Bicycle Paper Royals Playing Cards by RunIt Decks

Step into the whimsical world of BBG and Vee5 as they embark on their most enchanting tea-time party yet! This imaginative journey is brought to life by Winnie Yip and Vincent Ow, two of Singapore’s most promising toy designers.

The debut of Bicycle Paper Royals at ToyCon Philippines 2024 marks the exciting collaboration between RunIt Decks and renowned toy designers. This release stands out as the first deck to feature dual front covers, with BBG and Vee5 gracing each side—a novel design in the realm of playing cards.

The cards boast 100% custom artwork by WINNIEYIPPIE and VYNC, with 56 unique illustrated cards and dual front covers, each depicting a whimsical tale of BBG and Vee5’s enchanting tea-time party.

From the illustrated jokers featuring a jack-in-a-box to the distinct diagonal two-way back design, no card has been left untouched. The deck’s standout feature is the quadriptych, consisting of two sets of 4-card court cards that combine to form a larger image.

Also, the collector box is enclosed inside an acrylic case with a magnetic enclosure, engraved with custom Paper Royals artwork. It includes two Bicycle Paper Royals playing cards and one resin figure, limited to an edition of 50.

Printed by the US Playing Card Company, the deck showcases the world-renowned Bicycle brand with its signature Air-Cushion Finish. Available now from RunIt Decks for $15.

Craps Playing Cards by Mechanical Industries

Mechanical Industries is well-known for its flipbook-styled animation playing cards. Over the last two years, they have started the casino-themed animated cards – Roulette Playing Cards, a deck based on the roulette game; and its Fanimation version, where the cards can be fanned to form a roulette wheel complete with a ball. Craps Playing Cards is the latest edition of the Casino series.

As the title suggests, the deck is based on ‘Craps’, a popular dice betting game in casinos. The deck features an innovative 3D flip-book animation of dice rolling along a Craps table. Because the back is animated, the deck can be used as a marked deck, by using their trademark 13-back repeating system.

The cards will feature black side printing along with a thin black border on the faces. It gives the appearance of a Craps table. This design allows the amazing visual appeal of card flourishes.

The Ace of Spades featured the power pip showing the deck title along with a pair of dice. Most of the pips and numbered cards are all standard. The court cards are customized similarly to its predecessor Roulette deck – the royals are shown holding cash, rakes, and especially the dice. The Jokers featured a pair of dice, each showing the numbers 7 and 11, both numbers that win the bet.

Also included a Joker and a flattened dice gaff for an amazing thematic magic effect involving dice. The blank face Joker may allow you to magically pop out dice from the cards. There are magic tricks that can be done using this deck. Free tutorials will be provided within the deck.

Printed by Cartamundi on their premium stock with the latest finishing techniques. The deck is now available for $13 from Vanishing Inc.

Bicycle Scorpion Playing Cards

Scorpion Playing Cards is the eighth deck in the insect series by PlayingCardDecks. The fully custom Bicycle-branded deck once again showcases the artwork by Artur Rajch and prominently features an earthy colorway. 

The custom courts, aces to the indices, and pips have scorpion motifs incorporated within the design elements. The face cards now come in a black background.

Two editions are made available online, the Brown Edition and the Red Edition. Both decks have the same faces but come in different respective tuck cases and back colors. 

A delightful deck for your collection and a great gift for the Scorpion lover in your life, or anyone who appreciates great design. 

Printed by the USPCC with the traditional cut and air cushion finish. Limited to 1000 decks of each color. Available NOW from playingcardcdecks.com for $12.99 each or $24.99 for a set. 

Bicycle Caterpillar Playing Cards by PlayingCardDecks

Caterpillar Playing Cards is the fifth deck in the charming insect series by PlayingCardDecks. The fully custom Bicycle-branded deck once again showcases the artwork by Artur Rajch and prominently features a striking green colorway. 

The artwork and theme for this deck in particular are certainly eyecatching due to the use of the color pallete. Also, the custom deck is truly functional! 

The gorgeous courts, aces to the indices, and pips have nature motifs decorated within the design elements. 

Two editions are made available online, the Jade Edition and the Olive Edition. Both decks have the same faces but come in different respective tuck cases and back colors. 

A delightful deck for your collection and a great gift for the Caterpillar lover in your life, or anyone who appreciates great design. 

Printed by the USPCC with the traditional cut and air cushion finish. Limited to 1000 decks of each color. Available NOW from playingdecks.com for $11.99 each or $21.99 for a set. 

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Penguin Magic's Room 237 Playing Cards

Penguin Magic's deck keeps getting better and better. This month's release is the Room 237 Playing Cards. Imagine yourself sitting by the fireplace in the cavernous lobby of the Overlook hotel, you may just find a deck of cards that looks exactly like these. 

The luxurious-looking deck comes with 100% custom artwork featuring totally original court cards, eye-catching Aces, a glorious double-foiled matte black paper tuck box (interior and exterior foil), and secured with a sticker seal! 

The borderless card backs feature the hexagonal patterned carpet from the Overlook Hotel. The dynamic orange, brown and red colorway graphic pattern is truly mesmerizing. 

For the magician, each deck also includes 2 custom jokers and 2 bonus gaff cards to go with your magic routines. 

Available singly or in 6-packs with custom half brick boxes, Room 237 decks are printed by the United States Playing Card Company on signature Elite Thin-Crushed stock with an Air-Cushion "Magic" finish. 

Available now from penguinmagic.com for $11 (usually $13) for the next 48 hours. 

