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It looks like the Sultan deck will arrive on Oct 24th

Too read the old thread at UC.net follow this link...
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Here is the new pic that Ellusionist posted






And here's an older pic they posted




CBJ

Will this be an addition to there regular line or alimited release.

Hey, I am not a front runner but I am truly looking foward to these decks. I actually hope it is not limited. E (in my opinion) makes some of the finest decks. The LTD. is one of my all time best. So simple yet it screams elegance. I hope my schedule always me to grab a couple of these. Of all these card producers E, I feel ,produces some of the finest decks out there. The 1800's handle like a dream and the Artifice is perfect for magic. I am not an accomplished cardist but I do not find the Artifice that great for cardistry but for me, the magic factor certainly makes up for it's rather rough handeling. I am curious to see if you true cardists feel the same. As I stated my cardistry is very limited, I merely adapt what I learned here to card control which is an emence help. I love the cardistry tutorials here. Anyone else psyched about this release?

Thank you for your attention
THE WALRUS
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Some more pics! I'm getting excited for the release!

Hmmm....Given the pics of the name I was hoping for a more colorful deck...looks like rebels rolled up.

Release Date: October 24th, 2012
Where: http://www.ellusionist.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That's an odd shape for a card. They should at least flatten out the top and make it a rhombus.

hikeeba wrote:That's an odd shape for a card. They should at least flatten out the top and make it a rhombus.

I'm not sure what you mean, but if you're talking about the pic above, I think that's the box.

I'm just very annoyed with these "tease" pictures that show only a piece of the card - unnecessary marketing. For me, the only deck that has ever lived up to it's pre-release info has been the Seasons deck - and we all knew what that looked like well ahead of time. I have never opened a T11 or e or D&D deck and ever been "Wow!". Their marketing is as irritating as a screaming Gilbert Gottfried scraping his fingernails down a chalkboard while a whining baby plays with mating cicadas being serenaded by an orchestra of vuvuzelas.
Anyways, if one sees the pic representing the entire card it's a scalene quadrilateral (potential humor being found in that observation).

hikeeba wrote:I'm just very annoyed with these "tease" pictures that show only a piece of the card - unnecessary marketing. For me, the only deck that has ever lived up to it's pre-release info has been the Seasons deck - and we all knew what that looked like well ahead of time. I have never opened a T11 or e or D&D deck and ever been "Wow!". Their marketing is as irritating as a screaming Gilbert Gottfried scraping his fingernails down a chalkboard while a whining baby plays with mating cicadas being serenaded by an orchestra of vuvuzelas.

I agree 100%.

hikeeba wrote:Their marketing is as irritating as a screaming Gilbert Gottfried scraping his fingernails down a chalkboard while a whining baby plays with mating cicadas being serenaded by an orchestra of vuvuzelas.

This description made my morning.

Had to look up "vuvuzelas"
Apparently I don't watch enough soccer.

Sharpie wrote:Had to look up "vuvuzelas"
Apparently I don't watch enough soccer.

I don't watch soccer at all, and I still knew what vuvuzelas are

new pic

COUNTDOWN: http://www.ellusionist.com/sultan-repub ... cards.html

Evan wrote:COUNTDOWN: http://www.ellusionist.com/sultan-repub ... cards.html

I beat you to punch on the pic Evan

Here's a close-up




Does that say.. "Designed in Canada"?????


CBJ

That is a sick looking tuck box! Looks like E is catching up to Theory11 with the boxes.

alric wrote:That is a sick looking tuck box! Looks like E is catching up to Theory11 with the boxes.

Yes, but from what I can see of the decks they seem to be moving backwards to T11 with the cards. Not impressed, but we'll see.

COUNTDOWN: http://www.ellusionist.com/sultan-repub ... cards.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The back design looks alright but I'm not really feeling it...

What a terrible shot though, you can barely get a sense of how it looks. As someone who buys based on how the deck looks, this does not entice me. Kind of the opposite really, because instead of letting you get a sense of what it looks like, all of this faffing about just hides it and kills my interest.

I don't mind, like, one teaser shot to build up curiosity but more than that and it looks like you've got something to hide.

The sultan deck. Middle East themes, sold by an American company, designed in Canada. Very international of them!

E's websiteis down and they do not know when it will be back up. Problem with the company that handles their servers. Sultans will be onsale when it reopens.

walrus wrote:Will this be an addition to there regular line or alimited release.

Nobody's answered this yet. Does anyone know?

MagikFingerz wrote:

walrus wrote:Will this be an addition to there regular line or alimited release.

Nobody's answered this yet. Does anyone know?

These will not be limited.



Also, the site is back up.

Pictures show nothing really special....
Trailer is broken right now...but Daniel Madison seem to be the "host" of the trailer.
Price $7.35 (a bit steer)


6 months for USPC to wrap their heads around all the foil on this box. Shiny and glorious.
Has the new Sultan SilkySilk Finish
Carried by an entire fleet of Camels
Cooled by the fans of 18 Harem girls
This deck is badass. Join the Republic.




Combine what you find on one of the cards in the Sultan Deck with the strange images in the sand seen on Facebook to be the first to discover something major and rare.

Full Overview
The Sultan didn't ask for ANY deck of playing cards, he demanded the ultimate. He wanted a deck no one had dreamed of.

That meant the cards must be created from the ground up. The paper, finish, ink, foil inlays, deboss, emboss - all of it.

So the Sultan hired the finest graphic design team in the world, led by Mike Clarke. No expense was spared and Mike was provided two of the Sultan's most beautiful Harem girls to cool him while he worked.

Actually, we've never seen a deck take so long to be manufactured once it was in USPC's hands. It took about 6 months of hard work, and you'll see why once you order a deck, or a few, today.

Live like the Sultan.

I picked up 2. I'm super excited to receive these. I love the look of the faces. The backs look decent but it seems that the pictures on there are very blurry and show nothing.

once again a deck that focuses more on the box.

Josh wrote:once again a deck that focuses more on the box.

yep agree!
In the very unspectecular trailer (which is currently only working on Ellusionist´s Facebook site) they show mainly the Box.
A let down on the first sight for me.
Had high hopes...same as for the rebels!
Maybe getting 2 decks on a black friday sale or when they will be aviable through re-sellers.

They look nice, but I think I'm going to pass on this; the box is spectacular and something I'd like to see more of, but the card faces aren't really anything to write home about as far as I can tell. And that's really where my interest lies. I'd consider it as a throw-in to make Canadian shipping worthwhile on another order, since I do like the box, but it doesn't suit me well enough to get on its own.

Also, the copy on the 'fast list' does not sit well with me. I realize they're going for flavour, but neglecting substance for a bit about harem girls isn't all that welcoming to me as a woman. It's not something that makes or breaks my decision to purchase or not, but it doesn't give me a better impression.