Fig. 25 Playing Cards is a detailed tribute to Erdnase and the infamous Expert at the Card Table book. Not only do the decks include illustrations from the book, each deck is uniquely wrapped to look like a mini replica Expert at the Card Table book. The cards themselves are elegant, having custom back designs with METALLIC inks. Why are they called Fig. 25? S.W. Erdnase stated that the most important "artifice" one could master with a deck of playing cards is the bottom deal. The M.D. Smith illustration for this invaluable lesson is fig. 25. The Back Design Fig. 25 illustration is tastefully incorporated into the back design. The floral back design frames the illustration with acorns, a symbol from the book's original 1902 cover. Card Stock and Finish The cards are printed on the highest quality Bee card stock as is used by casinos around the world. Traditional Cut The deck is cut using the "Traditional" cut method made famous by Richard Turner. This is the method preferred by professionals for the precise handling and shuffling of the cards. Custom Jokers and Ace of Spades The custom Jokers use imagery from the deck's floral back design, along with two of the most popular and famous quotes from the book (one of them regarding the bottom deal's importance). The Ace of Spades: The shape of the "Spade" is modeled after the Ace of Spades from the "Bicycle Spectrum Playing Deck," which is also the Logo for the Spectrum Playing Cards LLC. The Ace also contains copyright information and the company name using actual typeface from the Expert at the Card Table book. The Faces The original intention was to place the various illustrations by The M.D. Smith throughout the deck until Mark Calabrese, an Erdnase aficionado as well as a highly skilled sleight of hand artist, had a brilliant idea: Imagine cutting the shape of a card directly from the pages of the book... and then printing each page on EVERY card! GENIUS! The result is the most detailed and TRUE TRIBUTE DECK to Erdnase, EVER designed! EACH page was scanned at high resolution, carefully placed for aesthetics, one card at a time, and then meticulously lightened and colorized in a sepia tone to balance out the contrast of the image.

Comes in a 2-Deck set including a cool color variation as well.

Comes in a 2-Deck set including a warm color variation as well.

Messymod, short for Messy Modernism, is a minimal approach to graphic design conceived by Los Angeles based creative team, TRÜF. Born from their love of geometry, pattern, white space, Bauhaus, Miró and perhaps a little too much caffeine. The original playing cards feature a completely custom design in trademark Messymod fashion, which can be described as minimal, modern, graphic, quirky, stylized, grotesque, delightful, and just plain weird. This is the V2

Tally-Ho MetalLuxe ® Playing Cards are the ultimate luxury collectible playing card deck. Tally-Ho MetalLuxe Playing Cards feature the classically beautiful Tally-Ho circle card back design in a collector's edition metallic foil. The tuck case and card back are both stamped with real metal foil to achieve a brilliantly dazzling shine. The tuck case features a beautiful, eye-catching red foil as well as a gleaming gold foil, while the card backs are stamped with a stunning red foil to create the classic Tally-Ho Circle Back design. The card faces have been re-colored to match the beautiful card back and tuck colors. Tally-Ho MetalLuxe Playing Cards feature a Classic Linoid Finish that only The United States Playing Card Company can produce, giving Tally-Ho playing cards that linen-textured feel. The Linoid Finish helps the cards glide off of one another smoothly while shuffling and flourishing, providing an optimum card-handling experience. Tally-Ho MetalLuxe Playing Cards are perfect for playing card games, card collecting, Cardistry, or magic alike. REAL METAL FOIL CARD BACKS- Each MetalLuxe card back is hot-stamped with real metal foil and showcases brilliant shine and color. CLASSIC LINOID FINISH - Gives Tally-Ho playing cards that unique, textured feel. This finish helps cards glide smoothly for superior shuffling, dealing, and flourishing. PRINTED ON PREMIUM CARD STOCK - Our legendary card stock provides great performance and durability. PREMIUM DESIGN - This deck of Tally-Ho Playing Cards is a showstopper that will stand out in your collection. Suitable for any card game or as a decorative piece in your home when not being used PRINTED WITH NON-TOXIC, PLANT-BASED INKS - Printed with non-toxic, plant-based inks to limit our environmental impact and ensure consumer safety MADE IN THE USA - Proudly produced in Erlanger, Kentucky by The United States Playing Card Company 2022 Release

