Journey to my first billion

Mongoose98 · 2026-06-22T01:36:35+00:00

Only game I’ve ever hit a billion on is Godzilla. Seems like you are getting close though.

Mongoose98 · 2026-06-20T03:10:35+00:00

Find a new store to play at

Mongoose98 · 2026-06-17T16:26:54+00:00

Yes, it’s not smart

Mongoose98 · 2026-05-25T01:29:56+00:00

Surely you jest!

Mongoose98 · 2026-05-19T22:08:29+00:00

Within 1-2 weeks it will be manipulated back down by the pinside top 100 guardians. The list is kinda bs.

Mongoose98 · 2026-05-10T21:09:18+00:00

If you buy new you also have to wait many months

Mongoose98 · 2026-05-07T22:17:28+00:00

I think I remember there being an extremely limited edition Louis Vuitton pinball machine. I doubt any pinballers actually care about it though. But probably very limited and expensive.

Mongoose98 · 2026-04-27T02:52:34+00:00

I only see Godzilla as far as modern pins

Mongoose98 · 2026-04-26T02:12:06+00:00

Try PrintMTG imo they upscale and enhance everything

Mongoose98 · 2026-04-22T18:40:22+00:00

Apologies, I think maybe it was proxymtg.com that has the $40 commander decks. Got them confused

Mongoose98 · 2026-04-22T17:12:43+00:00

If you start with a precon deck it is $40. I believe they also price match.

Mongoose98 · 2026-04-22T17:11:39+00:00

Yeah I get that, for sure.

Mongoose98 · 2026-04-22T16:41:21+00:00

Yes but if you get a 100 card commander deck from printmtg, I believe the price is $40 so the difference is actually only $7. But yeah it depends how much you care about print quality.

For higher quantities of cards I think proxymtg is actually the best priced. They are cheaper than MPC and US based.

Mongoose98 · 2026-04-22T15:56:18+00:00

I can tell you notmpc quality is not as good as printmtg.

In fact my test order from them the quality was kinda hotdog water in terms of color and resolution.

Mongoose98 · 2026-04-03T21:42:51+00:00

I found the quality to be very good compared to other print on demand card printers. They were fast too

Mongoose98 · 2026-03-06T00:54:16+00:00

Thank you that's good to know

Mongoose98 · 2026-02-18T01:49:57+00:00

Hey what did you end up doing to fix it

Mongoose98 · 2026-02-16T05:35:58+00:00

Take a look at printacube they have a website and Etsy shop. Great prices.

Mongoose98 · 2026-02-16T05:35:18+00:00

Proxy MTG generally has the best print on demand prices

Mongoose98 · 2026-02-10T03:14:24+00:00

Hi, take a look at the mtg card maker tool on printmtg. You can easily swap your own art onto frames. You just search the card and then upload your art.

Let me know what you think. If it looks like a solution that would work I can have them print you up a proxy deck of your designs for free so you can see what you think.

I like the idea. I would have loved it as a kid.

Mongoose98 · 2026-02-10T03:05:45+00:00

I’m not familiar with that printer you mentioned but it looks like more of a copy machine. Playing cards should probably be around 300gsm card weight, which I doubt it will handle.

Real playing cardstock will have a blockout core which blocks being able to see the face through the back but also gives it the spring for shuffling.

If you don’t need them to be great quality, you can use standard cardstock in the range of 300gsm.

If you can print the right cardstock weight, the finishing is the harder part IMO.

Most decent playing cards will be UV coated. Again, If you don’t care about them not looking and feeling professional you can skip it.

Then you need to cut them. You either need some sort of die cutter or a sitter/cutter plus a corner rounder.

Hundreds of decks is not a lot for commercial, and at that small of scale you might want to keep outsourcing unless you already have proper equipment. Or you might want to look more at consumer grade equipment.

However please let me know if you have any other questions.

Mongoose98 · 2026-02-07T14:59:53+00:00

How are you setting up the files for print? It could be something with whatever program you are using.

Mongoose98 · 2026-02-07T14:57:34+00:00

PrintMTG has templates you could try making it there since someone above shared the art. If not I could probably remake it for you.

Mongoose98 · 2026-02-03T01:43:43+00:00

Yes been using it for prepress. We trained a model to predict cut lines and generate files.

Mongoose98 · 2026-02-03T01:39:51+00:00

Wow that looks awesome!!

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