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Card Radar: DMC Elites V5- Phantom Finish 1st Edition

The fifth generation of Magician Drummond Money-Coutts' (DMC) is the best deck DMC have ever produced and now, they come with a new finish and colorway. The limited Phantom Finish DMC ELITES V5 now sports a Cobalt Blue colorway and a slightly thicker stock. According to the product page,

...this finish is both more robust and long-lasting than many of the slimmer cardistry decks of today, and promises a much firmer handling of the cards.

When combined with Phill Smith's world-famous 'Optical Marking System', which now includes full four-corner markings, Juan Tamariz's genius MNEMONICA numberings, and a unique one-way back design, this is truly the most powerful, comprehensive, and usable deck ever created for magicians! 

 

The system hides the value and suit of the playing card in plain sight, with no decoding necessary, no mental working out to do to process some binary signal – including the new stack markings for mnemonica - the cards are supplied in the stack and come with an instruction card explaining the system and a two-way crib to help you with the stack. 

The deck features standard faces to maintain familiarity for the performer and audience but upgraded to an ultra-high-definition rendition of the standard faces!

Available NOW from store.dmcmagic.com for $20.

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Card Radar: El Retro Playing Cards

Originally funded on Kickstarter, El Retro Playing Cards is Pure Imagination Projects' homage to the famous El Rancho hotel & casino, the first resort in Las Vegas. 

Complete with the iconic windmill and flashing light designs, El Retro channels the early days of what became Sin City. 

The deck is completely hand-drawn by Zach Davidson and Olivia Warren with the idea of bringing the nostalgia of old-school Vegas to modern times. The face cards are pretty much standard to maintain function and familiarity. 

El Retro Playing Cards is printed on a premium stock and crushed to the perfect thickness, mimicking the feel of past PIP decks as well as those used on the Vegas gaming tables. 

 

Available NOW for $15 on pureimiginationprojects.com.

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Card Radar: Dragonfly Bicycle Playing Cards by PlayingCardDecks

Dragonfly Playing Cards is the latest addition to the charming insect series by PlayingCardDecks, after Ladybug and Beekeeper.



The fully custom Bicycle-branded deck once again showcase the artwork by Artur Rajch and prominently features teal and tan colorway, just in time for spring! The design showcases the dragonflies and meticulously incorparates scenic lakeshore with lily pads, tall grass, and cattails in the backgound. 

 
The artwork and theme are certainly outstanding! A lot of attention has gone into crafting a functional deck in addition to the theme and the gorgeous artwork. The courts, aces to the indices and pips have dragonfly motif decorated within the design elements. 

Two editions are made available online, the Teal Edition and the Tan Edition. Both decks have the same faces but come in different respective tuck cases and back color. A delightful deck for your collection and a great gift for the Dragonfly lover in your life, or anyone who appreciates great design. 

 
Printed by the USPCC with the traditional cut and air cushion finish. Limited to 1000 decks of each color. Available NOW from playingdecks.com for $11.99 each or $21.99 for a set.

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Secret Service Playing Cards by Riffle Shuffle

Secret Service Playing Cards by Riffle Shuffle introduces you into the world of spies, where they will take you along operating secret missions, unlocking secret codes, and saving the world. 

Designed by Steven Harrison, the deck is fully custom with a predominantly dark blue colorway, giving it a sense of mystery and an air of conspiracy. 

The card backs feature a mirrored white thumb-print on a maze-like design element in various shades of blue. The word 'classified' can be found on each side. 

The face cards feature recolored pips in blue (instead of black) and red. The pip on the indices has 2 redacted lines to give it an air of secrecy. The hand-illustrated courts feature spies on their secret mission. 

The Ace of Spades is truly bold and eye-catching with a badge of the Riffle Shuffle Secret Service bureau, similar to that found on the front of the tuck box. 

The Secret Service Playing Cards are printed by United States Playing Card Company with Air-Cushion Finish on their Premium Bee Crushed Stock. 

Available now on riffleshuffle.com for $10.

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Card Radar: Beekeeper Playing Cards by PlayingCardDecks

Another charming deck by PlayingCardDecks, Beekeeper Playing Cards is a spiritual successor to one of our favorite deck from the team, Ladybug.



The fully custom Bicycle-branded deck showcase the artwork by Artur Rajch and prominently features the honey yellow colorway with yellow/black stripe, hexagon design elements, and bees (of course!) on the card backs, courts, aces to the indices and pips.



Once again, the artwork and theme are outstanding! A lot of attention has gone into crafting a functional deck in addition to the theme and the gorgeous artwork of the deck. Some may recognize the royals from Ladybug but updated to fit the Bee theme.



Two editions are made available online, the Light Edition and the Dark Edition. Both decks have the same faces but come in different respective tuck cases and back color. A delightful deck for your collection and a great gift for the Bee lover in your life, or anyone who appreciates great design.



Printed by the USPCC with the traditional cut and air cushion finish. Limited to 1000 decks of each color. Available NOW from playingdecks.com for $9.99 each or $18.99 for a set.

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Card Radar: Bicycle Rock & Roll Playing Cards

Released earlier this year by Will Roya of PlayingCardDecks.com, the Bicycle Rock & Roll deck is a fully custom deck based on the popular music genre. Designed by Juniardi Satyanagara, sports a predominantly black/white colorway with colored courts and pips.

Inside, the courts represent musicians from various rock genres such as metal, punk, emo, and pop. The aces are drummers and the jokers are a security guard and a fan.

The mirrored card backs showcase musical instruments used by the musicians, from the drumset, electric guitars, and keyboard.

Also included is a double back and face card to perform 2 card monte and other magic tricks. Get it now for $11.99 from playingcarddecks.com.