Without Bees humans would cease to exist. They are silent heroes dedicated to pollinating our lands and expect nothing in return. Their purpose should not be to serve us, but they do it. That's why Ellusionist is wearing the cape today. Promising 10% of profits of all Super Bees decks sold to IUCN and local Bee charities that need us most. Since starting the fund with Killer Bee Playing Cards, we've raised over $30,000, but that's not enough. Together, we can do more. That's where Super Bees come to the rescue. Featuring Cartamundi B9 white card stock, with true linen finish and metallic gold ink, this feels like the special edition comic book that's worth a million times more in 10 years. Gold backs share the same hexagonal design made infamous by the Killer Bee deck, while the box is a premium stock, ivory white with gold foil detail.

Killer Bees are the mutant hybrid of timid European honey bees and their African cousins.  Like all superhero stories, the Killers were introduced to Brazil by mad scientists to help re-populate their diminishing Bee population.  But no-one could contain them... In 1957, 26 swarms escaped quarantine and declared war on the western hemisphere.  Danger lurking in the skies, these villains will stalk their victims for up to 1/2 a mile..  We wanted to capture the darker bodies of these cold-face killers in our deck. Creating a harsh black back with toxic-waste yellow honeycomb spilt on the back.  The black faces display custom pips and hold a sinister simplicity. Like something you'd expect to see on a discarded barrel of methylamine.  Killer Bees are the result of an unsanctioned lab experiment when toxic-waste spilled into a delicate hive of Honey Bees. 

 

scans of every card can be seen at http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/KillerBee.html​

Our original Roulette Deck was praised for its innovative and creative flip-book animation. Now we've taken that concept, re-engineered and re-envisaged the Roulette Wheel on a whole new scale for cardists and magicians. Our Fanimation deck is a bold, striking, and borderless one way deck that exploits some really cool design principles themed around the roulette wheel, which will help you maximize the visual aesthetics of your card flourishes. New Fanimation Technology The Fanimation Deck features a brand new partial-animation system, the color step animation works in a fan to create a larger picture. Unlike other fanning decks that simply create horizontal patterns, our Fanimation Technology fills in the missing vertical part. Now you won't merely produce a series of shapes or colors, but can create a genuinely complete and accurate image, allowing for jaw dropping displays. Fanimation for Flourishing The design of this new deck revolves around a tight pivot point that is ideal for 360 degree fans and pressure fans, big displays, cascades and much more. As long as you're able to do a proper fan, these cards will come alive in the hands of experienced card flourishers. Your cuts, dribbles, isolations, and other flourishes will easily link up together, to create a whole new look, whether you're performing cardistry or card magic. Fanimation for Magic Thanks to our ball stop animation, you can also use the fan display not just as eye candy, but as a base for some killer magic tricks. When fanned, the ball is displayed on a single number slot, allowing you to use the 'countdown' principle to reveal your spectator's chosen card. We've also built in a way for you to combine this with our original Roulette deck, so you can extend and strengthen any existing Roulette-themed routine. For our magician friends we have also incorporated an ingenious card reveal in a way that you've never seen before. It is activated by fanning the faces. You can fan one way and show nothing; then you simply turn the deck end-for-end and fan to show the reveal for the 10 of Clubs. Custom Courts & Faces Fully custom faces allow for great looking fans and displays on both sides of the cards. All the court cards have been expertly redesigned to match the striking good looks of the deck, to help create a strong impression, inspired by the roulette wheel, regardless of whether you are looking at the fronts or the backs. Fully Marked Cards The Fanimation deck also doubles up as a marked deck. We've polished and improved our original ideas, and our coded marking system is now easier to read than ever before.

