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What's your favorite "ad-card"? (Patreon)

Published:
2022-01-17 13:16:57
Imported:
2026-06

Poll

What's your favorite "ad-card"?

  • Duplicate 36
  • Double Backer 18
  • Double Facer 16
  • Blanco Face Card 5
  • Angle Z Gaff 13
  • Casino Cut Card 20
  • Something else 12
  • 2022-01-17
  • multiple choice
  • 120 votes
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Content

You may have bought a deck in the past without high expectations but then you got surprised by the extra cards in the deck. This "wow this is cool" effect is what I want to achieve when you open a new deck.

It can surely only be achieved when you really get something completely unexpected but I would still like to hear what you prefer.

Feel free to explain your choice in the comments or let me know if it's something completely different.

Comments

Micah Sinclair

Shoutout to the hotel key ad card in the hotels deck

Álvaro Mezcua

Since I have an album with all the cool add cards from the decks I own, Duplicate and Casino cut card would make a beautiful add to the collection

Kyle Alpern

I love doing tricks with messages or drawing on blank face cards, but if I want to do that, it largely limits me to bicycle decks. Double backers just have a million uses. I know these are boring answers but that’s what works for me.

Daniel Schneider
>>75849116

There are no boring answers and it makes completely sense. But I think it's funny how opinions differ on blanco faces. I have heard from a magician that he thinks blanco faces are the most useless cards ever. At least in a custom deck.

Yoav Yardeny

Well i like the unique gaff cards Like the blown ace of hearts Or the salt prediction of a chosen card

Jay Lesage

Yep—gotta give big love for the keycard/survey/hangtag extras in the Hotels. Best ever. Maximum creativity and wry humor…never fails to raise a smile.

Paul Stahly

I really like double backers with an alternate color way. I also like duplicate cards with alternative artwork. Like a different ace of spades or king of spades, etc. It’s nice because it allows for different, maybe more aggressive at style on the one card while allowing another to be more standard.

DM

I'm also in the "other" camp with something unique and special. The keycard and survey card are great examples, but I've also seen them used as more traditional "ad-cards," but for fictitious products. Like the Thirdway Industries upcoming Poison deck. Something fun for you might be to have the Black Roses Hotel deck with an ad-card for the Black Roses Casino, while the casino deck has a card advertising the new amenities at the Luxury Black Roses Hotel. I remember some Bicycle decks used to have a card listing the ranks of Poker hands. I've always wanted to see a deck do something clever with that concept, but I have no idea what that might be.

Daniel Schneider
>>75861591

I can't tell if you're being ironic or not :D Because I used this poker hand card in the upcoming MxS Casino deck. The Bee decks have a Poker Guide card. I got the original file from USPCC to make a gaff. And yes I love the idea to advertise something in the Black Roses Hotel / Casino. The new Hotel Jokers already go in this direction. :)

DM
>>75861591

Not ironic at all, just a relatively new Patron who missed the picture in your latest post about it. That's very cool, little details like the updated courts always make me smile. After reading the comment above, another cool option I forgot about is alternate courts. This usually applies more to decks that have a theme for the courts (Greek gods being a common example), but I've also seen alternate aces. I think there was a Faro style deck that had the usual ornate tax-stamp style Ace of Spades, but also a "regular" ace with just a single small spade pip. That could have some potential for magic, too: Say if you had a regular King to show the spectator first, and an alternate king of the same suit, but with a secret reveal.

Alex Will

I have to say I always like the duplicates and a double facer. Mainly for the amount of things you can do with them, but I also had to go to the other option as well. One of my favorite things is the little hidden gyms (or reveals) within other cards of the deck that I love and always look for!

Nicholas Lloyd

I’m a big fan of the angle Z cards but duplicates are priceless too. Madison said a while back that those who are still printing jokers are limping the potential or wasting printing ideas ( now I don’t fully agree with that cuz I think jokers do have a place in certain decks…but there are some decks that just don’t need them and would be far better suited with a gaff or dupe…. Even a cut card….

Nicholas Lloyd

I also like stories you can tell with cards, the example I’m thinking of is the triple Jokers in the Elemental/Wadey Carbon deck… what do you get when you take “carbon”(joker 1), and “pressure” (joker 2)? Produce “Diamond” (joker 3) I like stuff like that too