Deck Of The Year: 2012!

[MrMollusk]

Deck shit date.

Wait, what?
Shipping date or funding date?

The date the deck is "shat out", a.k.a. the release date.  You could call it the date that retailers are carrying it online, since they usually get drop shipments before the individual pledges get into people's hands.

I'm never replying to a thread first thing in the morning ever again...

That explain a lot.

[john]

Guys I know the world is going to end and all tomorrow but that doesn't mean you shouldn't vote! 11 days left.

[loldudex2]

Now these are just based off decks I own:

Best Back: Mana
Best Fronts: Curator
Best Customization: Curator
Best Jokers: Fathom
Best Box: Aurum
Best Ace of Spades: Altruism
Most Worth The Hype: Curator
Best price value: Seasons

NEGATIVE POINTS
Worst Backs: Sultan
Worst Fronts: Sultan
Worst Customization: v7
Worst Jokers: Sultan
Worst Box: Sultan
Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice 
Most Over Hyped: v7
Worst price value: v7

EXTRAS
Best deck trailer: Purple Artifice
Best brick box: Ornate
Best marked/tricked deck: Players
Best side product release alongside a deck: Ornate Poker Chips

[MrMollusk]

Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice 

[john]

Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice 

I dun get it

[MrMollusk]

Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice 

I dun get it

Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.

[john]

Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice 

I dun get it

Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.

Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME .



Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit

[Don Boyer]

Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice 

I dun get it

Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.

Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME .



Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit

Actually, he may be right.  I'm planning on signing up tonight; when my deck arrives, I'll let you know.


But, wait...


Didn't he say it was based only on decks he OWNS?  In which case, he's not assuming anything?

EDIT: oh, John, you and your hidden messages...

[MrMollusk]

Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice 

I dun get it

Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.

Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME .



Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit

Actually, he may be right.  I'm planning on signing up tonight; when my deck arrives, I'll let you know.


But, wait...


Didn't he say it was based only on decks he OWNS?  In which case, he's not assuming anything?

Whoa. Cool. You should have signed up yesterday! You would've gotten an extra deck.

[Don Boyer]

Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice 

I dun get it

Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.

Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME .



Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit

Actually, he may be right.  I'm planning on signing up tonight; when my deck arrives, I'll let you know.


But, wait...


Didn't he say it was based only on decks he OWNS?  In which case, he's not assuming anything?

Whoa. Cool. You should have signed up yesterday! You would've gotten an extra deck.

Says who, and where?


We're getting a bit off-topic.

[MrMollusk]

Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice 

I dun get it

Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.

Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME .



Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit

Actually, he may be right.  I'm planning on signing up tonight; when my deck arrives, I'll let you know.


But, wait...


Didn't he say it was based only on decks he OWNS?  In which case, he's not assuming anything?

Whoa. Cool. You should have signed up yesterday! You would've gotten an extra deck.

Says who, and where?


We're getting a bit off-topic.

We are ._.
But Ellusionist is doing that holiday daily deals thing.

This was the 19th's.

[loldudex2]

Worst Ace of Spades: Black Artifice 

I dun get it

Ellusionist's Black Club deck (black artifice) was a deck you got with a black club membership. Instead of the usual customized ace of spades, they customized the ace of clubs.
http://www.ellusionist.com/black-club-membership.html
This would mean that the ace of spades would probably just be a standard spade pip.

Oh, so you ASSUME the AoS isn't customized. You know, when you assume, you make an ASS out of U and ME .



Just kidding ma dude. That actually made me chuckle a bit

Actually, he may be right.  I'm planning on signing up tonight; when my deck arrives, I'll let you know.


But, wait...


Didn't he say it was based only on decks he OWNS?  In which case, he's not assuming anything?

Whoa. Cool. You should have signed up yesterday! You would've gotten an extra deck.

Says who, and where?


We're getting a bit off-topic.

We are ._.
But Ellusionist is doing that holiday daily deals thing.

This was the 19th's.

Holy crap..... you try to make ONE joke and it all goes haywire.

I DO NOT own the Black Club deck, I was just trying to be humorous (not tibia or clavicle).

And here you go you young scallywags:
http://tinyurl.com/HahahahaIToldYouSo

[MrMollusk]

So... Who won?

[sinsandman]

How did only 1 person acknowledge the Curator deck? This deck should have taken most of the #1 spots. Best faces, most customized, ect...freakin really? This dude is the shit!

