I found it odd that the deck would be mixed in its design like it is - some courts are from classic horror literature while others are from Falksen's book series.  It's like making a lovely dessert which is one-half Key Lime Pie and one-half rutabagas.  They really don't go together thematically.  Are Falksen's books deficient in quantity of characters?  One only needs twelve.  Or is the author trying to get people to link his books with those classics?  If that's the case, the connection is tenuous at best, non-existent at worst.

I'm not well versed in classic horror literature nor in Falksen's book series but in an ignorant person's point of view (my perspective), I think it's pretty cool that his mixing it up. That way I get exposed to more characters aside from the cliche Dracula.

Even though I'm getting tired of Nat Iwata's style, I'd back this if it weren't for the tuck and the back. I thought he'd rework it since a lot of the people from the forums didn't like it, but it seems like he's just letting it be.

Got it Don. Thanks. I'll withdraw my pledge soon.

2nd Edition? I didn't even know there was a V1 

His pledge tiers doesn't seem thought out. A 10 deck tier is cheaper than a 12 or 24 deck, and you don't really get much discount from getting a gross do you? It tells us to add 12 pounds for half a brick and 1 brick for shipping but only 6 pounds for 10 decks (and says otherwise again below for shipping outside of UK). I'm not even going to go through the other many discrepancies in the pledge tiers.

I looked up his 1st edition, and there seems to be some improvement here, but really that's about it. I have no idea how the pips are related to grain, probably designed after different types of grain? I was hoping there would be more customizations on the courts, perhaps making them dressed less like royalty and more like farmers or something. It is an interesting theme to be seen on a deck of cards though.

I messaged Ashley about the confusion in international shipping prices and how they don't match with the international shipping prices stated below the estimated delivery date. I don't think he understood me though. His reply was that "Yes it is confusing because everything depends on the weight of the PARCLE (I think he meant Parcel)" So he's saying that 6 decks is heavier than 10 decks. 

From the SiShou Facebook page.
"Work in progress new tuck box design..."


Here's the old design for comparison


Check out the Facebook page here
https://www.facebook.com/SishouDecks

I sense a free mason.

I'm not really into the whole minimalistic back but let's wait and see the rest of the cards.

I wish they'd show a bigger image of the back design. I can't really make out what it is with the current preview.

Here's what I had in mind.

Sometimes I don't mind banners and text but this one just makes it look like he's tying his hair with a ribbon. And you know how other people are with "text and banners."

I don't know how you would do it but Don's semi-transformation deck seems pretty cool and I'd be 1000% more excited if it was.

Quote from: Mydnyghte on July 01, 2014, 08:45:07 PM

I don't feel like the rims on my car are large enough for me to own these cards.

Wow. That got me good. As for the cards, I would rather throw $10 towards a   "Mydnyghte rim enlargement" project.

Reminds me of the time when someone did a Kickstarter campaign for a Star Wars Death Star and a Rebel Alliance X-Wing Squadron.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, here are the links:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461687407/kickstarter-open-source-death-star
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/simonkwan/crowdfunding-rebel-alliance-x-wing-squadron
They did get some impressive numbers.

As for the deck, the creator claims it's taken half a year to design them. The lack of pictures also most probably means standard courts.

Its a beautiful looking deck of cards...

We have to remind ourselves its not real gold, just foil made to look like gold. I'm not paying $90 for a deck of cards that I don't know the manufacture or the handling of. Your paying more then actual gold in terms of weight of the deck (paper gold). That's crazy! How low a print run it is or how rare it is to have foil on the backs means absolutely nothing to me. I'm on eBay almost everyday looking at the rare crap from yesteryear no one cares about. I have fond memories of specific decks that were the greatest thing since the wheel and super limited that most overpaid for.  "Some collectors" need to be better educated on printing techniques and how long these techniques have already existed. Its nothing new. It makes all the sense in the world getting a free rare deck for buying a brick from Ellusionist, Doesn't it? $90 for one deck, that we know nothing about other then the word "GOLD" is absurd.

We are all still just buying playing cards on these forums (Discourse & UC), Correct?

These cards weren't made to handle like whatever you're using. Obviously, this deck is targeted more at the collectors. Is $90 a lot? Sure it is! Even I hadn't bought one yet. But aside from how low the print run is, I believe the deck is rather labor intensive which also leads to the $90 price tag. The technique might have existed but I don't believe it's been done yet. If it has, providing picture of such a thing would be nice.

About the manufacturer, I don't think Lotrek mentioned it or is willing to but you could learn more if you read the discussions over at UC.

Nice! I especially like the Joker.

There's already a thread for this.

Other than that, looks great! If everything goes well on my side than this might be my first Legends deck.

Sparkz, what's that blue deck?