'm sure that really tickles his creator/designer muscle and brings him joy, as it sets him apart from everyone else. How satisfied and proud he must feel.

[armant96]

Hey folks! Does anyone know if there is any difference between x/450 and x/350 numbered Redemption Vol. V decks?

[kevork]

Hey folks! Does anyone know if there is any difference between x/450 and x/350 numbered Redemption Vol. V decks?

I would recommend asking Lotrek in the Patreon chat. It's quite possible he made a mistake since the original Patreon posts indicate a 450 print run for ICONS Celestial.

[brownsl]

I have the most bizarre luck with shipping. It seems like shippers cannot get a package to me if it goes to Indianapolis. I had a problem with FedEx getting me my EotOv2 decks to me when the package got to Indianapolis, now it is USPS. I am about 100 miles away from Indianapolis. With the EotOv2 decks they then went all the way to California which is thousands of miles away. My Qalif decks were in Indianapolis 4 days ago and now are in Florida about a thousand miles aways. I also bought a Lego set on Ebay and the same thing. It was in Indianapolis 4 days ago and it has been saying it is on to the next destination each day since. This seems to be happening to more and more of my packages.

[kevork]

I have the most bizarre luck with shipping. It seems like shippers cannot get a package to me if it goes to Indianapolis. I had a problem with FedEx getting me my EotOv2 decks to me when the package got to Indianapolis, now it is USPS. I am about 100 miles away from Indianapolis. With the EotOv2 decks they then went all the way to California which is thousands of miles away. My Qalif decks were in Indianapolis 4 days ago and now are in Florida about a thousand miles aways. I also bought a Lego set on Ebay and the same thing. It was in Indianapolis 4 days ago and it has been saying it is on to the next destination each day since. This seems to be happening to more and more of my packages.

The post has been weird lately. Henry (from SoCal) sent me one deck and I'm about a 2-hour drive away from him. It took the scenic route all the way up to Oregon and came back. I'm not entirely sure if there's a method to the madness in the name of efficiency, but surely it seems wasteful and unoptimized.

Regarding Qalif, seems you're still ahead of some of us as mine just cleared customs and is in NY as of yesterday.

[Bikefanatic]

My Qualifs are coming today. It's been a bunch of news about mail stuck in Indianapolis. They had bad weather at the beginning of this month but I don't think that's what causing delays.

[mulrich]

Mine got stuck at inbound into customs in NYC for ~10 days. Not sure if bad weather can explain clearing a package inside a warehouse but maybe a lot of employees couldn't get into work.

[slickster]

I believe the edges are intentional and the "plot twist" he mentioned about the deck, so I'd want to stop that train. A lot of people were asking if the deck was gilded and he said no, for good reason. I imagine this is why.

TBH those edges really look bad. Lotrek mentioned on Patreon that we probably didn't understand his artistic intention and that he originally wanted 9 stripes. But... Just no.

[Leachy19]

totally agreed, my biggest issue is using recycled courts. The arabesque ones were beautifully foiled and these are just too dark imo.. for a mystery deck, these should be new custom courts imo. I really hope Lotrek takes this feedback and does something different in the official version (ie foil them to match the rest of the deck to make it a true masterpiece). I will say the foiling on the cards is beautifully executed but I would much rather have foiled courts but perhaps both is possible?? Or maybe it would be too busy but I want all the bling hahah. To me arabesque collectors editions still trump this one but it’s still a great deck produced by Lotrek (the )

[Bradius]

Interesting comments. I just received my Qalif decks. I was blown away by them. I love the deck. I LOVE the deck. The foiling is stunning and I love the colors and how it all goes together. The edges are a bit weird, but it doesn't bother me really. This is my favorite deck he has done. It just ramps up Arabesque to a new level. For me, this is my GOAT deck. Maybe I will change my feelings once I have time to think about it more, but for now. Wow. Amazing. Oh yeah, the tuck is pretty dang awesome in it's own right.

Thanks Lotrek for producing another amazing creation.

[kevork]

Excellent review, Bradius. Looks like mine are a day or two away from my clutches and I'm more excited now.

He was here this morning! First time in about two years or so.

[armant96]

Sold on SoCal Playing Cards. Wow!

[Leachy19]

That is wild

[Bradius]

I am surprised it went for that low a price.

[zlexander]

I am surprised it went for that low a price.

Ebay showing past sold prices as 150,250,327 USD so I think it went for much higer. Not many people are into redemption series compared to other Lotrek stuff.

[Timmargh]

[...]

150,250,327 USD

[...]

God damn that's a lot of money!

[kevork]

I am surprised it went for that low a price.

Ebay showing past sold prices as 150,250,327 USD so I think it went for much higer. Not many people are into redemption series compared to other Lotrek stuff.

$150 was not a completed sale as the buyer was using a third party shipper so the seller cancelled it. Sucks that eBay still shows these types of listings. The seller then put it for an auction and for some reason decided to put a $250 buy it now and it sold pretty quickly after that. Someone basically got it for a steal at that price seeing that an authentic auction could go for double that.

$327 usd? The other one was 299£ which is approximately $380 USD. I bought that one for a friend. That sale was also refunded and dealt with privately which again is odd that eBay keeps it up.

There's a few friends who have asked me to keep a look out. In summary, we now see 3 have exchanged hands publicly. There are potentially two more that might switch hands in the near future. It's interesting that someone would be in a higher tier and wanting to sell their deck.

[Honeybee]

It's interesting that someone would be in a higher tier and wanting to sell their deck.

Such is love

[Leachy19]

Hey everyone! i’ve been thinking it would be cool to create a discord group for the Oath community. Certainly not meant to displace this phenomenal UC group (I love it) but discords a more user friendly way to interact with others - almost like a FB messenger if you will. Anyway feel free to join if you wish!

https://discord.gg/d4cdbsrr

[Cardians]

That’s a great idea Leachy.
Easier to follow and manage. Forums are still good but seems a little 2000 for me lol…

Anyways, hope to see many there.

Cheers,
KW