Has anyone heard of this or know when its coming out?! It looks so cool. They are Bicycle cards that are not blue or red; they are black!!! Plus the faces are reversed. Example: The spades and A on the ace of spades are white and the rest of the face of the card is black.

Hmm, you can already buy "reversed" cards, and it looks like they just put them on a tactical bike back.

Anyway, sounds pretty cool if they handle well.

Where can you get "Reversed" cards? What stores? Or do you have a link I could see them at?

They are going to be available in mid-April exclusively through the Ellusionist web site.

They are exactly the same as normal bikes except for the reversed colours and the black backs. They do look pretty cool, here's a link: Click here
They will also come with an extra card with a blank face and duplicate. They retail for $6.99 but there will be bulk discounts.

Hope this helps.

big dan

They look very cool. Will be order mine as soon as they are available. Thanks for the link.

They look pretty cool. I will have to get a deck.

I have seen reversed cards that had red spades and clubs and black hearts and diamonds, but never any that were "negatives" as these appear to be.

Also, I haven't seen the reverse color cards in Poker size. Anyone have any idea where they are available?

Are these printed on Bicycle stock or just plastic cards?

Posted: Mar 22, 2004 2:26pm
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Sorry. I should have checked the site before. They are real Bicycles. They look cool, even the card case.

[quote]They are $6.99 for each deck. Bulk discounts are as follows:
Box (Pay for 5 get 1 free) : $34.95
Case (Pay for 9 get 3 free): $62.91
Best deal (Buy two cases get third free.) : $167.76

Hope this clears things up.

big dan

They look like one of the gimmicked cards in "Strangers Gallery." Very cool. I’m going to have to get some.

James

The backs are not like the tactical cards like someone said. They are reversed as well.

Is the tiger really on the card case?

These look cool. I haven't been excited about something from Ellusionist since the KR. I hope these are as good as they actually sound.

If 1 case is $63, should 2 cases be $126, not $167?

What would be the point in these?

Chris,

Imagine a color change where the card becomes a negative card. One could form an entire routine around this idea.

Also, having a different color back is useful for numerous routines where you already have shown red and blue backs. Daryl has a routine like this where he uses mirrored backs at the end after showing all blue and then all red backs. A third color for the back of cards can be very surprising. Scott Guinn has a routine on his DVD where these cards would be useful (with Green backed Bicycle cards and one other color back. He uses Randy Wakeman's Rainbow Deck.)

Imagine using these with the cards Bill Palmer referred to, where the suits had a reversed coloring scheme. You could change the suit color of the card, and then make the card a negative color scheme!

These are just a few ideas. Having different cards that are both similar and different than normal Bicycle cards allows new effects and both new and different routines.

2 Cases at $6.99/deck = $167.76. $63 was the special for getting one case (that is paying for 9 at $6.99/deck and getting 3 decks free)

Didn't you read the ad? These cards, simply by existing, turn sleights into miracles!!!

Not skilled at magic? Wow your audience with just with the deck alone. You won't even have to take it out of the box.

After all only an Extreme Super Cool Magician would own a deck like this so therefor simply owning these makes you an Extreme Super Cool magician.

I'm ordering a gross today cause if one deck makes you good imagine how good I'll be with a hundred and forty four!

If you'd like a preview I imagine the backs look like the card that comes with Bannon's "Stranger's Gallery."

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Looks crazy cool to me.

I'm sure the quality should be the same as the reguar bicycle decks since its custom made by the US playing card company...

I read the ad. A super cool magi might have a deck that is personalized with his name, etc. The audience would not care about this deck.

Now, using one of the cards for a Chicago Opener routine, etc. That could be cool. But, only the magi would think so.