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Hi there fellow Lotrek fanatics! Welcome to my thread dedicated to my favorite card artist and designer.
As some of you may know, I am on the quest to build the most complete Lotrek collection in existence. This is not just limited to decks, as I am also looking for ephemera such as art prints, coins, etc.

Transactions will take place via PayPal G&S to ensure protection of both buyer and seller. I am located in the US.
If a deck name is highlighted in red, I don't have it and would definitely be interested!

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Ephemera
(Anything listed in this section, I don't have. Please message me if you do!)

Uncut Tucks
• Grotesque Signature
• Grotesk Macabre (1/25)
• Liturgy Treasure
• Royal Silk Black Prototype

Prototypes
• Silk Blue Silver

Bicycle Venexiana
• Bicycle Venexiana Prints of all courts + Ace of Spades in Leather-bound folder
• Half Moon Playing Cards hand-crafted wooden box - no decks need to be included as I'd put my own Bicycle Venexiana pair in there
• Venexiana Coin & Leather Pouch
• Venexiana shirt in Small size (AoS)

Grotesque
• Grotesque Art Book
• Grotesque Prints + Leather-bound folder

ICONS Imperial
• ICONS Imperial Uncut Sheet
• ICONS Imperial Art Print (x/15)

Dondorf Hundertjahrkarte
• Art Prints

If you have Lotrek's 3x3 uncut sheets, I'd be interested in acquiring those to frame as well.

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Master Lotrek Deck List
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RSVP Magic
2011
• Timeless

2012
• Bicycle Butterfly

Half Moon Playing Cards
2013
• Bicycle Venexiana White
• Bicycle Venexiana Black

2014
• Grotesque Original
• Grotesque Limited
• Grotesque Signature Edition (Gold) (1/54)
• Grotesque Signature Edition (Elite Gold) (1/10) <--- different sticker
• Grotesque Signature Edition (Platinum) (1/55)
• Grotesque Signature Edition (Elite Platinum) (1/10) <--- different sticker
• Venexiana Gold (1/200)
• Venexiana Gold United Cardists Premier Elite (1/12) <--- different paper material for the red band

2015
• Venexiana Dark Masked Edition (1/1999)
• Venexiana Dark Masked Edition Artist Proof <--- "Proof" sticker placed by EPCC. Unsanctioned by Lotrek.
• Venexiana Dark Revealed Edition (1/1999)
• Venexiana Dark Signature Gold (1/60)
• Venexiana Dark Signature Platinum (1/60)
• ICONS Sacred (1/600)
• ICONS Imperial Trial (1/150)
• ICONS Imperial Demo (1/250)
• ICONS Imperial (1/555)
• ICONS Imperial Reverse (1/55)
• ICONS Signature (1/120)

2016
• Grotesk Macabre Original Edition
• Grotesk Macabre Animated (1/1500)
• Liturgy Black Bronze Red (1/200)
• Liturgy Black Bronze Green (1/120)
• Liturgy Black Red (1/300)
• Liturgy Black Green (1/300)
• Liturgy Treasure (1/130)

2017
• Grotesk Macabre Black Silver (1/250)
• Grotesk Macabre Black Gold (1/260)
• Grotesk Macabre Silver Bronze (1/60)
• Grotesk Macabre Black Mass Silver Edition (1/600)
• Grotesk Macabre Black Mass Gold Edition (1/600)
• Grotesk Macabre Inferno (1/290)
• Grotesk Macabre Black Silver Test Print (1/50)
• Grotesk Macabre Inferno Test Print (1/50)
• Grotesk Macabre Black Mass Silver Edition Test Print (1/50)
• Grotesk Macabre Black Mass Gold Edition Test Print (1/50)

Oath Playing Cards
2017
• Dondorf Hundertjahrkarte Restoration (1/250)
• Dondorf Hundertjahrkarte Restoration Gilded (1/250)
• Dondorf Hundertjahrkarte Restoration Single Gilded (1/30) <--- overrun with just a plain windowed tuck, may not necessarily need to be considered separate from the gilded that comes in the box set
• Sanctus (1/350)
• Golden Oath Prototype (1/60)
• Golden Oath (1/250)
• Ambassadors Collector’s Edition Red (1/450)
• Ambassadors Collector’s Edition Black (1/450)
• Ambassadors Collector’s Edition Platinum (1/100)

2018
• Grotesk Macabre Inverted Inferno (1/310)
• Grotesk Signature (1/160)
• Ambassadors Player’s Edition Green (1/1000) <--- Some burned in a fire, so less than 1000 exist
• Ambassadors Player’s Edition Red (1/1000) <--- Some burned in a fire, so less than 1000 exist
• Damask Red (1/400)
• Damask Blue (1/120)
• Arabesque Error (1/100)
• Arabesque Silver (1/160)
• Arabesque Gold (1/350)

