I can’t imagine that these statistics are interesting to anyone but myself, but I decided to include them nonetheless. The pie chart figures represent decks of playing cards, and most of the data refers to those I currently own, excluding duplicates.
- Decks owned: 395 – see more
- Types of deck: 374 poker, 18 hanafuda, and 3 tarot;
- Duplicates: 26;
- Most owned at any one time: 561;
- On order: 15 – see more
- Searching for: 5 – see more
- For sale: 173 – see more
- Sold: 354 – see more
- First: Cult Movie on – see more
- Latest: The Eye of the Ocean Malakim on – see more
- A random favourite: The Odd Fellows Madame Laveau Pink – see more
- Costliest: Cartes Indiennes (orange back) at £ 363.00;
I also collect pin badges (193), and own other items that came as parts of sets such as coins (26), uncut sheets (11), uncut tuck boxes (12), puzzles (10), booklets (3), badges (6), boxes (5), and miscellaneous items (12).
Designers
The 49 decks with unknown designers are not counted.
- Thirdway Industries 58
- Luke Wadey 41
- Stockholm17 16
- Montenzi 12
- Origins Playing Cards 11
- Randy Butterfield 11
- Hatch Design 6
- Other 191
Producers
The 274 decks with no or unknown producers are not counted.
- JP Games 19
- Theory 11 19
- Art Of Play 14
- Curio 8
- UnitedCardists.com 6
- Gambler's Warehouse 5
- The Gentleman Wake 5
- Other 45
Purchase sources
- Website 145
- Kickstarter 113
- Gift 40
- Patreon / subscription 33
- eBay 26
- Reddit 9
- United Cardists 9
- Other 20
Opened decks
I try to open as many decks as I can and, as I reduce my collection to a manageable size, I aim to get this to 100% opened.
- Unopened 225
- Opened 170
Deck purchases by year
This chart shows the number of decks purchases each year beginning with 2017 – I purchased the Cult Movie deck in 2014, but didn't start collecting proper until three years later.
Each vertical line represents 50 decks.