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I'm having a roughing and stacking day today and the last 2 decks of Bicycles I've opened have come with little surprises. The first one was a red/blue double backed card and the other had a coloured joker.

Is this normal? Have I just been getting boring decks up until now or are these little presents?

I have had several decks with coloured jokers, but no double backed cards... Lucky...

me_simon wrote:I'm having a roughing and stacking day today and the last 2 decks of Bicycles I've opened have come with little surprises. The first one was a red/blue double backed card and the other had a coloured joker.

Is this normal? Have I just been getting boring decks up until now or are these little presents?

All 12 of my last decks had coloured jokers in.

Turns out it's some kind of free promotion. Instead of the advertising cards there is a double backed red/blue and a Magic Makers adverts directing you to a secret section of their website where there's a PDF and 5 minute video explaining how to do a colour change with the deck.

I wouldn't go for this kind of trick normally but for a freebie, I'm loving it!

All in a standard blue Rider Back of Bicycles.

I've been having a look through a few sites to see if there is any historical significance to the black and white and coloured joker. I was aware of the basic origin theories of the tarots fool and the game Euchre, but this site has some wonderful details.

http://a_pollett.tripod.com/cardjokr.htm