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Fun idea!

I think I"ll join this year too!

Hi All,

Happy National Playing Card Collection day, I hope you all managed to pick up the NPCCD decks you wanted.

So from today I'm officially launching the Secret Santa Deck exchange again.

Here is how it works:

Comment below or drop me a PM stating that you would like to take part and PM me with your shipping address.
You can either just say "I'm in" or you can write a wishlist (Maximum 5 decks).
You can also make your wishlist anonymous by sending it to me via PM to repost.
Anyone who states they're in or posts a wishlist will be required to ship a deck (or more if you're feeling generous) of their choice* to another participating member (This could be anywhere in the world but I will try to match you up with someone close by).

*No standard Bicycle decks please, The more custom the decks are the better.

If any participating member can fulfil a wish from a wishlist please send me a PM and I will (where possible) match you up with that person.

If you don't want to write a wishlist or none of your wishes are fulfilled by other participants then remaining participants will be randomly matched (Hopefully with someone close by).

I will PM all participants on December 1st to let you know who you are shipping to and if you need to ship a requested deck from a wishlist.

I hope that all makes sense.
Any questions feel free to ask.
Please do not post wish fulfilments here (PM me) Remember it's supposed to be a secret.

I will start with a wishlist for an example (No need to tell me you all want to ship these to me but if you do I'll send you my address )[/b]

Dear UC,

For Christmas I would like:

1) Gilded Plum PI
2) Fable by Lotrek
3) Name of the Wind Selas/Chandarin Gilded Set
4) Bicycle Nightmare of Oz
5) Bicycle Sky Descender

I promise I've been a very good boy this year

I’m in

1) Grotesque UC 2014 Black Tuck
2) Ultimate Deck (AoP)
3) TWI - Sins Anima
4) TWI - Sins Mentis
5) S17 - Requiem Winter

I'm in.

I'm in the UK.

Edit: I didn’t realise that the wishlist was optional and so have removed it; I like surprises.

I think I'm out with the addition of the wishlist, but I will be excited to see what everyone ends up with!

I am in - I love these things!

Here are five decks from my wishlist, in no particular order:

- Federal 52 (unbranded but branded is fine as an alternate)
- Fuego Luna (Black Deck)
- Dystopia
- Fraggle Rock 30th Anniversary
- No. 17 (unbranded but branded is fine as an alternate)

I am in the US.

P52 Collection & Wishlist: https://www.portfolio52.com/profile/14328

Justin O. wrote:I think I'm out with the addition of the wishlist, but I will be excited to see what everyone ends up with!

I think the wishlist is meant to be optional, just something for those that want to use it or maybe already have something that could fulfill a deck from someone’s list.

Reposting an anonymous participants wishlists:

Anonymous A:

Lotrek - Ambassadors (any color and any edition)
Lotrek - Arabesque Players Edition (Red or Blue)
Stockholm 17 - RAVN (Petrol, Crimson or Purple)
David Blaine - Gatorbacks (Green or Red)
Theory 11 - Monarchs (White/Gold or White/Silver)

robcan0630 wrote:

Justin O. wrote:I think I'm out with the addition of the wishlist, but I will be excited to see what everyone ends up with!

I think the wishlist is meant to be optional, just something for those that want to use it or maybe already have something that could fulfill a deck from someone’s list.

Yes, the wishlist is optional, If you want to take part without a wishlist just comment "I'm In".
There's a high chance that participants won't receive decks from their wishlist anyway but will be gifted an alternative deck(s) by their secret santa.

I only added the wishlist this year as last year there were concerns that people would be spending money shipping decks that the other person already had or didn't want.

misterharmanko wrote:

robcan0630 wrote:

Justin O. wrote:I think I'm out with the addition of the wishlist, but I will be excited to see what everyone ends up with!

I think the wishlist is meant to be optional, just something for those that want to use it or maybe already have something that could fulfill a deck from someone’s list.

Yes, the wishlist is optional, If you want to take part without a wishlist just comment "I'm In".
There's a high chance that participants won't receive decks from their wishlist anyway but will be gifted an alternative deck(s) by their secret santa.

I only added the wishlist this year as last year there were concerns that people would be spending money shipping decks that the other person already had or didn't want.

If entrants share links to their portfolio52 collection, it would be easy to check which decks they have

That's exactly what I did in the Reddit exchange last year. You could upload a website to Elfster and folks could just take a look at my wishlist and my current collection. Worked like a charm!

MagikFingerz wrote:If entrants share links to their portfolio52 collection, it would be easy to check which decks they have

I'm in two minds about sharing P52 links.

On one hand I can see that it would be very useful to see a particular person's collection and wishlist but on the other hand I feel it undermines the whole Secret Santa ethos somewhat.

I was reluctant to include wishlists as it is as I feel it is slightly unfair for those who don't get a wish granted but thought I would trial it this year.

