Dan & Dave Variety Box (combined topic)

[phantom1412]

EDIT:

Thanks to Good@Sabacc
I'll copy his answers here for everyone to read it easily at the first post.

Variety Box #1 - a random selection of twelve from the following decks:


Absolut
Aladdin Smooth (red or blue)
Arrco (red or blue)
Bee Erdnase
Bee Watermelon (red or blue)
DeckONE v1
English Laundry
Fournier 605 (Lee Asher signature deck) (green or brown)
Magic-Con
Massa
Smith Back #2
Smoke and/or Mirror v2 or 3
Smoke and Mirrors V4 or 5
Split Spades (red, blue or black) - I believe these were the Tally-Ho model, the first one made
Steamboat (red or blue)
Wynn (red or purple)
* The first fifty had a Jerry's Nugget deck in them.


Variety Box #2 - a random selection of twelve from the following:


Aladdin Smooth (red or blue)
Arrco (red or blue)
Broadway Seconds (Aristocrats) (red or blue)
DeckONE v2
Bee Erdnase 1902 Green Acorn Special Edition
Fournier 605 (green or brown)
JAQK (metallic blue)
Sentinels
Smith Back #2
Smoke/Mirror(s) v2-5


Variety Box #3 - twelve decks, random assortment of colors:


Arrco (red or blue)
A. Bandit
Aladdin Smooth
Aristocrat reprints
Ask Alexander
Bee Erdnase
Erdnaseum
Fantastique
If an Octopus Could Palm
RJ (Watermelons, red or blue)
S&M v6
White Lions blue

Variety Box v4 - twelve decks, random assortment of colors:


Arrco U.S. Reg. (Cincinnati, Oh)
Aladdin, Smooth Finish (Cincinnati, Oh)
Aristocrat (Reprints)
Ask Alexander
Bee® Erdnaseum
Fantastique
If an Octopus Could Palm
Bee® Smith Back
Smoke & Mirrors: v6
Mirror: v3
Stud (Reprints)
Tungstene

variety box v5:

If an Octopus Could Palm
Monarchs
Smoke & Mirrors: v6
Fantastique
A.Bandit
Fulton's Clip Joint
Bee® Erdnaseum
Bee® Acorn Back
Arrco (Cincinnati)
Aristocrat
Stud (Cincinnati)
Ask Alexander

[Jin Jian]

i was looking around the internet for them,i really want to buy a varitey box and buy the best one but i have a limited budget ..i really want to buy the v4 but i dun see anyone selling them now

[Don Boyer]

I seem to recall that keyword searches on Google sometimes pull up cached versions of a webpage - you might be able to find the lists there by finding old Dan & Dave pages.


UPDATE:  I did some searching around.


Variety Box #1 - a random selection of twelve from the following decks:


Absolut
Aladdin Smooth (red or blue)
Arrco (red or blue)
Bee Erdnase
Bee Watermelon (red or blue)
DeckONE v1
English Laundry
Fournier 605 (Lee Asher signature deck) (green or brown)
Magic-Con
Massa
Smith Back #2
Smoke and/or Mirror v2 or 3
Smoke and Mirrors V4 or 5
Split Spades (red, blue or black) - I believe these were the Tally-Ho model, the first one made
Steamboat (red or blue)
Wynn (red or purple)
* The first fifty had a Jerry's Nugget deck in them.


Variety Box #2 - a random selection of twelve from the following:


Aladdin Smooth (red or blue)
Arrco (red or blue)
Broadway Seconds (Aristocrats) (red or blue)
DeckONE v2
Bee Erdnase 1902 Green Acorn Special Edition
Fournier 605 (green or brown)
JAQK (metallic blue)
Sentinels
Smith Back #2
Smoke/Mirror(s) v2-5


Variety Box #3 - twelve decks, random assortment of colors:


Arrco (red or blue)
A. Bandit
Aladdin Smooth
Aristocrat reprints
Ask Alexander
Bee Erdnase
Erdnaseum
Fantastique
If an Octopus Could Palm
RJ (Watermelons, red or blue)
S&M v6
White Lions blue

Variety Box v4 - twelve decks, random assortment of colors:


Arrco U.S. Reg. (Cincinnati, Oh)
Aladdin, Smooth Finish (Cincinnati, Oh)
Aristocrat (Reprints)
Ask Alexander
Bee® Erdnaseum
Fantastique
If an Octopus Could Palm
Bee® Smith Back
Smoke & Mirrors: v6
Mirror: v3
Stud (Reprints)
Tungstene

[phantom1412]

Thanks a lot to Good@Sabacc


And just in case anybody else wanted to see the whole list from v1-v5.
I will list them at the first post.

[loldudex2]

The v1 box is incredible, and has an insane assortment of rare cards. The Magic-Con, Absolut, and Jerry's made this a steal! I just wish they kept the quality of decks consistent throughout all of the encarnations of the variety box.

