Hey Guys,
     My friends over at Mecha-Muse made a kickstarter project with 3 custom decks!!This is the first time I have ever seen anything of this magnitude!!I like the back designs, but I really like all of the custom court cards!You guys really need to check this out!!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mecha-muse/spider-kingdoms-playing-card-series-3-decks

Congratulation!
If his has been stated already in this thread,then i´m sorry and it has passed me but what is the 2nd gaff card (the first one seems to be a double backed card).

The fist card is a double backer and the second card is a double facer 

Hey Man, I just wanted to say, I feel for you. A Kickstater Project is an Emotional Roller-coaster when you have a project, but the best thing is that you learn from your mistakes, be honest with yourself and keep trying.

I would like to See Ultra Ape with a goal closer to $4k, $5k.

Then focus on Push Goals, if you get to $8k then you print with USPCC or something, that's what The Grind did and I think it worked for them.

Also, Post on Forums, Related to Monkeys, Comics, Board Games, anything you think is even remotely related to your deck. Besides that, try to make real friends, one at a time on youtube, facebook and twitter.

Then, if you really want to just get the cards made, make your Pledge Bracktes as Low as Possible, but offer better  deals for people that spend more money. Your going to need those 3 or 4 guys that put up $1k, so make them a good deal. Think of other ways to make the Art a Reward, Your Joker is my favorite card BTW, just my 2 cents. Also, Study every thing about the Kickstarter Projects that made it. See what mistakes they made and what right moves they had in common. Half of it is the art, but the other Half is Business. Think of other things you can get made that go with the cards, but keep it related to the art on the cards.

Last, I will say, I am personally not that into Apes, which you mentioned might be a problem, But, if you like them, others will too. Just take your time, be flexable and work with the people. Your already on the right path, best of luck, E-mail us anytime, even if you just want to chat. HiddenMirrorsMagic@gmail.com You can do it  Don't let it get to you.

Congrats on getting it funded! With 27 hours to go, it would be nice for you to get past 11,000$ because there always are a certain amount of credit card failures that you need to take into account. But still, great job!

Yeah, I hear ya, that's why we are trying to push as hard as we can. I think people will really like the Referral program and the Art prints on the next Deck are Very cool looking. It's amazing how much everyone has helped, kind of too much to take in right now  but in 24 hours, it might hit us. Special thanks to you Natahan, i have seen your name alot as I been swimming threw threads and forums and such. I appreciate all help

Thx for all the support guys. we are getting close and pls don't fight over this, I am not sure what all that was about, but we have contacted many wholesalers that are willing to buy decks after they are made and we understand that move. While we call for people to spread the word, pls don't bother about our deck if you think they may not want them. We really don't want people seeing this project in any kind of bad light.

But on topic, we are so happy to see the increase in our last few days. In response to extra brackets and extra rewards on top of the already mentioned rewards, be sure, after we get everything, we are thinking of ways to reward people even further, but do not want to put our foot in our months and promise on anything we can't afford to deliver. We already thru our accounting sheets out the window to give everyone the deals we mentioned, we don't want to promise to much stuff, but after we get everything, if there is extra, rest assure people we see posting on forums and trying to help us will be remember in this card project and future card projects. We can't do it with out you.

nice deal ... but what does it mean by any back that upgrades ?? will i get 2 free deck and 1 free uncut if i pledge for $45 or more?

If we get funded, every backers gets a free deck, we will sign it if you like. If you are $45 or above when we get funded, you get a Free-Uncut Sheet Signed.

There is also the Upgrade bonus, this is for people that already backed us. If they increase their pledge we will reward them with ANOTHER FREE Deck, singed.

So for example, if you already backed us, and you increase to the $45 bracket, you get the 6 decks from the reward, 1 deck for the upgrade, 1 deck when we get funded, and the uncut sheet, a total of 8 decks and 1 uncut sheet for $45! And these are now decks that will never be reprinted past this kickstarter run. the left over will get sold at $8, you can get them for half that on kickstarter now.

another example is if you are new backer and you come it at 45, you would get those 6 decks, the uncut and the 1 deck when we get funded. The Increase pledge bonus only happens if after you entered 45 you went up to the next bracket, which is 52. Any backer that increase there bracket gets that bonus deck. So again, if a new backer comes in at 10, then upgrades to 45, they get the upgrade bonus too, which is kind of cheating, but we don't care we want everyone to get the best deal on Kickstarter. We have come too close to let that supported us down, we will do anything we can to make these decks a reality for them.

