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I wanted to share a bit of information regarding the 2024 DotY (Deck of the Year) Awards, including the announcement that the standalone website is up and running and AWAITING YOUR NOMINATIONS!

> > > www.dotyawards.org < < <

As a longtime member of UC, I have enjoyed and cherished the DotY Awards. In recent years, as many of you are aware, the awards migrated to P52 due to some behind-the-scenes UC ownership changes. This led to some exciting new opportunities but also felt a bit like an abrupt departure to members of UC. While there isn't much that could have been done at that point, I still believe in the ultimate purpose of the DotYs, even if that means the program needed to find a new home. Fast-forward to this year's awards and another decision had to be made to develop a standalone platform. Without getting into too much detail, P52 is facing the very real possibility of shutting down for good. Those involved with the DotY Awards don't have the access necessary to keep the P52 site running aside from very minimal access to do minor fixes to database access. With that potential looming, it was decided that a dedicated DotY page be developed in an effort to maintain the program's momentum heading into 2025.

Feel free to browse the website and read about the purpose of the site and find out who is involved in the "ABOUT" section. Also check out the FAQs! As part of the volunteer group who helped with last year's efforts, I help market the DotY Awards and I help coordinate sponsor prizes. Feel free to ask me anything and please submit your nominations for the 2024 DotYs!

I appreciate the initiative and transparency through this process! Thanks Jamie for being a paramount part of the community, along with the other individuals in the team.

Hello, thanks so much for including our project in the deck of the year nominations!
I feel sorry that the decks have just started fulfilling and eople have not seen yet in person the cards themselves, but we are so exiceted that our deck was chosen for the tuck box design.

Thank you @ and the other folks involved for this. Site is pretty smooth and voting was fun.

Harvonsgard wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:10 am Thank you @ and the other folks involved for this. Site is pretty smooth and voting was fun.

Glad to hear it was a smooth experience! I will pass that along to @suicideviking - his graphics and voting platform turned out wonderful. Over 600 votes already!

It was VG but a bit of work if you take it seriously LOL.
I know I am lazy but I suggested links to the DOTY and ROTY nominees so that people are making informed choices after viewing all the nominees
I did not vote in Magic or Cardistry as they are not my thing and thought it would be unfair to do so
Thanks team for all the hard work

The first day of DOTY winners has been revealed, Here’s a quick breakdown of the results:

Best Innovation
Trial of Blackbeard (Pirate Ship tuck) – Anti-Faro & Room One
Assassin's Creed (Switchblade tuck) – Room One
ANKH (Pyramid tuck) – Ark

Best Extras
Eye of the Ocean Vol. 2 (Orbis Triplex) – Stockholm17
Plague Doctor (Pocket Watch) – Anti-Faro & Room One
Bad Blood (Comic & Game Journal) – Kelly McMahon

Best Fan
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink
Draconian Crimson – Midnight Cards
Bloom Sapphire – Emily Sleights

If you are having trouble remembering how you voted, this is the link to the noms

https://www.dotyawards.org/nominations

Some well deserved winners, congrats!

DeepCard wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 1:57 am The first day of DOTY winners has been revealed, Here’s a quick breakdown of the results:

Best Innovation
Trial of Blackbeard (Pirate Ship tuck) – Anti-Faro & Room One
Assassin's Creed (Switchblade tuck) – Room One
ANKH (Pyramid tuck) – Ark

Best Extras
Eye of the Ocean Vol. 2 (Orbis Triplex) – Stockholm17
Plague Doctor (Pocket Watch) – Anti-Faro & Room One
Bad Blood (Comic & Game Journal) – Kelly McMahon

Best Fan
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink
Draconian Crimson – Midnight Cards
Bloom Sapphire – Emily Sleights

The Second & Third day of DOTY winners have been revealed, Here’s a quick breakdown of the results:

Best Joker
Samurai Otter – Bloom & Room One
Odd Fellows - The Dude – Penguin Magic & Stockholm17
The Gentleman Thief – Thirdway Industries

Best Courts
Eye of the Ocean 2 – Stockholm17
52 Plus Joker Club Deck – Elettra Deganello
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink

Best Pips
Samurai Otter – Bloom & Room One
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink
La Mouche – Elettra Deganello

Best Aces
Eye of the Ocean 2 – Stockholm17
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink
Odd Fellows - The Dude – Penguin Magic & Stockholm17

Best Back
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink
Chaos – Thirdway Industries
Game of Thrones – Theory11 & Peter Voth

Best Tuck
ANKH – ARK
Fox's Wedding – Bloom & Room One
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink

To everyone of you who was involved in making the DOTYs happen this year:
You guys did an awesome job!!! Thank you so much!!!

I thought there might be a bug because I was sure I updated the post last week, but it turns out I didn’t.

Here are the final four categories and the whole list!

