Sharpie-ing the edges of your decks

[phantom1412]

the green doesn't match the deck at all.
Maybe it's best to stick with only the black.

[dmbaggs]

I should get photos up of my Black Ghost deck.  I colored the edges using a variety of methods until I settled on Marks-A-Lot markers - they were consistently darker than Sharpie and both were better than using an ink stamp pad.  It'll give you a chance to see what they look like AFTER they've been colored and used for a while.

Another of my many weekend missions...

It's time to check your homework.
 

My work weekend begins Wednesday morning at 7am, ends Friday night at 11pm. 

Someone earlier on this thread posted that they tried silver and it was an epic fail.  The ink was absorbed into the edge of the card and totally ruined it.  I can't imagine doing them all at once will somehow make this better.

I'd suggest trying the "all at once in silver" method on a cheapo deck of standard Bikes first rather than ruining a nice Ellusionist deck, just as a proof of concept.

Yeah it didn't work out too well. Although I was using a nicer silver pen. I'm not sure how a sharpie would work. I think it's still worth a try

[NathanCanadas]

I really think it is worth a try. Loldudex2, are you up for it?

[loldudex2]

I really think it is worth a try. Loldudex2, are you up for it?

Yes... I... Am  :-*

I will try to do this ASAP! I will risk my only Viper deck for the community... whether it works well, or not I think it will be valuable information to anyone on here that has thought of Sharpie-ing the deck

[5pAde2]

I gotta know if it worked! lol yes I know this is old but does anyone know how the silver sharpie all at once turned out?

[Don Boyer]

I gotta know if it worked! lol yes I know this is old but does anyone know how the silver sharpie all at once turned out?

Have you read the previous posts?  There's mention of someone trying it but it turned out poorly.

Of course, if you wanted to experiment with a cheap deck of cards and show us, I know you'd have some people interested in knowing the results.

[5pAde2]

OK so I was curious, since it seemed like at least one other person attempted it, to know if there was a different outcome. I have done this on 2 black decks with success. It makes them look amazing (Black Sharpie, one card at a time). I did it first on my Shadow Masters deck:







And my Unbranded Oracle deck:





So, if you want to know what a metallic Sharpie does to a card:





I did this in the same way I did the black decks, one card at a time. The bleed through is very noticeable. I would imagine if you could color match the metallic sharpies to the deck, then it might work. But I would not do this if the color doesn't match up. Anywho, sorry for digging up an old thread. I just wanted to know. Hopefully this helps someone else looking into doing this.

[Don Boyer]

You need not apologize for breathing new life into an old topic.  We like that sort of thing around here!

[D. Dorn]

If anyone gets down to this page, I have a suggestion for the Black on Black decks.

I took the sharpie and put a groove in the tip by pressing it against a dull knife edge.  This made a sort of track for the card, so that there was minimal slippage when running it down a card edge.

I've been able to get about 2-3 decks for a new sharpie.

I've done 2 Shadow Masters, a Seasons black deck (purchased used, so I didn't alter a new deck!), the black Dia Des Los Muertos (Edgy Bros.) and a Quicksilver.  All looked great.

Sorry, I don't own a good digital camera, so you'll have to take my word for it.  They looked comparable to the previously posted black decks, though.