[Review]White Lions Series A blue

[cosmicsecret]

White Lions Series A blue

Handling
THESE cards handle soooo well! They´re a dream for magicians and cardistry performers!
Fan like butter,not too slippery and stay well aligned in cuts.
The stock is stiff and goes easily back into his original shape which means this is perfect for crimp work ;-)
The finish seems to be the good old Air Cushion finish.
Don´t quote me on that since its not written on the box which finish has been used.
Springs are good with these cards too!

Design
The back design is rather simple,like a Bee Casino style deck.
Small Splitspades in a light blue all over the back and a white border.
The Jokers are one of the best Jokers i have seen (loved the ones in the Split Spade Lions series as well).
2 Identical Jokers are supplied together with a double backed card and a card which shows a drawing on the card
throwing technique.
The court cards have customs faces.
The King of Spades has David Blaines face,the Jack of Clubs has the Buck Twins faces and the other court cards have
the faces of members from David´s Team.
The Ace of Spades is designed like a face of a Lion.
Simple but i like it!
The deck itself comes in Juan Tamariz stack order.A well known memorized deck order for magicians.
I heard that the blue Split Spade Lions deck was pre-stacked in Tamariz stack as well. (can´t confirm that since i only own the black Split Spade Lions)
The Queen of Spades holds a 4 of Hearts in her hands.

The box design is great! One of the bests out there in my opinion.
The front design has a hidden 7 of diamonds reveal in it.
On the flap it says " P L A Y I  I N D I G O  C A R D S"



I shoot 4 of them at the price of 8€ each at ebay.
I rate this deck 5/5
A perfect deck for my use.
Get yourself a couple of these because i think the price will increase the next year (when the red White Lions probably will come out).

 

[phantom1412]

Nice review.
And are you the page owner of playing cards wikidot?
Because i remember the style of pictures of cards he takes.

[Billywiz]

Great review..keep them comming.

Billy.

[cosmicsecret]

Nice review.
And are you the page owner of playing cards wikidot?
Because i remember the style of pictures of cards he takes.

Nah i´m not the owner.I just borrowed his picture because it makes no sense to grab my camera and make a simular photo
when his is perfectly captured ;-)

[Gunshy1]

does anyone know when/if the red version white lions are being released?

[Evan]

does anyone know when/if the red version white lions are being released?

no one knows... heres a pic of them though! http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.310017532346524.95307.295728693775408&type=3

[Don Boyer]

Did you guys check davidblaine.com lately?  The shop has gaffed cards for the blue and red Split Spades Lions decks - and I'm not talking about the Bicycle-branded magic decks, either.  They're sold in pairs, and for $5 extra you can get the red deck autographed by DB himself.

They're still selling the "sold out" White Lions in the two-deck/one-autographed set, too.  These aren't really a bad deal - I did the same when getting the Split Spades Bees.

[cosmicsecret]

Ohh really? It´s a two deck deal for the White Lions at Blaines website?

[Don Boyer]

Ohh really? It´s a two deck deal for the White Lions at Blaines website?

http://shop.davidblaine.com/products/white-lions-series-a-playing-cards-deal

Two decks.  One wrapped, the other unwrapped, sealed and autographed.  $24.95 plus the usual shipping, tax, whatever.  I ordered two sets and I love 'em.