My Collection of 442 Decks of Playing Cards (2023)

[@curtislee26]

I actually don't have as many decks as people would expect. Most people have a collection that's in the 500s to the 1000s. Most of the variety from my collection comes from my early days, where I just wanted to try everything out, but nowadays, I just buy what I like. So, 3 to 6 units of a design I like, because there's no reason for me to pay shipping multiple times for a brand's releases throughout the year and it lets me stay with decks I like for longer. Also, I do want to note that the 442 includes some decks not show in the video, since I have some scattered around.

[@BrandonStebbinsMagic]

Awesome collection!

[@Niikuro_shuffles]

Awesome collection! I got so excited when you mentioned predator. Really shows how long you've been into this wonderful hobby 🙌

[@luissalas1673]

Ayo Curtis!! Awesome video man! Collector and cardistry over here in Toronto, hopefully you come visit us again soon! Beautiful collection and good work man - Thank you for sharing with us!

[@card-addiction8353]

Great Video, Great Collection!

[@aidn_0]

Great collection

[@dylanyoungfilmsnz]

Love the collection 🤩

[@CardTricksForever]

Wow 🤩 That's some pretty cool decks my friend 😘 I see some signed ones, and many of them I wish I have one. They must have cost you a lot though 🤣 One interesting question, are you planning to get like a shelf to store all these? That would look nice and neat. Thanks for sharing this video, really appreciate your effort 👊

[@curtislee26]

Most of the signed ones that I got were signed in person, so I didn't need to pay any money for it. And I do have a shelf for them next to my bed, you just don't see it in my videos

[@crizmad2759]

Any deck from stockholm17, Thirdway Industries, Oath, or King's wild project?

[@curtislee26]

No, sorry, I'm not really that into collector decks

[@עידואברהם-ע5ס]

How much they all cost? Do you have “marked deck”? With is the best in your opinion

[@curtislee26]

I collected these cards over the years, so I didn't really notice how much they cost, but if I had to guess, accounted for resale, the total value of my collection would be a couple of thousand. It's probably worth less since I open my decks. For the marked deck question, I'm a bigger fan of Reader Backs than Code Backs, so I find the Cohorts and the Penguin Magic marked decks pretty good.

[@עידואברהם-ע5ס]

@@curtislee26 thank you! What about the dmc elite?

[@curtislee26]

They're quite nice, but they're more on the expensive side, and one funny thing is, out of all the marked decks that I've handed out to people, they're the only deck that people have gone, "Huh, the patterns change (not commenting on the markings, but the fact that the design changes, which isn't ideal for a marked deck)". So I think the markings are a bit too noticeable sometimes, but if you don't hand out the deck, they should be useful.

[@עידואברהם-ע5ס]

thank you! do you like the NOC or no because youre not fun of code deck?@@curtislee26

[@curtislee26]

The NOC marking systems feel too gimmicky, it feels like it was added just to be like "here's an additional feature" to drive up the price. You need a full view of the card and the markings are subtle, so I don't like them.

[@monsterslayer47]

How to get the oinks?

[@curtislee26]

I'm actually not sure, ngl. My "business partner" (term used very loosely since we were both underaged at the time, and it was hardly a business) and I decided to sell the remaining stock to Hanson Chien Playing Cards, the company who printed the cards when we needed to pay warehouse storage fees. To my knowledge, they're no longer available at any official retailers since they didn't order that many and I believe Hanson sold the rest of them in deals and bundles throughout the years. You can still find them in stock at 3rd party resale sites, but I'm not sure I'd trust them.

[@JayDiggy215]

Blue seal?...it's red

[@curtislee26]

"Blue Seal" is just a short form of "printed in the old USPCC Ohio factory" at this point. Also, which deck are you referring to?