[Don Boyer]

The v1 box is incredible, and has an insane assortment of rare cards. The Magic-Con, Absolut, and Jerry's made this a steal! I just wish they kept the quality of decks consistent throughout all of the encarnations of the variety box.

The newer ones don't hold a candle to the older ones.


I'm interested in the Variety Box: Vintage Edition that's up for grabs in their holiday contest...

[Lushbob]

The only Variety Box that I really would want to get is the v1. The early S&M versions, the Jerry's and the original Split Spades are the decks that really interest me. It seems the boxes then continue on to get worse and worse with each edition.

I'm interested in the Variety Box: Vintage Edition that's up for grabs in their holiday contest...

Yeah, me too. It looks very interesting; I can see a Jerry's Nugget, a Golden Nugget, an Aristocrat, a Stud and an old Bicycle deck. All of which would be very nice to get. Fingers crossed that at least someone from the Discourse wins it, so we can get pictures of all the decks!

[CBJ]

Our Winter/Spring 2014 Variety Box includes the following decks of playing cards.


http://shop.dananddave.com/playing-cards/variety-box.html




    HMNIM
    Black JAQK
    Whispering Imps (Limited Edition Red Box)
    Private Reserve (aka, Gold Smoke & Mirrors)
    ULTIMATE DECK
    Fulton's Chinatown*
    Aristocrat®*
    DeckStarter Playing Cards
    Fulton's October
    Arrco® Tahoe*
    Clip Joint, Black Label
    Monarchs*

* Denotes decks available in multiple colors. Assembled at random using all available color options. No two Variety Boxes are the same.

Limited to 144 numbered boxes. Signed certificate of authenticity included.



CBJ

[Card Player]

I'm just wondering how long we think these are going to last. At the time I write this post, these are still available after 40 mins. I know the last Variety Box was still available up until a few weeks ago. The Gold Reserve does make this offer much more attractive. Happy to see they did not increase the price.

[Anthony]

Unless you already own all the decks being offered, in multiples, this is a pretty good offering in my opinion. $12.50 a deck, it's about a 50/50 split on bang for your buck. But the "Better" decks definitely tilts the scale into the "Good Deal" zone....now if I only had the extra $150.00 on Valentines day as !An0nym0u5 pointed out 

[Justin O.]

Oh man, that is a pretty good spread... I am looking at picking up a number if those independently.. I might have to scrounge up some money to make that happen...

[Sher143]

Sooo tempted to get this one. It has quite a number of decks I want, especially the Gold Private Reserve.

[Card Player]

I picked it up. Not sure if I will keep it together or not. Cards are made to be used, right?

I can only guess what the market for the gold private reserve deck is now? People bidding $300 - $400 on eBay before. You have to wonder what would stop someone from spending $150 for 12 decks with it included? This might be the best deal to get one your going to see.

[Don Boyer]

I picked it up. Not sure if I will keep it together or not. Cards are made to be used, right?

I can only guess what the market for the gold private reserve deck is now? People bidding $300 - $400 on eBay before. You have to wonder what would stop someone from spending $150 for 12 decks with it included? This might be the best deal to get one your going to see.

Those guys who paid $300-400 on eBay for that deck have more money than common sense, if you ask me.

This is probably one of the better boxes they've offered in a while - and I'm still not all that interested.  But hey, that's me.

[sr15]

If I was guaranteed to get a game of death deck for the chinatown then I would likely get one, but we know how these "randomly selected decks" usually work...Still not a bad deal either way but 150 is quite a bit of money

[Justin O.]

Are they limited in amount?

[Aptombstone]

I picked one of these up. Worst case scenario, i get 8 new decks, best case scenario I get 11 new decks, depending on which color variable they send me.

I thought it'd be worth a try, and hey, you gotta think at least 1 of the 144 boxes will have a "rare" Monarch color, but I won't hold my breath.

[Card Player]

Are they limited in amount?

They should be limited to 144. I don't believe they come numbered.

You can only buy 12 per order.

I picked one of these up. Worst case scenario, i get 8 new decks, best case scenario I get 11 new decks, depending on which color variable they send me.

I thought it'd be worth a try, and hey, you gotta think at least 1 of the 144 boxes will have a "rare" Monarch color, but I won't hold my breath.

I don't know that I would call the Silver Monarch "Rare". They are sold out @ theory11 and most likely are NOT being printed again.

[HandSkillz]

Ooops, I just spent about $100 (shipping included) on decks...you tell me which you would rather have:
the 12 listed in the variety bucks.OR
6 Exquisites (3 red, 3 blue) + 1 Red Pr1me - $50
1 S&M v5 on ebay - $15
6 White Lions B (2 of each color) - $36

I mean I'm not getting the same variety, I'm not getting the questionably expensive gold reserve, but I'm still happy I spent the money where I did.

