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There a Mono version and a Colored version
https://www.murphysmagic.com/product.aspx?id=67681













Unfortunately the art is elusive in all sorts of ways in the promo

Well, I like what I CAN see. Maybe our resident Murphy's rep will let us know when they're available (and there's more pictures)

I'm curious about due to the tuck. The backs aren't intriguing though.

Interesting deck, looks like a half brick box is also going to be or is available.



I'm liking what I see of the Pips. Looks solid and I'm probably going to have to have some, the tuck is pretty sharp too. Yep, I'm going to need a little bit of these.

Def would like to get both once they are out and at a retailers.

Well there both available now. So I guess there be at you favourite Murphys retailer soon. There isn't a half brick though from what I can see. Acelion is a new one on me as well, never heard of them before. https://www.acelioncards.com

I've seen that the decks are available on different websites as well but I can't find that half brick box anywhere yet.

THE FOLLOWING IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Dear Other Losers Cruising eBay for Cards at 6AM,

The courts are terrible. I have saved you USD15.


Boob.


??Ha??

THIS CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Free to good home. Somebody get this cursed thing out of my house.

Merlebird wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:42 pm THE FOLLOWING IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

Hey, welcome back!

And thanks for the update

MERLEBIRD! MY LOVE! OMG HOW I'VE MISSED YOU!!!!

I legit got my ass outta bed at 2am to log on as soon as there was word of a 'birb sighting lol

I heard that a party is happening in here...

Hi Merlebird!!

PipChick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:54 pm MERLEBIRD! MY LOVE! OMG HOW I'VE MISSED YOU!!!!

Please stop that right this instant or else I might accidentally develop self-esteem.

My bad, y'all, I dropped a post in a fit of aesthetic pique and walked off thinking I'd have maybe a "wow those are bad and also did you used to go here?" by the time morning rolled around. If I'd known it would raise the general alarum and some no-chill weenus was gonna break the glass on the Emergency Pip within fifteen minutes I would've, like, brought a Carvel cake or something. Please accept instead these heinous affronteries that spit in the very eyes of God.

Welcome back, Merlebird!

Merlebird wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:15 am

PipChick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:54 pm MERLEBIRD! MY LOVE! OMG HOW I'VE MISSED YOU!!!!

Please stop that right this instant or else I might accidentally develop self-esteem.

My bad, y'all, I dropped a post in a fit of aesthetic pique and walked off thinking I'd have maybe a "wow those are bad and also did you used to go here?" by the time morning rolled around. If I'd known it would raise the general alarum and some no-chill weenus was gonna break the glass on the Emergency Pip within fifteen minutes I would've, like, brought a Carvel cake or something. Please accept instead these heinous affronteries that spit in the very eyes of God.

Thank you for expanding my English vocabulary

Merlebird wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:15 am

PipChick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:54 pm MERLEBIRD! MY LOVE! OMG HOW I'VE MISSED YOU!!!!

Please stop that right this instant or else I might accidentally develop self-esteem.

My bad, y'all, I dropped a post in a fit of aesthetic pique and walked off thinking I'd have maybe a "wow those are bad and also did you used to go here?" by the time morning rolled around. If I'd known it would raise the general alarum and some no-chill weenus was gonna break the glass on the Emergency Pip within fifteen minutes I would've, like, brought a Carvel cake or something. Please accept instead these heinous affronteries that spit in the very eyes of God.

Merle, you crazy lyrical genius. It's you who should be running for president

Hope you stick around!

Merlebird wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:15 am [...] and some no-chill weenus was gonna break the glass on the Emergency Pip within fifteen minutes I would've, like, brought a Carvel cake or something. [...]

Today I learned that BaconWise is a no-chill weenus. =D

shkorc wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:46 am Thank you for expanding my English vocabulary

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Timmargh wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:55 pm Today I learned that BaconWise is a no-chill weenus. =D

Today you learned that?

Thanks, everyone. Truly humbled by the warm welcome back. I'll try to be better about at least checking in regularly. (If only so I can work my way through the year's worth of deck-horny collectors sliding into my DMs for that Blue Damask I left on my P52 tradelist... )

Well. I was gonna roast these courts some more, but since it turned into a lovefest in here I feel like I'm obligated to pay at least a little of that forward. So here's my very best attempt at being charitable:

Taken in isolation, I could potentially see somebody liking them. Text on courts is a huge design turnoff for many, myself included, but one man's crass faux pas is another's bold experimentalism. The figures are aesthetically crude, but clearly purposefully so; you can see a solid grasp of anatomy and strong visual composition in the spades in particular. The rough, grotesque imagery of varying levels of sophistication in flat black and red reminds me of Tijuana bibles - and people do collect those. Maybe someone out there has been looking for a deck just like this one.

But.

Whether you can present some "legitimate" rationale as to how these courts "belong to" this tuck, from a harmonious design perspective - and I'm not at all convinced you can - you cannot possibly pretend that people drawn to this tuck are buying it and hoping to receive these courts. It's a foundational assumption of consumerism that what's on the box is what's in the box, and everyone knows it: buyers have been trained to expect it, and marketers know they have that expectation. So the decision to have the promotional materials showcase only images that are stylistically consistent with the tuck - and scrupulously avoid giving you a good look at anything else - might strike one as being, let's say, not solely in the interests of artistic integrity.

...or at least, a more cynical soul might believe so. But I, a gentle spirit of pure heart and trusting disposition, can hardly conceive such a thing.

If anyone here is interested, here is the color version.

They are bizarre and I like them for that

The colored version does change things doesn't it? Much more interesting to my eye than the Mono version, which just repels me entirely.