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    Portland, OR - where do you buy cards?

    Other ideas for you: David Blaine is coming to town (May 21st, Keller Auditorium), so, hopefully, anyone attending the show would be able to buy some decks off his tray at the lobby. The cheapest cards I could find are 12-deck bricks of Bicycle Standards from Amazon. (Used to be exclusive to...
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    Stud playing cards are back!

    I think I figured it out. The problem is that those new Studs indeed have no cello wrappings. When those decks are places on display at a store, employees simply attach sticky hang tabs to the back of each tuck case, i.e. directly to the seal. After a while, the seal starts peeling off under the...
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    Portland, OR - where do you buy cards?

    You can find better deals online, actually. Penguin Magic has somewhat lower prices than most web shops and storefronts, even on some hard to find cards. Also, if you are after decks like Monarchs and similar, Barnes and Noble site often sends out 15% off (or even 20% off) coupons by e-mail...
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    Stud playing cards are back!

    Just got 1 red and 1 blue Stud decks from Walgreens (USPCC 2017, UPC is the same on both decks - 073854023877, $2.99/ea) To me, it looks like they are printed on the same stock as Bicycle Standard decks, I see/feel no difference. (The store also had the same decks with Jumbo index, but I did...
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    Different Virtuoso decks?

    Looking to hear from anyone who has experience with Virtuoso decks. Besides the colors, are they the same? I came across a notion that older decks, such as ss16 (yellow) are somewhat better than the newer ones, fw17 (green), specifically in regards to their card stock. Any thoughts? Thank you!
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    i want to make my own deck.

    I totally agree. Some web sites and services insistently make you believe that creating your own decks is piece of cake. In reality, they avoid mentioning any and all pitfalls you are going to encounter along the way and just try to sell you stuff. There are too many things to consider, and the...
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