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The design is way too basic for the asking price. The design is what I would expect from USPCC Bicycle decks from 5 years ago with their usual JAB (Joker, Ace, Back) jobs. Even 2 years ago, USPCC has upped their game and put in some great theme decks for only $5.

Back is too bland, only very slightly tweaked courts. Aces are just as bland. With such a title, I was expecting so much more. The design reminds me of Arcadia's deck series. Take a look at that series on KS to see what can be done for 12 pounds and how you design a deck around a theme for that price.

+1 to above.

No thanks.

Eric Lee wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:16 am The design is way too basic for the asking price. The design is what I would expect from USPCC Bicycle decks from 5 years ago with their usual JAB (Joker, Ace, Back) jobs. Even 2 years ago, USPCC has upped their game and put in some great theme decks for only $5.

Back is too bland, only very slightly tweaked courts. Aces are just as bland. With such a title, I was expecting so much more. The design reminds me of Arcadia's deck series. Take a look at that series on KS to see what can be done for 12 pounds and how you design a deck around a theme for that price.

Thanks for the very constructive feedback. We will certainly try to improve price, courts and aces in the future.

We aimed for a classic and simple design, you have the right feeling, sorry that it is not your style.

Hey, thanks for dropping by on UC to get feedback. We really do appreciate designers come on to interact with us.

Competition is really tough these days as you now have to also compete with USPCC Bicycle designs which does what you're doing at less than 50% of the price. So your design needs to have something distinct to grab our attention and more importantly, our $..

So it'll help to see what USPCC is knocking out at $5, designers on KS at $10-$12 (probably those focused on casino style designs) and then the pros like JR with his Table Players and Jody with Kodiak, at $15.

I agree with the design being basic and, frankly, boring. Also, I'm not sure your theme is fully coming through.

We wanted to create the feeling of a magical temple from the past, with all its monumental entrances, intricate decorations and secret chambers surrounding the shrine of eternity in the heart of the card. That's why we chose to go for interlacing frames to convey dimensionality and mystery without giving you the feeling of an overloaded card back. In addition to that we added a modern color scheme and light effects to bring the magic into our time.

I don't see anything similar to or as an analog to what you're describing. To me, it just looks like the start of some 'art deco-lite' design with an infinity symbol slapped on.

aardvarkgod wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 3:58 pm I agree with the design being basic and, frankly, boring. Also, I'm not sure your theme is fully coming through.

Thanks for the feedback, I can guarantee you that I definitely had the theme in mind while designing it, but maybe it didn’t come through as much as I hoped. I probably focused to much on not making the back overloaded. The next deck or Temple of Eternity 2.0 are going to have more details to fall in love with. I hope that is going to be more for you.

I will definitely put the next deck on United Cardists before starting a campaign.

To Sophisticated,

I was actually quite impressed with the deck design, though I do agree with the comments on the price. I look forward to your next deck.