2019
• Silk Red (1/350)
• Silk Blue (1/380)
• Blue Golden Oath (1/50)
• Fable (1/450)
• Fable Craft Edition (1/450)
• Fable Test Print Edition (1/111)
• Ambassadors Signature (1/180)
• Chronos Collector’s Edition (1/220)
• Arabesque Player’s Edition Red
• Arabesque Player’s Edition Blue
• Arabesque Player’s Edition Silver (1/360)
• LESS Silver
• LESS Gold
• LESS Test Print (1/200)
• The Entertainer (1/400)

2020
• Oath Standard Black on Gold (1/300)
• Oath Standard Gold on Gold (1/90)
• Chronos Carmina (1/1000)
• Chronos Black (1/500)
• Crypt (1/500)
• Charmers Red
• Charmers Purple
• Charmers Green
• Charmers Red Gilded (1/140)
• Charmers Signature (1/240)
• Charmers Signature Gilded (1/50)

2021
• Moresque Players Edition (1/2000)
• Moresque Patrons Edition (1/850)
• Tale of the Tempest: Ocean
• Tale of the Tempest: Dusk
• Tale of the Tempest: Wylenti
• Tale of the Tempest: Midnight (1/5000)
• Tale of the Tempest: Treasured (1/1000)
• Tale of the Tempest: Dynastinae (1/777)
• Tale of the Tempest: Prism (1/200)

2022
• Moresque Gilded (1/450)
• Maestro III (1/1200)
• Patrons Test Print (1/456) + (12 overrun)
• Royal Silk Test Print (1/555)
• ICONS Anniversary (1/1200)

2023
• Redemption Series Vol. I - Royal Silk Red Test Print (1/385)
• Redemption Series Vol. I - Royal Silk Red Gold/Silver Test Print (1/180)
• Oath Standard Players Burgundy (1/1500)
• Oath Standard Players Navy (1/1500)
• Redemption Series Vol. II - Oath Standard Players Silver (1/410)
• Redemption Series Vol. III - ICONS Anniversary Premium Edition Test (1/580)
• Golden Rule Players (1/900)
• Royal Silk Players Sand (1/950)
• Royal Silk Players Teal (1/600)
• Redemption Series Vol. IV - Royal Silk Players Frost (1/650)
• Redemption Series Vol. V - ICONS Celestial (1/450)
• Royal Silk Purple (1/750)
• Redemption Series Vol. VI - Patrons - First Print (1/650)
• Sanctissimus Players Edition Test Print (1/500)
• Sanctissimus Players Edition (1/1080)

2024
• Redemption Series Vol. VII - OATH Experimental (1/520)
• Qalif (Mystery III Final Print) (1/748)
• White Patrons 1st Print (1/325)
• Redemption Series Vol. VIII - Mystery III Craft Edition (1/750)
• Oath Standard Blue Prism (1/550)
• Sanctissimus Gilded (1/420)

2025
• Redemption Series Vol. VIV (IX) - Silk Rule (Gold/Gold) (1/190)
• Redemption Series Vol. VIV (IX) - Silk Rule (Silver/Gold) (1/60)
• Charmers Alabaster (1/400)

Patreon
Year 1 Patreon Rewards (2020-2021) (Delivered 2024)
• Royal Silk Red (1/450)
• Royal Silk Red - Gold/Silver (Gift deck) (1/180)
• Black Patrons (to replace the white patrons deck originally slated for 1st year high tier patrons (Gold and up)) (1/450)

Year 2 Patreon Rewards (2021-2022)
• Golden Rule
• Royal Patrons

Year 3 Patreon Rewards (2022-2023)
• Mystery III - Special Edition
• Sanctissimus Collector's Edition

Year 4 Patreon Rewards (2023-2024)
• TBA
• TBA

Year 5 Patreon Rewards (2024-2025)
• TBA
• TBA
• Foil Print

TBD
Miscellaneous
• Fragmenta
• White Patrons Reprint
• Codex Occidentalis
• Codex Orientalis
• ICONS Anniversary Premium Edition
• Damask 2.0
• Crypt II
• Hieronymus
• Harvest
• Ararat


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Lotrek played a role in the following, which is why they are on this list, but they are separate for a reason. Where I could explain his involvement, I did. Not color coding this:

De Novo w/ Rick Davidson (printed tuckboxes and cards)
• De Novo Aurum
• De Novo Viridi
• De Novo Aurum Signature (1/75)
• De Novo Viridi Signature (1/75)

RAVN w/ Stockholm17 (printed tuck boxes)
• Ravn Summer Ale (1/231)
• Ravn III Custom Brick Box (1/110)

