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Evan · « **on:** November 14, 2011, 02:53:43 PM »

Heres what Ellusionist posted on their FB page!
"There is a rumor that exists within the hallowed halls of Ellusionist. That somewhere within there exists a secret vault containing the mythical creations of Ellusionist. Those rare items that you didn't even know existed. The prototypes. The shadowbox. The uncut sheets. Original Artwork. First Editions. ...and an experiment. All of it speculation of course... But what if it did exist? What if you found your way inside? What treasures could you make off with? Perhaps you'll find out soon. Perhaps you'll be the one to crack... The Vault."

Soooo... Its kinda confusing to me but.... seems like ill have to be saving up some $$$

MrLukeCarroll · « **Reply #1 on:** November 14, 2011, 04:50:56 PM »

Seems to be a type of competition, sounds exciting some really nice items appear to be in the vault

john · « **Reply #2 on:** November 14, 2011, 05:31:35 PM »

Well it has been said before E does proto decks and uncut sheets, so that is obvious. I think it will be something having to do with the Christmas contest.

CBJ · « **Reply #3 on:** November 14, 2011, 05:33:53 PM »

I hope they have a Black Ghost 1st Edition uncut as one of the prizes... and I hope I win it!

CBJ

austin · « **Reply #4 on:** November 14, 2011, 07:35:08 PM »

Ohhh, wow sounds really cool. That would be awesome if it was real.

Evan · « **Reply #5 on:** November 14, 2011, 07:42:45 PM »

Quote from: austin on November 14, 2011, 07:35:08 PM

Ohhh, wow sounds really cool. That would be awesome if it was real.

It is real lol

phantom1412 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 14, 2011, 11:14:49 PM »

Yeah, i think they would have all uncuts and protodeck of every decks they released.
Abd might be a lot colorful artifice protodeck!

austin · « **Reply #7 on:** November 14, 2011, 11:21:04 PM »

Quote from: ezstreet1997 on November 14, 2011, 07:42:45 PM

It is real lol

The vault is real! Wow, that's cool. I think i'll have to break in

loldudex2 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 14, 2011, 11:24:59 PM »

How about we sneak in tonight with a group of us, and break in to the vault, and raid it!

Evan · « **Reply #9 on:** November 14, 2011, 11:35:55 PM »

Quote from: loldudex2 on November 14, 2011, 11:24:59 PM

How about we sneak in tonight with a group of us, and break in to the vault, and raid it!

Im in!

gotta be sneaky though

Don Boyer · « **Reply #10 on:** November 15, 2011, 04:08:41 AM »

If you've looked at their photos on Facebook as well as some of the cards in their gaff decks, there's a lot of interesting "prototype" stuff they have laying around - as would any design house. Look at the "MultiMiller" Gargoyles Expo deck. Sure, it's Gargoyles without the silver ink, but it's also printed on 100% plastic cards and in a short run only intended for distribution at a single design exposition. I've seen early concept art for the Ghost Ace of Spades and the back of the Arcane deck that looked really cool. It wouldn't surprise me if they took some of this booty and used it to stoke interest in their "Infinity Series" deck release. (BTW: Infinity *is* the Christmas deck, right? Or do they have something else in the pipeline as well?)

dmbaggs · « **Reply #11 on:** November 15, 2011, 04:21:41 AM »

Quote from: Good@Sabacc on November 15, 2011, 04:08:41 AM

If you've looked at their photos on Facebook as well as some of the cards in their gaff decks, there's a lot of interesting "prototype" stuff they have laying around - as would any design house. Look at the "MultiMiller" Gargoyles Expo deck. Sure, it's Gargoyles without the silver ink, but it's also printed on 100% plastic cards and in a short run only intended for distribution at a single design exposition. I've seen early concept art for the Ghost Ace of Spades and the back of the Arcane deck that looked really cool. It wouldn't surprise me if they took some of this booty and used it to stoke interest in their "Infinity Series" deck release. (BTW: Infinity *is* the Christmas deck, right? Or do they have something else in the pipeline as well?)

