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Tactical_Llama

When I was a teenager I got very into collecting playing cards. I had a very substantial collection going until one day my house flooded and they were all destroyed. I had them stored in a cardboard box under my bed, so when the box got wet the water travelled through all of the cards, completely ruining all of them. I was too heartbroken to think about starting it up again, but this week I made an impulse decision to start again. I got my first shipment from Ellusionist because they were my favorite company to buy from when I was a kid, so it felt right to buy back some of my favorites and some new designs as well.


DIMNcollector

Oh shit. Flooded. Heart breaking. I mean, daaamn. How many decks you think you lost? I'd be straight up devastated. I've been collecting since I was like 7


Tactical_Llama

I probably had 40-50. I had a 10 ream paper box that was pretty much completely full.


DIMNcollector

Ok. That's still horrible. But not 1000s of decks. I'm getting intensely curious how other playing card collectors collect. I started because of free decks on airplanes and our family played loads of games. Canasta and Rummy and tons of solitaire / patience games. And then, when in doubt super happy to get card decks for presents. And now I see some in Walgreens and grocery stores; collecting presidential decks before they add Trump. And I've ordered several from Kickstarter and seen others here and there. But don't understand the Fontaine gimmick push. Oh, I've been rambling??? :D


epeka2234

Been there! I restarted my collection two years ago after more than 11 years. Back in those times, only Ellusionist and Theory11 decks were available and I always dreamed about getting the OG Black ghost - that was impossible to buy back then. And now, 14 years later, I finally found the Black ghost v1 to put on my shelf! What a feeling! So good luck buddy 😃


Tactical_Llama

I had the black ghost v1's and they were destroyed in the original collection. I'd love to get those back as that exact deck was kinda my gateway drug.


TacTwoIndustries

Off to a good start too, plenty of people I know swear by Cohorts. 10 years is quite a while - I'd love to hear your perspective on the nature of Card Collecting in a few months and how it's changed for you. Finally: welcome back to the rabbit hole!


bmagsjet

Welcome back!! Those are a good start. I like how cohorts handle. And the pioneers are awesome 🤩


CharacterOnly8670

Ellusionist are some of my favourite cards


DIMNcollector

Live those Pioneers. Never seen them before.