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Once they're gone, its forever... An 8 Day Project... Limited Print... Playing Cards for the ages...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alienslink/flowers-playing-cards-infinity-edition?ref=discovery

There are no images, " we will not be showing any images of the deck here on Kickstarter. You'll know exactly what it looks like when you open it!! " I am not sure if this is the same deck??? http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=4289.msg70517#msg70517

EDIT: Added artwork from update page...
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There are seven people I'll buy/pledge for a deck sight unseen. He's not one of them. Looks like it's working for others though. Interesting tactic having a lightening fast campaign, it'll get some bites for sure especially with that low funding goal.

Just a little FYI here, for what it's worth he's got two projects awaiting fulfillment.
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There are no images, " we will not be showing any images of the deck here on Kickstarter. You'll know exactly what it looks like when you open it!! " I am not sure if this is the same deck??? http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=4289.msg70517#msg70517

I'm not even sure why would people pledge for this deck.

"Here, give me money, and i'll give you a box of something." I'm sure they have done some decks before, but this is like...next level KS project...
 

 

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It sounds like he is coming from another, well established, medium that people seem to be a fan of and I imagine the draw to this comes from those fans. In his update he shows all of the cards. They don't look bad. But he isn't answering my question about who the printer is. One of his other projects was printed by a small unknown printer.
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There are no images, " we will not be showing any images of the deck here on Kickstarter. You'll know exactly what it looks like when you open it!! " I am not sure if this is the same deck??? http://www.playingcardforum.com/index.php?topic=4289.msg70517#msg70517

I'm not even sure why would people pledge for this deck.

"Here, give me money, and i'll give you a box of something." I'm sure they have done some decks before, but this is like...next level KS project...

I'm just going to say this. I know the project creator personally. He genuinely cares about what he puts out and makes sure the design and art are poster perfect. He is also a cardist and tends to design his cards with cardistry in mind as well as having the cards functional for card games.
He did another project just like this, called Galaxy Cards Infinity edition and everyone received the cards were very surprised, doubly surprised with what they received because it exceeded their expectation. It was like unwrapping a holiday gift from an old friend, and getting something amazing you did not expect.
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I'm just going to say this. I know the project creator personally. He genuinely cares about what he puts out and makes sure the design and art are poster perfect. He is also a cardist and tends to design his cards with cardistry in mind as well as having the cards functional for card games.
He did another project just like this, called Galaxy Cards Infinity edition and everyone received the cards were very surprised, doubly surprised with what they received because it exceeded their expectation. It was like unwrapping a holiday gift from an old friend, and getting something amazing you did not expect.

If you check out his alienink.com website, you can see images of the Galaxy Cards Infinity Edition - they're not bad, compared to the first two editions.  I see he took at least some of my advice.  He promoted those exactly the same way as he's promoting these.

Jeremiah DesLonde got kind of a bad rep around here, dating back to his first deck, the original edition of Galaxy Cards.  The video he created for that project made him look like some goofball kid who wasn't taking the project seriously and was doing it just to kill time over the summer break from school - it left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths.  Combine that with how he's kept switching back and fourth between at least two identities - "AlieN InK" and "AlieN SlinK" - and you can see why someone might have issues with backing him.

Believe it or not, though, the art's gotten pretty good.  Run better, his projects have the potential to be really big.  But it's that "run better" part that doesn't work for him.  The project's he's created have only succeeded when he dropped the goal to a ridiculously small amount - this project funded at $88 - and used a budget printer from points unknown.  He's attempted a few times to get a USPC deck made but those projects either failed or were canceled by him to avoid imminent failure.

If he worked with someone with more business sense, perhaps Jackson Robinson or Erik Dahlman over at Albino Dragon, he has the potential to be a big name in custom cards.  Until then, he's more of a bit player.  It's a shame, because his art has really come along over the years as well as his sense of the elements of deck design.

I'm also not so sure if associating his brands with an online casino site is a good idea.  Most Americans can't legally gamble online anymore and the few that can are only permitted to do by living in a state with casinos that have their online operations in the same state, making them subject to that state's laws.  The only state I know of (and there's probably more) that permits this is New Jersey.  Roller Casino, being based in the Isle of Man, is completely off-limits to Americans unless they're playing for free and can't receive any prizes or rewards.
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