Vellichor from Dark Matter Kard Company being delivered

[ecNate]

There's a new deck being teased at PCF - http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=8428.0 Lots more details and discussion there.

Seems determined to do it as an art deck with mixed styles for each court. Hearts - Victorian Era Anatomy, Spades - Victorian Era advertising, Clubs - bizarre Victorian Era story telling, Diamonds - Victorian Era nature illustrations.
Website is now up at least (darkmattercards.com)
It will be released in August and self funded, printing by MPC.

[Eoghann]

You had me at Victorian. Looks fantastic!

[Jack Napier]

This is a little too creepy for my tastes.

[vasta41]

Interesting... this might be the first time ever that'd I'd rather own and display the uncut sheet rather than the deck itself.

[jerichoholic]

Pass for me. Why do some cards not even have suits?

[Jock1971]

Yeah I like these... could have done four different decks though instead of the one.
The Nature illustrations are my favorite suit...those courts are fabulous

[decibelhz]

I don't even care that some of the cards don't have suits. This is a really cool looking deck. I want it!

[chach]

I like it.

[Mike Ratledge]

At first kind of odd, but it grows on you. It would be optimal if it were four different decks, but....I think we're beyond that point.

[DragonSoul]

Love everything except for the courts of the nature suit. I mean they're interesting but, they just don't seem to fit in with the art styles of the rest of the deck.

[volantangel]

I like it ! It reminds me of the Hendricks gin deck that I have !

[ecNate]

A few more details posted and basic website is now up, I updated original thread with those details. They also gave confirmation that MPC is the planned printer and self-funded, no movement on making any changes either. I really would have preferred to see each suit made into it's own deck, but we'll see if maybe that can be a future followup, who knows. The clubs and hearts are just awesome stuff.

[Collector]

... It would be optimal if it were four different decks, but....

+1

[darkmatter]

Mat here from DarkMatterCards.com... I want to thank ecNate for spreading the news on this deck.

http://www.Darkmattercards.com is up and running... kind of I'll finish it up once I can take photos of the actual decks.

If you would like to reserve a deck(s) for yourself, just click the "Order your deck" button at the top and follow the instructions. There is no deposit required to reserve your deck. I only printed 100 decks and 36 were already reserved in the first 24 hours.

I've read through this thread and it's great to hear others excited about "Vellichor".

Also, I may do a run of uncut sheets depending on interest level. So if you are interested in an uncut sheet follow the same instructions for reserving a deck but just ask to be added to the uncut sheet list.

~ Thanks
Mat

[volantangel]

Reserved two ! Love the style =)

[Eoghann]

Sent an email, hope There's some to reserve.

[darkmatter]

I want to clear up something that people seem to be misunderstanding about this deck. The diamonds do have a suit marker. If you look closely at the 10 and 4 of diamonds in second image in this thread you will see the diamonds within the numbers themselves.

Thanks,
Mat

[badpete69]

Got my confirmation an hour ago I am sure you are fine Dan

[darkmatter]

Guess what I got in the mail today.

I'll try and have my payment system set up in the next 24 hours so I can get these shipping to those of you who pre-ordered the deck. I'll take some decent photos of the actual cards soon. The cards look great, no one will be disappointed in these cards I assure you. The colors are vibrant and the images clear. Thanks so much to all of you who reserved a deck.
~ Mat

[darkmatter]

Payment system is all set up on http://www.darkmattercards.com

Vellichor is officially available!!!!

[ecNate]

The teaser said coming Aug 2015, but now you have them available already? Is this a prototype deck and later printing more or doing a crowd funded? Did you just move the date up?

[darkmatter]

The teaser said coming Aug 2015, but now you have them available already? Is this a prototype deck and later printing more or doing a crowd funded? Did you just move the date up?

Simple answer.... I just moved the date up.

The decks got here a week earlier than I expected and I figured it would take me another week to get photos up on Etsy Amazon etc.... so early August seemed like a safe bet.... but the fact is that 74 decks have been reserved already so I just figured I'd get them out to those people.

This is not a prototype. Later printing will not be done with crowd funding. This is it for this particular deck.

~ Mat

[darkmatter]

[LouCipherr]

I'm in for one - just ordered mine.

This deck is totally creepy.... which is why I couldn't resist!

[darkmatter]

To all who have ordered... decks will start shipping on Friday!

Thanks so much,
Mat

[ecNate]

To all who have ordered... decks will start shipping on Friday!

Glad to hear it and glad this is all happening well before original August date. HOWEVER , I was really hoping for next day from order shipment so it has a chance to be here by Friday, but I understand you would likely rather do them in bulk for efficiency. Looking forward to it.

[darkmatter]

That moment when you realize the decks of playing cards you are mailing out tomorrow look like evidence from a drug bust.

[volantangel]

Haha they sure look like it, just ordered =) Btw theres tax on the decks ??

[darkmatter]

Haha they sure look like it, just ordered =) Btw theres tax on the decks ??

My accountant says I have to collect 6% sales tax for the state of Florida. I will check with him again to make sure... if I find that this is not the case and he misunderstood how I was selling the decks then I will gladly refund the collected tax via PayPal to each person who purchased a deck.

If anyone wants to shed some light on this I am all ears.

~ Mat

[sinjin7]

If your business is based in Florida, you have to charge Florida residents sales tax. If you have a "nexus" (typically corporate headquarters or retail stores) in other states, you have to charge sales tax in those states as well. Everyone else is considered an out-of-state transaction, therefor no sales tax (This is the very simplified layman's explanation).