I've just received this deck the past few days, and they are absolutely amazing. There's so much detail put into the tuck box and the cards look amazing.

I love the approach and the concept, not to mention the deep contrast in colors. To me, they stand out more than other black and white decks. The court cards aren't plagued with distracting colors. Their just nice and simple. However, although the deck looks outstanding, it looks a little too dark for my taste.

S&M wins it for me. The back design is simpler and the court cards look nice.

This deck is very interesting indeed. Great work!

Sadly, it didn't pass $47k, but I'm proud to have backed for the $4 reward, snagging a signed card. Now, I can see what the UV lighting looks like without the whole deck.

Casted my vote for Artifice and Black Ghost. I've loved the Black Ghost Joker ever since the beginning. It's just great. Artifice is another really cool, and shady one too!

They didn't become scarce until the casino sold out!

If that's the case, how come these specific decks are such a staple in our hobby? I'm sure many other casinos sold out, but done of their decks have reached the height of this deck. I know handling may play an issue, but can it play this big of an issue?

I really like what Asher does with his deck sales. I was there last year, and I had so much adrenaline to see the live prices fluctuate before your very eyes. What's tricky is that you can see the prices drop, but you don't know it that price will be the lowest. By the time you decide to click the button, it's already to late, and the price already rose. I'm telling you, it messes with your mind a lot.

However, if you act extremely fast, you can score an amazing deal on the "holy grail" of decks.

With that being said, it begs me to ask: How many decks does he have. This is at least his third year into this game, and he has sold a gross on average, each time. How many is he stockpiling? He must have at least three grosses and maybe more if he decide to continue it.

On the bright side, his stockpile of cards have proved beneficial for some people regardless if they buy some. I have a coveted signed card from him on a J-Nugg.

Fathom - To me, this deck stands out more. I thought the Aqua deck was wonderful, but I was swayed by the1eyedjack's online review.

I've always enjoyed the elegance of the Crown decks, but the details of the Split Spades won me over.

I ordered on Saturday, but haven't received the confirmation yet.

Quote from: Don Boyer on April 05, 2013, 11:54:46 AM

The only reason you're mad is that you didn't get one!

Exactly!  I should also add that I have spent my time furiously refreshing TBC website since the beginning; all for nothing.

I suffered from the same fate of loldudex2. I also couldn't make my order go through.

Quote from: Don Boyer on April 05, 2013, 11:54:46 AM

It was a giveaway to the early birds, no different than snagging an early bird deal on a Kickstarter project.  The lower tiers always go first because more people can afford them - and it was a LIMITED EDITION, SOLD-OUT deck on the lowest tier, man!  We're lucky that any at all were offered.

The difference between this kind of sale and a Kickstarter early-bird is that Amazon servers won't let you down.

I think it was a really bad choice from The Blue Crown to have a limited stock for their tier prizes considering that a lot of people will have trouble completing their orders in time - not because they were not fast enough, but due to a issue with TBC's own website.

And yes, I know it's all freebies they were giving, still, not being able to grab yours when you have dedicated your time to it - well, that is VERY disappointing, and that's bad business.

Now you know how I felt with the Red Artifice releases.
Just put it this way: You didn't get one because you weren't fast enough. Someone was before you in the line and processed their order faster. And refreshing just made it worse.

Lol. Very clean-looking deck. Interesting choice of names though. It's very powerful in only six characters.

Is it safe to say these will have white borders?

What makes you think otherwise?