Hi everyone!  A buddy of mine is trying to complete his Monarch set.  He’s now searching for the elusive Monarch variant custom printed for Eleven Madison Park.  That will give him the whole set,  aside from the Uber rare First Printing of Monarchs of course ( where only 144 weren’t trashed).

I know this deck doesn’t come around often, but I’m starting my search here.  If anyone knows of one for sale, or wants to sell one, really any lead at all (and wouldn’t mind sharing:), I’d love to know!

Please feel free to DM me if you’d prefer   Thanks so much.  I’d love to find it for the guy.  If I can’t afford them myself, the next best thing is helping a fellow card man   Thanks guys!

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For those unaware...

There’s a incredibly talented chef who either owns or co-owns the incredible restaurant Eleven Madison Park.  I don’t know the whole story, but the chef had Theory11 print them some custom Monarchs.  I’ve only seen the tuck, which is Essentially the Silver deck but stamped with “Made Exclusively for Eleven Madison Park”.  Truly one of the Dream decks for Monarch fans

Hello.  I recently purchased my first few decks of Ohio made Rider Backs.  I opened one deck, and I'm shocked to see a printing code starting with "B".  All the dating charts I can find list 1996 as the most recent year USPCC used that letter.  Is this an absolute guarantee that thisbdeck was printed in 1996?  I'm wondering if I'm missing something here.  There's a card advertising a travel discount that says it expires in 2011.

Being new to collecting, and especially new to any older decks, I'm fascinated with this.  If this deck really was printed in 1996, that's just awesome! Lol. I was 12, and could've been playing a game with my family using cards from this same run.  Plus...the quality!  The feel of this deck is unlike anything else I own.  I have 5 more red decks and one black deck.  I'm trying to find some Tallys printed in Ohio but no such luck...yet.  Thanks!

Item:  Tally Ho Circle Back - Black
Minimum Offer: It looks like the original retail was $7, so I guess that's the minimum I'd pay.
Quantity: Depending on the price, I would take anything from 1-6 decks.
Country: USA

Hi!  I'm trying to find the Black Circle Back deck that, from what I've read, was ordered by Murphy's Magic.  The Fan Back version has a copyright date of 2015 on the box, and has no barcode.  They come with two full size colored jokers, a double backer, and a card with poker hands on one side, and the back design on the other.  I'm assuming the Circke Back version has the same ingredients

I've found the Fan Back on a bunch of sites, and it instantly became my favorite handling deck.  I've never tried to buy or sell anything through a forum before, but I buy and sell on eBay here and there.  I'd really appreciate any info anyone has on where to find these ellusive Circle Backs.  Thanks!

Sorry if this isn't the right spot to ask this question

Maybe it depends on the misprint and the deck of course, but for some reason a deck feels more special to me if it has a misprinted card.  I only own a few yellow Bicycle Cyclist decks that are missing a diamond on the 10D, and out of the brick I bought I've only opened 4.  I'm assuming they all have the misprint.

Are there any well-known decks that were misprinted and considered more desirable?

So, I'm addicted to any Rider Back released directly by Bicycle (not the  custom orders for T11, E, etc).  I'm currently in love with the Coral and Indigo fashion decks released this year (although the decks I've opened were printed in 2015).

These decks feel SO MUCH DIFFERENT than a standard RB.  They're softer out of the box, they don't typically develop the super curved corners that standard RBs have...

Is it just me noticing this?  I feel spoiled with some of these special editions to the point where I just don't want to use standard blue/red/black RBs anymore.  Out of the box they spring and faro smoother, and they seem to break-in differently.  Sometimes I think I'm going crazy, and other times I think I've been blessed with a gift of feeling  minute differences.  Maybe it's just me?

I know that there's the two different presses at USPC, I've read everything I can find about stock and finish and cut, etc., but do these special editions feel different because they've been printed on a different press?  Is it that the colors being used make the cards literally feel different?

I'm addicted to the faro shuffle.  It's an issue.  Still trying to see if it's a treatable disorder, or if I'm stuck with this addiction for life.  As soon as I crack open a new deck, I pull the jokers off and go right to trying 8 perfect faro's in a row.  With standard Bike's, it's basically impossible (for me).  With these special editions, I weave up the perfect 8 almost every time ( in the hands, of course:). 

There's also a Silver-backed RB deck that comes in a black box, that has all silver and black pips and faces, with the court cards enlarged and only facing one direction.  For any trick I can do involving the faro (like the vernash ace control), it's my go to deck.  My variation is I faro the deck in both directions during the performance.  I've tried to find more information about this deck as well, but I'm failing.

I know this post has some craziness thrown in there just for fun, but in all seriousness, do others notice these differences?  I've treated Magic Orthodoxy's videos explaining cut and finish etc. as my personal plethora of bibles.  His details are the ones I'm always looking for, but sometimes I feel like I need to talk directly to whomever is in charge over at the design desk at Bicycle to get my answers lol.  I think I need to buy a caliper.

I also just unboxed a deck of the Autocycle No. 1 (Target exclusives), and those feel completely different than all of the others!  Again they're smoother around the edges. I definitely feel the differences between the Bee and Tally stocks (I think Tally's are my absolute favorites, but lack of variation keeps me away).

I may be going crazy, and for all I know, tomorrow after this post USPC may knock on my door with men dressed in suits and earpieces asking me to "please come with us, sir".  Maybe I've said too much!


(Thanks for any real info anyone has for me.  Just thought I'd start a topic on a serious thought I've had for a while.  Cheers!)

Slay

Hey everyone.  Although I've been playing cards all my life (32), I've never gotten into card magic until recently, and of course with that came collecting! Lol

I joined here to ask a couple questions about certain cards, and I'm hoping someone out there has the answers for me!  Thanks in advance!