Happy New Year to you! We have been round and double checked the prices on our Cheapest Bicycle Card Finder so you can make sure you are still getting your cards for magic at the cheapest price in 2010!
The good news is that the VAT rise doesn’t seem to have made a lot of difference yet. Only one price rise since the last check. Though sadly a couple of smaller dealers no longer seem to have websites so have possibly felt the crunch.
Hope you’re continuing to enjoy your card magic. If you want to take part in a survey to find the best card trick – follow this link to Vanishing Inc.
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 
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.
The folk at MagicBox have got loads of magic DVDs on sale at the moment – many 50% off. They also have a new page all about Bicycle Cards. Why not take a look?
