52 Plus Joker 2023 Diamond Awards

[hsbc]

Voting is open to all members of 52 Plus Joker as of Wednesday morning, August 9th, and will close on Wednesday night, August 16th at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time -- members received an email

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DECK OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Ethereal Dreams by David Bollt (ill. Digital Desires) [KS, UC]

Eye of Kukulkan by Charmie Dreams the Cat (ill. Ong Herman) [KS, UC]

17th Kingdom Experimental by Stockholm17 (ill. Lorenzo Gaggiotti) [UC]

Rx Almanac by Meadowlark Pharmacy (ill. Elettra Deganello) [KS, UC]

Under the Moon by Jocu Playing Cards (ill. Alessandra Gagliano) [KS, UC]

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ARTIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Celsius Pictor

Alessandra Gagliano (Jocu Playing Cards)
Jackson Robinson (Kings Wild Project)
Stacey Jay Kelly (Squiddle Ink)

Lorenzo Gaggiotti (Stockholm17)
Giovanni Meroni (Thirdway Industries)

[Jocu]

Pleased to be nominated for a second Diamond award for our second headline project in a row

Do I need to clarify with everyone that Alessandra = Jocu? I often see her mentioned as the artist but she is literally one of the two people that are Jocu it's our joint venture.

[hsbc]

Alessandra = Jocu ... it's our joint venture.

Those are two different statements Regardless I think it's nice to name the illustrator as well as company/brand

[Adamthinks]

Perhaps I'm blind, but I'm a member and I don't see a way to actually vote. What am I missing?

Edit: Nevermind, I finally saw the email in my spam folder.

[Jocu]

Alessandra = Jocu ... it's our joint venture.

Those are two different statements Regardless I think it's nice to name the illustrator as well as company/brand

Absolutely! It's just on the Deck of the Year it suggests Jocu produced and hired Alessandra, whereas say for Jackson or Lorenzo it doesn't do that.

It's just something I wanted to clarify in general as it happens a lot haha

[hsbc]

Absolutely! It's just on the Deck of the Year it suggests Jocu produced and hired Alessandra, whereas say for Jackson or Lorenzo it doesn't do that.

It's just something I wanted to clarify in general as it happens a lot haha

Ahh I see what you mean! Don't worry, I'll change the wording on this post later today

[TheGentlemanWake]

Sad to see no nomination for Successor. We worked really hard on that. Congrats to the nominees. Good luck!

[GandalfPC]

Sad to see no nomination for Successor. We worked really hard on that. Congrats to the nominees. Good luck!

As much as I would love more on the list I really don’t see how its possible to choose as is - the only question is how many are in the coin toss for the win at this point…

For me its in the neighborhood of a four way tie, (a three way tie at least, six at most ) - with the decks all being so different as to be incomparable - from several of my favorite artists…

[PaulF]

Sad to see no nomination for Successor. We worked really hard on that. Congrats to the nominees. Good luck!

Me too.... How was Successor missed?

[PiazzaDelivery]

ngl, I think Jocu could take deck and artist oty. They on fire as of late.

[Honeybee]

If there was Tuck of the year, it would have to be Sardines in my book, I am tempted to buy the deck even though it is really only the tuck that I love.

[EndersGame]

How could Jackson Robinson's Two Towers deck even get nominated for Deck of the Year?

Decks have to be released between July 2022 and June 2023. Although the Kickstarter was in April, the decks didn't come out before July. So I don't even think it was even eligible to nominated, and yet it made the list.

Did the nomination committee just blunder here, or am I missing something?

[joeblow]

Jocu all the way this year!

[jasonx73it]

I have to say if I had to pick one I would be picking Eye of Kukulkan and not only because it’s extremely beautiful but because I had low expectations and it blew me away.

[hsbc]

How could Jackson Robinson's Two Towers deck even get nominated for Deck of the Year?

They likely meant Vol. 1 (Fellowship) -- I've been hunting this down, watch for an update

[hsbc]

Turns out Two Towers is not eligible -- those who voted for it for DOTY are being contacted

[Bradius]

I think they came up with a great list of nominees for both awards.

Out of the list of the Deck of the Year, my choice will I am sure be in the minority. It is not from one of the more notable artists, but it is my favorite. My choice for Artist of the Year is definitely a more known artist here.

My congratulations to all of the nominees. All of the listed decks and artists are awesome and deserve the recognition.

Where do we vote? I didn't see an email from them, and I just checked on the website and I didn't see a place where I could vote. Actually, I checked my profile, and it has a dead email of mine. I can't seem to edit it either. I guess I can message them...

[rousselle]

I didn't receive my e-mail, either. Hmmmm...

[Adamthinks]

I didn't receive my e-mail, either. Hmmmm...

Check your spam folder, that's where I eventually found mine.

[Harvonsgard]

Sad to see no nomination for Successor. We worked really hard on that. Congrats to the nominees. Good luck!

Me too.... How was Successor missed?

Because it's a Deck of the Year and not Box of the Year award.

[PiazzaDelivery]

Sad to see no nomination for Successor. We worked really hard on that. Congrats to the nominees. Good luck!

Me too.... How was Successor missed?

Because it's a Deck of the Year and not Box of the Year award.

OOF.

I was going to say hard work =/= awards, but thought it needed more tact. Yours is HARSH lol.

[Strag]

OOF.

I was going to say hard work =/= awards, but thought it needed more tact. Yours is HARSH lol.

Yep, that person likes to make disparaging unnecessary comments, which is why I have them blocked. Unfortunately blocking people still doesn't stop heir stuff from being quoted and seen but at least I see a lot less toxicity this way.

I personally didn't think that Wake's comment needed or asked for a response, they were simply expressing a feeling of disappointment.

[Harvonsgard]

The response was to a question (like that thing with a question mark at the end of the sentence) from Paul. Seems unecessary to mention but I see that some have troubles with following a line of events.

[hsbc]

DECK OF THE YEAR 2023

The 17th Kingdom

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2023

Lorenzo Gaggiotti

[Evilgamer]

Good for Lorenzo, he wasted no time updating the image on his web site either

[Bradius]

Well deserved. Congrats Lorenzo.

[rousselle]

Congratulations, Lorenzo!

[shunterino]

is there a list of the other winners somewhere?

[Adamthinks]

is there a list of the other winners somewhere?

Those were the only categories.

[rousselle]

is there a list of the other winners somewhere?

Those were the only categories.

What about the finalists?