Theos w/ Parama Playing Cards (printed tuck boxes)
• Theos Green (1/1000)
• Theos Purple (1/1000)

House of the Rising Spade w/ Stockholm17 (printed tuck boxes)
• House of the Rising Spade Cartomancer V1 (1/4005)
• House of the Rising Spade Faro (1/3850)
• House of the Rising Spade Cartomancer V2 (1/2949)
• House of the Rising Spade Room17 (1/668)
• House of the Rising Spade Gatekeeper (1/250 + 18 gilded)

Eye of the Ocean w/ Stockholm17 (printed tuck boxes)
• Eye of the Ocean Solis (1/2980)
• Eye of the Ocean Solis Gilded (1/1584)
• Eye of the Ocean Lunae (1/2958)
• Eye of the Ocean Lunae Gilded (1/1555)
• Eye of the Ocean Astra Polaris (1/3682)
• Eye of the Ocean Astra Polaris Signature (1/549)

The Parlour w/ TheGentlemanWake (printed tuck boxes)
• The Parlour Wine Red (1/5029)
• The Parlour Navy Blue (1/4981)
• The Parlour Black (1/5105)
• The Parlour Dynastinae (1/777)

Visions w/ Wounded Corner (printed cards and tuckbox)
• Visions Future (1/250) + 100 Private Reserve

Meadowlark w/ Meadowlark (tuck boxes)
• Meadowlark Luxury (1/400)

Butterfly w/ Ondrej Pšenicka from Vanishing Inc. (stickers)
• Butterfly x Lotrek

Oxalis w/ Oxalis Playing Cards (tuck boxes)
• Oxalis Signature (1/200)

Monte Carlo Diffractor w/ VXD International (artistic design - unreleased)
• Monte Carlo Grimaldi Diffractor
• Monte Carlo Riviera Diffractor
• Monte Carlo Blackjack Diffractor
• Monte Carlo Zero Hour Diffractor
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Fin.

Patience, which you mentioned, coupled with vigilance will be the key for pretty much all of these - people will occasionally list some here, and they will pop up on ebay - if at a reasonable price they won’t last long in either location. Check the market here and ebay often - setting email search notifications on ebay will leave a 24 hour hole for the decks to fall through - so don’t count on those to score them for you.

Yeah, I understand that I need to be quite patient with this process. I appreciate your insight Gandalf. I certainly don't mind the journey, as delayed gratification can be quite rewarding.

Unfortunately, I am hoarding a few of those. As I start losing money to pay for my kids' college costs, I might change my position on them.

Interestingly, I had to trade one of my Arabesque Error decks for a Blue Oath. Also, there was no limit on the Arabesque Error decks back when they went on sale. It was honestly just a crazy idea Lotrek came up with to help cover part of the repinting cost. No one really knew if they would sell or how fast. I think it took almost a day to sell out at the time. It seems crazy to think they didn't sell out in a few seconds. The original price was $50. Many just got them so they could open and enjoy them while waiting on their soon to be reprinted Arabseque deck. From my inspection of several examples of each type, I think Lotrek overall improved the registration and quality of the Arabesque gold as comparted to the error deck.

Thanks for the insight, Bradius! I don't know a lot about the history of some items, such as Arabesque Error. And yes, please keep me in mind if anything changes. Right now in my life, I'm single and quite enjoying the hobby in my late 20s, so circumstances are a bit different on my end.

The Lotrek journey is so satisfying. I opened Silk Red last week and Icons Sacred a few days ago. It's amazing to see the progression of his skills whether it be foiling, artistic details, card handling, etc. I have Silk Blue I'm planning to open with friends to include them in the emotional satisfaction. I have all of Arabesque minus the error still in transit from overseas, and somehow the patience with shipping is even more nerve-wracking than the actual quest itself!

I'm also open to more decks beyond these listed, but I'm trying my best to prioritize my desires.

Patience is indeed important. I used to often troll eBay for Lotrek stuff. Once I found a Venexiana Gold on sale with a $200 Buy Now price (that was not abnormally low as it would be now, but was definitely a good buy). I remember staring at the screen for a few seconds processing what I was looking at before jabbing the "Buy Now!" button as fast as I could.

I have a Red Damask that I would be willing to part with to help a new collector (I'm such a hero). It has been opened and handled a few times, bu is in good condition; it has never been shuffled, fanned, or played with. Message me and we can discuss details if you are interested.

I noticed on your Portfolio52 wish list that you have both Olympia decks by Steve Minty; they are both available on his website.

I will reach out to you via DM Tim!

