Bicycle has produced its standard double face deck for a long time.
They just recently began to print a same-both-sides or mirror face deck for the general population. It was previously done as a special run for Magic Shop San Diego.
I sometimes sell these on Ebay and I like my customers to know what they are getting. I made a list of every card in the standard (mixed ) double face deck and I think it would be useful reference for magicians to have.
Bicycle Double Face Deck List
Standard Double Face Deck
1. Blank - 6 of Hearts
2. Color Joker - 5 of Hearts
3. Ace of Spades - 4 of Hearts
4. 2 of Spades - 3 of Hearts
5. 3 of Spades - 2 of Hearts
6. 4 of Spades - Ace of Hearts
7. 5 of Spades - Black & White Joker
8. 6 of Spades - Blank
9. 7 of Spades - Ace of Clubs
10. 8 of Spades - King of Hearts
11. 9 of Spades - Queen of Hearts
12. 10 of Spades - Jack of Hearts
13. Jack of Spades - 10 of Hearts
14. Queen of Spades - 9 of Hearts
15. King of Spades - 8 of Hearts
16. Ace of Diamonds - 7 of Hearts
17. 2 of Diamonds - 9 of Clubs
18. 3 of Diamonds - 8 of Clubs
19. 4 of Diamonds - 7 of Clubs
20. 5 of Diamonds - 6 of Clubs
21. 6 of Diamonds - 5 of Clubs
22. 7 of Diamonds - 4 of Clubs
23. 8 of Diamonds - 3 of Clubs
24. 9 of Diamonds - 2 of Clubs
25. 10 of Diamonds - 10 of Diamonds
26. Jack of Diamonds - Jack of Diamonds
27. Queen of Diamonds - Queen of Diamonds
28. King of Diamonds - King of Diamonds
29. King of Clubs - King of Clubs
30. Queen of Clubs - Queen of Clubs
31. Jack of Clubs - Jack of Clubs
32. 10 of Clubs - 10 of Clubs
33. 9 of Clubs - 2 of Diamonds
34. 8 of Clubs - 3 of Diamonds
35. 8 of Clubs - 4 of Diamonds
36. 6 of Clubs - 5 of Diamonds
37. 5 of Clubs - 6 of Diamonds
38. 4 of Clubs - 7 of Diamonds
39. 3 of Clubs - 8 of Diamonds
40. 2 of Clubs - 9 of Diamonds
41. Ace of Clubs - 7 of Spades
42. King of Hearts - 8 of Spades
43. Queen of Hearts - 9 of Spades
44. Jack of Hearts - 10 of Spades
45. 10 of Hearts - Jack of Spades
46. 9 of Hearts - Queen of Spades
47. 8 of Hearts - King of Spades
48. 7 of Hearts - Ace of Diamonds
49. 6 of Hearts - Blank
50. 5 of Hearts - Color Joker
51. 4 of Hearts - Ace of Spades
52. 3 of Hearts - 2 of Spades
53. 2 of Hearts - 3 of Spades
54. Ace of Hearts - 4 of Spades
55. Black & White Joker - 5 of Spades
56. Blank - 5 of Spades
General Summary of the Bicycle Regular Double-Face Deck - 56-cards total
Both the “A” side and the "B" side have the same 4 category groups:
1. All 52 standard cards – A through K of each suit
2. 1-Color Joker
3. 1-Black & White Joker
4. 2-Blank Faces
For this "mixed" deck variety, usually the one side of the card is different than the other except for the cards below.
10 through King of Clubs – Same face on both sides
10 through King of Diamonds – Same face on both sides
I have this list as a Word document with a red letter font for the red cards. I will email it to you if you would like it. Send me a message and an email to request it.
John
Bicycle Double Face Deck Card List
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Re: Bicycle Double Face Deck Card List
Many years ago, I wrote out the contents of the Piatnik and Fournier special decks of gaffs.
If anybody would find that useful, I could post them here. Though since the Piatniks are bridge size and the Fourniers are (I believe) no longer made, they may be of no interest.
If anybody would find that useful, I could post them here. Though since the Piatniks are bridge size and the Fourniers are (I believe) no longer made, they may be of no interest.
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Re: Bicycle Double Face Deck Card List
I wonder what thought went into the production of the standard Bicycle double face deck.
Aside from the 8 sbs cards, the remaining 48 cards consist of 24 duplicates of each other (8♣/4♦ & 4♦/8♣ etc.)
This is good if you are putting together sets for Wild Card. You only need two decks.
On the other hand, if you like to use face cards in your MacDonalds Aces routine, you're out of luck. Because of all the sbs face cards, you will be a card short, and will need to have one custom made.
Aside from the 8 sbs cards, the remaining 48 cards consist of 24 duplicates of each other (8♣/4♦ & 4♦/8♣ etc.)
This is good if you are putting together sets for Wild Card. You only need two decks.
On the other hand, if you like to use face cards in your MacDonalds Aces routine, you're out of luck. Because of all the sbs face cards, you will be a card short, and will need to have one custom made.
Re: Bicycle Double Face Deck Card List
I had heard someone previously mention that looking at an uncut Bicycle deck would provide the information on why the double-face decks come out as they do.
I finally had the oomph to get one of my uncut decks and look. It does provide the reason why the pairings are what they are.
A standard deck is laid out in 8-columns x 7-rows. After printing on side, it seems that the uncut sheet is flipped over bottom-to-top. This explains most of the pairings and certainly explains the middle row having all matching faces. The only change made compared to a normal printing was using blank faces for the ad cards and switching the position of one ad card and one joker in the layout.
I finally had the oomph to get one of my uncut decks and look. It does provide the reason why the pairings are what they are.
A standard deck is laid out in 8-columns x 7-rows. After printing on side, it seems that the uncut sheet is flipped over bottom-to-top. This explains most of the pairings and certainly explains the middle row having all matching faces. The only change made compared to a normal printing was using blank faces for the ad cards and switching the position of one ad card and one joker in the layout.