Legends Deck, coming Jan 2013 from David Blaine and Bill Kalush

[hecrob]

After a week of using the deck i can finally give some opinions about it.

The deck is diffeferent, it feels like a cross between normal uspcc cards and cheap plastic poker cards, NOW THIS IS NOT A BAD THING.
Its a different feel, one that takes some time to get used to.
The cards are really thin and crisp, also they have some great stiffness that lets you abuse them,without them dying on you (normal cards would bend and stay " damaged " if abused a lot )
This cards make me think that were made to last a lot.
I really like the feeling that they have, they dont absorb a lot of hand sweat and they can definetely keep up with your typical custom deck.

Im glad i ordered 3 bricks of them becaue i think they will really last a lot, also al the extra features of the deck makes it and amazing impromtu deck.

Its a great deck in my book.

[John Spade]

Oh wow can't wait.

[therealmackay]

After having a play with this deck, i really cant fault it! I managed to snag a set of the three colours and went for a few extra decks of green to play around with.

The deck's design is as you can all see, fantastic and they handle superbly, even after handling for hours. They are certainly durable and i expect them to last a lot longer!

I love the decks green colour although the inks arent metallic.

If you havent picked up a set, do so, they are a joy to work with.

[Don Boyer]

does anybody have there order for Coterie for the legends deck i still don't get mine ?

Sent by mail from Hong Kong, they tend to take a bit longer to show up - maybe two weeks after shipment.

[Magic_Orthodoxy]

mine's coming from Deleware, should be here Wed

[The Quadfather]

Still available at JPs too

http://jpplayingcards.co.uk/legends-playing-cards-1?filter_name=Legends

[ruicorreia]

A week after receiving my decks, and after breaking them in, this deck shows so many improvements in handling matters: the cards spread better, the fans are more natural and simple and it is possible now to faroe shuffle them.
And like it was appointed by Hecrob earlier, the stiffness of the cards allows to assume that this deck can last for a long time.
On top of that, the marking system is simple, effective and almost invisible.

I maybe wrong, of course, but I think that this deck may well be the best and cheapest deck available on the market right now.

[Magic_Orthodoxy]

So I don't see in this thread that we have solved all of the puzzles

http://lawrencesullivan.com/l1/

One way to amaze is found on the tip of a wing
Riffle to stoke the flames of fire
In the heart of a blind man, the eight is king
Dragons reveal smoke and rubies
Pearl is to dragon as Koi is to waterfall
Hearts are found split in the embers
What language do computers understand?
An Lámh Fhoisteanach Abú

[Michael]

So I don't see in this thread that we have solved all of the puzzles

http://lawrencesullivan.com/l1/

One way to amaze is found on the tip of a wing
Riffle to stoke the flames of fire
In the heart of a blind man, the eight is king
Dragons reveal smoke and rubies
Pearl is to dragon as Koi is to waterfall
Hearts are found split in the embers
What language do computers understand?
An Lámh Fhoisteanach Abú

It was mentioned a few times earlier in this thread. The link was actually posted once as well. I still don't know what a good quarter of those clues mean though.

[S.C.]

So I don't see in this thread that we have solved all of the puzzles

http://lawrencesullivan.com/l1/

One way to amaze is found on the tip of a wing
Riffle to stoke the flames of fire
In the heart of a blind man, the eight is king
Dragons reveal smoke and rubies
Pearl is to dragon as Koi is to waterfall
Hearts are found split in the embers
What language do computers understand?
An Lámh Fhoisteanach Abú

It was mentioned a few times earlier in this thread. The link was actually posted once as well. I still don't know what a good quarter of those clues mean though.

Heres what i understand so far:

One way to amaze is found on the tip of a wing (refers to the one way back discussed eariler in this thread)
Riffle to stoke the flames of fire (refers to the marking system on the backs also discussed eariler)
In the heart of a blind man, the eight is king (refers to the embossed 8D reveal on the back of the tuck box)
Dragons reveal smoke and rubies (referes to the smoke in the joker that says ruby)
Pearl is to dragon as Koi is to waterfall (not sure yet)
Hearts are found split in the embers (not sure yet)
What language do computers understand? (refers to the binary code used to read the marking system. Thanks Don for that by the way! )
An Lámh Fhoisteanach Abú (is and irish motto meaning "The steady hand to victory" not sure what it means otherwise)

Hope that helps some.

*note: please correct me if im on wrong on any of these.

[Michael]

Heres what i understand so far:

One way to amaze is found on the tip of a wing (refers to the one way back discussed eariler in this thread)
Riffle to stoke the flames of fire (refers to the marking system on the backs also discussed eariler)
In the heart of a blind man, the eight is king (refers to the embossed 8D reveal on the back of the tuck box)
Dragons reveal smoke and rubies (referes to the smoke in the joker that says ruby)
Pearl is to dragon as Koi is to waterfall (not sure yet)
Hearts are found split in the embers (not sure yet)
What language do computers understand? (refers to the binary code used to read the marking system. Thanks Don for that by the way! )
An Lámh Fhoisteanach Abú (is and irish motto meaning "The steady hand to victory" not sure what it means otherwise)

Hope that helps some.

