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I was putting a lot of pressure on myself regarding starting a thread like this, but I figure I'll make it like a working document! Started collecting in March 2022, and I've been hooked ever since.

This is your thread, so don’t put pressure on yourself. Post what you want, when you want. Welcome!

1. What Chuqii wrote
2. Very exquisite selection. Chapo
3. I like the fact you have Intrepid 28 and 82; fun coincedence
4. Who's that knitted guy, contemplating over your collection? He cool, haha.

Chuqii wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:11 pm This is your thread, so don’t put pressure on yourself. Post what you want, when you want. Welcome!

Thanks Chuqii! I appreciate the kind words

Harvonsgard wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 3:44 am 1. What Chuqii wrote
2. Very exquisite selection. Chapo
3. I like the fact you have Intrepid 28 and 82; fun coincedence
4. Who's that knitted guy, contemplating over your collection? He cool, haha.

1. I appreciate the kindness of the community
2. Thank you, that means a lot
3. I bought 28 from Lorenzo himself during the patreon sale on his site, and then when 82 popped up on eBay, I wanted to get it for the numbering. Turns out the seller recognized me and was able to give me a great deal.
4. That's Bernie Sanders! He's contemplating the horrors of capitalism while I try to moderate my playing card addiction

Collector friend of mine needed 5 of the 6. I needed the other 1. This just arrived today!

Doesn’t get much prettier than that - I think there are quite a few of us looking for 1 to 6 of those

Yep, that is a tough set to complete and definitely worthy of a carat case to display. There is more than a few dollars tied up in that display for sure. Arabesque is one of my favorite designs/series by Lotrek.

Did you see an improvement in the foil application from the error deck to the final decks? I definitely saw an improvement.

Looks like someone raided the Alhambra.

Bradius wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:48 am Yep, that is a tough set to complete and definitely worthy of a carat case to display. There is more than a few dollars tied up in that display for sure. Arabesque is one of my favorite designs/series by Lotrek.

Did you see an improvement in the foil application from the error deck to the final decks? I definitely saw an improvement.

I compared the two and see what you mean. It looks like Arabesque Error used stock that had the waffle/air-cushion pattern on it, while the Arabesque final versions used a smooth stock.

Interestingly enough, I noticed a similar difference between Golden Oath Prototype and the final version. For that series, the prototype had the cushioned side on the front and smooth side on the back. He flipped it for the final version so that the smooth side was on the front of the cards, leaving much better foil registration and look overall.

Harvonsgard wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 5:29 pm Looks like someone raided the Alhambra.

Not my fault they left the door open!

Nice pic of the Oath standards. Is that the Blue Standard on the far right?

traaaf wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:46 am Nice pic of the Oath standards. Is that the Blue Standard on the far right?

That would be the Blue Oath or sometimes referred to as Blue Golden Oath. Instead of a black stock, it uses a blue pearlescent stock and silver foiling for the back. If you have a chance to check it out, I believe it's the same stock used for the Arabesque Silver Players tuck.

My first ever Kickstarter just arrived! Gods of Norse by Dhamas Adhitya. Safe to say I went a little crazy with this one.

In time for the 52 Plus Joker Diamond Awards today, here's the club decks from 2014-2021! Looking forward to adding 2022 to the collection.

I have this stack of decks next to my work computer in my home office.

Now... do you have a similar collection of all of the official UC decks? Bwahahaha....

rousselle wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:53 am I have this stack of decks next to my work computer in my home office.

Now... do you have a similar collection of all of the official UC decks? Bwahahaha....

I need to look into those! Is there somewhere that lists them?

Be prepared - there are a few very rare variants I believe…

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 9:02 am Be prepared - there are a few very rare variants I believe…

Speaking of...these just arrived today

That is impressive. I gave up trying to pick up those.

Kevork is in the special ops division of the deck hunters - rank classified.

I like that Gandalf. Definitely Special Ops.

GandalfPC wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:59 am Kevork is in the special ops division of the deck hunters - rank classified.

Bradius wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 1:26 pm I like that Gandalf. Definitely Special Ops.
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I am honored. Thanks for being inspirations

Please excuse the untidy layout. Christmas came early this year! It's a bit overwhelming, so I need to sit and enjoy what I have in front of me.

Happy 7th Annual NPCCD!

Nice

Happy NPCCD!

I wanted to share a story... So when I bought Silk for the first time a few months ago, I received these two decks: About a week ago, I sent a picture from a post online to a friend to see if he was interested in any Lotrek decks because I was about to buy some from the seller. He asked if I could look into Silk Red. Upon conveying my interest, I received pictures of the deck to verify its condition. This just arrived today... Imagine my excitement when I first noticed the matching number after the seller sent me the pictures. Who knows where these decks have traveled to and from and how many hands they might have changed, but finally these two brethren have reunited once again.

I've hit a bit of a standstill with the remaining decks for my Lotrek completion, so in line with #cardcollectionday I decided to lay them all out to have a visual representation of my list here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20174

I spoke too soon regarding a standstill, as I was able to acquire these treasures, with an extra topping of booty. Unfortunately, the Sea Creatures deck arrived dinged, so I will see if there is any remedy from the seller's end. Happy that some of these decks benefited charity. For those who do not know, Venexiana Dark Signature includes a hand-drawn joker from Lotrek himself! I also learned these decks are numbered out of 120, but that's indicative of total signature decks, so there are only 60 of each version that exist -- making these rarer than I had initially thought. I revised the P52 listings to reflect this.

I have 6 of those - if you don’t sort it out with the seller I can send you one. We can do an even trade dented for undented - will give me an excuse to finally open one

Nice haul by the way

Holy Mackerel on those Lotrek beauties. Wow! You have several that I don't now. Glad the booty went to a good cause. Liturgy is one of my favorite Lotrek decks.

Kevork, preparing to go deck hunting…