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For anyone that wants to grab these decks, Kings Wild put up the white and signed red decks on sale. I managed to grab both just now, so go get them before they are gone!

Mods, if this is not appropriate for me to post, then I apologize and will take it down..

I was just about to post to same thing, as I missed the Red deck last time. I just checked after my order and there were 75 Red Imperials and over 100 White Imperial decks available.

Now 69 Red Imperial decks available.

Now 53 Red Imperial decks available.

irtjames14 wrote:For anyone that wants to grab these decks, Kings Wild put up the white and signed red decks on sale. I managed to grab both just now, so go get them before they are gone!

Mods, if this is not appropriate for me to post, then I apologize and will take it down..

If JR wanted this to be only available to a few people, he'd have posted this in his "Shorts Subscribers" section on his site, and that would have been that. Since he posted it to the main site for anyone to buy, he's clearly fine with people knowing it's available.

So, thank you for posting, actually. The UC community is great for sharing this kind of info!

That said, if there's an Imperial deck thread, this should likely go into that thread. I'll look for it in a bit and merge the topics when I have a few more minutes to spare. I have some other stuff to do, first.

I can't afford spending $25 in shipping for a $25 deck. That's why I didn't buy the Six Foot Five deck, either.

Well, it is what it is.

I hear you Gonzalo. You might want to consider a shipping consolidation service. Maybe some others that use this type of service can post info on costs and who they use.

While not as bad as international shipping, I get hit with State sales tax because we both live in Texas.

32 decks left.

13 left...

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Sold Out

Bad timing for me, can't buy these now - and I saw this thread hours ago

(Anyone know if/when JR's Intaglio deck will be for sale? Did I miss it? Is it years away?)

hsbc wrote:Bad timing for me, can't buy these now - and I saw this thread hours ago

(Anyone know if/when JR's Intaglio deck will be for sale? Did I miss it? Is it years away?)

The Intaglio decks have been available for some time now and can be easily found on eBay

Looks like the red imperial decks have all been sold out now...

And there are still 171 white decks left it seems, for anyone still interested!

Interesting how on conjuringarts website they didn't show the cards for the black Imperial deck which I'm waiting on, to me that looks better than the red and white decks.

Sigh... the email went out at 12:34 am my time on the other side of the world. By the time I woke up and checked my email at 730am, only the whites were left. Which I should be grateful that there were some left of the whites, but the Reds are beautiful (I'm not the only one, seeing how fast they went.)

Anyone snagged extra Red Imperials and willing to let go 1 or 2? Please PM me. Thanks!

Bradius wrote:I hear you Gonzalo. You might want to consider a shipping consolidation service. Maybe some others that use this type of service can post info on costs and who they use.

While not as bad as international shipping, I get hit with State sales tax because we both live in Texas.

I was actually going to start a thread about the best shipping consolidating service this week once I had time. I'll post it in the General Section. This is definitely going to be helpful for us international backers.

Bikefanatic wrote:Interesting how on conjuringarts website they didn't show the cards for the black Imperial deck which I'm waiting on, to me that looks better than the red and white decks.

The EPCC Imperials have completely different court cards than mine if that is what you meant.

JacksonRobinson wrote:

Bikefanatic wrote:Interesting how on conjuringarts website they didn't show the cards for the black Imperial deck which I'm waiting on, to me that looks better than the red and white decks.

The EPCC Imperials have completely different court cards than mine if that is what you meant.

How different? I purchased those with the good faith that they would be similar to the other decks with the name Imperial. Otherwise it is a good bit misleading to me.

wingedpotato wrote:

JacksonRobinson wrote:

Bikefanatic wrote:Interesting how on conjuringarts website they didn't show the cards for the black Imperial deck which I'm waiting on, to me that looks better than the red and white decks.

The EPCC Imperials have completely different court cards than mine if that is what you meant.

How different? I purchased those with the good faith that they would be similar to the other decks with the name Imperial. Otherwise it is a good bit misleading to me.

I like the not so colored courts of the red and white deck so I figured the black would be the same or colored. We'll see when we get them unless it's shown on here.

wingedpotato wrote:

JacksonRobinson wrote:

Bikefanatic wrote:Interesting how on conjuringarts website they didn't show the cards for the black Imperial deck which I'm waiting on, to me that looks better than the red and white decks.

The EPCC Imperials have completely different court cards than mine if that is what you meant.

How different? I purchased those with the good faith that they would be similar to the other decks with the name Imperial. Otherwise it is a good bit misleading to me.

The EPCC Imperials use the EPCC Standard courts and my two Kings Wild Version use the Kings Wild Standard courts. My editions are unique to EPCC that is why I do not sale EPCC and vise versa. the only thing that is similar is the Tuck in design motif only and AoS. I do my best to always display the courts as well as the tucks as I have never used a standard stock art court set to date and think the courts are as important as the tuck.

JacksonRobinson wrote:

wingedpotato wrote:

JacksonRobinson wrote:

Bikefanatic wrote:Interesting how on conjuringarts website they didn't show the cards for the black Imperial deck which I'm waiting on, to me that looks better than the red and white decks.

