Just a reminder for the folks that aren't desciple-like following Lotrek (are there collectors like that? lol). Lotrek has a mystery deck for pre-order on his website. It's called Crypt and he plans on never revealing pictures of it, ever. The pre-order started yesterday and is up for 72h. So if you want a deck you have until early Tuesday to order one for the hefty (most certainly justified) price tag of $110. Last chance to ever order it will be on the 10th of April but then it will be priced at $130. After these two pre-order windows eBay will be your best friend.

I have zero to none knowledge about plastic playing cards. I know that in professional gameplay they are kinda the standard but in private poker rooms, I still prefer the feel and sound of paper playing cards; I guess it comes down to what you are used to.
I've seen some intersting back designs popping up lately, which made curious about the world that I maybe totally miss out on. I would love to here some thoughts about the two big brands and plastic cards in general.

- Who offers the greater variety of collectable decks?
- Which are better quality?
- Is there anything important to know about plastic cards regarding storage, durability? Do they get brittle if not storaged correctly?
- Since plastic isn't the, let's say most environmental friendly component (I know neither are plastic coated paper playing cards  ), is there anything important to keep in mind? What is the plastic with less impact?
- Any care tips?

Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts.

A friend of mine gave me these Arrco cards that he found in a German(!) thrift store - what a long journey they must have had .
They are Bridge sized, gold gilded and have a smooth finish. Courts and number cards are Arrco standard with a red/yellow colour palette. The tuck box is a match box like one and not a standard tuck. Besides that I don't know anything about them. Can someone give any further infos like print date or something? Thanks in advance and ignore the ugly rug, lol.

Hi there,

I'm collecting cards since a couple of years now. Poker was the reason that sucked me into the world of playing cards. I like to explore new stuff and this is the main reason that I signed up here. With few exceptions - e.g. Oathplayingcards, Kingswildproject, Stockholm17 - the card industry has become dull in my opinion. So my hope is to find some stuff and some nice fellows in here, that can re-ignite the spark that I felt in the early years when coming in contact with custom playing cards.

Best regards,

the.asics.kid