The Rounders actually do have a slightly altered JoD.  The name of Daniel Madison's young child is hidden in the clothing near the face.  He uses the traditional Jack face to represent the child since there's no way to predict future appearance.

I figured having Eli written on the court doesn't really count as custom but I guess if we're being that picky about it, I'll go with the JoD being "altered" rather than "custom."

Either way, I'm looking forward to the next Blaine deck!

Quote from: Don Boyer on December 14, 2013, 02:35:20 AM

For me, it's these:
Fund Michael Frömmer's 1616 Silver Bicycle® Playing Cards
The Mirror Deck Gaffed Playing Cards
Asylum Playing Cards
ULTRAVIOLET // Playing cards from beta17

Haven't checked on the project for quite a while.. but I actually received my cards at least a month ago or so. But yeah, I haven't received Asylum, Ultraviolet and Quicksilver, though I am more optimistic about the Quicksilver cards than the others

I have also received my Mirror Decks a while ago as well. I didn't back those other ones so I'm in the clear.

First entry: December 30, 2013

Second entry: January 1, 2014

+1, the back design looks phenomenal, very aesthetically pleasing.  But I'm thinking the courts will be of a standard nature.

Really weird name, but the back design is quite awesome. Based on other Blaine decks, I would be confident in saying the faces will be very standard. Still, I'll have to get a couple.

The spot cards will probably be standard but the court cards of Blaine decks have been custom haven't they? I happen to have his Split Spades Silver Edition on me and those are custom and if I remember correctly, his White Lions also had custom courts.

Did a quick search and did not find anything on this deck. I have only just seen it and do not know when they were printed. I think they're kind of cool being one that enjoys video games very much. I really like the full custom deck and tuck box. Everything is done nicely in my opinion. They're being sold on fangamer.net for 15USD each. High price tag and it does not include shipping but I think it's well done. I'm not sure if it is being sold anywhere else.

Straight from the site's description for the deck:
"What have you to lose?
Just your life, and that was free!
Ante up, my friend

This FF6-themed card deck features a face card of every playable main character from this classic Super Nintendo RPG!

56 Poker sized cards
Printed on Bicycle grade paper with embossed finish
Custom tuck box
Gold foil security seal and cellophane wrapper with tear band
Meticulously designed by Lieutenant Art Commander Laura Wilson and produced by the magitechnicians at US Playing Card Company (USPCC), the same company responsible for the famous Bicycle card decks."

Under the "Fellow nerds also bought:" section was a deck called "Cards of Legend" as well that seem to based off of The Legend of Zelda games. I personally do not like this deck as much mainly due to the pips. I like the courts but the pips are too different for my taste. Here's the link to that deck as well:
http://www.fangamer.net/products/cards-of-legend.

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't these just go on the smaller walls of the tuck case? Wouldn't that mean that the tuck can still be crushed if pressure was applied in any way other than straight on?

Quote from: Michael on September 24, 2013, 03:01:13 AM

Ah well that's a shame. I think the Clip Joints were barely okay because of the backs. The Casinos were only cool cause the you can pick out an ace just by looking at the back design. The Chinatowns were just terrible in color. I don't have high hopes for this new Fulton deck.

The Clip Joint back design is very nicely done. The single pip design was tastefully elegant. I like that the ace pip sizes are NOT flamboyantly too large or as large as the AoS. Many companies are trying to replicate that single custom pip idea. None have done it better.

When I said "barely okay because of the backs" I was referring to how the backs ruined it for me. I understand it looks like streams of smoke (a little) but it just doesn't really the theme of a smoke filled clip joint. The design in itself is nice, just doesn't mesh well with the theme. The single pip design is what saved the deck for me.

I remember seeing it somewhere on this forum. But I went back to its original thread and couldn't find it. Maybe see_squared can share it with us as I didn't receive the email that was sent that contained a teaser of the backs.

EDIT: here it is. And the AoS as well http://aethercards.com/discourse/playing-card-plethora/hmnim-playing-cards/

Thanks for finding that thread. I forgot what the back design looked like. I like the octopus.

The only deck I have from Aloys is the Red Floral deck that I snagged off of eBay for relatively cheap. I like the design of this deck, just don't want to stress over trying to get every color at really high prices.

Quote from: Michael on September 24, 2013, 02:48:21 AM

This deck made me chuckle and in my book, it deserves a shot. I don't really like it very much but these memes just always get me.

Meme-based decks have had a terrible track record so far on KS.  I can't recall one that succeeded.  They're just too topical - the kind of thing that's a little funny now but just looks stupid after a while.

I will agree that I think they'll look stupid after using them more than twice. I guess the amount of funding will tell if people like it or not.

Nothing on that list is really a "must have" for me. At least nothing real special seeing as how they're not selling any decks I'm interested in.

This deck made me chuckle and in my book, it deserves a shot. I don't really like it very much but these memes just always get me.

Never in my life have I seen anyone playing cards on their first date.  If I ever did this while I was single, it would have been my first AND last date.  Anyone nervous enough on a first date that they'd need to resort to these would probably also be too nervous to play cards without looking like an idiot.

There is a decent novelty factor to this, but it's better as a fourth- or fifth-date activity at best, and only if your date enjoys playing cards.  And those questions?  Yikes.  Any questions worth asking, you should have at the tip of your tongue on the first date, not printed on a playing card that you read.  The main thing this project has in its favor is that he's using a cheap printer with a low minimum, 'cause there's no other way he'd be producing and delivering a deck for a mere $1,000.

I would agree that the theme of the deck is a novelty but in practicality, it shouldn't be very usable. The design in itself I think is decent though.