I'm pretty sure they have a separate "Christmas Deck" besides the Infinity Series Deck

Kanped · « **Reply #12 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:06:30 AM »

Nobody just FTP scan their site and check all the folders they have there? The vault's probably sitting in plain sight right there....

CBJ · « **Reply #13 on:** November 15, 2011, 10:08:28 AM »

Maybe they printed some of these prototypes at one point...

CBJ

phantom1412 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 15, 2011, 10:11:56 AM »

What is that?
Awesomeeeeeeeeee.
They should really release it.

Kanped · « **Reply #15 on:** November 15, 2011, 12:47:11 PM »

I had a look through every folder, link and resource on their website and couldn't find anything I couldn't access manually. There was a couple of gifs; one reading 'Nice guess now try another one' or something like that and another reading 'Booya!' but they're in the same font as one asking you select 3 decks for your sample kit, so I'm guessing they're just now defunct buttons.

Anyway, as far as I can tell they haven't uploaded anything to the site regarding this yet.

Bulldozah · « **Reply #16 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:05:33 PM »

Oh... wow... those look amazing!

zmuddiman · « **Reply #17 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:19:02 PM »

Wow, after seeing those i am totally on board for the sneak in idea that was thrown around ahah

dmbaggs · « **Reply #18 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:22:55 PM »

Quote from: phantom1412 on November 15, 2011, 10:11:56 AM

What is that?
Awesomeeeeeeeeee.
They should really release it.

If I'm not mistaken those pictures CBJ posted are of the "Ellusionist Deck" that they worked on but then scraped the design. I'm sure they have some prototype decks.

PoundFFFFFF · « **Reply #19 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:27:38 PM »

Hopefully after seeing this thread people should compare what they are releasing and promoting and what ellusionist scrapped before showing anyone on the net. If the latter is 20 times better, maybe the former shouldn't exist.

CBJ · « **Reply #20 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:29:51 PM »

Quote from: brown_baggs on November 15, 2011, 05:22:55 PM

If I'm not mistaken those pictures CBJ posted are of the "Ellusionist Deck" that they worked on but then scraped the design. I'm sure they have some prototype decks.

I grabbed these off an artist who did work on the Arcane Deck

Here's the link: http://cargocollective.com/kenzii

CBJ

Evan · « **Reply #21 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:32:41 PM »

Quote from: CBJ on November 15, 2011, 05:29:51 PM

I grabbed these off an artist who did work on the Arcane Deck

Here's the link: http://cargocollective.com/kenzii

CBJ

Very cool! That legacy deck or whatever it is looks awesome!

dmbaggs · « **Reply #22 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:40:19 PM »

Yeah they called it the "Ellusionist Deck" here's another picture from their facebook page

and some other early drafts we could possibly be seeing...

Evan · « **Reply #23 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:55:23 PM »

Its amazing to see how much cooler the real designs are!

xela · « **Reply #24 on:** November 15, 2011, 06:22:20 PM »

Quote from: PoundFFFFFF on November 15, 2011, 05:27:38 PM

Hopefully after seeing this thread people should compare what they are releasing and promoting and what ellusionist scrapped before showing anyone on the net. If the latter is 20 times better, maybe the former shouldn't exist.

More people need to take this statement and go nuts with it. Seriously, even some of the major releases (looking at you, Monarchs) are so ridiculously substandard it's insane.

Releasing a decent looking deck is no longer enough. In a community where hundreds of brilliant minds are trying to figure out how to wow their audience, releasing something even remotely "meh" can do you in. However, even something that is "meh" I could support if it was met with humbleness. However, when a company like T11 tries to shove a very average deck like the Monarchs down my throat with the claims that it will change how I view cards forever, that's a no-no.

We're not stupid, I like to think that most of us on the Discourse know exactly what is crap and what is worth investing into. :]