D&D often reprint decks. If it's a deck you like, then it's a good thing. If it's a deck you don't like but someone else does, it's a good thing right? This is probably the case with the deck you mentioned. They popped off for a second print and now there's 2,500 more of them. It'll drive the price down and open it up for more people to use.
Often? Really? They never "reprinted" any of the S&M decks, or the Fulton's decks - most of what they release is specifically limited editions, sold until they're gone. They also rarely release figures for how many decks they do print, but their typical print run is in the ballpark of 20,000, not 2,500.
Hecrob is absolutely correct in that the pricing of their decks is very arbitrary on the Art of Play website. No sane and knowledgeable card collector would pay $88 for a Fulton's Chinatown deck, but that's what they listed it as. Meanwhile, the original retail was $8.88 and it took four months to sell out, give or take, despite having only made 5,000 decks. It was a rare exception and the first time they actually announced the size of a print run. The only time D&D have done it since, to my knowledge, was for their S&M version 7 sets. The recent release of Aristocrats don't really count as they never ordered them printed - they're vintage decks in new boxes, that's all.
As far as anyone knows, the stock at Art of Play isn't reprints. It's operated like a non-producer retailer - though the handling of their own decks is a little peculiar.
Fulton's Chinatown isn't the only example. Some of their pricing is in line with what the market will bear, but a few decks here and there are priced at insanely high rates for no special reason other than that the Bucks felt like making them that price, regardless of how well or poorly they sell.
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