The Magic Con decks are a terrible example.  They both were made as a commemorative item for an event - only small quantities were ever intended for retail sale.

  I know I'm new to the forum but I have followed here as a guest for some time. I should have known you were going to go there.

The man likes to do inverse versions of his cards.  It's not beyond the pale to imagine he'd do so with Series B.

If he does go with an inverse back for Series B it defeats the purpose of calling it "White" Lions. Everyone in the playing card community knows (as do you), If you call the Deck "White" its primarily white back with color print. Yes Don, I know a "White Lion" is an actual type of Lion and could just be the general name but in our case (the playing card community) white is white.

As far as your speculation regarding the deck, there's no way Blaine is abandoning his "db" split-spade logo.

That's fine. However many looking to buy the deck would be disappointed if this was not different then Series A. Many of us would call Mark and David out on it.

It's why CARC made their most recent Erdnase deck, Black and Silver Acorn Backs, using Magic Finish for the first time, despite the boxes listing the finishes as "Cambric" and "Ivory".  Some think Magic Finish is the best thing since air, while some think it's too slick to be of use to them - and a lot of people have opinions somewhere in the middle.

I personally like the magic finish. I guess you can consider me somewhere in the middle.
Maybe David does not? I don't believe anyone has ever pinpointed the actual finish of the White Lions Series A that I'm aware of. Some have speculated that they might also use magic finish. The black and silver Acorn Backs are one of my favorite decks made.

Quote from: wsop_legacy on June 06, 2012, 08:23:10 PM

Knowing the Series B will be released, It would be wise to stock up on the Series A. The price is only going to go up. I can see the Blue Series A fetching $35 - $40 a deck by the end of the year.

The opposite can also happen - especially if the Series B is nearly identical to Series A.  People would start thinking that it's not worth paying more for an A when a B is available at retail.

Don't know if I'm quite buying that explanation. I can see if we were using 1st and 2nd edition Crown Decks as an example. The 2nd editions being almost identical, do stagnate the value of the 1st. Those looking to buy a Crown Deck to use rather then buy as part of their collection, would not see the point in buying a 1st edition.

From what I can see just on the box alone, the Series B White Lions are intended to be different from the Series A. More people don't have Series A's and are now looking at buying Series B's. It should drive the demand for Series A's up.

The Chinatown deck is just 5000 deck print run.
Clip joints are printed much more than 5000 decks.

Is that your guess or is that a fact?

It does not seem plausible that D & D would have printed more then 5000 of an artists first run. Would not a distributor want to insure the demand first before making a large order more then 5000?

Can anyone confirm the number of Clip Joint's printed?

Knowing the Series B will be released, It would be wise to stock up on the Series A. The price is only going to go up. I can see the Blue Series A fetching $35 - $40 a deck by the end of the year.