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Today, ladies and gentleman, we are going to be looking at
the best decks on Kickstarter.
I thought I'd do this because I get a lot of questions
of which decks to buy,
what are the difference between decks,
what are the good decks that are out there now,
there are so many people producing playing cards right now.
It's been a while, honestly, since I've scoured Kickstarter
for any new decks so if you were looking
for a good suggestion,
by the way none of these are sponsored,
nobody asked me to share their Kickstarter,
this is just me browsing.
I have no idea what I'm about to see
and hopefully we'll discover some cool decks
and if we do, notifications off, and if we do,
I'm going to be funding a few of them.
So hopefully you guys find something you enjoy too
out of this video, if you did, if you do, like, subscribe.
Let's go.
Alright so here we are on the Kickstarter homepage.
We're going to search and we're going
to put in playing cards.
Prototype Playing Cards, the first one that comes up
by Vin.
Oh they're already backed.
That's the back design-that's pretty cool,
I like those dots in the corner actually
Oh nice faces too, ooh I like that,
look at that little detail.
What's that say, what's that say, is that like a win or nin?
I don't know.
I like these cards.
Prototype Playing Cards inspired by the culture
of cardistry community.
Printed with the help of Hansen Chien Production co.
Made in Taiwan.
Oh, so okay, so these are not USPCC, they're made in Taiwan,
not my favorite type of stock which is unfortunate
because I really do like the back design.
If these were USPCC, I'd definitely back, uh,
however let's have a look at maybe the trailer.
I'm actually not gonna play the music cos I'm afraid,
you know copyright stuff, I don't know
regarding the song or anything but we'll play The video.
Some smooth cardistry handling here, holy cow,
He's got a bit of an Oliver Sogard twist to the filming
and the handling.
Oh wow, that's cool.
Yeah I like these cards, they're very nice dude.
Let's go have a look at them a little bit closer up
Let's go have a look, uh, lets go have a look at them
a little bit closer up.
So one thing I noticed is, uh, I like what he did
within the heart, that's really cool.
A diamond here and he's got his whole, uh, Merch set up too
which is really cool.
I guess he's starting his own little cardistry company.
I like this dude, I think this is great.
Uh unfortunately like I said, for me,
I'm going to have to pass, just because I,
I'm just a fan of USPCC man, I'm used to it, and you know,
I'm just a fan of USPC man, I'm used to it, and you know,
Let's go take a look at a different project here.
Now I'm going to skip a lot of these, like looks,
Now I'm going to skip a lot of these, like look,
Uh, although for collectors, these might be cool,
they're just not my style, I'm more a fan of something
that's a little more cardistry oriented.
Nothing too elaborate and that's just a personal choice,
you might, you know, you might disagree.
Literary classics playing cards, you know what I mean?
A little too fancy for me, I like something
a little simpler.
These here, Ascension Playing Cards.
Those are kind of cool.
I like the red and gold., that's really nice actually.
I like the red and gold, that's really nice actually.
Okay this is all like foiled I guess.
Again, just a little too much for me.
Like that's really cool, I love the design here.
The design is great.
Look at Jesus, look at that.
So they're gold foiled, uh gold edge gilding
which again a like, I think a little too much for me.
which again is like, I think a little too much for me.
I saw that on the Louis Vuitton playing cards recently.
I don't know, something I can't get behind
and carry it around in my pocket.
Uh, but nonetheless, really nice design.
Azote first edition.
Oh these are cool, see this is right up my alley.
Ugh they're pledged $3800 out of the $7900 dollar goal.
19 days to go so if you guys want these cards,
10 days to go so if you guys want these cards,
Oh these are cool.
Look at these.
See, simple, not over the top with like the design aspect,
the box is really neat.
I really like the box, good job on that.
What's this?
The art card, that's cool.
Cartamundi so cool Cartamundi, um again not sold
on the whole Cartamundi thing yet but uh,
let's play the trailer though, these really do look dope.
Yeah, I really like the design on these.
And I, I'm not trying to, I'm not trying to diss
any other playing card company,
I think they bring great value and they up the ante
in terms of production quality for every other company.
It's just personal preference at this point
that the United Stated Playing Card Company for me
is my staple, it's where I print my cards,
it's what I'm comfortable with.
So if I'm gonna throw money at a project,
I really need it to be something that I'm going to,
I'm gonna play with, I'm gonna use
and unfortunately if it's not USPCC, I don't see myself
carrying it around and I know it's a bummer.
This is fun, this is fun by the way, I like doing this.
I guess I'm attracted to like the black and white design.
Um, they're OK.
Nothing crazy but, I do, you know what,
I really do appreciate people doing this.
I think this is such a cool means
to becoming an entrepreneur yourself,
uh creating your own vision and hopefully getting it back,
like the Internets a beautiful place for that.
Ah these are cool, I kind of feel
like they're taking a number
from anyone worldwide with this whole thing and, um,
that's gonna be a pass but good job.
Mikkel Samuelson, go check it out
if you guys like that deck.
Hopefully you guys find something here
that you guys really love.
We don't always have to love the same things.
What are these, what the hell?
These look insane!
Oh look at that!
They're almost funded.
The Seers Aspectu: Playing Cards for Cardistry USPCC.
Ah that I can get behind.
Look at the back designs here, ooh I want to have a,
let's look at this tr...what!
What kind of computer generated black magic is this?
That is a really cool trailer, super simple,
straightforward, I like this.
This is a cool cardistry deck.
(grinding)
That's my coffee maker, I'm going to wait till that's done.
