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Title: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: vmagic on August 30, 2012, 05:13:44 PM: Just got an email this morning from card-shark.de and they have a new deck out now - the Green Phoenix Deck.

(http://www.card-shark.de/bilder/The-Green-Phoenix-small.jpg)

Celebrate our first release of our Phoenix Deck brand in an odd colour.

With a great contrasting green back design and the regular Phoenix face with all the hidden features of Phoenix you will receive a first class deck in highest US Playing Card Quality. The deck is not marked but has a oneway design on the backs and faces like all decks of the Phoenix brand, making this the perfect choice for magicians.

As this is only a limited run and therefore the price per deck has to be higher, we decided to offer you a volume pricing, the more you order, the less you pay per deck!

Get them now before they sell quickly, only 3000 decks printed!
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: Evan on August 30, 2012, 06:07:43 PM: If only they could post picture of the deck.
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: Paul Carpenter on August 30, 2012, 07:44:52 PM: Why is a one way back perfect for magicians again? Could have sworn it was the opposite...oh well
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: Kenneth on August 30, 2012, 08:24:02 PM: I swear i just saw an ebay auction selling this at $100+ lol

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Card-Shark-ONE-DECK-of-Rare-GREEN-PHOENIX-Playing-Cards-ONLY-3-000-DECKS-MADE-/380466419455?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item589590d6ff (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Card-Shark-ONE-DECK-of-Rare-GREEN-PHOENIX-Playing-Cards-ONLY-3-000-DECKS-MADE-/380466419455?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item589590d6ff) = $124

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Card-Shark-ONE-DECK-of-Rare-GREEN-PHOENIX-Playing-Cards-ONLY-3-000-DECKS-MADE-/380466496850?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5895920552 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Card-Shark-ONE-DECK-of-Rare-GREEN-PHOENIX-Playing-Cards-ONLY-3-000-DECKS-MADE-/380466496850?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5895920552) = bidding no reserve

those aren't mine btw
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: NathanCanadas on August 30, 2012, 11:26:35 PM: These look just OK in my opinion. Nothing more. I find the green too pale. I will be getting one, but just one, no more.
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: KPopFever605 on August 31, 2012, 12:21:05 AM: Haha! An auction for an unseen deck with a "picture" from what appears to be movie quotes. Somethings isn't right...obviously!

Quote from: NathanCanadas on August 30, 2012, 11:26:35 PM
These look just OK in my opinion. Nothing more. I find the green too pale. I will be getting one, but just one, no more.
And I thought the blue one was "pale". I'm going to wait to see what these look like. I have a feeling the color might be something close to key lime green...a color that I'm not very fond of.
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: Paul Carpenter on August 31, 2012, 09:02:06 AM: Well quite obviously I have failed as a business person. If that deck is on eBay at $124 each, with a run of 3000, that means that I should have sold each Tendril deck for $74.40.

Man, what a moron I am. I could have made over $370,000 of that one run! I am so fail.
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: loldudex2 on August 31, 2012, 11:05:31 AM: Quote from: Encarded on August 31, 2012, 09:02:06 AM
Well quite obviously I have failed as a business person. If that deck is on eBay at $124 each, with a run of 3000, that means that I should have sold each Tendril deck for $74.40.

Man, what a moron I am. I could have made over $370,000 of that one run! I am so fail.
That wouldn't of stopped me :)
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: K on September 01, 2012, 04:58:38 AM: received the email today, looks like they are just recolouring it to a sort of lime green...
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: Kenneth on September 01, 2012, 09:22:34 AM: (http://52cartes.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-phoenix-deck-1-big.jpg?w=614&h=409)
(http://52cartes.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-phoenix-deck-2-big.jpg?w=614&h=409)
(http://52cartes.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-phoenix-deck-3-big.jpg?w=614&h=409)
(http://52cartes.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/green-phoenix-deck-4-big.jpg?w=614&h=409)
http://52cartes.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/green-phoenix-deck-disponible/ (http://52cartes.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/green-phoenix-deck-disponible/)

meh pass doubt it would actually sell at $124
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: vmagic on September 01, 2012, 02:10:04 PM: I see no standard aces this time around but the double backer is a nice addition.
Title: Re: Another New Deck - Green Phoenix
Post by: Don Boyer on September 02, 2012, 03:04:21 AM: Quote from: Encarded on August 30, 2012, 07:44:52 PM
Why is a one way back perfect for magicians again? Could have sworn it was the opposite...oh well

An obvious, easily-spotted one-way back, bad.
A subtle, easy-to-read, hard-to-chance-upon one-way back, good.

The Phoenix design employs the subtle version. It's also located at the cards' side edges, making it easy to see in a spread or a fan.

I'm a fan of Phoenix decks, but I'm still wrapping my head around this one. I might pass.