New E Deck: Fathom

[john]

http://www.ellusionist.com/fathom-playing-cards.html

Official statement from Jake:

" Pre-Release Window. If you order Fathom today, your decks will ship tomorrow. However, you can only order for the next 48hours(ish) - after that, they disappear from sale until their official launch on November 23.
-Jake"

[dmbaggs]

From the pictures I've seen this is a beautiful almost fully custom "water" themed deck. It's nice to see a more customized deck!! Also from the glimpse I got there looked to be a card with a squid/octopus... possibly the joker? Overall from first glance it looked like a great deck! What's everybody else's first impression?

[Paul.Middleton]

Not sure.

Initially slightly underwhelmed but I think it's growing on me.. it is nice to see it's almost completely custom, but from a personal point of view (rather than business) the decks in my collection are there because I love the design. I can see it being popular, especially if they do the obvious and release a deck for each of the four elements.

[vmagic]

I've ordered a couple for myself, they look pretty cool. I'm surprised these went under the radar til now.

[Evan]

I've ordered a couple for myself, they look pretty cool. I'm surprised these went under the radar til now.

A while ago, Brad Christian sent out an email showing pics of some upcoming decks, and this was one of them. But it still wasn't talked about much.

[KPopFever605]

That deck looks gorgeous! - Although I might not pick one up now, I'll think about picking one up on Black Friday. They said it's modeled after one of four elements, which leads me to believe there's another series in the making.

[Emmanuel]

I'm digging this deck, but I'll have to wait a bit. My wallet is far too strained at the moment.

[MDCasino]

a drop off topic but is everyone going to be trading/selling/buying the ellusionist 'sticker cards' to make prize winning hands?

[dee1orean]

I received two of these today, I love the fact that there was little to no hype, that they almost just appeared out of nowhere, I'm not keen on the jokers but the rest of the deck does not disappoint, fully custom and the Tuckbox is great too, more excited about this than the impossible to get black artifice!!

[Don Boyer]

a drop off topic but is everyone going to be trading/selling/buying the ellusionist 'sticker cards' to make prize winning hands?

Actually, that sounds like an excellent topic to create in the STISO - I'll set it up.

I received two of these today, I love the fact that there was little to no hype, that they almost just appeared out of nowhere, I'm not keen on the jokers but the rest of the deck does not disappoint, fully custom and the Tuckbox is great too, more excited about this than the impossible to get black artifice!!

I wasn't sure how I'd like them at first - the one odd pip thing reminded me of a certain black-and-white deck from another company - but yes, I do like them.  And I'll admit the jokers are a bit odd, but they do fit with the aquatic theme.  Maybe mermaids would have worked better!

[10ofclubs]

What do the jokers look like that you speak of?

[Knobz1]

What do the jokers look like that you speak of?

The jokers are octopuses.