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This blog is running behind schedule due to the other things I have planned during Summer. Like AX out in LA this Thursday through Sunday. I won’t be here of course.

edit: went and punched in more into Ranking Archives

Name: Golden Nugget ‘Tax Stamp’
Date: 6.30.2009

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Welcome back to Ebay. Please enjoy your stay. 20-40$ price range.
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Uh. Probably harder to come by than the more recent Golden Nugget decks ( the good ones ) without tax stamps. According to
http://unitedcardists.net/uc/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=256
The D on this deck’s Ace of Spades means the deck was created in 1962.…? Neat.

Life/Finish: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○
No idea what finish it is. But how does the stock add up? I’ll say its thinner than a bicycle card. But strong as ever. Quite notably ‘crisp’. Would be nice to get a new sealed deck that didn’t have a slight bend to it.

Golden Nugget : Faces look like Bicycle Faces

Faro: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○
Surprisingly average. Faro quality is around the cheap bicycle deck range.

Back Design: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○

Yayy its another white bordered casino back with the casino logo and stuff. Bright colors. This one is red and yellow. Kinda like McDonalds. Haha. I still like it. Its ‘vintage’.__.

Golden Nugget : What Ace of Spades should be more like.

Anaconda Dribble: ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
The stock is too light to make this any good.
What. What are you using Golden Nuggets for cardistry and XCM for. Shame on you. A deck better suited for card magic. Obviously. (also seen in Aaron Fisher’s The Paper Engine : P)

Comments

-Took me awhile to actually get one of these off of eBay for a not ridiculous price of 20$. And then it showed up in my mailbox while I was in San Francisco. So then it stayed there eating heat for a few days. WTH. So now I’ve had to let it temperature regulate for a few days before deciding to do a post on it. Ramble ramble ramble . Its been … uhh.. neat using this deck for card magic practice. Thin cards. Nothing made today quite matches this deck. But again, wouldn’t be something I’d use (get to use) everyday. Not at the moment. Good for collecting purposes. Probably not a deck for everyone.

–Kudos ♪♫

woot. back alive from San Francisco. lets get back to work.

Name: Wynn Casino (Icon Standard)
Date: 6.29.2009

Front : Casino Quality Club Special “Bee” Playing Cards

Right : The U.S. Playing Card Co. Cincinnati, Ohio 45212 Made in U.S.A.

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Do you know where to look? So when these were introduced, prices were a little…on the high side. Yea. Well now, you should land these around 3$ a deck. Cheaper if you buy in bulk. I won’t say where though,,,since I still need to buy some more.

Wynn : Back of Security makes for a blank set up.

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Hm. Retired Casino Stock. White Bordered Bee. Somewhat in demand. Stock up. But its still available at the moment. Quite available.

Wynn : Compare the Jokers. Wynn on left.

Life/Finish: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○

Okay lets see here…It says Bee’s Diamond Back Club Special. With Cambric Finish. But why are Wynns special. Because because…it’s a solid paint back design. Single color casino logo. But. I would have to say/agree that this is not the same as all other Bees. Its got a more…slick/waxy/crisp feel to it rather than typical say…stocky. Nonetheless it is durable. But the finish is still odd. No super perfect fans new from box. Also, it eats sweat and clumps quickly too. But this makes spreads a little better. See pictures below for an idea.

Wynn : Decks above on spread. Top: New, Bottom: Old

Wynn : Old deck on face spread.= More Control

Faro: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Hit or miss. The one deck I opened today faros well….faceup. Back up. Not so much. Difficult. More difficult than those black 808 bikes I had. Ew.

Back Design: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○
Awesome. Solid. Cinnamon/crimson red. Like the casino red. Not bright red. Well. Only because I care about the reds only. Blue/violet..whatever…heh.

Wynn : Join the white border bee family.

Tamariz Perpendicular Control: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Diagonal card insertion: Good. Check.
Culling portion of the move. Not so good. Moves additional cards in the spread due to the finish. Scary. Not entirely avoidable. Darn.

Comments

Wynn : Added to my "buy this summer" list.

-So. Wynn casino. I was holding off on posting on these for awhile. Until I got some jumbo indexes. Because I hear they’re different. As for brown wynns. I sold most of mine off on eBay. They’re okay. Probably get into those tomorrow. Wynn. It’s Bee stock. Good old bee. I’m heavily leaning towards using Bee decks for whatever magic I may or may not be doing in the upcoming year(school year). Maybe I should focus on academics. Haha. Shrugs. Good deck. Be aware that shelf life is considerably shorter if you’re focusing on cleanliness. Though its more durable than say a bicycle deck, bicycle is much more expendable. Wynn seems to be the type of card you’d use for say,,,a more reserved setting perhaps. Or for XCM and cardistry and that stuff. Yea can’t forget about that. The clumping factor of these cards will boost that quite well. I’d go for DnD’s vertigo hackysack with these. Fun . Stuff .

–Kudos ♪♫

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