![]() Experienced collectors of custom decks became even more perplexed when they looked at the artwork and design of the project. The mystery deepens when you check out the playing cards themselves. The playing cards seem to have mediocre artwork and design. So for this MetaZoo Playing Cards project to come out of nowhere and almost instantly become the second most successful Kickstarter for playing cards ever is completely mind-blowing. And that's in over a decade of playing card projects on Kickstarter! At the time I put that list together, barely 20 decks had even topped $150,000. If you're interested to see the highest funding ones, here's a list of the top 20 ever playing card projects, which I compiled a few months prior to Vivid Kingdoms coming out. Prior to that, only three playing card Kickstarters had even topped half a million dollars. So the fact is that only one Kickstarter project for playing cards has even hit a million bucks before, and that was just four months ago. I've written up the Vivid Kingdoms story in a previous article. That was literally the first ever million dollar playing card project on Kickstarter. In fact, it was unheard of until September 2021 when Vivid Kingdoms Playing Cards came along from artist Ten Hundred. But a million dollar Kickstarter? That's almost unheard of. It's rare for a playing card project to generate even half a million dollars in funding.įirst of all, in the playing card world today, a Kickstarter project that hits a few hundred thousand dollars is a huge success. The Million Dollar Question There's a number of good reasons why the success of this project came as a big surprise to many of us in the playing card community.ġ. And this was one mystery that begged to be solved! But I am curious, and I do like solving mysteries. And I have zero connection with the company or its products. What is going on, and how is this even possible?įull disclosure: I knew absolutely nothing about MetaZoo before coming across this Kickstarter. And yet it has had a level of success that is almost unprecedented. Because it doesn't even seem to have the art or appeal anywhere near the top playing card projects we've seen before. What? Playing card enthusiasts like me are looking at this project and are rather baffled. In fact, it met its funding goal of $50,000 in just 15 seconds after launch. This project raised over $1 million in funding in just a single day. Nothing to see here, move along.īut then I noticed something astonishing. Three different deck options: Cryptid Nation, Nightfall, and Wilderness. It's billed as a deck of MetaZoo playing cards. Last week I was staggered to come across MetaZoo's current playing card Kickstarter, entitled MetaZoo: Cryptid Nation USPCC Playing Cards. And like many of you, I'm active in the playing card community, and try to keep up with the latest news and releases. Like most of you reading this, I love playing cards. But how? by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame MetaZoo's playing card Kickstarter just raised $1 million in funding in one day. ![]()
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