I hope that's just an add card or a joker.  Otherwise a whole deck is hosed.  If that card has really gone to Reno then to your school yard it has had a good life.   
   School kids love to use decks of cards.  While many are too young to learn a profitable life skill (like poker) I have seen a lot of battles of War.  This last school year I donated ten bricks of decks to the school I work at.  Most of the decks have worn out already, I going to have to donate more before the new school year starts.
   Hey Lee, on a side note, the longest lasting decks in the hands on school children have been the Fournier 605s.  Go figure 

Jim

For years (5 or 6) I purchased the Ultra-Pro cases for my collection of paper and plastic decks.  They were usually the perfect size although a few of the odd sized decks wouldn't fit.  I sometimes had to add some plastic shims to keep some of the decks from rattling around.  Buying them in case lots of 100 was a lot more economical.  2 years ago they decided to stop making the correct size.  I sent emails to the dealer and manufacturer begging them to make them again.  Ultra-Pro absolutely refused claiming the market wasn't large enough.  Perhaps if enough of us send emails they might reconsider.  I hope so, because, after lots of research, the Ultra-Pro cases were the best that I have found.  I did try the Caragails cases, I probably have 30 or so in my collection.  But the Ultra-Pro seemed to fit better.

Jim 

I do keep track of costs when I enter new acquisitions in my database.  I also add the costs of storing and protecting (plastic cases, temperature and humidity controls, display cases...) each deck.  I have considered seperately insuring my collection, but I currently don't have the cash on hand for that.  My current homeowners insurance will cover about a quarter of my collection.   

I have to agree with your concern, Josh.  Cello wrappers, being plastic, do off-gas over time.  I have also found many(!) decks where the tuck box or the cards themselves (when the deck is wrapped) are bent from too tight of a wrapper. 

   In terms of practicality I think that you should include red in as well as black (Inside the outlined gold) for easier identification of the suits. I brought a 'Republic Sultan Deck' to a poker game and damn it was so hard to read the pips that we gave up after the first round!     

   A great many of the decks designed recently (great or not so great) do not "play well" in a poker game.  The characteristics needed for poker (or other games) are not always congruent with the genius behind card design.  I once tried to put my JNugs into a poker game, they lasted only a single hand. 
   The Muertos decks are the first Kickstarter decks I have backed since the Federal Series.  The subject matter and design elements speak to me on a different level than other decks.  I may give them away as gifts to friends that hold dear the concept used by these cards. Or perhaps I'll just hang on to them.  To each his own.

5 of clubs is my choice.

   I used to buy the Ultrapro cases by the case lot, both the single deck (5) and the dual deck (100).  The individual plastic box by the case lot, qty 100, drops the price dramatically.  I found the lid does not quite fit tightly, ie. the lid drops off, you have to use a rubber band to keep the lid on.  That wasn't too much of a problem the way I displayed them.    If you are using these boxes for long-term storage beware:: they do not filter out UV light.  You will have to control the environment in other ways.  They also emit a plastic smell that can build up if the boxes are in another container or display case.  You will need to provide for some air flow.

   As far as using a box that is more expensive that the deck of cards,  I have figured out that between my (1)protective plastic boxes, (2)display cases, (3)environmental controls, and (4)database costs, a dual deck setup costs me $13.00(USD) above what I paid for it.  That is over the course of 5 years.  A single deck, which is not common for me, costs $10.00(USD) in addition to the deck costs,  That is excepting my garbage decks that don't get any special treatment, they are simply thrown into a box, awaiting disposal.

I've started porting my Excel spreadsheet into Access.  The spreadsheet got so big that it took too long to scrool down to the bottom, but I also lost the "big picture" and could no longer see any trends or commonalities across the sheet.

Jim

Yes Don, it's true that going overboard with dehumidifying will do as much damage to cards as adding water to the environment.  Subtlety is required.  I had to do much research in the library sciences to learn that swings in temperature and humidity do the major harm to card collections.  Temperature swings promote mold, even to shrink wrapped decks.

ATS, be very careful about any plastic sheet protectors or card covers that you purchase.  Some of the plastics produce gasses that will promote molds or other deteriorations of the cards.  I had to dig deep into vendor's specs before I decided how to display parts of my collection in plastics.  Also be careful about any wood varnishes that outgass noxious fumes.

Of some interest, I found that older paper decks that were made without a varnish or finish were only slightly more suseptable to mold and other detriments  than varnished cards.  The cut edges of modern cards are unprotected and can "soak up" the environment.

Jim

That's sweet !!  Those card catalogs are hard to find these days. 

5 of Clubs for me.  Thanks for doing this!

In-My-Own-Not-At-All-Humble-Opinion, I must agree with Don.  Twenty years old doesn't seem "vintage" to me.  Being more than half way to "antique" myself, I feel that there have been too many decks produced (and still available) between my birth and 1993 to consider them vintage.  Oh right, that belongs to the rare definition.  But many of the decks produced between my birth and 1993 are not worth collecting due to lack of any artistic value.  Oh right, that belongs to the cr@p definition.  I have always thought of vintage decks as having some sort of intrinsic value, historic/artistic/political...  I guess I just have to wrap my head around the fact that card decks can be both vintage and cr@p, and that I am quite vintage myself and full of ....   

First guess 26 December 2013
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Second Guess 24 December 2013