Yes, some of the items in my Wishlist I am aware I can purchase easily, but I'm trying my best to practice a semblance of self-control. It's also a great way to remind me what decks have caught my eye that I'm interested in purchasing at some point.

bump

bump

Just in case i haven't try to get your Money yet , i have a Chronos set for sale (Collector + Black + Red), price updated is $155 + shipping ($13-16).
YOu can check my very old pics here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PlayingCardsMa ... dd_1st_v1/

kasuma99 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 8:47 pm Just in case i haven't try to get your Money yet , i have a Chronos set for sale (Collector + Black + Red), price updated is $155 + shipping ($13-16).
YOu can check my very old pics here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PlayingCardsMa ... dd_1st_v1/

Hey Kasuma! I actually just won a bidding for the Red Chronos, which just leaves me needing the Black version. I also don't have the Ambassadors players editions. Thoughts on those three? They're not high on my list, but Lotrek is Lotrek!

kevork wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:50 pm Hey Kasuma! I actually just won a bidding for the Red Chronos, which just leaves me needing the Black version. I also don't have the Ambassadors players editions. Thoughts on those three? They're not high on my list, but Lotrek is Lotrek!

Happy for you man, let me know if you still want to grab mines!
I think i can do the Black + Ambassador Red (Blue is sold) for $85 +$15 shipping.

Hi
I have some Lotrek decks , I can send you picture of what I have, I'm located in Spain , shipping costs could be an issue
Regards
Angel

Hi,
you can check here
https://www.portfolio52.com/profile/98/tradelist

kasuma99 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:39 pm

kevork wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:50 pm Hey Kasuma! I actually just won a bidding for the Red Chronos, which just leaves me needing the Black version. I also don't have the Ambassadors players editions. Thoughts on those three? They're not high on my list, but Lotrek is Lotrek!

Happy for you man, let me know if you still want to grab mines!
I think i can do the Black + Ambassador Red (Blue is sold) for $85 +$15 shipping.

What about just the Chronos black? I figure I can sort out some sort of deal for the Ambassadors Players from someone at some point.

aleman12553 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:40 pm Hi
I have some Lotrek decks , I can send you picture of what I have, I'm located in Spain , shipping costs could be an issue
Regards
Angel

Sure Angel. I'm in the US so shipping might be high, but I'd love to see what you have for sale.

ALBERTO68 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 7:50 pm Hi,
you can check here
https://www.portfolio52.com/profile/98/tradelist

Hey Alberto, it's nice to see you here. I'm pretty sure I've bought from you a couple times via eBay. I'll certainly reach out to you on here if anything catches my eye, especially to save us a few bucks by avoiding the eBay fees.

kevork wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:30 pm What about just the Chronos black? I figure I can sort out some sort of deal for the Ambassadors Players from someone at some point.

The Ambassador is gone so it's great that you want to left it out. The black alone won't change thing much, i think i can do $80 shipped for it.

This are my Lotrek decks that I still have

This are my Lotrek decks that I still have

aleman12553 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:23 am This are my Lotrek decks that I still have

I'm not sure how to gauge pricing on these decks, but how much would you want for the Less set and Grotesk decks? I'm also curious what that open deck is.

kevork wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:56 pmI'm also curious what that open deck is.

Dondorf "Hundertjahrkarte" Restoration

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/un ... estoration

Possibly the players edition?

hsbc wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 8:02 pm

kevork wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:56 pmI'm also curious what that open deck is.

Dondorf "Hundertjahrkarte" Restoration

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/un ... estoration

Possibly the players edition?

No way! What a cool looking deck with a UC/Lotrek collab. I'd love to add it to my collection too.

Hi kevork
Price for
less set Gold/silver/ test print 130€
Grotesk set (2 decks) 30€
Grotesque set (2decks) 30€
Donsdorf restoration players edition 65€
+ Shipping from Spain with UPS

Here is my friend post like who is selling the lotrek decks

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3844036 ... 4948831729

chandkrrish wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 3:24 pm Here is my friend post like who is selling the lotrek decks

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3844036 ... 4948831729

Sorry, there's no way I'm doing PayPal F&F for decks like that. Amazing collection though.

aleman12553 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 3:30 am Hi kevork
Price for
less set Gold/silver/ test print 130€
Grotesk set (2 decks) 30€
Grotesque set (2decks) 30€
Donsdorf restoration players edition 65€
+ Shipping from Spain with UPS

Hi Aleman,
How much would shipping be to the US? I will likely hold off on the LESS set.

Hi
Up to 5 decks 55€ with UPS

aleman12553 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 12:11 am Hi
Up to 5 decks 55€ with UPS

Shipping is 55 Euros?! Oh my goodness...I may have to pass on the purchase then.

bump - updated list!

I'm kinda shocked someone sold you the blue Damask, that's a major, rare score. I'll PM you and check your lists to see if I have anything to let go.