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Bicycle Card Fake Deck Assortment
52 assorted Bicycle Card fakes - including: (quantity of each card may vary)
6 x double face (face one side / face other side)
6 x double red (red/red)
6 x double blue (blue/blue)
6 x red face one side / blue face reverse side
6 x blank face / red back
6 x blank face / blue back
6 x blank back / indifferent face
6 x double blank (blank / blank)

Cost
£7, from Cards4magic

Review
In my opinion, if you're into card magic and you've bought some books and videos/DVDs, you simply can't afford not to have this fake deck in your drawer.

Similarly, if you are a magic creative - mere possession of this set of 'fake' cards will open all sorts of creative doors to you.

I can't name the effects etc. which are made possible by these cards, but there are countless routines, tricks and moves which use them.

They are printed on Bicycle Poker stock, so they match perfectly with 'the cardician's choice' of deck, and I imagine they are genuine US Playing Card Co. items, as the colours etc. are spot-on. Although, my one gripe would be that in the past, I've actually received some cards which didn't have the 'air cushion' coating - but this was far from problematic.


Overall
A must-have for any serious card magician. All of the cards in the set are available in full decks from Cards4Magic too (i.e. a full deck of double blanks etc.)

Great value for money, as always, from Cards4Magic. Excellent quality, countless possibilies.

And look out for the possible future TalkMagic publication '101 tricks with a Pack of Fake Cards'... or something along those lines![/url]

[bananafish]

Hear, Hear. These have not only proved very useful in the past, but have also been fundamental when playing with ideas for new tricks.

Add to thhe pot a stick of repositioning glue and or even some R&S spray and you have the basis for a million and 1 tricks let alone 101.

[Happy Toad]

Bargain I'd say.

[Mark Waddington]

magicbox does them for £5 but laurence does the individual packs, e.g. double backs for £4.50

I case you were wondering

[jugglemonkey]

Damn you boy wonder! I was about to say that too.
But is the service as good? i think not

[Mark Waddington]

who's service are you talking about?

[jugglemonkey]

i was saying, is the service at magicbox as good as lawrence's. It wasnt really a question though.
Imagine me saying it in a ricky gervais styley.

[Mark Waddington]

I think so, they have always had the item in stock when ive ordered!