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Deck of the Year *RESULTS ARE UP*
« on: December 31, 2011, 11:25:38 AM »
 

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(Only one vote was counted per category, so if you put multiples, I only counted the first):

Best Back: Fantastique (6 votes)
Best Fronts: Infinity (4 votes)
Best Handling: Artifice/Aristocrats (3 votes each)
Best representation of deck name: Fantastique (5 votes)
Most Customized: Tungstene/Infinity (4 votes each)
Best Jokers: LTD (5 votes)
Best Box: LTD/Monarchs (3 votes each)
Best Ace of Spades: Infinity (4 votes)

Worst Backs: Monarchs (10 votes)
Worst Fronts: Monarchs (8 votes)
Worst Handling: Sentinels (3 votes)
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs (16 votes)
Worst representation of deck name: Monarchs (10 votes)
Least Customized: White Arrco/Monarchs (5 votes each)
Worst Jokers: Monarchs (4 votes each)
Worst Box: Aristocrat (3 votes)
Worst Ace of Spades: Monarchs (5 votes)

Overall best: Fantastique/Infinity (11 votes each)
Overall worst: Monarchs (61 votes)
« Last Edit: January 08, 2012, 10:10:50 PM by john »
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2011, 11:47:48 AM »
 

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Most over-hyped HAS to be the Monarchs, doesn't it?
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2011, 12:07:32 PM »
 

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good: my votes

Best Backs: Fantastique
Best Fronts: Tungstene
Best Handling: mmm not sure
Best representation of the deck name: bicycle stickman?
Most Customized: tungstene
Best Jokers: LTD

"Bad"
Worst Backs - monarchs
Worst Fronts - monarchs
Worst Handling - personally for me the fultons feel strange
Most Over-hyped - monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name - monarchs
Least Customized - white arrcos
Worst Jokers - mmm not sure about this one either
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2011, 12:55:36 PM »
 

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Quote from: Kanped on December 31, 2011, 11:47:48 AM
Most over-hyped HAS to be the Monarchs, doesn't it?

Believe it or not some people who aren't theory 11 employees actually like them. So I left it open for those few.
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2011, 01:04:12 PM »
 

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Best Backs: Fantastique
Best Fronts: JAQK Cellars and Tungstene
Best Handling: Monarchs
Best representation of the deck name: Charity Waters? Steampunk?
Most Customized: Tungstene
Best Jokers: White Lions

"Bad"
Worst Backs: Does Smiling Back Count?
Worst Fronts: White Arrco
Worst Handling: My Red Artifice don't handle that well, but that just might be me.
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: Monarchs or Infinity
Least Customized: White Arrco and Smoke and Mirror: v6
Worst Jokers: Aristocrat



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Best Box: Black Crown, Monarchs, and If an Octopus Could Palm
Worst Box: Aristocrat
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2011, 01:34:55 PM »
 

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New category, Best Ace of Spades?
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2011, 03:43:02 PM »
 

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I might be off on a few deck dates (as in whether or not the decks were released in 2011).

Best Backs: Fantastique
Best Fronts: JAQK Cellars
Best Handling: Monarchs
Best representation of the deck name: Fantastique
Most Customized: JAQK
Best Jokers: Fulton's
Best Box:  JAQK
Best Ace of Spades: Sentinels

Worst Backs: Sentinels -- I feel this way because in comparison to how much I love the faces, I can't stand the boring pyramid on their backs
Worst Fronts: Infinity
Worst Handling: ...
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: Monarchs
Least Customized: White arrco
Worst Jokers: It's my opinion that the Artifice joker's are a tad too cheesy
Worst Box: Aristocrat
Worst Ace of Spades: ...
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2011, 03:47:55 PM »
 

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No love for Vortex? Or is that technically a 2012 deck? :P

"Good"

Best Backs: S&Mv6
Best Fronts: Artifice
Most Customized: Infinity & Artifice
Best Jokers: LTD
Best Box: Monarchs
Best Ace of Spades: Infinity

"Bad"

Worst Backs: Monarchs/Merz decks
Worst Fronts: Monarchs
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: Monarchs
Least Customized: Monarchs
Worst Jokers: Any Merz deck
Worst Box: Any Merz deck
Worst Ace of Spades: Monarchs
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2011, 04:40:35 PM »
 

