This was one of my favorite decks to fail getting funded on Kickstarter. The design was great but he was looking to make both red and blue decks right off the bat, giving him a goal that was simply too high to reach for a first-timer such as he was. Remember, this was "pre-Jackson", when Kickstarter hadn't yet exploded with deck projects - few projects offered two deck right at the starting gate, usually saving the second deck as a stretch goal.
Any word on design changes, or is it (I hope) essentially the same deck?
Regarding fulfillment, Nurul, yes, a reseller can also act as a fulfillment center. All a fulfillment center does is take your decks and a list of your outstanding orders, then fills those orders by packing up the right decks and sending them to the right people. Throw in a cash register and you have a deck reseller. It's simply a matter of whether the retailer is interested in doing the work and sets an acceptable price. Murphy's Magic does fulfillment, but they're primarily a wholesaler, selling to other magic shops at wholesale prices so they can sell them at retail prices.
There are MANY companies throughout the US that offer fulfillment services, but it's a matter of finding one that offers the quality of service the typical deck collector will insist upon. The problem is that fulfillers will want to use the least expensive materials they can find for packaging (a buck not spent on bubble wrap or cardboard boxes is a buck spent on more fun things like payroll, health insurance and retirement plans), and this often results in damaged goods reaching the customer. Plus there's the fact that most of the world sees a playing card deck and thinks, "Oh, it's just playing cards, they're pretty cheap, I get these for a buck at the dollar store," which results in the company's packing and shipping employees not treating them like rare or expensive objects.