Introducing Craps Playing Cards, the latest deck to roll out in the Casino Edition Range. A brand new way to combine familiar gaming and gambling props to create the most amazing magic effects. Features innovative 3D flip-book animation of dice rolling along a Craps table, opening the doors to new card and dice magic combo routines. Riffle through the deck to activate the animation, this also doubles up as a marked deck using our trademark 13 back repeating system. Black side printing along with a thin black border on the faces give the deck the appearance of a Craps table. This allows you to create seamless looking fans, spreads, dribbles and cascades, enhancing the visual appeal of your flourishes. Printed by Cartamundi on their premium stock with the latest finishing techniques. Craps Playing Cards handle as good as they look, perfect for both magic and flourishing. Dice Jokers for Magic 7 & 11 numbered dice Joker cards along with a blank facer allow you to bring the dice into the real world in a startling and magical manner. Link them up with regular or loaded dice for unbelievable magic effects! Flattened Dice Gaff The awesome new flat dice gaff adds another dimension to your Craps routine, guest contributor Danny Cheng teaches you an amazing trick 'Squished Die' in the free tutorial section. Luiz and Jimmy share their ideas including a version of Red Hot Mamma but with dice! Combine this gaff with other features in the deck to create layered routines. Custom Court Cards Like Roulette Playing Cards, our first deck in the Mechanic Casino Edition, the court cards are customised with Craps motifs, such as the dice, rake and cash. Illustrated to blend in with the classic artwork, these really complete the look of the deck while still being instantly recognisable for use in your magic routines. Amazing New Dice Magic! Link the deck up with normal or loaded dice for force, prediction and countdown tricks and much more! Yet another layer of magic built into the tuck case flaps is a dice card reveal of the 7 of Spades.

SLOTS Playing Cards are the latest in the Mechanic Industries Casino Edition Range. Play all of your favorite casino games like never before - with our high quality casino-themed playing cards. This unique and fully custom deck features our advanced flip-book animation, bringing the classic game of SLOTS to life. PLUS: use our trademark 13 repeating back system to secretly read the value of all the cards! But there's MORE - with Mechanic Industries products there's ALWAYS more! Along with each deck we provide you with outstanding magic video tutorials. Online and completely for FREE. These tutorials will help you make the most of your new SLOTS deck, and equip you with everything you need to win your audiences over. Inbuilt to the deck is an amazing new trick called JACKPOT. They will not believe their eyes when you hit them with the kicker as you will spin their world. You can even combine this with the other two decks from the Casino Edition Range (ROULETTE and CRAPS), to create an entire gambling themed show! The flip-book animation alone will drop jaws, but once you learn how to build this into the magic tricks we will teach you, you will blow people's minds. If you have a reel good feeling about this, you're absolutely right. We bet you've never seen anything like the SLOTS deck before, and neither have your spectators. This deck is no gamble, because we guarantee that you'll win big with your audiences. So don't wait, give SLOTS Playing Cards a spin for yourself!

This deck is illegally printed by revolutionary terrorists and its possession constitutes a criminal offence. Citizens are required to report sightings of this deck to an officer of the Ministry of Protection immediately. Good Citizens must be informed, however, of the tactics of our enemies in order to recognize their deceptions. The Ministry of Information has therefore provided the following reproductions of this deck in order to educate our People and expose the lies of the rebels.

Spades - Terrorists: Terrorists who dare to oppose us directly. They are extremely dangerous and violent, especially towards innocents. The Rebels call them heroes, but they are Cowards. They attempt to challenge the Order with suicidal frontal attacks which always fail spectacularly. They are foolish, disorganized, and reckless.

Hearts - Anarchists: They accuse our perfect organization of oppression, and refuse to accept the Truth: that our people are happy to work for the Magnificence of our Nation! These dissenters were once our People, but have chosen to betray the Nation. Glorified by the Rebels, hated by their own People, these Anarchists are outlaws without rights or Citizenship.

Clubs - Snakes: These poisonous snakes hide in the shadows, waiting to attack our Valiant officers. Weak but numerous, they are a constant annoyance to the Ministry of Protection and a serious menace to our Nation. All stealthy spies who attempt to destabilize the Order are officially designated "Snakes”. They are cowardly saboteurs, but the Ministry of Protection will soon eradicate them forever.

Diamonds - Liars: Posters, radio broadcasts, hidden messages: Revolutionary Propaganda is a combination of clever misdirection and outright lies. Do not be deceived! Only the Order will give you the Truth. With their education and their ideas they think they're smarter and better than you.

Propaganda Cards: Be wary of these attractive but disingenuous campaigns included in the subversive Revolutio decks. Order Revolutio is the second deck of the Order Series.

