I ended up buying an 8 pack

If the decks are cool i will buy some more decks from the Conjuring Arts folks...

@ hecrob Coterie Bee decks were parimiarly designed for magicians, I tried my best to provide more value with the deck by getting a gaff card that could be a stand alone item to go with it, we made videos to show 3 applications with it, I think these tutorial videos already making our deck worthy of its price. I understand there are many good looking tuckcase design out there, but don't you think Coterie Bee tuckcase design goes particularly well with black suits? I believe professional magicians will appreciate this.

Quite a few buck that you pay for the deck went to shipping(registered airmail from Hong Kong), so you are not actually paying that much for the deck alone. Unfortunately, it's the international shipping that makes this deck appear to be so expensive(nothing much we could do about this, it's the same for Asians trying to buy exclusive decks from US, we pay alot for shipping too)

Anyway, thanks to a mistake by USPCC, we will be able to make the next edition available at cheaper price.

@ Don, yes, what they save at the production cost with Legends will pass onto customers, we also worked out some deals to sell Legends along with Coterie Bee(coterie mailing box is designed to best pack 4,8 or 12 decks, so that's a hint of how these decks will be made available)  I am still waiting for Lawrence to provide me with the press kit, but I will try to make prices available in these two days, so that customers will have an idea about the various options. 

 

Wow after seeing the packages for the preorder of the legends deck you literally shut my mouth... 155 (shipping included) for  24 decks its a steal...

Im considering buying from you now, and i could get my hands on some legends + coteries...

For the guys who haven't seen it, the packages are:

Legends Playing Cards & Coterie Bee Playing Cards Set

4 Deck Set -- 3 x Legends Playing Cards + 1 x Coterie Bee Playing Cards
8 Deck Set -- 6 x Legends Playing Cards + 2 x Coterie Bee Playing Cards
12 Deck Set - 9 x Legends Playing Cards + 3 x Coterie Bee Playing Cards
24 Deck Set - 18 x Legends Playing Cards + 6 x Coterie Bee Playing Cards

Damn im so tempted...

This could mean that maybe the steamboats and the new fan backs will be available shortly in my country in any store that sells Bicycle cards.
That happened with the Guardians, first they were only available through theory 11, now i can buy them anywhere.

So hopefully they will be here in maybe 6 months. I can wait

BTW Does anybody know how much time took for the Guardians to be availabel at stores like Target, Walmart, HEB, etc...??

Name: Héctor Pérez
email: hecrob@hotmail.com
Shipping from: México
Payment methods: Paypal

This is a sale for 2 Split Spades Lions decks from David Blaine.

This are some of the most durable decks and with great handling.

For more info on the decks check the link  http://playingcards.wikidot.com/split-spades:lions

For just $ 35 US dollars each

If you live in the USA i can mail it to you for 9 - 14 dollars (depending on how close to Canada you are).
Other countries please ask here or by PM.

Thanks

Hi guys im selling 2 collectors of the smoke and mirrors v7 decks from Dan and Dave.

Im selling the decks individually.

Carbon deck - 2 left - $35 each
Denim deck (blue) - 2 left - $10 each
Red deck - 2 left - $10 each
Eco deck (green) - 2 left - $10 each
Smoke deck (white) - 2 left - $10 each
Mirror deck (black) - 2 left - $10 each

If you are interested ask here or pm me.

Im from México so if you live in the USA we would have to fix a way to transfer the money and send you your stuff.

Thanks.

It is tempting...

My problem would be reselling that extra BA deck...

people in my city wont pay what the deck its worth (not trying to rip-off anyonem just trying to get something back after that huge investment)

So i guess i will pass...

The explanation its simple.

You have 2 ways to tell which card you are holding.

First card the "easy" way which is just by lookin at the left  border of your playing card and locating the "odd" split splade, problem with this one is that the cards 3 - 8, 4 - 9, 5 - 10 and 6 - J  share a marking (each pair). So you end up in a 50/50 situation.


The hard way is through those markings, to read the marking system you need to use the "magic eye" (im not joking, the optical illusion used in this deck its called that way) check on google to see what kind of illusion and how to spot it.
This illusion makes this deck THE MARKED DECK, you need to know which lines are which but after a while (and mixing both ways to read the marking system) you end up just memorizing 4 different patterns.

As you can see on the image the " low values" ( 3, 4 ,5 and 6) run a line from your lower left corner to your upper right corner, if you spot lines running that way you will know what value your card has.

For the High value cards you need to spot diagonal lines running from your upper left corner to your lower right corner.


So taking everything into account to read the marking system i recommend.

1.- Spot your "odd" split spade.
If its an A, K, Q, 7 or a 2 you are safe, since this cards have unique markings and you can jump to step 3

Also 7s and Qs share the same Odd split spade but the 7s have an extra odd split spade, just above the heart suit mark.

2.- If the card its a 3,4,5,6,8,9,10 or a J look for the Diagonals.
Lower left to upper right means its a "low" value, Upper left to lower right means its a high value.

Extra tip:
For an easier time locating the diagonals, start at the "odd splitspade"

3.- Locate the suit marking

4.- Reveal


Hope that helps

 

Here you go guys white lions EXPOSED!

Also

It would be safe to assume that the gaffs wont be "marked"

Quote from: Siegismyname on December 20, 2012, 11:49:47 PM

Those are some pretty nice gaffs. I also heard another 'solution' to the marking system that allows you to correctly identify the values of the cards. (Remember how we had some overlapping values in labyrinth's solution? This one eliminates them.) But I am still trying to verify them.

I think one of these days soon I'll just have to bring my magnifying glass and a couple of WL decks to work...  If there's a way in the marks to more accurately reveal the cards, it's got to be visible, regardless of how subtle it is, or it's not much of a marking system, is it?

The markings are "optical illusions" Diagonal lines that are "wider" i got the explanation from DBs instagram, somebody there got a paper sheet explaining the full marking system (explained by david himself),

The illusion its a stereogram, an illusion that needs a "knack" to be able to see it.

Hope that helps a little bit more.

Also the gaffs seem to be great, its a shame we only get 37 cards and not the full 52 gaffs (i woulndt care if the 15 other cards were double backers and blank cards).

Maybe they are all different? when i get mine i will compare them to your list Don.

Also can you post a picture of the  "smeared" ones??

Thanks.