*note: please correct me if im on wrong on any of these.

Yeah those are the ones I got too and understood. Conveniently, the ones you or we're the same that I understood. I think you got them spot on.

[Magic_Orthodoxy]

now I have to learn binary? Ugh, I cant even read the Daniel Madison cards!

[S.C.]

now I have to learn binary? Ugh, I cant even read the Daniel Madison cards!

  It's actually not as hard as it seems. check out earlier in the thread from Don he spells it out quite nicely.

[agera94]

I'm honestly really enjoying this deck. Its handling improves as you keep breaking it in, and the cards are so durable. To me, it's probably the closest feeling thing to a Jerry's Nugget deck. I switched back and forth between the two and the legends deck feels pretty close to it; the finish, the stock, the amazing thinness of the deck, it's really great and I'm glad I bought them  Definitely a deck that I will use for a while.

[Curt]

I'm honestly really enjoying this deck. Its handling improves as you keep breaking it in, and the cards are so durable. To me, it's probably the closest feeling thing to a Jerry's Nugget deck. I switched back and forth between the two and the legends deck feels pretty close to it; the finish, the stock, the amazing thinness of the deck, it's really great and I'm glad I bought them  Definitely a deck that I will use for a while.

Though I have never used a Jerry's Nugget deck, I will definitely agree with you on how durable the deck feels. After playing around with it for a fair bit and doing tons of faro's I am very impressed with how resilient the edges are to splitting or tearing. On a lot of USPCC decks I have found that if I screw up the faro a little bit that it get damage the top edge of the cards....haven't seen this happen yet on the Legends.

[Nurul]

Hearts are found split in the embers (not sure yet)

Hearts: top and bottom flames have thin baselines.

I think these two are connected maybe. Embers r coal from a dying fire, so I assume the base of th top and bottom flame represents th coal from th flames and as they r on either side, they're split. That's my take on it anyway

[Nurul]

I'm honestly really enjoying this deck. Its handling improves as you keep breaking it in, and the cards are so durable. To me, it's probably the closest feeling thing to a Jerry's Nugget deck. I switched back and forth between the two and the legends deck feels pretty close to it; the finish, the stock, the amazing thinness of the deck, it's really great and I'm glad I bought them  Definitely a deck that I will use for a while.

Though I have never used a Jerry's Nugget deck, I will definitely agree with you on how durable the deck feels. After playing around with it for a fair bit and doing tons of faro's I am very impressed with how resilient the edges are to splitting or tearing. On a lot of USPCC decks I have found that if I screw up the faro a little bit that it get damage the top edge of the cards....haven't seen this happen yet on the Legends.

A couple of my cards have been damaged in th corner duno f u can make it out, but it looks like it's about to split

[Pacis]

How did that happened? Faroing?

[Michael]

Wow you just be rough with your cards! Cause although my playing with of these cards has toned down compared to when they first arrived at my doorstep, they're still in basically the same condition (other than the stock and edges getting broken in a little). Remember, I played with these for hours on end and I did everything! I faroed them quite a lot though just cause the faroing ability sucked before I broke them in.

[Nurul]

How did that happened? Faroing?

Yup, from faro shuffles mainly

[Nurul]

Wow you just be rough with your cards! Cause although my playing with of these cards has toned down compared to when they first arrived at my doorstep, they're still in basically the same condition (other than the stock and edges getting broken in a little). Remember, I played with these for hours on end and I did everything! I faroed them quite a lot though just cause the faroing ability sucked before I broke them in.

Nope, not rough with my cards at all .. It's not happened to my other decks, keep in mind it's only them 2 cards which got a little damaged, th rest r fine. Don't get me wrong, I love this deck and th quality on th cards r amazing, I just got a little unlucky I suppose

[Michael]

Ah yes I know what you mean then. It's like those unfortunate times you screw up a faro and end up ripping the cards that's the reason I've become more careful when I faro nowadays.

[Nurul]

Yeah kinda like that, duno f doin a faro straight out th box was a wrong move or not, maybe that's why though.

[Don Boyer]

Hearts are found split in the embers (not sure yet)

Hearts: top and bottom flames have thin baselines.

I think these two are connected maybe. Embers r coal from a dying fire, so I assume the base of th top and bottom flame represents th coal from th flames and as they r on either side, they're split. That's my take on it anyway

I do believe you're correct!  It makes perfect sense.

BTW: quit double-posting!  Edit your previous post instead of posting twice in a row, moments apart.

As far as your cards being damaged - this deck does require breaking in, and it looks like you didn't take the time to break them in at first and were doing the faro shuffles a little on the rough side.  I've found that they faro best face-down, bottom to top, like a traditionally-cut deck.  If you tried to faro these the same way as most new decks, you'd actually be faroing "against the grain" - just like trying to faro a new deck in the same manner I just described would potentially ruin the edges and/or corners.  You could try contacting the place you bought them from if you feel they were simply defective, but I couldn't guarantee you as to whether they'd replace them or not - depends on their policies.

[Michael]

Yes I've found faroing mine bottom up works wonderfully and I almost always get a 26:26 faro doing it this way!