So you can get decks as low as 4.30 a deck, that's basically 50% off suggested retail AND free shipping. We listened to our backers and we are really pulling to give them everything they could ask for and more, no exaggeration, check update #6 and update #7 and see how we listened to everything they wanted and then some

Welcome to the Discourse.  I admire your work with kids - I perform magic for young patients at a hospital in Brooklyn once a week.

That is amazing, it is great that you can make the sick forget about their injuries and illnesses.Even if its only for a few minutes or seconds...I think its always worth it...Magic is wonderful.

yeah, the color is a mix of reds and a little pink to brighten it up, and the blacks are alittle on the grey side as well to make them also stand out on the black backround. And no I have not received a Prototype deck from them yet.

Pure Smoke is ok - I have a friend that used it to propose to his girl, it blew the room away to say the least, but, he told me it was a pain to wear all day. And there was things on it that broke on day one. He has ideas on how to modify it, which is no big deal since this is something all magicians should be willing to do, E already went thru the trouble of making a good product. But there are just not very up-front with some of there claims.

As far as Cards Go, I think Infinite is the best deck around, or Green Artifice. These are both cards you can use all the time on people are are cool enough to look at, without people asking too many questions about them. I personally enjoy the free "Master Series" Blue deck they give out too, I use them for practice the most because they feel a little better then regular card, but are basically free so I don't mind as much when they get damaged.

Hi Lance! You are another designer that I was much looking forward to speaking with, I have a steam punk deck I think made by Theory 11 and I must say, your deck really surpasses that one. I was not around when you where getting funded but I will try to track down a pack of your cards for purchase because they are truly impressive.

I will address the English grammar issues just to clarify, the simple problem is that my associate LC Roman did most of the writing for this project. As far as the spelling goes, I will take your advice and hire someone to do this for us in the future. I know in business you should know your weakness and bring people in to help you, but we have no money for this sort of thing yet, so we do the best we can with what we have at the moment.

And some designers may question our ideas and experience, but again, we are self taught in design and what we bring to the table is our experience with magic. In time, we will get better with design and also work with more experiences artist once we can afford to hire them, this attempt on kickstarter has already attracted 2 young talented artists to our cause and you can be sure to see future work from them.

I just ask that people keep in mind what we are trying to do, we are people with ideas, and we are turning to kickstarter to see if we can get the funding to bring these ideas to life. And so far, we have seen great support from people and have made great strides to reach our goals.

We also have taken the time to respond to each and every post on every website and every e-mail to address everyone's thoughts on the deck, simply because we want people to know we truly care and we will not rest until people know that Hidden Mirrors is a group that cares and listens to the people.

There is more then one way to solve a problem, and I think people are jumping to conclusions on our design, stating, as if it is fact, that our ideas don't solve problems, or work. A truth is our boarders are inkless and it is not possible for them to chip, since there is Zero ink. The Bicycle Template is one of the most easiest to understand and recognize by the average person, and we did not stray from the traditional red and black color palette to further reduce confusion. Combine this with the alternate pip on each card, and the outlines, when a card appears in front of you, or if you are standing a few feet away, everyone knows what card it is. We know this from our test crowds, with these horrible hand printed cards, we know, the real cards will be even better, and this is something we will just have to prove once we have the real cards. We did not want to include any of these videos on this project because honestly there is no reason for any viewer to trust the crowd is real, so why waste anyone's time.

I thank you guys for your support and ask that we just keep in mind what it is people on kickstarter are doing, this is not a contest, or a way to prove who is better then who. This is a chance for small businesses to secure funding to go on and do what they want to do. I may not agree or like every product or idea out there, but I do understand that those people behind it work hard and have alot on the line with there ventures. We all may come from different schools of thought, or have different ideas about cards, but in the end, we are all doing our part to provide consumers with as many options as possible when it comes to picking a deck. And that's always a good thing. I will stay in touch.