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When we get the Vortex in our grubby little hands, we will be able to love it.  Until then it is only a pleasent dream.
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2011, 05:00:09 PM »
 

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Best Backs: Black Crown and D1IE(Deck One Industrial Edition) and Artifice
Best Fronts: Infinity and artifice
Best Handling: Infinity
Best representation of the deck name: IAOCP, D1IE
 Most Customized: Fantastique
Best Jokers: IAOCP
Best ace of spades: Artifice, LTD, D1IE


"Bad"
Worst Backs: Monarchs
Worst Fronts: Monarchs
Worst Handling: hard one but for Durability I say Sentinels
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: Monarchs
Least Customized: Metalic Bicycle decks
Worst Jokers: Monarchs   
worst ace of spades:  Monarchs

I hate to say monarchs for everything but they are just so bad that the is nothing good to say.


Best Box: IAOCP, Black Crown, LTD
Worst Box: Red Aristocat Banknotes
« Last Edit: January 05, 2012, 05:17:24 PM by Aaron »
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2011, 05:59:27 PM »
 

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Best Backs: Vortex
Best Fronts: Infinity
Best Handling: Bee Stingers (red)
Best representation of the deck name: Cardtoon deck
Most Customized: IAOCP
Best Jokers: Artifcie
Best Box: LTD, Black Crown
Best Ace of Spades: Vortex

"Bad"

Worst Backs: Monarchs
Worst Fronts: Monarchs
Worst Handling:
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: Monarchs
Least Customized: Monarchs
Worst Jokers: Monarchs
Worst Box: Bee Titanium
Worst Ace of Spades:
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2011, 06:11:21 PM »
 

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Best Backs: Artifice and LTD
Best Fronts: Infinity, Artifice, Tungestene
Best Handling: Artifice , Fulton's, S&M V6
Best representation of the deck name: Infinity and Charity: Water
Most Customized: Infinity and Artifice
Best Jokers: LTD and Artifice
Best Box: LTD, Black Crown, Infinity, Monarchs
Best Ace of Spades: Infinity, LTD, Artifice

"Bad"

Worst Backs: Karnival Dose and Steampunk T11
Worst Fronts: Monarchs
Worst Handling: .....
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: Monarchs
Least Customized: Monarchs and White Arrco
Worst Jokers: .....
Worst Box: .....
Worst Ace of Spades: Monarchs
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2011, 06:34:44 PM »
 

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Guess it is about time to answer my own thread.

"Good"

Best Backs: Bicycle Gargoyles
Best Fronts: Artifice
Best Handling: Bicycle Gargoyles
Best representation of the deck name: Bicycle Gargoyles
Most Customized: Artifice
Best Jokers: LTD
Best Box: Monarchs
Best Ace of Spades: Crown Decks

"Bad"

Worst Backs: Monarchs
Worst Fronts: Monarchs
Worst Handling: Bicycle titanium v2
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: Infinity
Least Customized: Monarch
Worst Jokers: Crown Decks
Worst Box: Merz decks
Worst Ace of Spades: Merz decks
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2012, 12:43:07 AM »
 

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Best Backs: Fantastique
Best Fronts: Karnival Dose, Fulton's Clip Joint
Best Handling: ?
Best representation of the deck name:  Fantastique
Most Customized: Karnival Dose
Best Jokers:  Fantastique
Best Box: Infinity
Best Ace of Spades: Fantastique, Crown

"Bad"

Worst Backs: Monarchs
Worst Fronts:  Monarchs
Worst Handling: ?
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: Monarchs, Infinity
Least Customized: Monarchs
Worst Jokers: Crown (boring!)
Worst Box: -
Worst Ace of Spades: Infinity (design mismatch)
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2012, 01:16:54 AM »
 

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Best Backs: Fulton's
Best Fronts: Brimestone
Best representation of the deck name: Infinity
Most Customized: Fantastique
Best Box: LTD
Best Ace of Spades: Infinity

"Bad"

Worst Backs: Merz's Zebra Back/Monarchs
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Least Customized: Merz's Trace Decks
Worst Jokers: Infinity
Worst Box: Merz's Decks
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2012, 01:52:27 AM »
 

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Just a little update for what i'm going to do with this thread. After January 7th I will figure out what was voted the most in each category, then update the thread in both the original post, and a new post, then the thread will be locked forever.
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2012, 06:11:40 AM »
 

