Thursday, August 6, 2015

The Answers to the Mystery Deck Challenge Revealed!


It's been almost a month since I've posted my Cheapo Card Collector Mystery Deck Challenge, so now it's time to reveal the answers! Thanks to a retweet by Lee Asher, the post was viewed 192 times (about a third of all the views of this blog in its entire lifetime)! No one left any guesses in the comments section, so it's difficult to judge how easy people found the quiz, but I'm willing to bet most were baffled by mystery decks #2, #7, and #14: 

Mystery Deck No. 1:

Monarch (Theory 11)

Mystery Deck No. 2:

Cartamundi (Atlantis Back) Low Vision

Mystery Deck No. 3:

Steamboat #999 (Dan & Dave Reprints)

Mystery Deck No. 4:

Bicycle Racer Back No. 1 (Reprints)

Mystery Deck No. 5:

Fournier #605 (Lee Asher Signature Series)

Mystery Deck No. 6:

Tahoe Cartouche Club Back No. 9 (Arcco Originals)

Mystery Deck No. 7:

Drury Lane (Sold Exclusively by the Long Defunct Katz Drug Store Chain)


Mystery Deck No. 8

Carlton Aviator

Mystery Deck No. 9:

Dal Negro San Siro

Mystery Deck No. 10:

Ask Alexander (Conjuring Arts)

Mystery Deck No. 11

Green Phoenix (Card-Shark)

Mystery Deck No. 12

Bicycle Thistle Back (Reprints)

Mystery Deck No. 13:

White Arcane (Ellusionist)

Mystery Deck No. 14:

  EMpower Magic Entertainment (Printed by USPCC for EMPOWER Co. Ltd. of Japan)

Mystery Deck No. 15:

Aristocrat #727 Back No. 2 (Russell Playing Card Co. Originals)

So how did you do? Did you correctly identify them all? Or were you stumped by some? Please let me know by posting in the comments section.