Hello Insider! 
 
It's official...the Black Book Manifesto is coming to Kickstarter July 9th launching at noon EST.  The first 1,000 backers get awarded something special!  We hope to see you there.  Until then, check out what's to come HERE at our Manifesto launch page.

                                                             





                                                                                               

I'm a huge fan of typography, but I thought the first decks looked a bit too clunky, and were pretty impractical as a deck of cards. These look very slick. I'll probably be picking one up.

I just hope the back design in better than the first.

I am not sure if I am reading this correctly but it sounds as though a different artist will be designing each card. IMO The 'Playing Arts' deck did this style very well while others like 'Custom 52' are a hot mess, not helped by the poor quality of cards. It may work but I am curious about the 'Artists' and their style and whether backers can get behind a deck that they cannot see.

Actually, it's the same two people who made the Black Book of Cards and the Bicycle Urban Punk decks.  Check out this interview with them...

http://www.kardify.com/2014/06/1-on-1-uncommon-beat.html

Is the Manifesto deck just a reinterpretation of the Black Book? I agree it looks way sleeker but I'm a bit confused on the theme.

I could have sworn we already had a thread

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/819518343/the-black-book-manifesto-playing-card-deck-uspcc-p

Being new to collecting cards (less than 2 years), I've yet to pick up a Typgraphical deck.  These I could see in my collection.  (Hey, it's a black deck!) In for 2, one Branded, one not.

I liked The Black Book deck as soon as I saw it even though it was difficult to use. The Black Book Manifesto, minor changes have dramatic impact. Indices are easy to see now, makes all the difference in the world to me. While I wasn't a big fan initially of the tuck designs for Manifesto. Now that they've decided to go with a Black linen tuck, I think they'll be much more engaging.

Wasn't a big fan of the little metal doohickey at the start, still not interested in that. Their custom seal for the deck is a kind of cool idea, if it's unlocked. Only 800 clams away at this point, with four days left I think it'll happen. Nice little nod to the crowd funded and crowd created nature of the deck, shows the number of backers supporting the project.