Our friends at BigBlindMedia say they are nearly sold out of the pre-orders already! They tell us that “NOTHING is cooler than fire and skulls! FACT!” – but we will reserve judgement until we get our hands on a deck – and you’ll be the first to know when we do…
Watch this space, or head over to BBM to pre-order yours now.
We’re pleased to say that Merlins of Wakefield have just started advertising with us. I visited Merlins recently – they are one of the ever dwindling number of real bricks and mortar magic shops – and have an excellent range of all kinds of magic. They have just launched a new website too. And as a special deal for readers of this site, they are offering a FREE pack of Bicycle Cards if you make an order with them (between April and June) and mention this site.
Whilst I know these aren’t new, I was recently given a pack, which has enabled me to have a closer look at them, and since there haven’t been any new cards out for a while, I thought I would post a pic and some comments!

As well as having the comical/tragic court cards, all the pips have been treated with extra ’serifs’ which certainly add some character. The cards also glow under blacklight – so I can imagine a number of niche settins where these could be quite fun! In addition to the normal ’spooky’ presentations, they could be used to bring a more comic look to some ‘packet’ tricks etc. Although the different back design (grey instead of white borders etc, cherubs in red, and ‘black’ as the remaining colour) would obviously stand out.
But they handle as well as ordinary Bicycle Cards and so are definitely worth a look.
You can buy a pack of Tragic Bicycle Cards here for £3.98.
There is a new top entry in our Cheapest Bicycle Card Finder (although that is only due to stocking issues – the very cheapest are not available at the moment.).
BicycleTricks.co.uk have also started stocking regular Bicycle Decks (in addition to their specialised service selling small quantities of gaffed Bicycle Cards for Magicians in the UK) – and they are currently the second cheapest in stock price. They can be found under the Magic Bargains section of the site.