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Title: The Pride of Peacocks deck is live on Kickstarter!
Post by: Arcadia Playing Cards on July 08, 2018, 10:00:33 AM

Hi everyone!

My name is Christian and I am the founder of Arcadia Playing Cards. We are excited to announce that we have just launched our Pride of Peacocks deck on Kickstarter.

Would really appreciate your support and feedback on this deck and please feel free to share the deck on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. If you have any questions about the deck you can either ask here or send an email to hello@arcadiaplayingcards.com.

Here is the link to the campaign:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1974435388/pride-of-peacocks-by-arcadia-playing-cards

Thanks xx

Title: Re: The Pride of Peacocks deck is live on Kickstarter!
Post by: Don Boyer on July 09, 2018, 06:12:00 AM

Hello, Christian, welcome to the forum.

For a deck that's dedicated to the peacock, one of the most beautiful birds in the animal kingdom, there's precious little about the deck that indicates this.  There's a vaguely feather-like design on the back, the Ace of Spades and the jokers.  As far as the rest, it looks like a minimally-modified standard deck.  It's nice, really, but there's precious little aside from a pretty box to make it really stand out from the crowds of other crowdfunders seeking money for their custom decks, decks that have a good deal more character and style to them.

You mentioned making the court cards mostly standard with peacock feathers instead of flowers in the hands of the jacks and queens to make them more recognizable to spectators.  You're selling a limited-edition deck, one that very few magicians will be performing with, especially at a cost of around $14 a deck - compared to standard Bicycles, you could get an entire brick for that price from a bulk retailer like Costco.  To top it off, the deck has a white-edged face and a dark-edged back, rendering it unusable for certain specific magic tricks.  Better to jazz up the design more and really GO for the collectors' market, if for no other reason than that there's far more collectors out there than magicians.  Either that or really GO for the magic market - but research the magic market first, see what magicians look for in a deck and cater to that.