[Buyer's Guide] Halfmoon Playing Cards/Lotrek

[Justin O.]

Hey guys, on the (at the time) recent Liturgy deck thread I had requested a list of Lotrek's decks so I could track what I have, what is still shipping and what I need to get still. Misterharmanko provided an excellent list that I thought it would be worthwhile to have it's own thread. Please let me know if any changes need to be made or if any decks are missing from this list. I will try to keep it updated. Mods feel free to update the list as you see fit.

Halfmoon Playing Cards/Lotrek decks:

Timeless (RSVP)
Butterfly (RSVP)

Bicycle Venexiana Black
Bicycle Venexiana White
Venexiana Gold

Grotesque Original
Grotesque Ltd
Grotesque Platinum
Grotesque Silver

Venexiana Dark Masked
Venexiana Dark Unmasked
Venexiana Dark Signature Edition Silver
Venexiana Dark Signature Edition Gold

Icons Imperial
Icons Imperial (Demo)
Icons Imperial (Trial)
Icons Imperial (Reversed)
Icons Signature
Icons Sacred

Grotesk Original
Grotesk Animated
Black Mass Gold
Black Mass Silver
Grotesk (Black Gold)
Grotesk (Black Silver)
Grotesk Inferno
Grotesk Bronze Edition
Grotesk Inverted Inferno
Grotesk Macabre Signature Edition

Liturgy (Red)
Liturgy (Red; misaligned)
Liturgy (Green)
Liturgy (Green; misaligned)
Liturgy Treasure

Golden Oath

Sanctus

Ambassadors (Red)
Ambassadors (Black)
Ambassadors (Platinum)

Ambassadors Players Edition

**If anyone has a complete list for other designers/companies feel free to PM it to me and I will start a thread for it!**

[Bikefanatic]

1. Great list concept but the problem with me is that I need to also track down HOW MANY of each of those decks I pledged for.

2. With the reasoning of this thread, seems like Lotrek's being put on front street but it's still helpful to remind us of what we need to receive which is a lot plus for everyone to check out his previous work. Maybe once in awhile we can do this for some of the other designers as well, showing their body of work and pending projects.

[Justin O.]

2. With the reasoning of this thread, seems like Lotrek's being put on front street...
Maybe once in awhile we can do this for some of the other designers as well, showing their body of work and pending projects.

I would really love to have a stickied [Buyer's Guide] thread for multiple designers/companies, I will try to put a few together as well as I am able.

[RandyButterfield]

That's a great idea! I was curious, and actually did a list of all my Decks a couple weeks ago.
I was stunned to see it's almost at 100,00 Decks printed!!

I left off the Breaking Bad and Boardwalk Decks, as I didn't do all of the work on those (and I don't know their print quantities). I printed 3,000 of the ROME Caesar Deck because it will also be in the Gift Shop for a Julius Caesar Exhibition (http://juliuscaesar.niccolaigroup.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).

Here's the list of Midnight Cards Decks, along with Print Quantities in parentheses.

ORNATE Sapphire Deck (2500)
ORNATE Scarlet Deck (2500)

ORNATE Amethyst Deck (2500)
ORNATE Emerald Deck (2500)

TBC Blue Luxury Deck (2500)
TBC Red Luxury Deck (2500)
TBC White Luxury Deck (2500)

United Cardists Deck (2500)

Imperial RED Deck (4000)
Imperial BLACK Deck (2500)

Unbranded White ORNATE Amethyst (4310)
Unbranded White ORNATE Emerald (4202)
Unbranded White ORNATE Sapphire (4320)
Unbranded White ORNATE Scarlet (4428)
Unbranded Obsidian ORNATE (2040)

Bicycle White ORNATE Amethyst (1000)
Bicycle White ORNATE Emerald (1000)
Bicycle White ORNATE Sapphire (1000)
Bicycle White ORNATE Scarlet (1000)
Bicycle Obsidian ORNATE (2292)

Brazil Deck (2500)

LUXX Blue Deck (2000)
LUXX Brown Deck (2000)

Draconian Spitfire Deck (2000)
Draconian Lightning Deck (2000)
Draconian Brimstone Deck (2000)

LUXX V2 Silver Deck (2000)
LUXX V2 Gold Deck (2000)

Bowl-A-Rama RED Deck (1000)
Bowl-A-Rama BLACK Deck (1000)
Cosmic Lanes Deck (1000)

Never Forgotten Deck (2000)

Honeybee YELLOW Deck (2500)
Honeybee BLACK Deck (2500)

Grinders COPPER Deck (2000)
Grinders BLUE Deck (2000)
Grinders WHITE GOLD Deck (500)

LUXX Elliptica Red Deck (1000)
LUXX Elliptica Blue Deck (1000)
LUXX Elliptica Green Deck (1000)
LUXX Elliptica Purple Deck (1000)

Imperial GOLD Deck (1000)

ROME Antony Deck (2000)
ROME Caesar Deck (3000)

44 DIFFERENT DECKS = 93,092 TOTAL PRINTED DECKS

[Justin O.]

