Bicycle Limited Edition #2

[Lyle Borders]

Overall - 8/10
Stock - 5/10
Finish - 5/10 (Air Cushion)
Durability - 5/10
Design - 9/10
Magic - 5/10
XCM - 9/10



I LOVE this deck. I happened to stumble upon it at Walmart the other day. I grabbed 4 decks of the nearly 30 there. A few minutes later, when I returned for more, they were all gone. I am personally a little tired of "innovation" with card design when all people do is make red, black, and white decks. This deep Navy is a VERY refreshing design. I love the spread wings. The design on this deck instantly drove it home to near the top of my all time favorite deck list.

That having been said, let us observe more closely. This is a standard Bicycle stock with a standard Bicycle finish. There is no magic in these cards aside from the design. The borderless back can cause issues if you aren't clever enough to avoid those situations. It is still a cheap ($2.95) deck that has a perfectly standard Bicycle face (except new jokers, as shown.) This lends to ease of use in magic. For XCM, the very different front and back lend to beautiful visuals. The design simple rocks in the XCM world. Fans aren't amazing looking, but neither are Bike fans normally.

All in all, I love it. It won't dethrone S&M in my arsenal, (The only thing it has on S&M is the cool color) but it is up there on my short list of decks to carry every day.

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[Brandon Pomeroy]

WOOOOO HOOOOOO These are finally out. Been wanting the whole set since the first. I'm likin' the wings on that back thar. And the Joker's eyebrow. That is one high eyebrow.

Serious face time: Anyone know when these were supposed to be released? I definitely want some asap (Although I'm not gonna pay 23 USD for them.

[Jacob Hatfield]

Wow. I will have to go to Wally World everyday now and try pick some up.

I was all excited about the releases of these "Limited Editions" but I can get them just about anywhere...so I don't feel to special when I find them. Especially number 1. They were literally everywhere.

These look really nice. I have a feeling RED will be next in the line. Makes sense.

-Jacob

[The_Outlaw]

I picked up 3 decks at Wal-Mart and I am digging them.
I like the back designs very much.
The cards themselves feel a bit thinner than the OG Bikes though.

[Liderc]

i love the colour, i'm not a fan of no borders on cards. but the back design is very nice. they feel good. like bikes do

[Brandon Pomeroy]

Bringin' this thread back! About a week ago, I found some of these at Target, so I think they are out. If you want them, grab 'em now. I got two, one to use, one to frame (Just like number 1, gonna get the whole set). They don't have borders, so aren't very useful in magic, but look great in spreads and fans, as well as spins. Good aesthetic design!

[Liderc]

i want to know what the third ones will look lke

[Sam Hindrichs]

my guess is they will be a red version of these same playing cards

[Liderc]

i've never fancied of red cards

[JosiahGately]

I bought a couple at walmart. The problem that I had with the deck that I opened was that it had pretty bad downward bow, you could even call it a crimp. However, the design looks great.

[cardchangerghost]

I am not a fan of boarder less card but these are quite good have and have a nice feel to them.