Mana V2 "Indigo" and "Zinfandel" live on Kickstarter

[vmagic]

Just saw this on their Facebook, Zinfandel Mana V2 coming soon to kickstarter. I guess it's going to be wine coloured or something.

[Paul Middleton]

Very much looking forward to this, Oracle remains one of my favourites.

[sms69x]

Zinfandel & Indigo, Limited Edition Collection

[MagikFingerz]

These do look awesome, but ugh, of course he's going to use kickstarter

[sinjin7]

I loved the original Mana deck. There's a lot to like about this deck, but the back design seems slightly busy to me. Still, I'm looking forward to these and hope they're not ridiculously priced.

[PlayingCardz]

I loved the original Mana deck. There's a lot to like about this deck, but the back design seems slightly busy to me. Still, I'm looking forward to these and hope they're not ridiculously priced.

Yep busy is the first word that came to my mind ! Also I am not a fan of the box, i hope this is a work in progress.

On the plus side, the gold ace of spades kicks ass

[MagikFingerz]

To add on another nitpicky thing: I see no reason for one box to be black when both decks have white faces/borders.

[cosmicsecret]

no courts or number cards are shown - i guess he goes with standard re-colored courts like on the Mana Oracle deck which was, in my mind , a great choice of colors!
crossing my fingers that he will not ship from the Philippines again. shipping prices were astronimical high.
that was my reason for only getting 6 decks instead of 12. if i remember correctly it was $43 to ship 6 decks to germany.

[vasta41]

The backs are beautiful! And I love the aces. But I agree with MF- the boxes seem a little out of place.. almost a deal breaker. Not too crazy about the names either. Individually they're fine but don't make much sense together. I think chardonay would be a better counter-part with zinfandel and a yellow theme. Or something of the sort.

[Mike Ratledge]

To add on another nitpicky thing: I see no reason for one box to be black when both decks have white faces/borders.

"Once you go black..."

Seriously, though - it seems to be in vogue right now - black boxes, that is.

[MagikFingerz]

The backs are beautiful! And I love the aces. But I agree with MF- the boxes seem a little out of place.. almost a deal breaker. Not too crazy about the names either. Individually they're fine but don't make much sense together. I think chardonay would be a better counter-part with zinfandel and a yellow theme. Or something of the sort.

Yep, that's another inconsistency. A type of grape and a color doesn't really match. Chardonnay and Zinfandel would have worked, or simply indigo and violet.

[JokerzGamez]

To be perfectly honest, after seeing these decks, I would be spending my money on the original.

Not crazy about the crazy borderless designs or the colours, or the use of KS. However, I agree with PC; the gold A of S rocks! Also, if they keep the range of metallic inks on standard courts, Ill be in

[MagikFingerz]

To be perfectly honest, after seeing these decks, I would be spending my money on the original.

Not crazy about the crazy borderless designs or the colours, or the use of KS. However, I agree with PC; the gold A of S rocks! Also, if they keep the range of metallic inks on standard courts, Ill be in

This isn't a borderless design, borderless generally means it's full-bleed (e.g. Bees). Personally I like the "non-standard" borders, new things like that is done way too rarely.

[alric]

I'm liking this deck! The black box does seem a little out of place, but I'm happy to hear that there will be printing inside of the box as well. I don't like the wax seal on the front of the tuck box, the AoS is awesome, so I wish he would put that on the front instead like he did with the original Mana decks.

I like the ornamental back border design alot. Since the borders aren't just straight, I think we'll be able to get interesting fan patterns and spreads. I bought some of the orginal Mana decks and I remember getting ass raped on the shipping. Hopefully these will be reasonably priced on KS.

I think I read on his FB page that everything will be custom, including the courts. However, maybe he means T11 custom courts, which is just recolored courts......

[Firthetic]

Mana Playing Cards: Zinfandel & Indigo now live!

[volantangel]

Well never really liked the way the deck looked. In anycase, it seems that he has more than 1000 of the original mana decks left from the pledge levels. So much for being sold out and stuff eh..

[MagikFingerz]

How can he have that circular stamp/logo all over the project page and not thought of putting that on a coin?

[chach]

How can he have that circular stamp/logo all over the project page and not thought of putting that on a coin?

Perhaps they'll make it a stretch goal if it's suggested to them?

I'm in as an early bird.

[vasta41]

I'm glad they changed the tuck cases from that wax seal wine label thing to the regular Mana logo but the tucks still leave something to be desired. The names too- individualy, no problem at all but together, they go together as well as lamb and tuna fish (Big Daddy anyone?). But dispite the non-paired names and blah tuck front, I backed them. I loved the Oracle and the colors on the backs of these cards are beautiful.

[Mike Ratledge]

I'm glad they changed the tuck cases from that wax seal wine label thing to the regular Mana logo but the tucks still leave something to be desired. The names too- individualy, no problem at all but together, they go together as well as lamb and tuna fish (Big Daddy anyone?). But dispite the non-paired names and blah tuck front, I backed them. I loved the Oracle and the colors on the backs of these cards are beautiful.

Well, the "Indigo" deck is rather plain compared to the "Zinfandel" deck, frankly - but "EB - 3 of each" for me.

[rousselle]

In update #8 for this project, Erik announced that this is a marked deck. It hasn't caused me to pull my backing for the project… but it is a significant detail that does change the usability of the deck. Not that I was planning on breaking these out during a poker game, but still. (Then again, the possibilities for uses for a magic routine have just skyrocketed.) Hmmm.

[Widdee]

I'm glad they changed the tuck cases from that wax seal wine label thing to the regular Mana logo but the tucks still leave something to be desired. The names too- individualy, no problem at all but together, they go together as well as lamb and tuna fish (Big Daddy anyone?). But dispite the non-paired names and blah tuck front, I backed them. I loved the Oracle and the colors on the backs of these cards are beautiful.

Well, the "Indigo" deck is rather plain compared to the "Zinfandel" deck, frankly - but "EB - 3 of each" for me.

Went in for 1 each plus the Oracle, which I didn't have. May add a few on but they do have a more bourgeois feel to them than the original.

[vmagic]

Looks like they made add a Gold Oracle to complete the series, if not then he will have another project for that deck, but in my opinion it would be easier for him and easier on our wallets if he just had to ship us one package each.

[Mike Ratledge]

Looks like they made add a Gold Oracle to complete the series, if not then he will have another project for that deck, but in my opinion it would be easier for him and easier on our wallets if he just had to ship us one package each.

I like them, also. The really nicest deck back I've seen recently is the all-foil CARC "Exquisite" Ultra Rare Red - all fire red foil, the inverted blue (limited, but not "ultra"...) also looks clean and classy.

[badpete69]

[chach]

I saw in the update that people have broken the code already, and I've spotted where it is but haven't been able to decipher the markings yet. Anyone have any luck yet?

Edit, got the number system but not the suits yet.

Edit again, got it all. Interesting marking method. No idea about the clues though or the wall

[Gruul]

The marking system is VERY subtle. I got the suits and the values after a little close examination, but, working in magic I see a LOT of marked decks. No clue how the hidden clues were supposed to lead you to discovering the markings though. Beautiful decks none the less.

[vasta41]

Just got mine today- these decks are even more beautiful in person. The tucks are superb! I'm VERY tempted to open but probably never will

[TLZ1979]

amazing decks, utterly no clue on the marking system or the clues lol

pretty sure the first clue in the writing around the circle on the tuck box, but no idea how it is supposed to lead to the next clue lol

[crazyfandecks]

could anyone help me how to read the code i have no idea