Here's the list of Midnight Cards Decks, along with Print Quantities in parentheses.

Made a dedicated thread here if you want to edit the list in this thread down so we can keep this one about Halfmoon

[shaitani]

For Liturgy, I would separate out the two editions of each of red and green, so there are actually in total 5 different versions of Liturgy:
Treasure
Red v1 (misaligned)
Red v2
Green v1 (misaligned)
Green v2

[ecNate]

That's a great idea! I was curious, and actually did a list of all my Decks a couple weeks ago.
I was stunned to see it's almost at 100,00 Decks printed!!

Sorry for continuing the deviation, but Randy's input on this was very informative and I updated all relevant decks with print run quantity on Portfolio 52. Thanks!

FYI - Currently it only looks like the special edition of Liturgy is there for Lotrek's deck. I would agree it would make sense to have different entries (and print run counts) for each once added.

[rousselle]

Should we add "Oath" as in progress, too?

[Justin O.]

Should we add "Oath" as in progress, too?

Absolutely we should!! Thanks Rousselle!

[4.of.Clubs]

Noticed missing two decks:
Grotesk Inverted Inferno
Grotesk Macabre Signature Edition

[Justin O.]

Noticed missing two decks:
Grotesk Inverted Inferno
Grotesk Macabre Signature Edition

Thanks!!! I have been away from the community for a few months and neglecting my duties. I will get this added!

[EndersGame]

This is a great thread, and it's a very impressive list of quality decks that Lotrek has created, which testifies to his amazing talent. Perhaps the original post could be updated to include a few recent additions, which Lotrek has published under his new label, Oath Playing Cards:

Golden Oath
Sanctus

Ambassadors (Red)
Ambassadors (Black)
Ambassadors (Platinum)

Future: Ambassadors Players Edition

Given what this thread is about, I'll also share links to a two-part series of extensive pictorial reviews that I just published, in which I give an overview of the major designs that Lotrek has produced so far:

Pictorial Review: Cards to treasure from Lotrek (Part 1)



Pictorial Review: Cards to treasure from Lotrek (Part 2)

[Adonael]

Bicycle Butterfly
RSVP Timeless

Bicycle Venexiana Black
Bicycle Venexiana White

Grotesque Original
Grotesque Ltd
Grotesque Signature Platinum
Grotesque Signature Gold

Venexiana Dark Masked
Venexiana Dark Revealed
Venexiana Dark Signature Edition Silver
Venexiana Dark Signature Edition Gold
Venexiana Gold

Icons Imperial
Icons Imperial (Demo)
Icons Imperial (Trial)
Icons Imperial (Reversed)
Icons Sacred
Icons Signature

Grotesk Original
Grotesk Animated
Grotesk Black Gold
Grotesk Black Silver
Grotesk Black Mass Silver
Grotesk Black Mass Gold
Grotesk Inferno
Grotesk Bronze Experimental
Grotesk Inverted Inferno
Grotesk Macabre Signature Edition

Liturgy (Red)
Liturgy (Red; misaligned)
Liturgy (Green)
Liturgy (Green; misaligned)
Liturgy Treasure

Golden Oath
Golden Oath Blue (No Tuck)

Sanctus

Ambassadors Collectors (Red)
Ambassadors Collectors (Black)
Ambassadors Collectors (Platinum)
Ambassadors Players (Green)
Ambassadors Players (Red)
Ambassadors Signature

Dondorf Hundertjahrkarte Restoration

Arabesque (Gold)
Arabesque (Silver)
Arabesque (Error)
Arabesque Players (Red)
Arabesque Players (Blue)
Arabesque Players (Silver)

Damask (Red)
Damask (Blue)

Silk (Red)
Silk (Blue)

LESS
LESS Gold
LESS Silver

Fable
Fable (Test)
Fable Craft Edition

Chronos Collectors
Chronos Players
Chronos Players Carmina

The Entertainer

Charmers (Green)
Charmers (Purple)
Charmers (Red)
Charmers Red Gilded LE
Charmers Signature