Features:

Printed by USPCC

Bycicle Stock

Superb Metallic Inks

4 different Ad Cards instead Jokers

2500 decks printed

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/356-order_revolutio

"This deck represents the MAGNIFICENCE of our People and the glory of our Unique Party." Order Imperium will be printed with superb metallic inks and beautiful artwork authorized by the Ministry of Information. The suits of Order Imperium are based on our four Ministries: Strength, Wealth, Protection and Information. +++ Play with Order Imperium deck is restricted to work breaks only. Citizens engaged in play during designated labor hours will receive 17 years imprisonment. +++

Spades - Ministry of Strength: Our enemies have many faces: they hide everywhere, like sewer rats. They are ugly. They are weak. They HATE us. But the immense Strength of our General will crush them all! The Ministry of Strength manages the immense might of the Unique Army of the Order. Soldiers of the Order, recruited from the youth of the People, fight our enemies with incredible courage.

Hearts - Ministry of Wealth: Blessed be our Tireless Men – stalwart HEARTS of our Nation. Thanks to our Graceful Women, Mothers of our Noble Children. Your labour and sacrifice will make our country beautiful and wealthy. The Ministry of Wealth blesses our Nation with an increase in population, and gives freedom to the People through work.

Clubs - Ministry of Protection: The Order is always watching. We protect our Good People, and we DESTROY our enemies without mercy. The Ministry of Protection is charged with the safety of the People. Their hand is over all the Nation; their all-seeing eye cannot be blinded or obscured. Terrorists and rebels will not escape their fierce punishment.

Diamonds - Ministry of Information: Information is Freedom! The Order tells only the Truth, promptly and always. Remember: staying informed is a Duty of all Good Men. The Ministry of Information provides entertainment and news. They oversee education, communication, and all products of the Order, including the Imperium Deck.

Advertising Cards: All Order decks include aesthetically pleasing advertising campaigns by our Ministry of Information.

Encouraging a virtuous lifestyle and buying the right products is very important for every good citizen.

+++ Citizens are required to carry at least one Order Imperium deck at all times. Those caught in defiance of this law will be prosecuted accordingly. +++

Order Imperium is the first deck of the Order Series.

Features:

Printed by USPCC

Bycicle Stock

Superb Metallic Inks

4 different Ad Cards instead Jokers

2500 decks printed

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/451-order_imperium

Order Electus is strictly limited to Members of the Upper Party. Possession of this deck by Citizens is prohibited and will be severely punished. For many Citizens, this deck does not exist. How many secrets are hidden in it? +++ Forbidden Information - reading below this point is a criminal offence +++ Order Electus is designed for us, the Noble Members of the High Party. It is crafted with only the finest of luxury materials imported from exotic foreign Nations. The information included in Electus is classified and not suitable to be revealed to commoners. Keep this deck in a safe place!

Ministry of Power: We hold the real power of the Order; we are Gods among Men. Our Powers are limited only by our Desires.

Ministry of Slavery: The people are our servants, the cattle of the Nation. We must keep them healthy, numerous, and ignorant in order to ensure a willing and industrious labor population.

Ministry of Violence: Any subversive subject needs to be educated. With chains, fists and batons. And when they finally love us, we get rid of them forever.

Ministry of Lies: We are the ones who give the people something to believe in. Heroes, games, ideas, enemies, products. As long as they believe in something, they won’t ask questions. And that’s good.

Electus Advertising cards: Electus includes exquisite Advertising Cards too. Order Electus is the limited edition deck of the Order Series.

Features:

Printed by USPCC

Bycicle Stock

Superb Metallic Inks

4 different Ad Cards instead Jokers

2 Layers of foil on tuckbox (gold, black)

Embossing on tuckbox

Limited Edition, only 1777 units

Sealed and numbered

Premium Card Stock for tuckbox and cards

This deck reveals carefully guarded secrets of the Order. Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/10-order_electus

Bicycle® Dark Mode playing cards bring energy to your game night and cardistry moves! Utilizing a reversed color scheme the Bicycle® Dark Mode custom card back and court cards bring the connectivity of our digital world to your nearest card table. Classic Air-Cushion ® Finish Easy shuffling and optimum slide performance Printed with non-toxic, plant-based inks Custom card back, suits, and court cards Fully recyclable playing cards Perfect for Game Nights, Cardistry, Magic, and Playing Card Collections Made in the USA Full Deck Scan: https://www.flickr.com/photos/167981955@N07/albums/72157717916951002