(grinding)
Meaning "to look" in Latin, was named,
we named this deck Aspectu
because it truly draws the attention of spectators.
I think it's great.
It's got a little bit of a, a virtuoso vibe to it,
with the, uh, different fans
I like the fact that you have that side design
when you put three of the decks together,
it makes that cool design,
I think that's a really cool display.
And because it's meant for cardistry
pretty much sold me, this would not, would not
be good for magic just because the faces are confusing
a little bit but that being said,
I really like this project.
Look at that uncut.
Really really sick.
What are these?
Oh those are the original ones.
Nah, no I like the B2s way better.
I'm going to back this project.
Just pledged 96 pounds, help these guys out.
I thought it was a cool deck, good for you.
Now lets go back and see some more dope playing cards.
What are these?
Hypnotic Playing cards, these kinda look cool.
They're already funded.
Look at these computer generated trailers,
where do I get, where do I make these, these are cool.
That's actually really good.
Oooh I like the court cards, what they did there.
Not sure about that font on the Hypnotic logo
but it's kind of funky.
Mmmm I'm on the fence about this, I don't know.
They're a cool deck.
Nah you know what, I'm gonna pass on that.
They're cool, they're funded already, good job guys,
great job.
QR Playing Cards- nah I'm gonna have to pass on that.
It's just like the QR code thing,
I think it's a thing of the past.
It's very 2011.
What's this?
The Expert at the Card Table Pins, Enamel Pins.
That's kind of cool, yeah and their goal was 400 bucks
and they got 1800, that's really cool.
Let's see what these are a...oh okay
so you funded this one and then as you go on,
you unlock the other ones, that's really cool.
Memento Mori.
I didn't invent that phrase so for all of you that be like,
"he ripped of Ramsey's cards",
he's absolutely entitled to it, he can do whatever he wants,
just not my day to day guys.
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OB, come here.
Come on buddy, what do you think?
Can you help me find a good deck of playing cards?
Hey, hey we're doing business here.
Lets go, help me find something.
I got rid of OB, he wasn't really helping out.
Check these out: Aristo Steampunk Playing Cards.
Yeah definitely not my style,
I find the whole Steampunk movement
to be a little bit overdone at this point.
I think, you know, these are really cool,
obviously super popular, check that out.
$17 000, that's crazy.
So there is a huge niche community
that really enjoys Steampunk stuff.
As for me, I think it was overdone, personally I think,
you know, we've been there.
Tank Masters Playing Cards.
Very cool collectible.
This looks, you know what this looks like,
this looks like, uh Jackson Robinson, nope.
These are by Sviatolav Pashchuk.
Diamondback playing cards that feel like real casino cards.
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Faces remind me a lot of the uh, DKNG playing cards
which are really nice.
Okay, those are the backs.
Okay, very cool, good artwork, very nice artwork.
Um, just not a fan of like the full back design,
I like borders.
Personal choice.
But I really love the faces, I think he did a great job.
It does remind me a lot of the, uh, DKNG playing cards,
now that I look at it.
The back designs are pretty cool
Throw a border on that, I would have backed, 1000%.
Diamondback Playing cards, I actually like them,
I think they're cool.
Look at these ones here, that's kind of cool.
MPC, what?
Oh my God, how did this...
Let me start, let me start over.
If you're doing a deck on Kickstarter
and you want a prototype deck. You go to make playing cards,
it's about 25 bucks, you get to make your own deck,
the quality is terrible, it's garbage.
The top case is bad but on photo,
it looks like any other deck, right?
It looks like it could be with USPCC.
So a lot of people, what they do is they order
their Make Playing cards just to get the prototype
because the prototype's by USPCC are way to expensive
and take way too long to make.
So people do this to get their project funded
and then go to like USPCC.
This is Make Playing Cards doing this, uh.
I can't like, look at that.
I can't see myself getting these.
Personal opinion man, I don't mean to hate
but I am not a fan.
They're doing something original which is cool, ya know?
Bringing that embossed feel to the pips and stuff
which I think has never been done
so good, good for you, good on you, for doing that.
Just not gonna get behind this man.
I'm very afraid the quality's gonna be garbage
but that's just my personal opinion.
Let me know, if you guys backed it, you know, let me know.
Send me a tweet, tweet at me.
I think that's enough, I think we can stop it there.
So we've ended up backing, what did we back one project,
that's it right?
I was really hoping to back some more projects
Unfortunately, at this moment in time,
there are not too many things that have caught my attention
in terms of like the types of cards
that I'm used to purchasing but that's totally cool.
I hope you guys found this somewhat educational and
somewhat informative
and maybe you can make your own purchases
based on some of these recommendations or not, up to you.
Let me get, let me know in the comments below
if this is something you want to see monthly,
I think this could be a cool thing
because usually Kickstarter projects are a month long
and maybe once a month starting now,
we could go ahead and review some of these decks
and, uh, I could help back and maybe,
maybe help give a little exposure
to some of these entrepreneurial cardists,
help them get their decks funded, I don't know.
Let me know what you guys think.
I'll let you know as soon as I get those decks by the way,
we'll do like a deck review or something
and, uh, we'll check it out together.
As I mentioned in the last video,
ooh by the way, we were trending with the last puzzle video,
we were like number 24 or 20 on trending which is funny
cos I had just mentioned in the other video
that YouTube never actually puts things
that are actually trending
and I don't know if they'd like seen my video,
they were like, well here you go.
Well, YouTube, if you're watching this,
maybe make this one trending too, I don't know.
Alright guys, anyways, thanks for sticking around,
thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed like smash
and all that stuff and we'll see you in the next video.
Peace, Rock
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