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Postby Demitri » Sep 18th, '05, 21:39



It's definitely planned - the noses aren't misprints - they're drawn differently.

The Tigers have some differences on almost all of the court cards. I haven't really looked closely enough at the Ghosts, but I'll let you know.

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Postby edh » Sep 18th, '05, 22:29

dat8962 wrote

...Yes, I know it's an awefull pun but there you go


Don't you mean "Yes, I "NOSE" it's an awefull pun but there you go"

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Postby dat8962 » Sep 18th, '05, 23:12

I could have also put that - the pun was:

Who nose - instead of knows - just in case you missed it :wink:

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Postby Steve Dela » Sep 19th, '05, 10:00

the noses aint drawn differently, they are just missing a bit that makes them look different :shock:

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Postby Demitri » Sep 19th, '05, 19:36

Steve - it's not a misprint. A misprint is an accident - when EVERY deck has it, it's either a design flaw (highly unlikely) or an intentional change. Ergo - it was drawn differently.

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Postby Steve Dela » Sep 20th, '05, 14:31

Demitri, check again, it has not been drawn differently.

it is missing a bit and mine still has a faint outline for where that extra line shud have been. Yes it might be deliberate, but it has not been re-designed.

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Postby Demitri » Sep 20th, '05, 17:23

The Jack has the fade, I'll give you that...

You might want to check the Black Tigers - the nose differences are EXACTLY the same. This was a design choice, not a printing flaw. The noses were NEVER identical.

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Postby Steve Dela » Sep 20th, '05, 18:41

I agree it is delibirate :D but why not on all of them?

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Postby Demitri » Sep 20th, '05, 20:24

That I can't answer. I've actually written Ellusionist to ask but never got an answer about it.

I'm assuming it's to use certain cards for a one-way principle - but I don't think it's very useful to do so face up.

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Postby Ineffable » Oct 6th, '05, 19:16

Apolgies if there is a better place to ask this, but I was wondering what would be the simplest/ cheapest place to order these cards from if I live in Scotland? Just to save working out the currency conversion on ellusionist.

And sorry for the bump :(.

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Postby the_mog » Oct 6th, '05, 23:44

cards4magic.co.uk do them for about £4ish a deck i think

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Postby Ineffable » Oct 7th, '05, 00:49

Thanks alot, I've put in an order for 3 decks. Just want something a bit more showy than the usual bikes, for those special occasions :D.

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Postby Zero000 » Oct 7th, '05, 06:35

i just got my ghost deck. i dont know what tricks i can do with it though...

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Postby mark_c1975 » Oct 7th, '05, 09:27

You can do all the tricks that you do with a regular deck of Bikes or Tally's.

The Ghost Deck, unless you bought one of the gaff ones, is just a regular deck of cards, albeit fancy-looking.

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Postby ThatRandomFool » Oct 9th, '05, 15:09

Me, personally, I preffer the Black Tiger Deck as somebody already mentioned it almost looks like the cards are photocopied.

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