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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: zaganh on February 12, 2012, 01:21:27 PM
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how do you decide on what deck to take out with you ? if your traveling how many do you take and wich cards ? how long does a new opned deck last you ? when do you decide to stop using an old deck thats handled to death ?
im just wondering because out of all my cards tungstenes iaocp smoke and mirrors plaids and so on i just use the same old v6 deck i got when they came out thats all i ever really use and i have bricks og chinatowns and plaids fultons v6s but i only use the one and i wonder when you know its time to use a diffrent one ?
heres my deck
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how do you decide on what deck to take out with you ? I usually just take my favorite decks.
if your traveling how many do you take and wich cards ? I take about 3 decks... one of them is always a Blue Artifice V2
how long does a new opned deck last you ? Depends how much ink there is, the stock, the finish, and how often I use it.
when do you decide to stop using an old deck thats handled to death ? When it clumps too much
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how do you decide on what deck to take out with you ? I usually just take my favorite decks.
if your traveling how many do you take and wich cards ? I take about 3 decks... one of them is always a Blue Artifice V2
how long does a new opned deck last you ? Depends how much ink there is, the stock, the finish, and how often I use it.
when do you decide to stop using an old deck thats handled to death ? When it clumps too much
awesome i can never decide so i always end up taking the same v6 why a blue artifice ? oh cool are clumping good for cuts and bad for magic ?
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how do you decide on what deck to take out with you ? I usually just take my favorite decks.
if your traveling how many do you take and wich cards ? I take about 3 decks... one of them is always a Blue Artifice V2
how long does a new opned deck last you ? Depends how much ink there is, the stock, the finish, and how often I use it.
when do you decide to stop using an old deck thats handled to death ? When it clumps too much
awesome i can never decide so i always end up taking the same v6 why a blue artifice ? oh cool are clumping good for cuts and bad for magic ?
Its my favorite deck
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how do you decide on what deck to take out with you ? I usually just take my favorite decks.
if your traveling how many do you take and wich cards ? I take about 3 decks... one of them is always a Blue Artifice V2
how long does a new opned deck last you ? Depends how much ink there is, the stock, the finish, and how often I use it.
when do you decide to stop using an old deck thats handled to death ? When it clumps too much
awesome i can never decide so i always end up taking the same v6 why a blue artifice ? oh cool are clumping good for cuts and bad for magic ?
Its my favorite deck
nice i always wanted them to make an orange one ill be using them when blue pure smoke is released it will look awesome
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I just take a deck I was using earlier that day. Usually only 1-2 decks. I stop using decks when...... I never stop using them no matter how much they clump!
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I just take a deck I was using earlier that day. Usually only 1-2 decks. I stop using decks when...... I never stop using them no matter how much they clump!
laughs how did you choose it at the start of the day ? oh cool ill keep using my v6 ^^
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I always use my JAQK, because I love them. It is like you with your v6. I just use them to death, and for everything. I don't know why, buy I just use it. My second deck I use is white Arrco's.
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I always use my JAQK, because I love them. It is like you with your v6. I just use them to death, and for everything. I don't know why, buy I just use it. My second deck I use is white Arrco's.
awesome i havent used my deck of jaqk it would be cool to see pics of a beat up deck of it if you have one =) ?
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My go to deck would probably be white lions. I really love that deck. When I go out I take that, my plastic bikes, and a plain old deck of bikes.
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My go to deck would probably be white lions. I really love that deck. When I go out I take that, my plastic bikes, and a plain old deck of bikes.
i love the white lions too to be honest im glad the rare ones are the red ones because i love the blue ones
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I always use my JAQK, because I love them. It is like you with your v6. I just use them to death, and for everything. I don't know why, buy I just use it. My second deck I use is white Arrco's.
awesome i havent used my deck of jaqk it would be cool to see pics of a beat up deck of it if you have one =) ?
Oh trust me, I have one :)
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I always use my JAQK, because I love them. It is like you with your v6. I just use them to death, and for everything. I don't know why, buy I just use it. My second deck I use is white Arrco's.
awesome i havent used my deck of jaqk it would be cool to see pics of a beat up deck of it if you have one =) ?
