A gold and silver themed custom deck

[elephantturtle]

I am thinking about having 2 gaff cards in the deck. The first gaff card would be a double back, I think this would look good as the first card on the uncut sheet. Here are 2 possibilities for the second gaff card, which do you think would be best?

I think the 11 of clubs gaff would be pretty neat but not practical. You'd need another gaff to pair with it e.g a 10 of clubs missing a pip to show that you've "transferred" a single pip to produce an 11 of clubs card during a magic trick. So i'm going with the "blank" faced card 

[Don Boyer]

I am thinking about having 2 gaff cards in the deck. The first gaff card would be a double back, I think this would look good as the first card on the uncut sheet. Here are 2 possibilities for the second gaff card, which do you think would be best?

Let me ask you an even better question: how much use do you think a limited-edition deck such as this will see i the hands of a performing magician?  If I'm not mistaken, the answer is "not much," so perhaps something else is in order.  In fact, if you print with a company such as Expert or Legends, you won't HAVE extra cards - their uncuts have only 54 cards on them, so you'd have to sacrifice Jokers to make gaffs.

If you have extras, consider some combination of the ideas I'm going to list - be it one and another or two of the same:
1) an advertising card, listing your company and mentioning your projects both current and future.
2) an advertising card that some lucky backer will pay a top-dollar tier for, in order to advertise his or her company.
3) a "cut card" of a solid color on both sides, different enough from the rest of the deck that it stands out like a sore thumb (poker players use cut cards a lot).
4) a card listing general poker rules on one side, hand ranks on the other
5) a "replacement card" - a card with blanks in the right places, to be used as a substitute in the event the deck winds up with a missing or damaged card after some use.  Pull out the damaged card, drop in the substitute, and figure out some means by which the card is easily identifiable.  Two good examples of this type of card come from the Hornets by Circle City Card Co. and the Misc. Goods deck from Pedale Design.

Re the ad cards, you have the option of keeping a side for yourself and selling the other side to someone else - or selling each side to a different company.  Find the right price point and that tier alone can give your project a serious shot in the arm.

[RandCo]

Good suggestions Don. I didn't realize an EPCC deck was 54 cards though, so no gaffs or extras, just jokers. The deck will be printed by EPCC if it is funded. I have been in contact with them and received an estimate and templates. I forgot to request an uncut sheet template, I sent them an email request for that today. If I do a Bicycle deck in the future with 56 cards, I now have some good ideas for the extra cards.

[Don Boyer]

I am thinking about having 2 gaff cards in the deck. The first gaff card would be a double back, I think this would look good as the first card on the uncut sheet. Here are 2 possibilities for the second gaff card, which do you think would be best?

I think the 11 of clubs gaff would be pretty neat but not practical. You'd need another gaff to pair with it e.g a 10 of clubs missing a pip to show that you've "transferred" a single pip to produce an 11 of clubs card during a magic trick. So i'm going with the "blank" faced card 

There's been many similar gaffs that never required a second card.  Instead of a pip moving between cards, there's a trick that "merges" two cards into one, i.e., a 6 of Hearts and a 7 of Hearts become a 13 of Hearts.

Good suggestions Don. I didn't realize an EPCC deck was 54 cards though, so no gaffs or extras, just jokers. The deck will be printed by EPCC if it is funded. I have been in contact with them and received an estimate and templates. I forgot to request an uncut sheet template, I sent them an email request for that today. If I do a Bicycle deck in the future with 56 cards, I now have some good ideas for the extra cards.

You can actually have more cards - I recall a Legends deck that was on KS, using overfunding goals to add additional cards to the deck.  But you'd literally be running off an extra sheet of cards with any extra cards you'd want to include, and there's a price for doing that.  Check with them - I'm not sure how expensive or inexpensive it would be.

[RandCo]

This custom deck is now live on Kickstarter.

Thanks to everyone who commented with critique on this design, especially Don! You definitely contributed in a serious way to the design process and helped me to create this deck.

Here is the link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/627138913/moderne-art-deco-playing-cards

[Don Boyer]

This custom deck is now live on Kickstarter.

Thanks to everyone who commented with critique on this design, especially Don! You definitely contributed in a serious way to the design process and helped me to create this deck.

Here is the link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/627138913/moderne-art-deco-playing-cards

Thanks - just backed for a two-deck early bird!

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EDIT: Fes beat you to it!