Unlike any other deck on earth, STRATOSPHERE - METEORITE EDITION showcases the future of playing card technology. Like a meteor entering earth's atmosphere, this deck features an all new holographic full foil that reflects and shimmers from any angle. We hope you were able to pick one up when they landed, so you can discover the cosmic sparkle with your own eyes. By purchasing this deck you are helping support future development in high-end playing card technology. We thank each and every one of you for your contributions follow us for more upcoming releases and playing card innovation! Technical details: Designed to resemble the iron Muonionalusta meteorite, which is known for its striking Widmannstätten (crystalline) pattern. We use an ultra-thin mylar, or full foil, laminated on both sides. The card backs are a new holographic full foil pattern, and the faces are standard silver. Like Pokemon cards, both feature overprinting at different opacities to block out the shiny effects of the full foil. The only difference between these and trading cards is our decks spring, fan, and handle like a normal deck of playing cards! A designers dream, and totally out of this world technology for future playing card decks. The cards feel soft and supple, and aren't thick or heavy. They are nearly identical in thickness to our Classic Finish card stock. The ink opacities and colors chosen for this deck don't adversely affect handling like the black inks on the Ultra-Black deck, so they will fan perfectly out of the box. The colored inks are printed on the full foil with a 2-ton sheet-fed offset UV printing press, and cured with UV light, not an infrared heat tunnel. This yields a different feel to to the cards than our standard Classic Finish. The card faces have no expense spared, with silver full foil, each space man / astronaut / cosmonaut features shiny elements in their suits. By purchasing this deck you are helping support future development in playing card technology. We thank each and every one of you for your contributions and hope you follow us for more upcoming releases! Other features: Interior holographic full-foil Limited to 800 decks Price starts at $14.20 and will increase as quantity decreases. A Stardust / silver flake edition of our solid carbon fiber card clip is also available, in limited quantity of 20 units.

The exclusive artworks of this deck of playing cards pay tribute to the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. One of the “Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature” and a household name in China until today, the story is set in the turbulent years from 169 to 280 AD, during which the country split into three power blocs: the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu (the Three Kingdoms period, 220~280 AD). The novel not only depicts the incessant battling of the three states over dominance but also romanticizes the personal lives of historical figures, introducing close to a thousand heroic characters, 13 of which are featured in this deck. Historical as well as mythical, the legendary Romance has inspired countless artistic renditions including the one we now present.

For the first time ever Bicycle is printing with a new technology – Cold Foil! This historic deck design has been re-imagined with this new technology to be featured with Cool blues and greens with fantastic gold highlights. You will be dazzled by the gorgeous details in the fabulous new deck! The back as well as faces feature gleaming foil accents including colorful foil court cards and gorgeous gold pips.