Modern playing cards

[Edward]

Well Hello, anything new out there ?

[Don Boyer]

Of course there is!

Welcome, Edward.  What brings you to our little patch of the Interwebs? 

Are you a collector, player, magician, cardist, Jedi Master, none of the above?

[Edward]

Hey there, I collect certain decks from everybody, I'm into Elusionist, Aurum, De'vo decks mostly. I bought the Laser cut Aurum deck, I don't dare open it. Has anybody?  Just tooling around and getting a feel on what's this all about.

[Don Boyer]

Well, enjoy looking around.  We try to keep fairly up-to-date on what's going on in the card community.  Reading the New Deck Report and Archive (NDR) is a good way to keep up on what's coming up and is broken into four charts:

Current Kickstarter Projects
Successfully-Completed Kickstarter Projects
Company Projects
Coupon Codes for Retailers

A new chart is drawn up once a day, leaving a "trail" of old charts for anyone interested in looking over the history of what's been coming out (that's a relatively new feature so the history's not too deep yet, but there are lots of old posts full of information as well).

Check out the older topics on the boards if you like.  Feel free to add a new post if you have something relevant to contribute to the conversation.  The search feature will help you find topics - and if you don't find a topic covering what you want to know, well, make one!

We're generally pretty friendly here, and only bite when there's a full moon.  Have fun!

[Joker and the Thief]

Well hello and welcome to what we call, the discourse! A community which includes many various wonderful and intellectual people. Everybody offers something; Don, for example for his superb knowledge on playing cards and his classic good looks, Lara; for her charming and friendly attitude, Alex; the boss man CBJ, Sr15, Evan and gunshy (just to name a few) are good blokes and Joker and the Thief (Thats me! Or us... (Let's not open that can of worms)) who offer a unique style of deck review. Check us out. Back on track, please do check out the deck review section and the PCP (playing card plethora board) for all intel on decks and the newest releases.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please enjoy your stay man!

[John B.]

Well hello and welcome to what we call, the discourse! A community which includes many various wonderful and intellectual people. Everybody offers something; Don, for example for his superb knowledge on playing cards and his classic good looks, Lara; for her charming and friendly attitude, Alex; the boss man CBJ, Sr15, Evan and gunshy (just to name a few) are good blokes and Joker and the Thief (Thats me! Or us... (Let's not open that can of worms)) who offer a unique style of deck review. Check us out. Back on track, please do check out the deck review section and the PCP (playing card plethora board) for all intel on decks and the newest releases.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please enjoy your stay man!

Do I not offer anything? lol

Welcome to the forums man.

[Joker and the Thief]

Well hello and welcome to what we call, the discourse! A community which includes many various wonderful and intellectual people. Everybody offers something; Don, for example for his superb knowledge on playing cards and his classic good looks, Lara; for her charming and friendly attitude, Alex; the boss man CBJ, Sr15, Evan and gunshy (just to name a few) are good blokes and Joker and the Thief (Thats me! Or us... (Let's not open that can of worms)) who offer a unique style of deck review. Check us out. Back on track, please do check out the deck review section and the PCP (playing card plethora board) for all intel on decks and the newest releases.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please enjoy your stay man!

Do I not offer anything? lol

Absolutely John, we love you too! Haha

[Lara Krystle "Lane"]

Oh dear!!! Im so sorry for this super late welcome message!!!!!

Anyway better late than never right?
Anyway nice to meet you Edward. I hope you are not a Sparkly vampire



Well its nice to have you aboard with us. @Don has more or less given you a run down on whats here in the forums so let me just give you a nice warm welcome (even if its late)



I do hope you enjoy your stay with us here at the forums! Dont hesistate to message us if there is anything you need help in. We're only a PM away.

xoxo
Lara

[Edward]

Here we go,,, I am Edward from Ct.  I've been collecting decks for three yrs. now and have a vast collection. Mostley  Modern Best Decks,, Ya the ones that sell on Ebay for  $80.00 bucks and up,,, I have just got into Cardistry , well maybe about  six months ago, I practice about five to six Hrs. a day, I feel ( Shade ) Allan Jay, is the best new one out there, How do you all feel on this ,, Cardistry I'm at,,

[Joker and the Thief]

Your amount of practice time was very good and you should retain that amount of dedication if you are going to keep doing it passionately. If you can up the ante slightly with practice, you'll excel faster.

Inspiration is your friend, try to come up with original content and define your own unique style. Try and look at other Cardists style. For example watch videos from superb Cardists such as the Buck Twins, Tobias Levin, Henrik Forberg, Oliver Sogard, Michael James and Andrei Jihk. Just to name a few.

Also, choose your decks carefully. Some decks will suit your newfound style of cardistry, others will not. You will find certain decks that you enjoy after handling many different cards. To keep track of what you like, try a top 10 deck list. It allows you to keep track of great handling cards that you enjoy. If you can, stock up on them.

Most importantly, make sure you learn all of the basics and progress.

[Edward]

I do this for Myself only...

[Joker and the Thief]

I do this for Myself only...

What do you mean?

[Edward]

 What do you need ?

[Joker and the Thief]

What do you need ?

For Cardistry?

[Edward]

The Best of the Best  ,, Gotta go Goodnight,, Big day tomorrow ,,