The EPCC Imperials have completely different court cards than mine if that is what you meant.

How different? I purchased those with the good faith that they would be similar to the other decks with the name Imperial. Otherwise it is a good bit misleading to me.

The EPCC Imperials use the EPCC Standard courts and my two Kings Wild Version use the Kings Wild Standard courts. My editions are unique to EPCC that is why I do not sale EPCC and vise versa. the only thing that is similar is the Tuck in design motif only and AoS. I do my best to always display the courts as well as the tucks as I have never used a standard stock art court set to date and think the courts are as important as the tuck.

I can understand that on your end, but I think for Conjuring Arts to advertise your name and (most importantly) to use the Imperial name and back design, and then not disclose that it uses their standard courts is misleading to the average consumer. I don't hold you responsible but I would hope that—in a desire to guard your reputation—you'd have concern over how they are representing a deck you licensed to them.

Bottom line: I would not have ordered that deck if I had known it had standard courts, and because of the Imperial name/design, I feel a bit bait-and-switched.

I took another look at both CARC and KWP Imperials website after your post. It's not technically misrepresentation. They are using JR's Tuck and JAB designs. But they never showed the courts in the pics unlike JR's KWP. So it would only have been us serious card collectors who would have been aware of both Imperials, be willing to shell out for both and notice the difference.

We had wrongly made the assumption that it would be the same courts as JR's Imperials as we were aware of both sets. I think it was mentioned on this forum earlier this year that when the courts are NOT shown in the promo pics, you can safely bet that the courts are going to be standard and you'll be lucky to get a even a recolouring.

No offense, but I don't understand why everyone is upset with CARC and their sale of the Imperial decks. They did nothing different than they did with the Silver Arrow Back and the Skull & Bones series decks that they have been selling for the past couple years. The ad copy is almost the same and they showed exactly what you would be getting, sans the courts, which most people around here knows what that means...standard courts. Plus, the price is half or less of what JR's Imperials sold for. Anyways, just saying there is nothing misleading in my eyes.

shermjack wrote:No offense, but I don't understand why everyone is upset with CARC and their sale of the Imperial decks. They did nothing different than they did with the Silver Arrow Back and the Skull & Bones series decks that they have been selling for the past couple years. The ad copy is almost the same and they showed exactly what you would be getting, sans the courts, which most people around here knows what that means...standard courts. Plus, the price is half or less of what JR's Imperials sold for. Anyways, just saying there is nothing misleading in my eyes.

Everyone's not upset, just me. I was completely unfamiliar with those past JR resells, and "most people around here know" is my whole point—you have to possess previous, comprehensive knowledge to make your buying decision instead of relying on the company being straightforward about what you are purchasing. As for price, I had no idea what KW would be selling the other Imperial decks for, so had no basis for comparison. I knew it was a good price, but chalked that up to a larger print run and EPCC as the printer. I don't begrudge a company selling a "reprint," but to me the change in courts is significant enough that *I* wish they had included that information clearly in the product description.

I won't belabor the point any longer. I've hijacked this thread enough, so no one else needs to come to JR or CARC's defense.

shermjack wrote:No offense, but I don't understand why everyone is upset with CARC and their sale of the Imperial decks. They did nothing different than they did with the Silver Arrow Back and the Skull & Bones series decks that they have been selling for the past couple years. The ad copy is almost the same and they showed exactly what you would be getting, sans the courts, which most people around here knows what that means...standard courts. Plus, the price is half or less of what JR's Imperials sold for. Anyways, just saying there is nothing misleading in my eyes.

This. I would personally be surprised if CARC -didn't- use their standard courts.

My red and white imperial decks arrived today!

I received my black deck yesterday too. I like the courts since I don't have any decks with those kind.

I received my Imperial decks from CARC yesterday. I was let down with these decks.
On the positive, the tuck box and artwork on the back are great...and has some metallic ink in the courts.
I'll admit that I thought they would have the JR courts so was kind of bummed there...but I guess that is my fault for assuming they would.
These do not have the standard EPCC courts or indices. The courts have a more older, chunkier style and the indices are much skinnier/fine line than their previously bolder ones.
The worse part for me is that these are printed in China and handle poorly IMO. I really like their Superior decks which handle great so was surprised by this.
I should have spend the extra money and got a deck or two of the KW Imperials.

If you are a Kings Wild Project subscriber, you can purchase one of a very limited number of Imperial Display decks. They are the regular Imperials cards from the Red and White series, but in a blank white tuck for $8 each. 24 remain as of when I last checked.

Interestingly, with only 30 available, this is the rarest variety.

As much as I like the KWP decks, I think having the red/white imperial decks are enough for me. No need for me to get this standard display version if it's just a straight white tuck..

Forgot to put this here as well. Better late than never!

Spring cleaning sale by CARC/EPCC. JR's Standard Imperials (with EPCC courts) and Silver Arrows are some of the decks on sale.

Conjuring Arts is doing some spring cleaning, so we invite you to get big discounts on various products in our
store!

For select playing cards, get 25% OFF when you buy 1-11, or 40% OFF when you buy 12 or more! Discount applies in cart.

Sale is on now through April 16, 11:59PM ET!