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Best Backs: First edition Artifice
Best Fronts: Fulton's, JAQK, Artifice
Best Handling: Artifice, Infinity, LTD
Best representation of the deck name:
Most Customized: Tungstene
Best Jokers: Fantastique, Fulton's
Best Box: Black crown, Monarchs, Steampunk, LTD
Best Ace of Spades: Crown deck

"Bad"

Worst Backs: Monarchs
Worst Fronts:
Worst Handling:
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: Monarchs
Least Customized:
Worst Jokers:
Worst Box:
Worst Ace of Spades: Monarchs
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2012, 11:15:27 AM »
 

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Best Backs:v6/IAOCP/fultons
Best Fronts:Tungstene/v6/fantastiqes
Best Handling:v6
Best representation of the deck name:fantastiqes
Most Customized:jaq cellars
Best Jokers:v6/fultons
Best Box"IAOCP/v6/ltd
Best Ace of Spades v6/IAOCP

"Bad"

Worst Backs Monarchs
Worst Fronts arcos
Worst Ace of Spades:ltd
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2012, 04:06:44 PM »
 

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Best Backs: fantastique
Best Fronts: Fulton's
Best Handling: aristocrats
Best representation of the deck name: steam punk
Most Customized: Tungstene
Best Jokers: white lions, Fulton's
Best Box: white lions fultons
Best Ace of Spades: artifice

"Bad"

Worst Backs: Monarchs
Worst Fronts: monarchs
Worst Handling: ?
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: Monarchs
Least Customized: white arrco
Worst Jokers: white arrco
Worst Box: enigma deck

(why all the hate on the aristocrat box? its just a classic box that still looks great
Worst Ace of Spades: Monarchs
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2012, 04:23:30 PM »
 

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Best Backs: white lions
Best Fronts:v6
Best Handling: aristocrat/ ask alexander
Best representation of the deck name: the vortex
Most Customized: fultons clip joint
Best Jokers: if an octopus could palm
Best Box: aristocrat
Best Ace of Spades: if an octopus could palm
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #20 on: January 01, 2012, 06:55:55 PM »
 

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Best Backs: Bicycle Premier
Best Fronts: Sentinels (do they count as this year?)
Best Handling: Aristocrat 727 reprints
Best representation of the deck name: Aristocrats - I could picture the well-to-do using them for poker night
Most Customized: Sentinels, Karnival Dead Eyes, Karnival Dose
Best Jokers: White Lions Series A
Best Box: Black Crowns
Best Ace of Spades: that's a toughie...  Aristocrats

"Bad"

Worst Backs: all Merz67 decks
Worst Fronts: all Merz67 decks
Worst Handling: Sentinels - they don't hold up over time, in my opinion
Most Over-hyped: Monarchs
Worst representation of the deck name: what was that whacky AFPCC deck...?
Least Customized: all the Platinum decks - they're nice, but take away the shiny and you have the originals.
Worst Jokers: I don't like the Fulton's Clip Joint jokers - I don't feel they're in the theme and they lack indices.
Worst Box: Fulton's again - it feels too flimsy - but I can say the same about Karnival Death Heads.  A plastic deck meant to hold up to abuse should not have a box that looks like it's going to fall apart if you sneeze too hard.
Worst Ace of Spades: Crimson, without a doubt.  Butt-ugly, red indices both oriented the same direction...
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2012, 06:58:33 PM »
 

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Really, I hate the Bicycly Premier backs, and what do you mean platinum decks? Do you mean Titanium?
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2012, 07:01:50 PM »
 

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he means titanium i think, because from that decription i see titaniums
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #23 on: January 01, 2012, 08:30:46 PM »
 

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I liked the Premier Back because it was a very effective yet elegant use of the metallic inks - in fact, the whole deck is representative of this in my opinion, it's one of my favorites.  I never liked that the TITANIUM decks (yes, my boo-boo) had metallic red inks, but were deadly-dull normal on the black cards other than the court cards.  There had to be SOMETHING they could have chosen.  And that "blue" shade that has more in common with grey than blue isn't my favorite, either.
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Re: Deck of the Year.
« Reply #24 on: January 05, 2012, 04:46:49 PM »
 

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Two days before the verdict, if anyone hasn't voted yet it'd be a good time to do it ::)
And I don't have the titanium decks yet, but no metallic on the black suits makes me want them a little less...
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