Oh trust me, I have one :)
haha i trust you have one i mean i wouldl ike to see pics of a beat up deck jaqk because i have only ever seen them new
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I always use my JAQK, because I love them. It is like you with your v6. I just use them to death, and for everything. I don't know why, buy I just use it. My second deck I use is white Arrco's.
awesome i havent used my deck of jaqk it would be cool to see pics of a beat up deck of it if you have one =) ?
Oh trust me, I have one :)
haha i trust you have one i mean i wouldl ike to see pics of a beat up deck jaqk because i have only ever seen them new
I remember seeing his JAQK deck in his first youtube video and it really was loved ;)
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I always use my JAQK, because I love them. It is like you with your v6. I just use them to death, and for everything. I don't know why, buy I just use it. My second deck I use is white Arrco's.
awesome i havent used my deck of jaqk it would be cool to see pics of a beat up deck of it if you have one =) ?
Oh trust me, I have one :)
haha i trust you have one i mean i wouldl ike to see pics of a beat up deck jaqk because i have only ever seen them new
I remember seeing his JAQK deck in his first youtube video and it really was loved ;)
oh cool i want to see it haha im going to get a brick of jaqk decks if the dan and dave release isnt a deck
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for me it depends on what im doing, my bee deck works great when i want to do pressure fans and spring. if i want to look fancy i will use my green crowns, if i want to not look like im using a strange deck i use bikes.
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for me it depends on what im doing, my bee deck works great when i want to do pressure fans and spring. if i want to look fancy i will use my green crowns, if i want to not look like im using a strange deck i use bikes.
cool i need to practise pressure fans more
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yea the only time i can do them decent at all is with my bee deck, i dont know what stock and finish they use or if that is what causes it but its awesome.
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yea the only time i can do them decent at all is with my bee deck, i dont know what stock and finish they use or if that is what causes it but its awesome.
what bees ?
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club special, diamond back, just found out the finish is cambric. and on the flap it says No.92
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At the start of the day, I pick a deck at random, or depending on my mood!
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I do the same nathan! i just think "what deck do i want to use today?"
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club special, diamond back, just found out the finish is cambric. and on the flap it says No.92
The vast majority of Bee decks are Cambric finish, diamond back, #92 Club Specials!
I have a few "everyday" decks for when I go out of the house. The ones I carry the most are a deck of Split Spades Lions blue (the stripper deck version) and the USPC edition of Bicycle Guardians. They're cheap while still having a nice custom look to them, and I keep spares on hand at home most of the time. I usually get the strippers for under $5 and the Guardians I recently reordered for less than $3 a pack.
Other decks I like to pocket would be red and blue Tally Ho Circle Backs, my red and blue Bee "casino sample" decks and Karnival Death Heads. I'd carry the Death Heads all the time were it not for the flimsy box they come in - I'm thinking of swapping them out into a leather deck case. Strange that a plastic deck described as tough as nails has a box that's barely stronger than notebook paper.
When I go to work or perform at the hospital, I have a cheap camcorder case that looks sturdier than it is. The padded interior can hold a maximum of about 3 bricks of cards. I might use some of the space to hold Pure Smoke in a half-brick box. It has zippered compartments, into which I put spare Pure Smoke cartridges, batteries, WOW sleeves (one gimmicked, one plain) and a dessicant pack.
When I travel, I've been known to carry over a hundred decks in a locked briefcase, or twice that in two briefcases. Made for an interesting time at the TSA checkpoint in Fort Lauderdale last year! That's when I was still obsessed about carrying my entire collection. As the collection has grown, this has become a very unrealistic plan of action; now I would take one briefcase packed with some good magic and maybe eighty or ninety decks I was going to be away for a week or more. Much of what I'd carry would be trick decks, gaff cards, etc., and there's maybe 20 or so "regular" decks that I'd take to go with them.
I stop using a deck when the cards are worn, filthy, creased, torn, etc. At least, I stop using them as regular cards - when that happens, they become fodder for torn-card tricks and the like! Either that or I hand them down to my fiancee's son - my future step-son.
