Rarebit Playing Cards by Theory11 - Now in Two Colors

[Frost]

might be the same designer that designed the rebel deck ?

[KPopFever605]

Only 500 decks open to the public: Sounds nice and limited. The box has an Artisan feel to it. It's nothing too special, and, to me, only serves as a collector's item. I had the chance to obtain one, but bailed out. Did anyone else here get one?

[Card Player]

Only 500 decks open to the public: Sounds nice and limited. The box has an Artisan feel to it. It's nothing too special, and, to me, only serves as a collector's item. I had the chance to obtain one, but bailed out. Did anyone else here get one?

The limited deck is decent but I wanted the other decks in my order more. So I'm probably selling the one Rarebit deck. If anyone is interested you can PM me to work out a deal. It goes up on eBay in about a week if not. Thanks

[loldudex2]

I've been trying to cut-back majorly on buying cards, but when they said they were in te archives, I quickly picked one up. All I paid was about $5 for shipping, which I'm more then happy with.

[jmrock]

Can anyone explain why this deck looks red/maroon in color with gold writing, whereas all other versions I've seen are black with green metallic writing... Perhaps the lighting?  If so, shows you how important it is to take accurate pictures of your merchandise...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290976023421

[Don Boyer]

Can anyone explain why this deck looks red/maroon in color with gold writing, whereas all other versions I've seen are black with green metallic writing... Perhaps the lighting?  If so, shows you how important it is to take accurate pictures of your merchandise...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290976023421

It's all the blasted red velvet reflecting off the shiny cellophane.  You can tell in some of the more oblique shots, where the entire face of the box looks like a field of red velvet.

I'm still reminded of how those orange-red Fulton's Chinatown decks were made to look deep red because of how they were photographed.  The actual product was a serious letdown for me.

[Michael]

Can anyone explain why this deck looks red/maroon in color with gold writing, whereas all other versions I've seen are black with green metallic writing... Perhaps the lighting?  If so, shows you how important it is to take accurate pictures of your merchandise...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290976023421

It's all the blasted red velvet reflecting off the shiny cellophane.  You can tell in some of the more oblique shots, where the entire face of the box looks like a field of red velvet.

I'm still reminded of how those orange-red Fulton's Chinatown decks were made to look deep red because of how they were photographed.  The actual product was a serious letdown for me.

Are you two sure it's just the reflection off the velvet?!? I only doubt cause that'd take a hell of a lot of reflection to make the black look red and the green look gold.

And those Chinatown decks were just plain disappointing. I think I remember one of the Buck twins commenting on how that deck was one of the very very few they had printed without first getting a sample deck printed first. That would explain why something that should have been deep red turned out orange. Either way, very disappointing.

[Don Boyer]

Are you two sure it's just the reflection off the velvet?!? I only doubt cause that'd take a hell of a lot of reflection to make the black look red and the green look gold.

What green?  To my eye, it's gold in both photos.  There's a slight greenish cast to them in the T11 photos, but it's still gold, I believe.

I am positive about the reflected red from the velvet.  For all I know, he also used a red light on his "set" and a red filter over his lens.  Whatever you want to call it, these are NOT the true colors.  The bottom set of photos on the eBay page are the true colors, and those are the photos from Theory11.

I don't know why people are freaking out about this deck.  It's nice but I didn't think it was anything that exceptional.

[Fred]

Are you two sure it's just the reflection off the velvet?!? I only doubt cause that'd take a hell of a lot of reflection to make the black look red and the green look gold.

What green?  To my eye, it's gold in both photos.  There's a slight greenish cast to them in the T11 photos, but it's still gold, I believe.

I am positive about the reflected red from the velvet.  For all I know, he also used a red light on his "set" and a red filter over his lens.  Whatever you want to call it, these are NOT the true colors.  The bottom set of photos on the eBay page are the true colors, and those are the photos from Theory11.

I don't know why people are freaking out about this deck.  It's nice but I didn't think it was anything that exceptional.