[Card Player]

Ooops, I just spent about $100 (shipping included) on decks...you tell me which you would rather have:
the 12 listed in the variety bucks.OR
6 Exquisites (3 red, 3 blue) + 1 Red Pr1me - $50
1 S&M v5 on ebay - $15
6 White Lions B (2 of each color) - $36

I mean I'm not getting the same variety, I'm not getting the questionably expensive gold reserve, but I'm still happy I spent the money where I did.

What would I rather have?

The 6 Exquisite decks was a nice deal (3 Blue 3 Red) I love my Taiwanese Legends! I pick Legends over Exquisite. That's just me. You can keep the Pr1me decks. I already own White Lions B's and Deluxe Smoke & Mirrors.

If I were you, I'd rather have the 40% OFF White Lions Signed Collectors Box and the Exquisite Deal. That should have given you your best value at $129.95 for 18 decks and one of the coolest signed pieces you can buy.

As for me, this Variety Box was a nice buy.

[Aptombstone]

Are they limited in amount?

They should be limited to 144. I don't believe they come numbered.

You can only buy 12 per order.

I picked one of these up. Worst case scenario, i get 8 new decks, best case scenario I get 11 new decks, depending on which color variable they send me.

I thought it'd be worth a try, and hey, you gotta think at least 1 of the 144 boxes will have a "rare" Monarch color, but I won't hold my breath.

I don't know that I would call the Silver Monarch "Rare". They are sold out @ theory11 and most likely are NOT being printed again.

I was talking about the so-called White Monarchs and the Gold Monarchs as the rare variants in the Monarch series.

[bhong]

Are they limited in amount?

They should be limited to 144. I don't believe they come numbered.

You can only buy 12 per order.

I picked one of these up. Worst case scenario, i get 8 new decks, best case scenario I get 11 new decks, depending on which color variable they send me.

I thought it'd be worth a try, and hey, you gotta think at least 1 of the 144 boxes will have a "rare" Monarch color, but I won't hold my breath.

I don't know that I would call the Silver Monarch "Rare". They are sold out @ theory11 and most likely are NOT being printed again.

I was talking about the so-called White Monarchs and the Gold Monarchs as the rare variants in the Monarch series.

Considering how extremely rare the Gold Monarchs are ( I think there was only a gross kept), I really doubt D&D would even make one of the Variety Box with it even if they had that to spare. Now the White Monarch is another matter. I'd imagine maybe a handful of boxes, at most, would have that included in it.

[Card Player]

Are they limited in amount?

They should be limited to 144. I don't believe they come numbered.

You can only buy 12 per order.

I picked one of these up. Worst case scenario, i get 8 new decks, best case scenario I get 11 new decks, depending on which color variable they send me.

I thought it'd be worth a try, and hey, you gotta think at least 1 of the 144 boxes will have a "rare" Monarch color, but I won't hold my breath.

I don't know that I would call the Silver Monarch "Rare". They are sold out @ theory11 and most likely are NOT being printed again.

I was talking about the so-called White Monarchs and the Gold Monarchs as the rare variants in the Monarch series.

Considering how extremely rare the Gold Monarchs are ( I think there was only a gross kept), I really doubt D&D would even make one of the Variety Box with it even if they had that to spare. Now the White Monarch is another matter. I'd imagine maybe a handful of boxes, at most, would have that included in it.

The only Monarchs that D&D and AoP sell are the Silver, Blue & Red Monarchs.

The White Monarchs as originally named, are the White/Gold. The Original Gold Monarchs are the Blue Monarchs with Gold Trim. Only 111 were released of the Blue/Gold. I believe the rest were destroyed by USPCC before the first edition as we know them Blue/White.

The Variety Box will have the Silver, Blue or Red Monarchs. The Silver is now Sold Out at theory11. I'd imagine any color of Monarch that D&D or AoP have? I don't see the White/Gold version on AoP.

[bhong]

Even though the White Monarchs are not for sale on D&D/AoP, I'd imagine they'd have a stock of it. It'd be nice if some of the Variety Box had the White Monarchs in them, but obviously they're under no obligations.

[Don Boyer]

Are they limited in amount?

Variety Boxes from D&D are limited to 144 of each release.  But you know that by now!

I don't know that I would call the Silver Monarch "Rare". They are sold out @ theory11 and most likely are NOT being printed again.

What makes you say that?  The product description lists the Silver Monarchs as being an unlimited edition.  I'd say they simply sold out after all the holiday madness and are awaiting a new order from USPC.  The "original", Silver and Red Monarchs are all unlimited editions and some have been through more than one printing.  It's T11's flagship deck now.

The Variety Box will have the Silver, Blue or Red Monarchs. The Silver is now Sold Out at theory11. I'd imagine any color of Monarch that D&D or AoP have? I don't see the White/Gold version on AoP.

The Buck twins own a lot of decks that aren't listed on Art of Play!  It's possible, though improbable, that they'd have White Monarchs and that a few might end up in the Variety Boxes.  I just wouldn't hold my breath on it.