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MrPoponi New user Brazil 93 Posts 
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Hello everyone!
I have an interesting question to discuss. We all know that the Bicycle deck brand is one of the best in quality. We also know that there is a lot of diversity in designs. Bicycle launches a different deck almost every week. So I ask if it wouldn't be interesting for Bicycle to produce a Marseille or Rider Waite Tarot. I think it might be an interesting idea for Bicycle. What are your thoughts? |
weepinwil Inner circle USA 3828 Posts
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I think it might be good for collectors but the working performer probably would not use it. I am interested in hearing what they have to say.
"Til Death us do part!" - Weepin Willie
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61magic Special user Sacramento California 775 Posts
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In my experience when you pull out a deck of cards (i'm talking about poker size) the audience automatically thinks card tricks before they see the faces. Most of the ladies in the audience become disinterested.
When I pull out a Tarot deck more interest is generated for man and women. Tarot cards seem to not be as connected with card sleights in the minds of spectators. I really found this to be true when one of my close up prediction effects using cards were much better received when I converted to Tarot cards. Listening to comments after the shows I would pick comments about how amazing the Tarot trick was. Funny it was the same trick done the same way with normal cards.
Professor J. P. Fawkes
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Christopher Taylor V.I.P. British Columbia Canada 2315 Posts
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Bicycle can not produce a Rider Waite Tarot until 2022 at the earliest when US Games is finally forced to relinquish their overblown copyright claim on the images; though I wouldn't put it past them to come up with another bogus copyright angle at that time. Similarly, the Marseille images are also protected by (a valid) copyright. In the meantime, after countless hours of work, my company is close to releasing our own poker-sized Tarot (with marked backs) using images from the public domain. The stock quality is quite comparable to Bicycle.
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weepinwil Inner circle USA 3828 Posts
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On Oct 18, 2019, Christopher Taylor wrote: I look forward to seeing it.
"Til Death us do part!" - Weepin Willie
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18038 Posts
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NO.…..
THE MAN THE SKEPTICS REFUSE TO TEST FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS.. The Worlds Foremost Authority on Houdini's Life after Death.....
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Philemon Vanderbeck Inner circle Seattle, WA 4697 Posts
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The only proper playing card back would be Steamboat 999s. ;-)
Professor Philemon Vanderbeck
That Creepy Magician "I use my sixth sense to create the illusion of possessing the other five." |
Necromancer Inner circle Chicago 3076 Posts
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Tarot cards are for divination. Bicycle cards are for games. Put tarot designs on a Bike back (or an obvious playing-card back), and you're taking it out of the realm of the mystic. That's a questionable theatrical choice.
(I feel the similarly about ESP cards: ESP cards were developed for laboratory testing of psychic ability. Put them on playing-card backs, and you remove powerful context. That's why I ended up designing my own.)
Creator of The Xpert (20 PAGES of reviews!), Cut & Color, Hands-Off Multiple ESP (HOME) System, Rider-Waite Readers book, Zoom Pendulum ebook ...
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Wizard of Oz Inner circle Most people wish I didn't have 5155 Posts
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I totally agree Necromancer.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
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Philemon Vanderbeck Inner circle Seattle, WA 4697 Posts
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On the other palm, there are possibilities to be explored by doing a regular card trick, only to have a Tarot card face appear unexpectedly.
Professor Philemon Vanderbeck
That Creepy Magician "I use my sixth sense to create the illusion of possessing the other five." |
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weepinwil Inner circle USA 3828 Posts
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On Oct 23, 2019, Necromancer wrote: Agreed!
"Til Death us do part!" - Weepin Willie
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts
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Loosely related - I've never understood the urge to have everything weathered and aged in bizarre.... bizarre can be modern and new and fresh too... in fact, that is a breath of fresh air in many respects... I remember the great tom lauten talk about ageing items - he said remember they were once brand new, and then got mistreated/used up...so the ageing needs to be natural and logical to the premise and story...where were they kept etc...
nothing worse than seeing a quick photoshop filter and the aged marks in the same spot on all the cards! I've recently made my own major arcana in bridge sized, one-way backed, marseilles, and I've rejigged the text a little too...designed the backs myself as well as the frames on the faces to keep things looking good proportionally...
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18038 Posts
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I just throw them in a rented dryer with some dirt and rocks!!!!
  Instant aging .. Well two hours...
THE MAN THE SKEPTICS REFUSE TO TEST FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS.. The Worlds Foremost Authority on Houdini's Life after Death.....
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Philemon Vanderbeck Inner circle Seattle, WA 4697 Posts
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I've been known to bury stuff for 13 successive nights in a haunted cemetery.
Professor Philemon Vanderbeck
That Creepy Magician "I use my sixth sense to create the illusion of possessing the other five." |
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts
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On Nov 8, 2019, Philemon Vanderbeck wrote: Secrets you mean? 
I've asked to be banned
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weepinwil Inner circle USA 3828 Posts
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On Nov 8, 2019, IAIN wrote: Secrets? On the embalming table Victoria has no secrets.
"Til Death us do part!" - Weepin Willie
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