Oath Standard Collectors Black
Oath Standard Collectors Gold

Crypt

The Tale of the Tempest Ocean
The Tale of the Tempest Dusk
The Tale of the Tempest Midnight
The Tale of the Tempest The Great Wylenti
The Tale of the Tempest Treasured
The Tale of the Tempest Dynastinae
The Tale of the Tempest Prism

Moresque Players Edition
Moresque Patron Edition
Moresque Gilded Edition

Maestro III

Royal Silk Purple (Test)

Redemption Stories I Royal Silk Red Gold/Gold
Redemption Stories I Royal Silk Red Gold/Silver
Redemption Stories II Oath Standard Players Silver
Redemption Stories III Icons Anniversary Premium (Test)

Oath Standard Players Navy
Oath Standard Players Burgundy

Future:
Redemption Stores IV
Royal Silk
Royal Silk Players
Codex
Golden Rule
Damask Vol.2

Edit: I completely disagree that any deck not designed by Lotrek be included in such a list, printing tucks etc doesn't count. This also goes for the Charmers Green and Purple Gilded decks, they had nothing to do with Lotrek, the Charmers guy took existing regular green/purple decks after release and had them gilded himself then released himself for some extra $, that's why they are not on this list, why I didn't buy them, and they don't count.

[Spectre]

Golden Oath Prototype
Less Test Print
Less Gold
Less Silver
Fable Test Print
Fable Craft
Fable Limited
The Entertainer (2019 52+ Joker Club Deck)
Chronos Collectors Edition
Golden Oath (Blue No Tuck)

[Bradius]

Was the Less Gold and Silver released at the Convention? I am fairly sure that hasn't been released yet to the general public unless I am suffering from some type of memory loss (not an impossibility TBH). I need some Rye Whiskey to calm my nerves.

[Spectre]

The “Less” decks were for sale at the convention. But I’m not sure it is the final version or exactly what version type to call them. Here are a couple photos of what was sold.

[TheCollector]

I've a handful to add to the list, including some slight nuances to currently-listed Ambassadors Players decks:

Grotesque Elite

Ambassadors Players (Green) [Numbered]
Ambassadors Players (Red) [Numbered]
Ambassadors Players (Green) [Un-numbered]
Ambassadors Players (Red) [Un-numbered]

Dondorf Hundertjahrkarte Special 52+J Restoration Set - Restoration (design) by Lotrek
Dondorf Hundertjahrkarte Single Gilded Deck - 30-deck overrun sold as individual decks

Grotesk Black Silver (Test Print)
Grotesk Black Mass Silver (Test Print)
Grotesk Black Mass Gold (Test Print)
Grotesk Inferno (Test Print)

Ravn Sol - Tuck printed by Lotrek
Ravn Eclipse - Tuck printed by Lotrek
Ravn Mani - Tuck printed by Lotrek

House of the Rising Spade (Faro) - Tuck printed by Lotrek
House of the Rising Spade (Cartomancer) - Tuck printed by Lotrek
House of the Rising Spade (Room 17) - Tuck printed by Lotrek

Theos (Green) - Tuck printed by Lotrek
Theos (Purple) - Tuck printed by Lotrek

De Novo (Viridi) - Everything printed by Lotrek
De Novo (Aurum) - Everything printed by Lotrek

The Parlour (Red) - Tuck printed by Lotrek
The Parlour (Blue) - Tuck printed by Lotrek
The Parlour (Black) - Tuck printed by Lotrek
The Parlour (Dynastinae) - Tuck printed by Lotrek

[riutshoxie]

Meadowlark Limited Edition - Tuck printed by Lotrek (400 decks total; source: kickstarter page)

[Räpylätassu]

Bicycle Timeless

Timeless is not a Bicycle deck.

[TheCollector]

Silk (Blue-Silver Prototype) [Per my Instagram (and will soon add to Portfolio52)]

Harvest (3-deck series from Lotrek beginning July 2020)

Codex (Project slated for Sept. 2020)

Royal Oath (Already printed but slated for release on ???)

[laitostarr777]

How I really wish I owned a lot of gold private reserves or a lot of Bitcoins in order to get every single Lotrek's decks
But that is just a dream too good to be true

[Bradius]

I definitely don't have every deck Lotrek made, but I make up for it in volume.

[kevork]

I keep this thread updated for a complete list of Lotrek's works:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20174