In the interest of transparency, neither cygan nor anyone else involved with the Icarus project pushed for this - I offered to fund the cards myself, and am not involved with the Icarus project in any way myself. All of the amazing work that they have produced is 100% their efforts.
I was burned by Coldkey, as were many others - After talking to some of the Icarus team, I made this offer seeing their commitment to producing high quality items.
This space is pointless without honest, skilled creators, and I want to support those who continue to excel in it openly. There's no support better than BTC, so I'm hopeful that I have to fund all 42.