Hello PCF users!

Some of you guys might remember me from the early days of Kings Wild Project (I may have answered your questions on Kickstarter or helped with your order) or as that guy that designed a series inspired by Bee, The Hive, and then recently, a Chinese theme deck, Dynasty.

I've got a deck coming out soon: Marquis Playing Cards. Here's a quick teaser image (photo by the wonder Anthony Ingrassia) and there's a short first look article on Kardify . More info and images soon.

Looks like there's a second deck that CARC is releasing this week: Legends V 2.0 - Metallic Black. Besides just the colour change, there's a deck, a cut out window where the diamond shape design is on the back of the card as well as some additional type on the box ("Superior Quality" on the front of the tuck as well as "Diamond Cut" and "Poker Size" on top of the tuck). It's hard to say with just the photo, but it looks like the tuckbox isn't laminated like the original Legends deck. Limited run of 1000 with CARC selling only 800 decks.

It's set to be released on Black Friday, which is fitting for a black coloured deck. I wonder who else is releasing a black coloured deck on Black Friday this year 'cause we've got two already.

http://shop.conjuringarts.org/store/pc/Legends-V-2-0-c145.htm

I don't know if there's a thread about this yet or not, but recently I picked up the Master Collection of uncut sheets from Theory11. When the sheets arrived, I noticed that the Black Artisan looked quite a bit different from the deck I have. The Ace of Spades has a different date on it (04-13) instead of (11-12), the back of the card has the same changes as the White Artisan and the big different, that grabbed my eye first, is that the metallic ink is silver instead of gold (see photos).

I emailed them about it and apparently when they were doing a second print run, they went ahead with adjusts to improve the design (less green looking and thinner borders).

Anyone actually have a deck of these yet? It's also suppose to have that newer date on the seal as well. Personally, I like the newer version of the Black Artisan, but if that's what they're shipping out when people order, I'd wish they'd put some kind of disclaimer on their site. It's noticeable different.