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I usually bring a deck of Alladdins wherever I go since their so cheap and easy to get here. Only if I'm jamming with my friends , then I bring a deck like the White Lions, Tally Hos and my vintage bikes. I usually keep two of each deck and open one. So I have a variety of decks that I can use when I'm jamming or when I'm videoing myself. If not, it'll be the Alladdins. I love Alladdins to death!
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I usually bring a deck of Alladdins wherever I go since their so cheap and easy to get here. Only if I'm jamming with my friends , then I bring a deck like the White Lions, Tally Hos and my vintage bikes. I usually keep two of each deck and open one. So I have a variety of decks that I can use when I'm jamming or when I'm videoing myself. If not, it'll be the Alladdins. I love Alladdins to death!
Aladdins are pretty sweet. Have you tried the new Aladdin Domebacks with the air-cushion finish yet? I got the red and have some blue on the way.
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I usually bring a deck of Alladdins wherever I go since their so cheap and easy to get here. Only if I'm jamming with my friends , then I bring a deck like the White Lions, Tally Hos and my vintage bikes. I usually keep two of each deck and open one. So I have a variety of decks that I can use when I'm jamming or when I'm videoing myself. If not, it'll be the Alladdins. I love Alladdins to death!
Aladdins are pretty sweet. Have you tried the new Aladdin Domebacks with the air-cushion finish yet? I got the red and have some blue on the way.
Actually the Domebacks are magic finish.
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I usually bring a deck of Alladdins wherever I go since their so cheap and easy to get here. Only if I'm jamming with my friends , then I bring a deck like the White Lions, Tally Hos and my vintage bikes. I usually keep two of each deck and open one. So I have a variety of decks that I can use when I'm jamming or when I'm videoing myself. If not, it'll be the Alladdins. I love Alladdins to death!
Aladdins are pretty sweet. Have you tried the new Aladdin Domebacks with the air-cushion finish yet? I got the red and have some blue on the way.
Actually the Domebacks are magic finish.
This is from pokerstud52's listing on ebay, "The cards have Bicycle's Air Cushion Finish"
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club special, diamond back, just found out the finish is cambric. and on the flap it says No.92
The vast majority of Bee decks are Cambric finish, diamond back, #92 Club Specials!
I have a few "everyday" decks for when I go out of the house. The ones I carry the most are a deck of Split Spades Lions blue (the stripper deck version) and the USPC edition of Bicycle Guardians. They're cheap while still having a nice custom look to them, and I keep spares on hand at home most of the time. I usually get the strippers for under $5 and the Guardians I recently reordered for less than $3 a pack.
Other decks I like to pocket would be red and blue Tally Ho Circle Backs, my red and blue Bee "casino sample" decks and Karnival Death Heads. I'd carry the Death Heads all the time were it not for the flimsy box they come in - I'm thinking of swapping them out into a leather deck case. Strange that a plastic deck described as tough as nails has a box that's barely stronger than notebook paper.
When I go to work or perform at the hospital, I have a cheap camcorder case that looks sturdier than it is. The padded interior can hold a maximum of about 3 bricks of cards. I might use some of the space to hold Pure Smoke in a half-brick box. It has zippered compartments, into which I put spare Pure Smoke cartridges, batteries, WOW sleeves (one gimmicked, one plain) and a dessicant pack.
When I travel, I've been known to carry over a hundred decks in a locked briefcase, or twice that in two briefcases. Made for an interesting time at the TSA checkpoint in Fort Lauderdale last year! That's when I was still obsessed about carrying my entire collection. As the collection has grown, this has become a very unrealistic plan of action; now I would take one briefcase packed with some good magic and maybe eighty or ninety decks I was going to be away for a week or more. Much of what I'd carry would be trick decks, gaff cards, etc., and there's maybe 20 or so "regular" decks that I'd take to go with them.