Deck of the Year
52 Plus Joker Club Deck – Elettra Deganello
Eye of the Ocean 2 – Stockholm17
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink

Best Rookies
Dead Man's Hand – Si'yann
Room52 Playing Cards – Lunzi
Skanderbeg – Prime Shuffle

Best Magic Deck
Reflections – Emily Sleights
Bicycle Invoked – Magic & Cards
Tree of Vanity – Tony Lee & Room One

Best Cardistry Deck
Bloom Sapphire – Emily Sleights
Black Hole v1 – Orbit
Pop – Beyond Playing Cards

Best Tuck
ANKH – ARK
Fox's Wedding – Bloom & Room One
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink

Best Back
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink
Chaos – Thirdway Industries
Game of Thrones – Theory11 & Peter Voth

Best Aces
Eye of the Ocean 2 – Stockholm17
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink
Odd Fellows - The Dude – Penguin Magic & Stockholm17

Best Pips
Samurai Otter – Bloom & Room One
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink
La Mouche – Elettra Deganello

Best Courts
Eye of the Ocean 2 – Stockholm17
52 Plus Joker Club Deck – Elettra Deganello
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink

Best Joker
Samurai Otter – Bloom & Room One
Odd Fellows - The Dude – Penguin Magic & Stockholm17
The Gentleman Thief – Thirdway Industries

Best Extras
Eye of the Ocean Vol. 2 (Orbis Triplex) – Stockholm17
Plague Doctor (Pocket Watch) – Anti-Faro & Room One
Bad Blood (Comic & Game Journal) – Kelly McMahon

Best Fan
High Flyers – Squiddle Ink
Draconian Crimson – Midnight Cards
Bloom Sapphire – Emily Sleights

Best Innovation
Trial of Blackbeard (Pirate Ship tuck) – Anti-Faro & Room One
Assassin's Creed (Switchblade tuck) – Room One
ANKH (Pyramid tuck) – ARK

I wonder how close the top two DOTY finishers were. Seems like very worthy finalists.

Deck of the Year was a voting category all of its own and I think Elettra's deck was a standout

But under a different system where points were accumulated from the other categories, 2nd and 3rd could have won

Thanks again to the organizers for all their work and service to the card community

mulrich wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 10:06 pm I wonder how close the top two DOTY finishers were. Seems like very worthy finalists.

I've always wondered how they can make the awards more transparent without upsetting anyone. Every year, there are a few winners that seem unexpected to me—like Best Cardistry Deck. I have total respect for Emily, but I do wonder how many active cardists voting in this category.

DeepCard wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 11:32 pm I've always wondered how they can make the awards more transparent without upsetting anyone. Every year, there are a few winners that seem unexpected to me—like Best Cardistry Deck. I have total respect for Emily, but I do wonder how many active cardists voting in this category.

We do not want to be insensitive but maybe the organizers could publish the number of votes received by 1st and 2nd in each category along with the total votes

Big thanks to DeepCard for posting the category winners. The turnout was a huge success with over 1000 unique voters this year. Each category averaged around 650 votes with the Best Magic Deck category receiving the most votes at 731!

Honeybee wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:09 am

DeepCard wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2025 11:32 pm I've always wondered how they can make the awards more transparent without upsetting anyone. Every year, there are a few winners that seem unexpected to me—like Best Cardistry Deck. I have total respect for Emily, but I do wonder how many active cardists voting in this category.

We do not want to be insensitive but maybe the organizers could publish the number of votes received by 1st and 2nd in each category along with the total votes

Excellent request and here is a breakdown that shows the difference between the winner of each category and their runners-up. In many cases, the winner was determined by 10-20 votes, so it was a very competitive year almost across the board!

Deck of the Year
128 votes - 52 Plus Joker Club Deck
107 votes - Eye of the Ocean 2
076 votes - High Flyers

Best Rookies
139 votes - Dead Man's Hand
129 votes - Room52 Playing Cards
078 votes - Skanderbeg

Best Magic Deck
171 votes - Reflections
157 votes - Bicycle Invoked
105 votes - Tree of Vanity

Best Cardistry Deck
162 votes - Bloom Sapphire
129 votes - Black Hole v1
056 votes - Pop

Best Tuck
106 votes - ANKH
097 votes - Fox's Wedding
084 votes - High Flyers

Best Back
120 votes - High Flyers
101 votes - Chaos
080 votes - Game of Thrones

Best Aces
104 votes - Eye of the Ocean 2
084 votes - High Flyers
079 votes - Odd Fellows The Dude

Best Pips
129 votes - Samurai Otter
097 votes - High Flyers
087 votes - La Mouche

Best Courts
133 votes - Eye of the Ocean 2
091 votes - 52 Plus Joker Club Deck
088 votes - High Flyers

Best Joker
117 votes - Samurai Otter
096 votes - Odd Fellows The Dude
083 votes - The Gentleman Thief

Best Extras
163 votes - Eye of the Ocean Vol. 2 (Orbis Triplex)
106 votes - Plague Doctor (Pocket Watch)e
077 votes - Bad Blood (Comic & Game Journaln
077 votes - Space Suits (Lunchbox)

Best Fan
136 votes - High Flyers
125 votes - Draconian Crimson
118 votes - Bloom Sapphire

Best Innovation
131 votes - Trial of Blackbeard (Pirate Ship tuck)
121 votes - Assassin's Creed (Switchblade tuck)
101 votes - ANKH (Pyramid tuck)

Thanks for sharing! Fun to see how close some categories were and not close others were.

BaconWise wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:43 pm [trimmed]

The most winning vote is 171 and at least you need 56 votes. interesting.
that’s quite a gap! It shows how competitive some categories were while others had a lower threshold to make it onto the list.

BaconWise wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:43 pm [trimmed]

Awesome stat Thanks

Great job on establishing and running this DOTY.
You can all be proud of what you did.

very cool event! did'nt knew it exist the nominees are awesome, and the categories also. I think maybe a "best Joker" category could be cool also! Does anyone know how to enter the contest?

There was a best Joker category and this year was really strong for that one!

To enter the giveaway contest, you just have to register and vote for your favorites in whichever categories you choose. Your name goes into a pool and we draw from that pool to give away some very cool prizes. If you are talking about how to enter as a creator, simply produce a deck of cards and wow the collectors! It just has to be delivered to backers within the year of the competition.