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Yay... mystery decks...
Would be hilarious if the art of play design on the tuck box is indeed the back design.

Harvonsgard wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:52 pm Would be hilarious if the art of play design on the tuck box is indeed the back design.

That is 100% my expectation

but they are exclusive limited editions so you know they are good. same design in 6 colors so you can collect all 6 $8 decks for only $18 each!

Seems to be falling a touch short for “a modern wonder emporium”

Yay, meh and meh.

Did well last time so I threw in again for another three bricks - will see if my luck holds

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:31 am Did well last time so I threw in again for another three bricks - will see if my luck holds

I've never purchased a brick of any deck ... not even half a brick ... but decided to go for a full twelve mystery decks from AoP today. I hope I get something that strikes my fancy!

Got a half brick for myself. Might regret later...or not

Went in for a brick and a half. Lets see what happens! I have always done well with these mystery decks!

Good luck everyone I hate hate HATE not knowing what deck I'm buying so I'm skipping these

If anyone has an extra wrapper though (past years too!), let me know

For posterity these are the decks:

Art of Play Brand Deck, Balance - Black Edition, Bruce Lee, Cabinetarium - Gilded Edition, Cabinetarium - Standard Edition, Cybernetic, Day of the Dead, Dinosaur, DKNG Blue Wheels, DKNG Red Wheels, Drifters - Gold Edition, Eastern Forest, Gaslamp - Black Box Edition, HMNIM Gold Edition, HMNIM Gray Edition, If an Octopus Could Palm, James Coffee - Orange Edition, Lady Moon, Lucky Draw, MAKERS PR - Gilded Edition, MAKERS PR - Standard Edition, Mindfulness, Misc Goods, Modern Times, NOC Mint, Odd Bods, Overlook, Patina Lepidopterist, Peau Doux - Turquoise Edition, Bloc - Plush Edition, Smokey Bear - Special Green Edition, Standards Blue, Standards Pink, Survival v1, Tempo, Thunderbird Room, Ultimate Deck

hsbc wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 1:51 pm If anyone has an extra wrapper though (past years too!), let me know

I have empty wrappers from this and the last run for you - PM me with you address and I’ll send you some

I got lucky number 7 decks.
Never did mystery decks before and thought let’s give it a whirl.

its odd that the wrapper looks better than many of the decks =p

At least you have a good chance to get a Bruce Lee deck.

Harvonsgard wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:41 pm At least you have a good chance to get a Bruce Lee deck.

lol. if you haven't picked one of those up in the last 7 years they have been out, chances are you don't want one.

It's been such a long time since I've bought any decks from the Buck twins, I thought to myself, "What the hell, why not go for 3 mystery decks?" Chances are I wouldn't have anything they sent since I hardly have any decks from AoP so no fear of unwanted duplicates. Honestly, I was expecting to get a Bruce Lee deck or a Vintage Plaid, but I have to admit I think I got lucky and got a nice selection.

The first mystery deck was a brown Drifters deck. I was pleasantly surprised by the pretty nice custom courts and the whole western cowboy theme.

The second mystery deck was the 2nd edition If An Octopus Could Palm deck. We all know what this is, lucky indeed.

The third mystery deck is actually a true mystery to me: The Cybernetic deck. Other than the picture hsbc posted last Saturday, I have zero info on this deck. The whole tuck box is holographic and the tuck says art by Ivan Moscovich. There seems to be a misprint on the bottom of the tuck. It has the Art of Play logo, the phrases "Premium Playing Cards" and "Printed in China", but above the two phrases is the phrase, "Produced and Distributed By" printed upsidedown, which is odd. I don't know who the printer is, the Twins usually go with USPCC, but this is some printer in China, maybe LPCC/EPCC? There's no description of this deck on the Art of Play website. If anyone can give me any additional info, that would be greatly appreciated it!

Edit* Nevermind, I just found the thread on this deck, oops. It's been a while since I've been here so I missed a lot.

Placed two orders - one for 2 bricks, and another for 1 brick 10 minutes later - they shipped the 1 brick, which arrived today - haven’t heard from them yet on what happened to the first order…

I was going to grab a couple bricks but they wants >$100 for shipping. Not sure how they manage that high a cost when someone like Pengiun Magic can ship for free. If it was half that price I would have gone for it.

Seeing the pic above and the stickers, I’m guessing each deck uses a different character and each has the walking up the side flip book style

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:32 pm Placed two orders - one for 2 bricks, and another for 1 brick 10 minutes later - they shipped the 1 brick, which arrived today - haven’t heard from them yet on what happened to the first order…

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That's a nice looking haul you got there! Does the Stranger deck have gold foil on the tuck, or is it just an illusion in the pic?

Yup, gold foil on tuck - its a V2

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:56 am Yup, gold foil on tuck - its a V2

Now what a interesting is that I have two versions of the v1. The original one with D&D in the seal and on the bottom, and one by AOP that has been in production for quite a while. Do you think they count as v1 and v2 and the good is V3?

Not sure - thought the AOP version was gold - I have another AOP version around here I’ll have to dig up to compare to…

There have been multiple printings of the Ultimate Deck with silver foil on the tuck. The first printing was not wrapped in cellophane, had a bluish black tuck and a cream colored seal with a relatively sharp image. The second printing (and any subsequent printings) were all wrapped in cellophane, had a blacker tuck and the seal was a little pinkish and the image on it was a little blurry (like they took the original seal and copied it to make the seal for the second printing).

If the deck you got in the mystery decks has gold foil, then I would consider it a v2

I ordered a single brick of the mystery decks on the 5th of December, and my shipment arrived yesterday. I'm very pleased with the results (and contemplating another brick while they're still available). Of the dozen, it looks like I received three exclusives:

• Peau-Doux - Turquoise

• James Coffee Co. - Orange (this one is the only disappointment as the text on the sides of the tuck was smudged on both sides -- handled too soon after the print)

• Drifters - Gold

Many of these decks are truly not my style, but upon close inspection, I'm really impressed with the talents that went into them, design/illustration-wise. Others, not so much.

I also only received marching Knights stickers, along with the spade from Art of Play -- I know I've seen from which deck that is paired, but I can't remember right now -- maybe it was just a mystery deck design element.

Here's my haul of 3 bricks... Definitely not the worst, but I guess not the best either. The two IAOCP v2 and gold HMNIM were pluses for sure! The overlook and the three peau doux were decent pulls too. Other than that, the rest are meh.. But you win some, you lose some.

hsbc wrote: ↑Sun Dec 05, 2021 1:51 pm Good luck everyone I hate hate HATE not knowing what deck I'm buying so I'm skipping these

If anyone has an extra wrapper though (past years too!), let me know

I’ve got last year’s wrapper, and a few decks from this year are en route, so I can open one really carefully and save that wrapper too. Just message me privately where you want the pair of them mailed and they’re yours.

I am disappointed that I missed out on the gold HMNIM decks as I did not even see that had become available on the HMNIM website. The problem is I have too many other AoP decks to make the chance of getting one in mystery brick not worth it. Hopefully, they become available again.