as they came in the same wooden box.

But you didn't get this brand new did you? I'm guessing it's used and that since these are bridge cards (and you need 2 decks to play bridge) one deck was lost and was replaced with the Aviators - and the other deck was just generic that came with the box.

I usually bought em for card tricks that needed "signatures" or for "Card Warp"

Why do I put everything in quotes? I am so weird.

Standards are about $2.50/deck...so the brick alone is worth $30

On the one hand, in a big-box store, Bicycles can be had for as little as under $1.25 a deck.

Yea, I was just at Sam's Club today (or what it Costco?) and this same brick is only $14.95 - not trying to be argumentative, just saying you CAN get these cards a lot cheaper.

hey John! You're thinking of a card.... it's.... it's....

10. Karnival Dead Eyes
9. Theory 11 Archanegels
8. Bicycle Anniversary Edition (125 years)
7. Ellusionist 1800 Deck
6. Ellusionist Black Ghost
5. Bee Erdnase Green
4. D & D Fullerton Clip Joint
3. D & D Fan Backs
2. David Blaine White Lions (series B)
1. D & D Smoke and Mirrors 5

Top Card Designers

1. Dan and Dave
2. Theory 11
3. Karnival
4. Bicycle

Hey Ryan, pull up a chair and a deck

Ordered my deck finally today - along with a deck of Masters. I have the Black Shadow Masters, but have never had a normal deck. But I am really looking forward to the LTDs

So I don't see in this thread that we have solved all of the puzzles

http://lawrencesullivan.com/l1/

One way to amaze is found on the tip of a wing
Riffle to stoke the flames of fire
In the heart of a blind man, the eight is king
Dragons reveal smoke and rubies
Pearl is to dragon as Koi is to waterfall
Hearts are found split in the embers
What language do computers understand?
An Lámh Fhoisteanach Abú

Technology sure has come a long way since I first started out in Magic. My bookshelf has several bound books and leaflets that I purchased from the Magic store when I was just starting out. Later, I ended up buying DVD's and downloading PDF files.

But now what?

What if I want to watch one of my DVDs and spend a few hours practicing, but my wife wants to watch her cooking shows? And I certainly don't want to watch my DVD's with roommates walking through the house.

Of course, you could say, "Watch them on your computer." But in truth. then I can only practice where I can haul my laptop around, and currently my magic collection is so large and in so many different places and formats, it's almost unreasonable.

Well, I have been working on this puzzle for a while now and I just might have the solution.

The first was purchasing Aimersoft Video Converter. It was the most versatile file conversion program I could find. This software does 2 things.
1. It rips my DVD's into a digital file
2. it converts my current downloaded material into a file extension that I can use/transfer.

The issue is, each Magic House offers downloads of various file types. I think I even had some early ellusionist downloads that were real player files! How awful

So my goal is to rip/convert my material into a playable medium so that I can watch it on my kindle fire. The Kindle fire is a very inexpensive tool that allows me to watch full color video files; and all I need to do is make sure they are in an mp4 format.

Now, as I pick which DVD's or files I wold like to take with me on the go, (I could even take this camping) I just find the file I want, rip it to mp4, transfer it to my kindle and have a portable magic resource / library wherever and whenever I need.

Hope that helps,

Aimersoft software - http://www.aimersoft.com/

Kindle Fire - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083Q04IQ/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=25328492627&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2875138701101932914&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&ref=pd_sl_2xbi9mglt5_b

excuse my ignorance... what is UC?

First off, yes I did a search for "closeup pad" and didn't see anything. I am hoping this is in the right section, but feel free to move it, if I got it wrong.

I can search for close up pads on penguin, ebay and anywhere else as well as the next guy, but I was hoping someone here might know of a good quality product for a fairly simple price. I totally used to have one, and I have no clue where it ended up. This is totally card related by the way. Maybe you don't even use one, but just remove your shirt and use that instead, hoping the ladies will be looking at your massive pecs and ripped abs instead of your sloppy pass? These are the things that we'd like to know.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

mine's coming from Deleware, should be here Wed

yea, I am in the same boat, I had them all in my shopping cart with my finger over the button and my wife in the other room yelling at me, "We owe taxes this year!"

Curse you Uncle Sam for standing between me and cards. I need a sugar daddy.