In general, Ellusionist used to be a great brand for cards.  Ever since the Madison series started, though, it's become pretty humdrum and boring.  This deck is no exception - it's about as underwhelming as a deck gets for me.  It's a shame that the same company that came up with the Arcane deck and the Artifice deck is producing this...

I think the people behind these great decks are no longer part of E. Lee, Jason, etc. And you're right, feels like E decks started going downhill eversince DM started his decks.

I too have been using Ultra Pro cases for 4 years already. I usually go for the 250 count 2 piece box, fits 7 decks with a little room to wiggle around. Works well with vintage decks too as it somehow prevent further warping of the deck.

As stated, I am looking for Curator and Clipped Wings Uncut Sheet by Emmanuel Jose.

Offering $50 or more which could always be worked out.

Trades could also be worked out.

Shipping to US, but could puchase it anywhere.

Thanks!

Shipping 8 decks to US - $23. Reminds me of eBay listings with items marked very low but with insane shipping. Wow.

Quote from: bathcrew on March 10, 2014, 07:14:49 PM

Hi,

The following link shows many interesting informations. Indeed, there are many types of golden nugget :
https://sites.google.com/site/cardconjurer/playingcards/vintagecasinoplayingcards/goldennugget

Good job from the author!

Best regards,

Bathcrew.

Sorry to bring up such an old post, but wanted to chime in. I created the website you linked many years ago. I had started compiling information on vintage casino decks here:

https://sites.google.com/site/cardconjurer/playingcards/vintagecasinoplayingcards

I honed in on the solid back designs with white borders. Many years ago that was my favorite type of deck to collect. I sold off my large collection of vintage casino decks in order to narrow the scope of my collection. Many of you may own some of my old decks.

For whatever reason, some of these vintage casino decks are mind-bogglingly rare.

Fred - not sure if you research extends to the other vintage casino decks, but the above link could be a good jumping off point for a detailed study.

Really nice to see you again. Hope you can come here more frequently, or update the site. As there are only a handful of people I know that collect casino vintage decks.

If I remember correctly, FULLBOATDEALER (Ohio) from ebay has done fulfillment for both Virtuoso and the first Seasons decks. Seasons might have switched to Kings Wild due their friendship but I was very happy with everything I ever received from FULLBOATDEALER.

Virts were done by Pokerstud52.

These might be the ones sliverboi is talking about. Sorry for the poor image quality, just screengrabbed from my instagram account. 

Off topic: anyone got their KW Tallys or atleast a shipping notification?

The selling point here is this is the first time cards are actually embossed. Something different, true "never been done before". Same as Mech 3D deck, it's not about the playing cards, it's about the innovation.

My two cents.

Thank you, Don.
To appreciate this let me show one very specific deck from my collection. It's Dunes 1st run (Bee, 1965, but after June 22). This deck is rare as it is, but this one especially rare. Usually the color of the box and color of the cards inside were the same (either blue or red). But this deck was mixed during the production. The box is red, but all cards are blue (excepting 3 red cards). It has come mixed from the producer. Hope, you guys like it 

If you want to see a rich and vast collection of Vintage Casino Decks, people from Taiwan and China are the ones you should look for. River Tsai, Ares Xue to name a few.

PD: I am a vintage casino deck collector myself, but not as great as the two mentioned.

Well, Don IS awake, now - and eating lunch!

All brand new playing cards straight from the box have a slight chemical odor to them because of the chemicals used in the finish - Magic Finish has a sharper, more "chemical-y" smell than a standard pack of Bikes from the drug store.  The off-the-shelf Bikes might have an odor faint enough that you can't detect it, depending on your olfactory sensitivity.

Who remembers the release of the White Lions?  It was, in order:
Series A Blue (common)
Series A "Red" Rainbow (rare, not sold individually)
Series A "Purple" Rainbow (rare, not sold individually)
Series A "Blue UV" Rainbow (rare, not sold individually)

Then came the easy-to-get versions...
Series B Blue and Red (simultaneous, common)
"Black Label" (common)
"Stealth Cards" (extremely rare)

Who wants to bet that there will be a "version two" where the green deck is reprinted and made available to all either individually or in pairs?  Nearly all of Blaine's deck releases came in three colors, not counting the crazy-rare variants.

Don, could you remind me what are Stealth Cards? Seems like this is the first time to see this. A picture maybe?

Hi, I am looking for the following and beside is about acceptable price for me:

Ace fulton Red and Blue - $15 - 20
Clipped Wings Uncut sheet and deck - $75
Curator uncut sheet - $75

I can do trade or cash. PM me here to contact me. Shipping to California

Thanks!