Sorry, but what is the meaning of the bleed?
When a deck has a design feature that's printed past the card's edge, that's called bleed printing. The most common example of this would be the Bee Diamond Back. Any deck that's printed in a color other than white all the way to the card's edge utilized bleed printing when it was made. The cards get cut in the design/color, rather than around it as with a standard white-bordered deck.
Bleed printing has some drawbacks and some benefits. Gamblers/dealers can disguise certain card sleights better with a patterned to-the-bleed deck, which is a reason why many casinos using Bee cards either make a custom back with a border or get the Stingers design. But if a card has bleed print on one side and not the other, as with the Artifice v1 decks, turning over a card and sliding it in the middle of the deck doesn't "hide" or "bury" the card - it stands out like a sore thumb along the deck's edge. Worse is when the faces are printed into the bleed for certain cards but not for others - like this deck does for the aces and court cards. There's an excellent chance that the bleed printing could be spotted, allowing you to see where all those high-value cards are, which in turn lets you know when someone receives one in a deal.
I don't hate a bleed-print deck, as long as it's consistent, but I much prefer a white-bordered deck. An inconsistent deck like this, beautiful though many may consider it, is impractical for even casual play. Would you play poker, blackjack or even hearts with someone holding a deck that lets everyone see where all the high-value cards are?
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