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I probably won't back, but it would be something I would pick up for a few bucks later once it's printed. I have a few of their designs, some of them are nicely done.
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CPC somehow found a way to take many interesting themes and churn out boring and predictably custom decks.
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There are enough collectors of Bicycle decks that this should fund.
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Bradius wrote:There are enough collectors of Bicycle decks that this should fund.
Those collectors keep CPC in business.

I personally don't understand those who aim to collect EVERY Bicycle-branded deck. I can understand collecting all "in-house designed" USPCC Bicycle decks, but there have to be tens of thousands of Bicycle decks, and the majority of them are just recolored faces...
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TwoPieceFeed wrote:
Bradius wrote:There are enough collectors of Bicycle decks that this should fund.
Those collectors keep CPC in business.

I personally don't understand those who aim to collect EVERY Bicycle-branded deck. I can understand collecting all "in-house designed" USPCC Bicycle decks, but there have to be tens of thousands of Bicycle decks, and the majority of them are just recolored faces...
About 10-12 years ago I tried my damnedest to collect every one of them. And back then it wasn't out of the realm of possibilities, at least for "modern era" decks. I don't have the time, patience, nor bankroll to collect vintage playing cards. But after 3 or 4 years I realized I could never do it and also that I wouldn't want to do it anymore. I tried to collect them all whether I liked them or not but as the amount of custom decks increased, so did the gap between crap and amazing. So I just let CBJ take over :lol:
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I like this deck. I can’t normally say that of cpc


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There are some designs of theirs that are nice. I don't know if I would back on KS, though, they seem to get plenty of backers and you can usually pick them up cheaper after release.
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The color palette and pips feel pretty carnivalesque IMO, which kinda appeals to me, but while this is not the worst CPC deck I've seen, I can't help but be disappointed in how such an exciting concept can be designed into such a lack-luster deck...

Comm'on, let's see some carny folk or at least have the courts hold some corn-dogs / funnel cakes / cotton candy... or any number of typical carnival delicacies either deep fried and/or on a stick - that'd be the deck I'd want.

but alas, CPC deck designs always seem to fall just short of being something really worth getting excited and enthusiastic about... at least for me :|
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I want to like this deck but I'm not. Not because it's CPC. I guess I'm 'high maintenance' when it comes to decks now.
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I made the mistake of backing CPC's "100th Deck Design" deck. Smoke, mirrors and deliberately misleading semantics saw a heap of backers overpay there for a substandard deck. Never again.
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