Simply because there are '500' in circulation. I guarantee that within a year they'll drop down to 30-50$

[Don Boyer]

Are you two sure it's just the reflection off the velvet?!? I only doubt cause that'd take a hell of a lot of reflection to make the black look red and the green look gold.

What green?  To my eye, it's gold in both photos.  There's a slight greenish cast to them in the T11 photos, but it's still gold, I believe.

I am positive about the reflected red from the velvet.  For all I know, he also used a red light on his "set" and a red filter over his lens.  Whatever you want to call it, these are NOT the true colors.  The bottom set of photos on the eBay page are the true colors, and those are the photos from Theory11.

I don't know why people are freaking out about this deck.  It's nice but I didn't think it was anything that exceptional.

Simply because there are '500' in circulation. I guarantee that within a year they'll drop down to 30-50$

Well, the deck was designed for a restaurant located in a former speakeasy - find the restaurant and you'll probably find the decks.  They also have it in their Rewards program.

[Fred]

Exactly Don, that's why i put the 500 in quotations. Things are always overhyped thus resulting to initial inflated prices. One day someone's gonna lose interest in their collection and just wants to get rid of it on ebay. Once they realise no one's gonna buy it for 150$ anymore they'll keep dropping the prices.. When other people look at completed listings and see the decrease in price and lack of demand, they'll drop their prices even more.

[jmrock]

I agree with all of you who feel that in no time the deck will drop significantly... Red LTD Deck? Tungstene Deck? Most Decks? However, it has been confirmed that this is the one and only Rarebit deck, which even by T11 standards does not quite reflect the true coloring of the deck.  Thanks to an extremely honorable fellow member of the forum the deck is now in my possession.  The color of the box is a deep black and the lettering on the box is a metallic green... Beautiful box & seal... From what I've seen the pics of the actual deck are quite nice as well (but I did not open the deck, which was covered in another post)... All in all I love the deck and it reminds me a bit of the Monarch in a way... A nice addition to the collection...

[Don Boyer]

Finally got up the gumption to do some digging.  The Rarebit is in Charleston, South Carolina, open 11am-2am, closed Mondays.

http://therarebit.com/

By New York standards, they're downright cheap, only barely more expensive than fast food.  Bear in mind, a standard "meal" from McDonald's or Burger King can run over $7 here.

No indication on how to obtain a deck from them - it's obviously not through the web.  I guess you'd either have to show up or call.

[Michael]

I guess if you really want to have every deck out there you'd buy them for the prices being asked. I passed on them the first time I saw them. I haven't really gone for decks associated with a brand outside of playing card companies.

Oh and okay maybe they're supposed to be black and gold/metallic green. Either way, coloring shown should match the product.

[Collector]

Finally got up the gumption to do some digging...

You could save your time
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/08/30/rarebit-playing-cards-promotion/

RARE-bit. Think about it. This deck has its predefined destiny 

[Nurul]

Finally got up the gumption to do some digging...

You could save your time
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/08/30/rarebit-playing-cards-promotion/

RARE-bit. Think about it. This deck has its predefined destiny 

The name has nothing to do with the deck being rare, the name "rarebit" derives from "welsh rarebit" which means Welsh rabbit. The origin of the actual term is unknown, but you're going back like 300 odd years. Anyway, that's why the restaurants logo is of a rabbit and why the deck has rabbits as the court cards.

[CordedTires]

And, rarebit (while your derivation is right!) has nothing to do with real rabbits. It's a thick cheese sauce on toast. Why Welsh rabbit? Don't know but probably it was rude.

I looked up a recipe since haven't had this in forever and forgot what's in it - cheddar in a cream sauce with a little hot sauce, mustard, etc.  - made me hungry. One of the best comfort foods ever.

[Nurul]

And, rarebit (while your derivation is right!) has nothing to do with real rabbits. It's a thick cheese sauce on toast. Why Welsh rabbit? Don't know but probably it was rude.

I looked up a recipe since haven't had this in forever and forgot what's in it - cheddar in a cream sauce with a little hot sauce, mustard, etc.  - made me hungry. One of the best comfort foods ever.

