I really like this deck as well, although I think the red is a great choice here. The simplified courts with bold coloring plays well for my eye, I can't wait to get some in my hands. The Jokers are also a lot of fun. I think the dots on the card back add whimsy to things that while not being overly complicated at all really make this stand out. I'm hopeful this will see it's funding goal met.

You know, you are correct. The red IS perfect on this one. :)

That back design looks awful familiar...

Good news, the cards were printed. I received my one deck.

Bad news, the cards are terrible in my opinion.

Glad I only got one deck. The spades and clubs are both  black obviously but the hearts came out way darker than the diamonds (almost brown). Looks sooooo bad. I want to blame it on USPCC but honestly, I think the designer didn't pay close attention to his colors before sending them to print.

Also there's too much going on with the face cards in my opinion. The court cards definitely clash with one another. I may have missed that during the campaign. This was my first Kickstarter deck and I just pledged to be supportive to the playing card community and designers (I did that a lot at first, now I'm more picky when it comes to backing Kickstarter projects. I might have made it a little personal too).

If you're thinking about buying this deck, DONT.

The only decent  thing about this deck is the back design, but even that isn't special.

This deck  will definitely end up in the trash in the near future.

I feel bad saying all this but I'm not talking bad about a person to be honest, just a product. Hopefully his future projects will turn out much much better, that's if his backers didn't lose faith in him.

Interesting.

I will say this the box or deck doesn't say printed by uspcc at all, I ignored it at first but now it's got me thinking.

Hey everyone, just want you all to know a kickstarter exclusive print has been added to the campaign as an add on ! The prints will be numbered by hand and signed

Stickers have also been added and a limited edition burlap bag as well !!!

Gracias !

Looking pretty spiffy there, Jay.  Nice work so far.

Thank you Don

The special edition was the v2 version. how do they handle? I mean if they are open you could easily verify if they are real or not

They are authentic. They handle great. Typical USPC stock.

We are live on Kickstarter!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jaylosa/viva-mexico-playing-cards

Thank you all for your suggestion during the design process! I could not have made it this far without you all!

P.S. We are going to make some changes on the box. Will be uploaded by tonight hopefully

Thank you for your feedback! Is there a place where best practices about things like full bleed backs are collected? I'm eager to read them if so.

Also, in another thread I saw some folks bemoaning USPCC and Ad Magic's quality. I'm not super surprised at Ad Magic, though I personally find their stuff more than satisfactory, I'm a gamer, not a magician or anything. But I am surprised at USPCC, I expected them to be the gold standard. What other manufacturers do have better reputations?

Legends playing card co.

Expert playing card co.

Are tho two I know. Uspcc is still "the big dog" , but the other two are showing them up. They get their borders 100% perfect, something you can only dream of with  uspcc. I just purchased a few decks from them to see what they're all about, and they're stock is nice !

Quote from: Jay Losa on September 09, 2015, 07:08:55 PM

Here are the modified suits and pips. Thank you all for always being honest and bringing things to my attention.

I've been lurking this thread since it's started and haven't posted because Don and others have done a great job steering this into the right direction. The changes that have been made to it thus far are all good.

I must say though that personally, I'm not a fan of the pips being mixed between standard and custom. I'm not sure of any other deck that has done this and maybe it's just me, but it's a bit jarring.

Just my .02c

Keep it coming!

Thank you for showing interest!

I did agree with a lot of the suggestions Don made and acted on them.

I personally like the standard pips, Malam playing cards did it as well.

Why are people like this?   

So weird to me.

My guess is that it's printed by MPC.

They're nice but the guy can't give a solid answer and acts childish.

Congrats tho.

I was worried about that....

New name!!