Check this out.

Feels bad to live outside the US.

his site was for serious people.

This project is so powered by high roller fanboys.

The highest pledge tiers ($1,000, $2,500, $5,000 and $10,000) are currently responsible for more than 60% of their pledge total.

If it wasn't for those 8 extravagant backers, they wouldn't even have reached 20k by now.

LOL, this guy doesn't even have the decency to identify himself as the creator of the 54 To Blame project.

Despite all the uncalled-for ad hominems he's pronounced, I guess he deserves a sincere answer:

I'm sorry but your cards suck in every possible way; horribly designed, ridiculously high price and, well, WHO ARE YOU exactly to point fingers to 54 people and say those are the responsibles for the financial crisis? Or were you simply copy-pasting names and pictures here and there?

Hell, I can't even tell how you manage to gather up 8 backers. Family and friends, I suppose?

Remember, we're talking about an item that exists in SMALL quantities.  For a 5,000-deck print run, how many do you think could possibly exist?  A hundred, maybe?

I'll answer you with a quote from CBJ at UC. I think he explains it very well the history of sales for the Gold Arcane uncut sheets.

Here it is:

So.. originally they only had a few.. and only a couple were released to friends/family.

then.. they decided to sell some in the black club.. and I could have sworn they sold out.

then.. they "found" more in their other warehouse.. and sold them through the black club again.

Now.. they are giving one free to every member.

HOW MANY OF THESE F*CKING THINGS DID THEY MAKE?!!!??!??!

Not to mention the subsequent sale where they offered the uncut with it's respective deck for free.

So, this probably leaves us with the following options:

1. Ellusionist is having the biggest trouble selling their GA uncuts.
2. Ellusionist's got a way bigger inventory for the GA uncuts than we originally though.
3. Both (1) and (2) are correct.

P.S. I've just read a 4th theory from Utterfool (or theory #12, in his own words ), but I'll let him comment on that.

I just wish they made it a Free Rare uncut sheet or something like that.

Maybe they overestimated their sales for this specific product and were having trouble getting rid of the GA uncuts. For the price they were selling them, I guess the uncuts weren't exactly flying off the shelves.

Ellusionist came up with a very clever way to keep low inventory levels and - simultaneously - keep black clubbers happy and attract new members.

Checkin' my email...



I know there is no such thing as free lunch, but this was a pleasant surprise.

After the Red Arcane "prototype" bullshit, I'm starting to have mixed feelings about Ellusionist.

WHo gets HUNDREDS of prototypes made??

Yep, this is so fake that I totally lost interest in the awesome product that those uncuts are.

Guess they think everyone is stupid. ZOMG THESE R PROTOTYPES!!1!

Dat one-way back design from Dose saddens me. Dose Redux is okay.

I'll go with Brimstone here cause goth kids would have their minds blown by it's feel of malignancy. Muahahaha. 

(P.S. lol'd at 's text input)

It's kind of lame to have limited tier prizes available considering the decks are limited to  just 2500. They should have tiered it correctly or seted proper quantities.

I would understand limiting (in terms of time or quantity) tier rewards for an unlimited deck sale, but not for limited release like this.

Yes, I'm mad. 

this'll be the 7th edition of Artifice playing cards.

You know, 7 is a magical number.

I'd suggest you to come up with a high protein low caloric diet for her. Try to aim for something which is doable and not extremely restrictive. You know, the most important thing for a successful diet is to be consistent and, ultimately, change habits.

When developing a diet, keep in mind that a caloric intake of less than 1200kcal/day (for women) can lead to lean tissue losses and lower metabolism, things you definitely want to avoid.

I'd also suggest you to disregard cardio, unless it's something you or her really enjoy doing. People who do cardio tend to eat more after exercising. And in order to lose weight, the one thing that matters is a caloric deficit by the end of the day.

Weight/strenght training is a great choice for changing body composition as well. When creating a program, try to focus on the main composite movements: squat, deadlift, bench press, pull-up... Look up every movement closely so you can learn how to perform them correctly and with good shape.

If you want to look further into the diet/workout subject, I'd recommend you to look up articles from Alan Aragon, Martin Berkhan or Lyle McDonald. Or you could just check Ian McCarthy's videos at youtube