[Strag]

Would have voted but too many categories and too confusing.  And voting for worsts is just silly IMO.

[john]

Considering only 7 people voted it isn't that hard to calculate, so if you want to know look at the 7 people who voted.

Would have voted but too many categories and too confusing.  And voting for worsts is just silly IMO.

Obviously this was a huge failure and im not sure if i will do it again in the future.

What could you have possibly been confused about... It's all there for you all you do is put a deck name down...

[xela]

To be honest, I couldn't vote because over 9000 decks released this year.

It would have been much easier to have 3-5 categories, and then let people nominate ONE deck for each category, then take the nominations and run a poll.

Anyway, from my experience with this stuff, they don't usually work out very well on forums. Even if we had crowned a winner, it'd be like winning the special olympics. At the end of the day, the best deck is always the one that sells the most.

[sr15]

honestly it ended up being a bit too daunting for me to try and figure out which decks I bought this year actually came out this year (I started collecting back in March 2012, so every deck I own I bought this year). Seemed like more effort than I was willing to put in. I did have some ideas on what to vote for some categories but ended up not doing it. I think alex's idea for a poll in each category would see a lot more votes turn out. Say 5-6 decks for 4-5 categories or something like that, and maybe the option to "write-in" a deck if it wasn't included in the poll.

[Don Boyer]

Well, now that I'm keeping the day-to-day charts for the NDR, when holiday season 2013 rolls around it will be easy enough to compile a list of the year's releases.  That should make the process a lot easier.

I'd be willing to give you a hand with that, John, if you're still interested.

I was at one point thinking that choosing a "worst" prize winner was silly, but thinking back on it, when the voting pool is this small, there is a certain logic to it.  Let's pretend that this year, there were no "worst" categories and that whatever deck simply got the least votes would be the worst.  Sinsandman mentioned that the Curator deck, a very excellent deck indeed, only received one vote in any of the categories it was mentioned...

BTW, Sin, that probably had to do with the fact that it was a late-in-the-year release and the rules were to vote on decks you own.  Voting started before pretty much anyone had the deck in their hands.  An interesting possibility for next year would be to set a deadline - for example, instead of automatically considering just decks from 1 Jan through 31 Dec, make it from Black Friday 2012 to Thanksgiving 2013.  Either that or start the best of the year voting begin on Jan. 1 with the posting of winners maybe at the end of the month - that way you're better assured of getting all of the year's releases, since few if any decks come out in the last week of the year.

I'd also consider categories for "Most Wanted", "Least Wanted", etc. to be open for decks that a person doesn't own as well as decks owned.  For something like "Most Wanted", it's just which deck on the market in the past year, whether you own it or not, made you drool the most and fantasize about making sweet, sweet love to it...    Whereas the "Least Wanted" is the piece-of-crap deck you saw on Kickstarter that squeaked to its goal or that monkey-butt-ugly thing Retailer X came out with that you wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole.

If I'm feeling inspired tonight, I'll go over the seven votes and compile a chart or something with the totals to bring closure to the topic.

[xela]

If it makes you feel any better, John, this is what inspired Deck Battles and we both know you'll be playing a big part in that.

[Card Player]

I just found this thread. Allow me to enlighten you.

Best Back: Artisan Playing Cards - Theory11
Best Fronts: Seasons Platinum Series - Seasons Playing Cards
Best Customization: Fathom Playing Cards - Ellusionist
Best Jokers: Rebel Playing Cards - Theory11
Best Box: Archangel Playing Cards - Bicycle/Theory11 (Embossing like never before)
Best Ace of Spades: Rebel Playing Cards - Theory11 (American Elegance)
Most Worth the Hype: Mana Deck - Mana Playing Cards
Best Price Value: Split Spades Silver Edition - David Blaine ($2.75 a deck)

Extras:
Best Deck Trailer: Skulkor Chapter One - Skulkor
Best Brick Box: Luxury Crown Deck - The Blue Crown
Best Marked/Tricked Deck: Players - Daniel Madison/Theory11
Best Box Set: Smoke & Mirror v7 - Dan and Dave (Don't hate the players, Hate the hype game)
Producer of the Year: Theory11
Deck of the Year: Seasons Platinum Series
Artist of the Year: Alexander Chin

[mirciusx]

Interesting thread. Too bad people didn't vote so much. Also I remembered Coterie 1902, which is a nice deck, over all. I don't have it, but I will. It looks a little like LTD on the back.

I'll try to answer this days. Hard to choose