I like to keep things simple and in the true essence of a secret Santa I would prefer it if names were just allocated at random and you gift that person a deck that you think they would like with no prior knowledge of their collection or tastes

misterharmanko wrote:

MagikFingerz wrote:If entrants share links to their portfolio52 collection, it would be easy to check which decks they have

I'm in two minds about sharing P52 links.

On one hand I can see that it would be very useful to see a particular person's collection and wishlist but on the other hand I feel it undermines the whole Secret Santa ethos somewhat.

I was reluctant to include wishlists as it is as I feel it is slightly unfair for those who don't get a wish granted but thought I would trial it this year.

I like to keep things simple and in the true essence of a secret Santa I would prefer it if names were just allocated at random and you gift that person a deck that you think they would like with no prior knowledge of their collection or tastes

If only one were to be included, I'd rather it be P52 links (to owned decks) than wishlists, to avoid e.g. someone getting a deck they already have a brick of. Though I suppose you can't really isolate the collection since the wishlists are accessible from the same link

But hey, I'm not even in

I'm in! Shipping would be to San Bruno, CA. Yeah I agree it's not really in the spirit of Secret Santa to make it TOO easy to just click and buy for your recipient, since at that point, it'd make more sense to just buy the decks we want ourselves? The gift is in the giving, not just getting the thing you want. Still, if it makes it easier, here's my wishlist:

-Bicycle Butterfly Playing Cards by RSVP Magic
-No. 17 by Stockholm 17 (branded or unbranded, I don't have either)
-Forest Deck by Orbit Brown (proceeds goes towards planting trees)

and if someone's feeling particularly generous...

-Carpe Noctem
or
-Dedalo Apeiron

I"m in.

I'm in!

Is there/Do we get an extra update/thread? Or do I have to go through the whole thread to see how it works?

Shipping in my case to/from Germany, therefore everthing EU is pretty fine for me. Swiss would be okay too, since I live pretty close to the Border and wouldn't have to ship internationally, if that helps for pairing people up.

misterharmanko wrote:

Secret Santa.jpg

Hi All,

Happy National Playing Card Collection day, I hope you all managed to pick up the NPCCD decks you wanted.

So from today I'm officially launching the Secret Santa Deck exchange again.

Here is how it works:

Comment below or drop me a PM stating that you would like to take part and PM me with your shipping address.
You can either just say "I'm in" or you can write a wishlist (Maximum 5 decks).
You can also make your wishlist anonymous by sending it to me via PM to repost.
Anyone who states they're in or posts a wishlist will be required to ship a deck (or more if you're feeling generous) of their choice* to another participating member (This could be anywhere in the world but I will try to match you up with someone close by).

*No standard Bicycle decks please, The more custom the decks are the better.

If any participating member can fulfil a wish from a wishlist please send me a PM and I will (where possible) match you up with that person.

If you don't want to write a wishlist or none of your wishes are fulfilled by other participants then remaining participants will be randomly matched (Hopefully with someone close by).

I will PM all participants on December 1st to let you know who you are shipping to and if you need to ship a requested deck from a wishlist.

I hope that all makes sense.
Any questions feel free to ask.
Please do not post wish fulfilments here (PM me) Remember it's supposed to be a secret.

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Full Details here.

We currently have the following participants:

misterharmanko
robcan0630
Timmargh
BaconWise
Kermode
Anonymous A
RWPPFFShuffle
flashcards
Azazaaz

You forgot my name .

On my wishlist would be:
KWP Old Ironsides
KWP Thoroughbred
KWP Tigers
KWP Maduros

Which, out of the plethora of Editions, doesn’t really matter.

Hi All,

Last chance to participate in the UC Christmas Secret Santa Deck Exchange.

Simply comment below "I'm In" or drop me a PM.

I'll be pairing participants up on the 1st December.

If you haven't already done so please can participants PM with their shipping address.

Thanks,
Simon

I'm in if its still open. I'm fairly new to card collecting so my wish list isn't anything crazy. Most anything I would like to try is still out on the market and not too spendy. I really like anything Madison has put out (all veteran issues aside, I am beginning to see this will be a unpopular comment but they feel good in my hands. I'm new to cards so cut me a break on this one. I didn't know the history you all have dealt with with this particular guy). Skateboard v1 or v2's I have been looking at (more so for the art than the play-ability. Was a skater kid growing up).

Received my SS package today! Super excited to add all of them to my collection. Thank you Michael W for the very courteous package. And how fast it came was especially unexpected. Haven't even received what I picked up for my guy much less it be shipped to him this quick. Thanks again man. Really am happy with what was gifted my way.

Couldn't leave this one out of course.

Wow. What a fantastic gift.
Anyone else receive their gifts yet?

I'm hoping to get mine shipped out by Monday if all goes as planned.


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Same as robcan, the last piece is slated to get here Saturday for my outgoing gift. Shooting for Monday to get it all out