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vals38•3d ago

Hit 212 custom decks in my collection, that's when I noticed the pattern

I was sorting my shelves last night and counted 212 decks total. Not crazy compared to some folks here, but I realized 47 of them are from the same 3 artists. That's over 20% of everything I own. It got me thinking about how easy it is to fall into a style rut without noticing. Has anyone else hit a number like that and suddenly seen their collecting habits in a new light?

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vals38•3d ago

Saw a booth at the Magic Expo with cards that shuffle themselves

I stopped by the 76th Street Magic Expo in Chicago last weekend and this seller had a deck where every card had a tiny notch cut in the same spot. It made the whole deck feel like it was gliding when you riffle shuffle, no joke. Has anyone else tried those notch cut cards, or is it just a gimmick that wears off after a week?

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robin_campbell36•6d ago

Compared USPCC vs Cartamundi for my last 3 custom decks and the winner was obvious

I've been designing my own playing cards for a few years now and always went with USPCC since they're the standard. But for my last project I tried Cartamundi for a run of 500 decks and the difference in handling is night and day. The Cartamundi stock feels stiffer and the cards fan way smoother right out of the box. My old USPCC decks needed like 50 shuffles to break in before they felt good. Plus the registration on the back design was perfect on every single card from Cartamundi while I've had a few off-center cuts from USPCC before. Anyone else switched manufacturers and noticed a big difference in quality? I'm thinking about sticking with Cartamundi for my next run of 1000 decks but want to hear if others had the same experience.

c/deck-swap-stash

Hit 212 custom decks in my collection, that's when I noticed the pattern

Saw a booth at the Magic Expo with cards that shuffle themselves

Compared USPCC vs Cartamundi for my last 3 custom decks and the winner was obvious

I wasted $120 on a gimmicky card shuffler that barely works with standard decks

Bicycle vs. Tally-Ho stock debate - I picked wrong at first

That talk with my uncle about his old bicycle deck changed how I see card stock

Just watched a deck of cards get absolutely destroyed by humidity

Picked up a brick of old Bee playing cards at an estate sale for $20 and they handle like butter after a quick fan

Hit 200 decks in my collection last night and realized a scary truth

Unpopular opinion: the way most people shuffle cards is actually ruining the deck

Watched a guy at a poker night bend my favorite deck into a dollar bill fold trick

Hated my fan spread for years until someone showed me a 5 dollar fix

That vendor at the Portland Card Expo made me rethink my whole setup

TIL the first Bicycle deck from 1885 had no jokers at all

Had to pick between a standard Bicycle deck and a crushed stock deck for my cardistry routines

Guy at a card shop told me my favorite deck was a 'waste of good cardboard'

I think matte finish cards are way better than the glossy ones everyone loves

The moment I realized I'd been holding playing cards wrong for 40 years.

Guy at the magic shop said my faro shuffle looked like I was wrestling the deck

Finally ditched cardboard boxes for a proper deck binder

Pro tip: Stop pressing so hard when you handle new decks

Finally figured out why my card springs were always snagging after 3 years of shuffling

That limited edition deck I dropped $80 on came with bent corners out of the box

Why does nobody talk about hitting 1000 unique decks in your collection?

Bought a brick of those cheap plastic decks from Amazon, big mistake