I am really liking this deck design a lot.

Thanks Don! I tried to both go classic and traditional all at once.

Kardify is helping me run a wonderful Giveaway Contest on their site: Kardify x Marquis Playing Cards Giveaway



There are some amazing items and honestly all my backers are automatically entered.

Thanks for all the kind words.

Just a quick update for everyone, the project launches tomorrow (March 25th) at noon EST on Kickstarter.

Please check it out, but Kardify has kindly written up a first look about Marquis Playing Cards with some lovely photos by Anthony Ingrassia (Sparkz on the PCF) and some renders of some of the tucks for the project.

Hello PCF users!

Some of you guys might remember me from the early days of Kings Wild Project (I may have answered your questions on Kickstarter or helped with your order) or as that guy that designed a series inspired by Bee, The Hive, and then recently, a Chinese theme deck, Dynasty.

I've got a deck coming out soon: Marquis Playing Cards. Here's a quick teaser image (photo by the wonder Anthony Ingrassia) and there's a short first look article on Kardify . More info and images soon.

Hi Dan,

Sorry to hear that, but good luck with your relaunch.

If you don't mind some advise. If you're going to conventions, have you thought of drumming up interest with people buying your work there? If you think about it, if they're willing to buy one print, a deck has a lot more in it at a very affordable price. Equally, have you thought of reaching out to new of the playing card news site such as Kardify. The guys that run are amazing people and playing card fans. I'm sure they'd love to have an article about your deck on their site.

I used Collectable Playing Cards for my Kickstarter and they did a great job.

I think the different between playing cards and coins and stamps is that for coins and stamps, misprinted versions tend to be recalled and destroyed so that there's only ever a handful available. I think that's what makes their error valuable as it's part of the rarity of it.

I've yet to see a misprinted version of a playing card deck where it's recalled, destroyed and reprinted. The closest to that would have been the first run Deco by Encarded were a lot of the tucks were damaged and sent back to USPCC due to the foiling, tuck material and how USPCC's machines work to fold the tucks..

I think all companies need and have various strategies to move product and one of them is "buy $XXX amount and we'll give you this super special deck that's not available any where else!". In many ways, a lot of them have to kept to that method. Sometimes they run other promotions where you can randomly get that deck for a lot lower, like a lottery (ie. D&D Mystery decks).

I think you're describe two different problem, cere23.

The problem with E is that they're seem to be devaluing their product by intentionally selling their stuff super low half a year later or a year later, at least with some of their product as they've used a bunch of different sales strategy. They use to be quite found of the buy a brick and get a super rare LE re-colour you can't buy.

While other companies are just found more ways to give away their deck, but it's still effective free as you never paid for it except for some that put it up for a high price, but then I don't think they've ever intentionally devalued it as collectors gave it that specific price.

I think the problem is that E's marketing has always been a bit "wonky" to put it nicely while everyone else doesn't seem to go that far, at least in my memory. E will regularly go "look what we found in the vault! We'll never find some more again! Get it now!!". But ultimately a company has to do what a company has to do to make money and keep on thriving. And sometimes it is the honest truth that a company has found stuff that's misplaced and no one remembered anymore 'cause that staff member might be gone.

I think the question to ask why are you collecting? Is it to have super high value decks? If that's the case, I think modern might not be the best thing as price will fluctuate for that in many more years to come and maybe vintage or antique deck is the way to go with more certainty of value upon return or at least steady value. If it's collecting for cool things, maybe wait it out for a cheaper means to get that deck (ie. lower prices or even trade someone else who might have extras).

A luxury hobby shouldn't be pissing you off 'cause there's a lot of better ways to spend that money. I think you want companies to play by your rules and ultimately, they will play by whatever rules works for them.

Hi,

I think the problem is that value and worth for any deck, more so modern deck, can vary a lot. If you're looking to sell something quick or soon, then take your best offer. If you wait for the long game, the deck could potentially go up in value or sink in value for whatever reason. And ultimately value/worth is what someone else is willing to pay for it. You can believe it's got a high value but if you can't find someone to give you that value for it, then it's really worth less.

 

Thank you so much for this info, Lee!

Like you said, mistakes happen and more often than not, the team involved is more horrified at the issue than everyone else. I've been there myself, unfortunately.

Thank again, to you and the board of the 52+J, for doing standing up thing to ensure that all members are happy!

Hello and welcome the forums.

Trust me, you're not the first person with a collection problem here

Reputation is pretty much anyone giving you a point feedback for what you post. Sometimes people are weird and odd or they butter finger it on their phone or something. It's not a big deal.

Similar to what a lot of others have already said, your best bet is to collect what you like and enjoy. If you're trying to collect something in hopes of it holding their value or going up, it's a futile game.

The problem is short of a few certain things in this world, when push comes to shove and you've got to unload it, you'll seldom ever get the value you want for it. This is more so for modern deck where the market is uncertain and unstable. At least with antique and vintage decks, being that old, at least there's a more of a certainty, but again, it's not guarantee.

Buy what you like and love and be happy with that. I think it'd make collecting a lot easier.

It's understandable.

It sucks, for whatever reasons that Kickstarter is still limited in certain countries. I know they've expanded as they use to be solely US based only.

Sometimes you have to do what you have to do. And I just forming a partnership with someone just to use Kickstarter can be very very risky.

Good luck!

I don't believe it's so much construction paper as a layer they have inside so that the cards don't send out being transparent when held up to the light. I know for some manufacturers that they have their own glue that dress opaque and ends up coloured. Collectable Trading Cards like Magic the Gathering is like that if you rip a card in half.