 Hey everybody, welcome back to MagicRothodoxy. My name is David and this is a deck review. Hey, today we're going to look at the American flag playing cards from Bicycle, United States playing card company. You know Bicycle is an iconic American brand that proudly is made in the USA for over 130 years and the Bicycle American flag playing cards celebrate our American heritage and our history. These are hand illustrated cards and they feature images of the stars and stripes in very unique pips and face cards and include references to the brand's historical card back and tuck design. This Bicycle American flag deck celebrates one of America's cherished symbols, old glory, and becomes a whole new way to show your patriotism. These cards have been hand illustrated by the United States playing card company designer Pete Thomas whose passion for the history and tradition of illustration is exemplified in this unique deck which features references to historical card backs and tucks. The front of the tuck case just says Bicycle across the top and made in the USA since 1885. Of course, there's a giant exploded American flag there and it does say American flag playing cards underneath that. One side says air cushion finish made in the USA as does the other and the bottom has some ad copy even says designed by Pete Thomas at the bottom which is awesome. The back design of course is the back design of the cards. The top of the tucks has poker sized American flag face and that is pretty much it for the tuck case. Let's take a look at these cards. These cards come printed from the United States playing card company made in the USA. They have a modern cut and air cushion embossed and if you'd like to learn more about stock cut or finish you can click the link below in the description. Now a lot of people always ask me how these cards feel, how they handle, hey they feel and handle great. Best thing I can do though is put them in a caliper and measure them for you so that you can compare them against other decks that you've maybe previously held or owned in the past. 10 of these in the caliper come to 2.85. 2.85 is about the same as the black roses the magic con 2012 deck. The back design of the cards is a bunch of red white and blue banner symbols iconography etc. You got the American flag on the top and bottom. You have the shield there in the center and then all around the outside kind of making its own banner is a bunch of just red white and blue banners right. Yeah and they're all waving. You got stars and stripes pretty much everywhere. You even have a symbol of the eagle there in the middle as well. The other cool thing about the back design is it has an aged parchment look and the thing about the aged parchment look is that they didn't make the pattern the same on the top and bottom so what you end up with is a one-way back design. With this deck you're going to get two ad cards. One is an advertisement for a bicycle and the other one tells you a little bit about the deck. Also with this deck you're going to get two original jokers. It is the eagle shield emblem. It says joker at the top and I like this. Normally you get the traditional bicycle jokers you know with the king riding the bicycle but they put the time in to give you some original jokers and I would encourage bicycle to do this in the future. You also get an original ace of spades which is awesome too. It says bicycle across the top. There's the image of the American flag. It says the American flag below it and it says the United States playing card company made in the USA since 1885. As I mentioned earlier the pips in this deck are all stylized in that they are the vintage looking ones that they've released before and they also have stars embedded into each of the centers. Your court cards have all been redone as well. They've all been re-hand illustrated which is awesome. They kind of keep to the traditional look but they have kind of like a cartoony Americana overlay. They're all done in the red white and blue colors that you would expect. A little bit of gold in there too and then of course you have the stars and stripes kind of adds to the theme of this entire deck and I think it makes it super super fun. All right so that's my review of the American flag cards. Like I said unique court cards and pips. Air cushion finish printed on premium bicycle stock. One way back design awesome deck. If you see this when you're out and about I would highly encourage you to pick it up. As always recommend that you like this video just so other people can find it faster. We also recommend that you subscribe to this channel just so that you can stay up to date on the latest in cards and magic. If you want to follow me on social media you can. 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