I stop using a deck when the cards are worn, filthy, creased, torn, etc. At least, I stop using them as regular cards - when that happens, they become fodder for torn-card tricks and the like! Either that or I hand them down to my fiancee's son - my future step-son.
haha i havent seen that deck before notepad paper haha and that sounds awesome your entire colection with you i have and xbox 360 bag its all hard to protect it fits about 2 bricks and the pad bit holds about 6 decks haha what did they say at the checkpoint ? oh cool you hand them down that would be awesome i want cards passing down to me haha congradulations too =D and somtimes i wanna take my colection with me incase a burglar trashes my rooms
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I usually bring a deck of Alladdins wherever I go since their so cheap and easy to get here. Only if I'm jamming with my friends , then I bring a deck like the White Lions, Tally Hos and my vintage bikes. I usually keep two of each deck and open one. So I have a variety of decks that I can use when I'm jamming or when I'm videoing myself. If not, it'll be the Alladdins. I love Alladdins to death!
Aladdins are pretty sweet. Have you tried the new Aladdin Domebacks with the air-cushion finish yet? I got the red and have some blue on the way.
Actually the Domebacks are magic finish.
This is from pokerstud52's listing on ebay, "The cards have Bicycle's Air Cushion Finish"
And this is from pokerstud52 on UC The 1880 Aladdins were printed on USPC's mid-range 325 stock, which is used for many custom decks these days. The "magic finish" also was used, although I'd be hard pressed to explain the difference between magic finish and Air Cushion or Cambric.
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haha i havent seen that deck before notepad paper haha and that sounds awesome your entire colection with you i have and xbox 360 bag its all hard to protect it fits about 2 bricks and the pad bit holds about 6 decks haha what did they say at the checkpoint ? oh cool you hand them down that would be awesome i want cards passing down to me haha congradulations too =D and somtimes i wanna take my colection with me incase a burglar trashes my rooms
Get apartment renter's insurance and itemize your entire collection. You'll be insured against damages and loss. Been thinking of doing that myself, actually. You might need a rider added to cover the collection, but you can insure it. (As well as all the other bits and bobs, like laptops, big-screen TVs, iPads, etc.)
Actually the Domebacks are magic finish.
This is from pokerstud52's listing on ebay, "The cards have Bicycle's Air Cushion Finish"
And this is from pokerstud52 on UC
The 1880 Aladdins were printed on USPC's mid-range 325 stock, which is used for many custom decks these days. The "magic finish" also was used, although I'd be hard pressed to explain the difference between magic finish and Air Cushion or Cambric.
I believe MagicAddictz is right.
As far as the difference between Magic Finish and ordinary Air Cushion Finish, you can really feel the difference in a deck that's been Magic Finished. The cards really glide over each other very well and handle very smoothly, not just out of the box but also for some time thereafter. You'll notice more of a difference over time.
In addition, any deck with metallic inks tends to perform like crap unless Magic Finish is used; Air Cushion isn't enough to compensate for the metallic ink's effect on handling. It's why you see it used so much these days - a lot of custom decks use some amount of metallic inks, be it a little (Artifice) or a lot (Titaniums).
Out of the box, with a non-metallic deck, perhaps he didn't notice a difference - but he will if he compares his deck over time to an Air Cushion deck of the same vintage and use.
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:o Wow.....
You guys can call me plain but I usually go out 4 decks. 1 Tally-Ho for flourishing, a red and blue set of Rider Backs, and a deck of gaff cards. If I feel like it, I might bring a 5th deck. A worn out deck as, as Don would put it, fodder for torn-card tricks. 8)
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:o Wow.....
You guys can call me plain but I usually go out 4 decks. 1 Tally-Ho for flourishing, a red and blue set of Rider Backs, and a deck of gaff cards. If I feel like it, I might bring a 5th deck. A worn out deck as, as Don would put it, fodder for torn-card tricks. 8)
They're also great for throwing at things! Try doing what David Blaine did - hitting a small target from across the street! He nailed the lens of a pro-grade video camera. Didn't make it stick, though... :))
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:o Wow.....
You guys can call me plain but I usually go out 4 decks. 1 Tally-Ho for flourishing, a red and blue set of Rider Backs, and a deck of gaff cards. If I feel like it, I might bring a 5th deck. A worn out deck as, as Don would put it, fodder for torn-card tricks. 8)
They're also great for throwing at things! Try doing what David Blaine did - hitting a small target from across the street! He nailed the lens of a pro-grade video camera. Didn't make it stick, though...
LoL. I'd pass on that. Last time I did that, I accidentally nailed a dog's ass. Now THAT made ME stick to the wall when it chased me. :-[