Because it looks like promotions of alcohol brands, I had no plans to buy any of these decks. Still, I find it amazing that so many decks are being offered on a limited basis, part of a special set, etc. - you can't simply pay for one deck of, say, Rebellion Rum and call it a day, because they're not being sold individually (or at least not today). You can get the set for $125, and an extra set minus the wooden box for an extra $40 - but that's it. Six or nothing, and you have to get at least one wooden box.
It's hard not to think that the level of "elitism", for lack of a better term, is going higher and higher by the release. This is the first big case of it with a non-crowdfunded project I can recall. If you know of others, please tell me.
I'm also curious why E decided to make one - just one - of the decks Bicycle-branded. I thought they pretty much ended that with Arcane, using the Bicycle brand for new designs. And why just one? Is it some goofy ploy to entice Bicycle-only collectors to buy the set just for the one deck? Will it work to any noteworthy degree?
