Does new decks are the new dealers gold mine?

[ArtofMagi]

hey,

first i would like to say that thanks to internet i got into magic. at first i used to buy books and dvds.. after that downloads and more and more decks i understood a year ago that i spent to much money on decks. after talking to some friends we reilized that we all have and i got 80% of those decks sealed ( yes even V1 and etc..) and i felt stupid for becoming a deck collecter.. dont get me wrong i think that collecting things is great but i dont think that if you want to be a serious magician you should waste time and money on new decks.
practicing card magic destroy decks even more is flourishing.. i see a lot of videos of kids starting out and saying that i got this deck and this deck and they can barely fan well, or deck reviews that goes like, this deck is smooth/not smooth fan like a 8 and i love it/ hate it... because if you dont buy garbage decks ( lets say standart bike's and up ) the deck should work for everything you do.. and you will practice better with a deck that you can destroy and wont feel bad about it.
one of the frist decks i got as a gift was D&D v2 and i had no idea about value , and i use this deck for practicng for 8 months and it look bad after one month but still handle well as my first tally ho that was the second deck i bought ( 5 years ago) both deck handle the same price tag is a bit diffrent.

well if you got this far i think that you agree with some of my points so far, but my main point is why magic dealers push decks so much? i am feeling that last year there more decks and more cool trailers about decks then ever before.. and i think its turning magic into a gimmick and send a bad massege, that everything is instant and you can be cool as the trailer guy from the promo if you will buy this deck. and i know the reason is money but i think that this money should be invest in other ways by the magic dealers that should know better than selling more new decks.

i cant belive that magic dealers call this a prodcut.. i think its easier to design a new back and a box than creating new metirals..i can say about my self that as a person i love toys but as a magician i love goals and before i buy new things now, i think if this product will get me closer to my goals or not. and its harder this day to focus with all the unneccery buzz about the products

 

[James555]

Hmmm, I see what your saying but I think what drives people is the way other decks look and handle.
I mean here's a simple question; would you get sick of standard bikes if they were the only decks you used?
(This excludes the arguement that some custom cards are suspicious for magic)
I do think the Magic community has found quite a good niche in cards. Think about the huge variety of designs that can be applied to 52 pieces of paper. It's not making magic gimmicky it's called business, but in doing so the big magic companies are pumping out top quality stuff for our personal magical needs.

 

[D@n]

I love custom decks. They keep me interested in card magic because I never get bored of looking at the same back design every time I take out a deck of cards. In addition, all the decks handle differently and have different stocks and feel to them, and it fun to figure out what decks you prefer for x situation and y situation. You're right about using custom decks consistently kills them, but if you have a large enough collection of custom decks, you can cycle them daily which increases their longevity. I made an order from ellusionist two years ago and kicked off my collection with around eleven decks of custom decks, and they are still good to this day. I haven't even opened any of the duplicates because the first ones are still good. And most custom decks are under 7 dollars, so it's not a tragedy if you have to replace a couple of them. As for higher end custom decks, I wouldn't use them, I would just keep them sealed. I have a pack of Ltd. and Gold Arcanes at the head of my collection, but I wouldn't use them because then their value drops like a rock.
Dan

 

[ArtofMagi]

deck x for this, deck y for.. magician nightmare

thanks guys for your comments i thinks its important to post about the issue of money investments in magic as an amuter and as a proffesional. i agree that lots of decks handle diffrent. but i will say that as a working walk around magician and as a street preformer i want to use one kind of decks with switching decks for diffrent moves i think this is so not practical that who ever says it doesnt work enough.. cards are just cards i never saw a magician that uses only cards in his act and make his living only with this. ( or magicians that do table work..)

i also work as a private dealer and there i may understand that handling is more critical but again i dont see any diffrence between bikes and custom decks.. i will rather use all back design for some demos but thats it. i used to explain to my self that custom decks are better to give a good reason why i bought a block that cost 4 times more..
i think that cards are great for close up, but they need more time in practice than a very good product..

 

[eostresh]

You make some interesting and valuable points. Interesting timing as I am in the process of launching a new website that reviews custom decks. Integral in all my reviews is the idea of evaluating decks based on performance components as opposed to "looks," and to do that I do as many "blindfold," tests as possible to avoid being influenced by a nice looking deck. You can check it out here

http://www.custom-playing-card.com/buyers-guide.html