It's the same with Bombay duck, has nothing to do with a duck, it's dried fish (I know cos it's one of the national dishes of where my family is from)

From what I understand, rarebit is somewhat of an ironic term. Something to do with the welsh being really poor not being able to afford butchers meat, and in England, rabbit was considered poor mans meat and so in Wales, cheese was considered poor mans meat.
It's kind of a stab at the English to say "haha we don't need rabbit meat to enjoy a good meal. Our cheese is our rabbit"

In the welsh language, rarebit means baked cheese.

[Don Boyer]

Finally got up the gumption to do some digging...

You could save your time
http://playingcardcollector.net/2013/08/30/rarebit-playing-cards-promotion/

RARE-bit. Think about it. This deck has its predefined destiny 

I was referring to getting them from the restaurant, not from Theory11.  BTW, that promotion ended 6 Sept.  Theory11 received (or at least released) not more than 500, which means the restaurant got the rest, or at least the lion's share of it.

Re the name of the dish - a lot of foods have that kind of name origin.  The most famous to come out of New York would probably be the egg cream, a fountain drink that contains no eggs and no cream.  There's two varieties, both of which start with club soda or seltzer - for a vanilla egg cream, you'd add a little milk and some vanilla syrup and gently stir to mix the ingredients but not destroy the carbonation and leave the drink flat.  For a chocolate egg cream, you cut back the vanilla syrup by half and add chocolate syrup for the rest - yes, the chocolate version still has vanilla in it.

Outside of the New York Tri-State area or South Florida, I rarely ever find anyone who knows what an egg cream is.  It's as New York as a pack of Tally Ho.

[Nurul]

I had egg cream when I was in New York

Anyway, to answer you previous post, I heard somewhere (think it was on a YouTube video) that you have to spend $100 to get a free deck of rarebits, although this is unconfirmed. May have just been the case of someone making up numbers.

EDIT: looking at its menu, it's pretty hard to make $100 for a single person unless your buying a couple bottles of wine, are a serious alcoholic or have got the bad munchies

[Don Boyer]

I had egg cream when I was in New York

Anyway, to answer you previous post, I heard somewhere (think it was on a YouTube video) that you have to spend $100 to get a free deck of rarebits, although this is unconfirmed. May have just been the case of someone making up numbers.

EDIT: looking at its menu, it's pretty hard to make $100 for a single person unless your buying a couple bottles of wine, are a serious alcoholic or have got the bad munchies

I think that was referring to how to get it from T11.  I've heard nothing about how to get it from the restaurant.

And it would be hard for one person, for for a party of three or more having food and alcohol (two if they love to drink), it wouldn't be hard at all.  For one person to do it, he'd have to be hungry, thirsty and a top-shelf drinker.  It's a classier version of diner comfort food, and as such is only slightly elevated in price.  For that region, though, it's possible they'd see it as a little costly - the cost of living there is nothing like it is in New York or most of the other major cities of the country.

[john]

I think that was referring to how to get it from T11.  I've heard nothing about how to get it from the restaurant.

From what I understand, you have to spend 100 at the restaurant. Why don't one of us call and find out...

[Nurul]

I think that was referring to how to get it from T11.  I've heard nothing about how to get it from the restaurant.

From what I understand, you have to spend 100 at the restaurant. Why don't one of us call and find out...

That's what I said, $100 has to be spent .. I was going to call then realised its not UK lol international calls r a bitch

[MrMollusk]

I think that was referring to how to get it from T11.  I've heard nothing about how to get it from the restaurant.

From what I understand, you have to spend 100 at the restaurant. Why don't one of us call and find out...

The prices for the restaurant are actually pretty reasonable.

http://therarebit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/RAREBIT_MENU.pdf

Blowing a hundred by yourself wouldn't be that easy. (Unless you drank an entire bottle of Chardonnay and had 2 entrees.)

I'm actually kinda disappointed these were so "rare" and "limited". I hate it when decks that are definitely cool and definitely interesting are put up for ludicrous prices. I'd be willing to pay 15 bucks tops for these cards. But 50? And a 140 now? Hell no.

[Collector]

I am glad that my joke provoked more interesting information here.