Product Description

Bicycle delivers classic playing cards and memorable experiences that players can trust based on its longstanding tradition of producing quality, fun and family-friendly products that bring people together.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Bicycle
• Model: 1020181
• Dimensions: .31 pounds

Features

• Poker size Regular index
• Single deck

Customer Reviews

Almost Perfect
I really dig this deck, it's a perfect compromise between the classic look of bicycle cards, and the edgy dark look that modern magicians prefer. The artwork is great on the backs, as well as the ace of spade and joker cards. The royals are pretty much the same as a normal deck, but they've dropped the yellow color, which despite being a small change, gives the cards a dark feel that echoes the rest of the deck.

The handling is wonderful right out the box, fans and spreads are effortless with this deck, the only thing holding it back in this category is the rough cut edges, though I suspect that they might smooth out with use.

This deck will definitely find it's way into my performances, and keeping in mind that this is a performance deck, not a practice deck, I should say it will last for some time.

Poor Craftsmanship
I was very excited when i bought these cards, however i was disappointed upon opening the box. The cards are made out of a slightly thicker stock which normally would be great, but the entire deck was not cut properly. The cards had very rough edges and some had extra paper along what should be a perfectly smooth deck edge. This is not hugely noticeable, but as a magician for 9 years, it is proving to make lifts and other handlings more difficult.

i was also a bit disappointed at the resolution of the images on the back. i really expected a crystal clear guardian backing to these cards, but it is a disappointing quality since the artwork from which it came was much better quality.

not bad cards, but i had higher expectations.

cards arrived extremely quickly which i was very pleased about.

Cool cards; best specialty deck I've seen
I've tried out the Bicycle Guardian, Ghost, Tragic Royalty and Eco Edition decks. By far this is the best of those decks in quality of cards. If I could I would have given these 4.5 stars. The red color in this deck is darker than the regular decks and the yellow in the royal cards has been grayed out. I really like this deck, but still play with a regular Bicycle deck when I play cards. I don't do magic tricks but if you do, these are probably the best deck lookwise. They are also the closest specialty deck in handling to regular cards. As for fanning and hindu shuffle and all those magic techniques, please read the other reviews as they would know better. As a card player, however, I will not be purchasing anymore of these specialty decks.