USPCC seem to keep on churning out these new limited edition cards. Cards4Magic are now stocking this latest design:
This is the second installment of Bicycle’s Limited Edition series featuring a dark blue background with white and silver design. The joker was specially designed for this deck. The card faces are standard index, the same courts and fonts seen for years on Bicycle decks. They also have the 125th anniversary edition cards in stock. See Cards4Magic.
A fitting way to celebrate 125 years of Bicycle Cards, the USPCC have released these Anniversary edition cards. They feature a distinctive Vintage aesthetic with a signature metallic foil face on the special edition tuck case.
The deck is sealed with a commemorative 125 years deck seal and features 2 jokers, one from 1885 and one from 2010. Each playing card is marked with 1885-2010 on its face.
I suspect they will become collectible. Now available at MagicNevin for only £4.99.
Since the USPCC is under new ownership, they are apparently discontinuing a number of their card ranges, much loved by magicians. Therefore, can I commend this petition to Save the Tally-Hos to all lovers of card magic…
Here’s a sneak preview of the latest playing card offering from BBM – the Karnival Renegades. More info as it comes, of course. They are also releasing some tee-shirts this year featuring some of the Karnival artwork.
And does anyone have any thoughts on the new Phoenix Deck (from CardShark)? A thread on Magic Cafe is suggesting it might be a replacement for the Bicycle Deck. We will wait and see. If you want to try them out for handling, the Card Collection are now stocking them in the UK.
OK, so not strictly Bicycle Playing Cards, but still printed by the USPCC. Interestingly they are released formally today, the day after the new Karnivals. I was going to provide some more information, but the Ellusionist site seems to have collapsed under the weight of all those magic card geeks popping over to have a look. Why not try http://www.ellusionist.com/arcane-deck-playing-cards.html when the dust has settled in a day or so 
Since the release date is Monday (26th) and we were fortunate enough to have one of the earliest decks in this country I thought it was about time we posted a few pics and thoughts – before we lose our advantage!
Now the pics on BBM’s site are pretty good, so I have tried to create a slightly more unusual montage.
What do we think? Well I actually like this design best of all the Karnival range. Somehow the suit makes the skeleton much more respectable! I also really like the Jokers. I think it is the way the gothic and the mobster come together that appeals to me.
The cards are ’standard’ Bicycle quality – so they handle well, but are not quite up to the premium stock of some other USPCC ranges. Like the previous Karnivals, the back design incorporates a subtle one-way design – which I think is an under-utilised principle in magic.
The extra cards (a double backer and a prediction/advertising card) are useful, and I love the reveal on one of the jokers (a 3D in his hat band). There’s also a barcode reveal on the pack.
For me, they’re the best of the Karnivals – but they won’t appeal to everyone’s taste. As ever, the timing for Halloween is a bit tight – especially given the current Royal Mail situation. But for a certain type of routine they will fit in any time of year. Order yours here.
Cards4Magic have just introduced the new USPCC Lefty Bicycle Deck. As the name suggests, this is designed with the left-handed user in mind and so has the pips on the right hand instead of the left. You inventive magicians will soon come up with some ideas for this…
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so if you want to be ‘on message’ with your cards, why not buy a pack of Pink Ribbon Edition Bicycle Cards – now in at Cards4Magic at £3.50.
They are also stocking the Bicycle Colour Collection (sorry – I refuse to spell it in the American way – this is a UK site!) which is a set of 9 Poker Decks in the following colours: Fuchsia (never released before), Turquoise (never released before), Blue, Red, Black, Orange, Silver, Gold and Green. You also get a couple of 400mm x 275mm close-up pads. But it does rock in at £69.95.
October 26 is the official launch date for the latest Bicycle Karnival cards from BBM but you can pre-order now at this preview page which also has some more pics. We’ll let you know more as soon as we get our review pack…
Bicycle Cards are produced by the United States Playing Card Company.
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