Ellusionist/Theory11/Other Company Complete Deck History

[Barry Hurton]

So, I realized today that a few decks had snuck past my radar in terms of the big companies - I'm happy if a merz deck flies past, and you expect to not see every kickstarter or independent deck when you are on your own.  But this forum seems pretty tooled up and collabarative, so I wanted to compile a list here, and if I miss anything (which I will) if you write it below, I'll edit this post to include it and then we can strive for a comprehensive list from the main companies (I'll definitely need some help with TBC and D&D). For brevity, I'll only note the substantially different versions of decks (colours, impacts, etc) and let's ignore gaff decks for the time being.

* Denotes gaff/trick decks

Ellusionist
Black Ghost
Black Ghost V2
Ghost
Black Tiger White Pips
Black Tiger Red Pips
Sultan Treasury
Sultan Republic
Republic 2
Red, Blue, Purple, White LTD
Black, White, Gold, Red Arcane,
Red, Blue V1 Artifice
Blue, Green, Tundra, Purple NOT V1 Artifice
Black Artifice
Fathom
Ignite
Executive
Tally Ho Vipers Circle and Fan
Shadow, Red, Blue Masters
Red and Blue Vintage 1800 Series (V1 and V2 - different box designs).
Infinity
Brown, Red, Blue, Black Rounders
Green, Scarlet Dealers
Pressers
*Red, Blue Bicycle Gaff
*Arcane Gaff
*UltraGaff
*The Gaff System

Theory11
Guardians V1 V2 V3
White, Black Centurions
Blue,Red,Black (Jaqk)
Bee, Tally Ho, Bicycle Blue and Red Titanium - V1 and V2
White, Silver, Navy, Red, Gold Monarch
Love Me
Wildlife
White Black Artisans
Bicycle Heritage : LOTUS BACK (Blue)
Bicycle Heritage : NAUTIC BACK (Green)
Bicycle Heritage : ACORN BACK (Brown)
Bicycle Heritage : AUTOMOBILE No.2 BACK (Red)
Silver, Bronze (Bronze in V1 V2) Steampunk
Sentinels
Sentinels- reprint on new stock
Charity Water
Deck One V1 V2
Propaganda
Players
Rebels
Rarebit
Medallion
Archangels
Robocycle (Designed for USPCC)
Red, Black Stingers
Brown Wynn (Sold, not produced)

BigBlindMedia
White, Gold Karnival
Karnival Midnight  (V1, Foil)
Red and Green Karnival Assasings  (Red came in V1, Foil)
Blue and Purple Karnival Renegades
Karnival Rujian
Karnival Hornets
Karnival Death Heads Carnage
Karnival Death Heads
Karnival Dose
Dose Redux
Delirium
Discoverie Deck
Elite
Z-Ray
Earthstone9
Inferno
Karnival Dead Eyes (V1, Foil)

D&D
Smoke V1
Mirrors V1
Smoke V2 : Special Edition
Mirrors V2 : Special Edition
Smoke V3 : Luxury Edition
Mirrors V3 : Luxury Edition
Smoke&Mirrors V4 1st Edition
Smoke&Mirrors V4 2nd Edition
Smoke&Mirrors V5
Smoke&Mirrors V6
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Smoke
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Mirror
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Eco
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Denim
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Rouge
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Carbon
Magic con 2011
Magic con 2012
If An Octopus Could Palm
Bee Erdnasm
Fantastique
Vintage Plaid - Arizona Red
Vintage Plaid - California Blue
Fulton's Clip joint
Fulton's Chinatown deck
Fulton's Chinatown deck : Game of Death
Ace Fulton's Casino Sunset Orange
Ace Fulton's Casino Tabacco Brown
Ace Fulton's Casino Red Hot
Ace Fulton's Casino Dodger Blue
Ace Fulton's Casino Midnight Fuel
Fulton October
Bicycle New Fan Back Vintage Red V1 V2
Bicycle New Fan Back Navy Blue V1 V2
Steamboat 999 Red
Steamboat 999 Blue
Ultimate deck
Bruce Lee

The BC & HOPC
NOC deck 1st ed. - Red
NOC deck 1st ed. - Blue
NOC deck 1st ed. - Green
NOC deck 1st ed. - Yellow
NOC deck 1st ed. - Purple
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Red
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Blue
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Green
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Yellow
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Purple
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Orange
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Light Blue
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Black
Machanic deck
Verve (Red)
Verve (Blue)
Verve (Yellow)
London - Gold
London - Silver
London- Bronze
Ornate - Scarlet
Ornate - Sapphire
Ornate - Emerald
Ornate - Amethyst
Curator
The Crown deck
Red crown
Green Crown
Black Crown
The Crown deck v2
Red Crown v2
Green Crown v2
Black Crown
Gold Crown
Luxury Crown Blue
Luxury Crown Red
Luxury Crown White
Vaudeville
Altruism : Order of the Owl
White Altruism Snow Owls
Nautical White
Nautical Red
Nautical Blue

David Blaine
Red, Blue Black -Tally Ho Split Spades
Black, Inverted Black - Bee Split Spades
Red, Blue, Black (and Blue in a Sepia Tuck) - Split Spades Lions
^*Red, Blue, Black (Trick decks, Svengali, Stripper, Marked respectively) - Bicycle Split Spades
Blue, Red, White Lions Series A
Rainbow and UV White Lions
Blue UV lions
Purple (red/blue mid print ink switch) White Lions
Blue, Red, Black- White Lionds Series B
*Stealth - White Lions
^4 prototypes of the trick decks - Red box Svengali, White/Red Box Svengali, Black box marked, Blue box stripper. These were not for sale.
+If you bought the Variety Box, you got two prototypes of the Trick decks (Blue and Black), a
^DB's only bicycle brand decks to date.

Devo
Blades Silver edition
Blades White edition
Blades Midnight edition
Blades Blood edition
Blades Blood Metal edition
Blades Midnight Edition Blood Spear
Dominion deck
April fool deck
Magician Must Die #1
Magician Must Die Comic Edition
Magician Must Die #2
Magician Must Die #3
Exquisite

Magic Makers
TO BE ADDED

CARC
TO BE ADDED

Thanks to Phantom1412, Don Boyer and CBJ.
Let's have some more!

[MagikFingerz]

There's black Masters? Not that I'd really care, but 

EDIT: Nevermind, realized it was Shadow Masters. Derp.

[phantom1412]

This should be correct list for E/T11/D&D/the BC

Ellusionist
Black Ghost 1st Edition
Black Ghost 2nd Edition
White Ghost v1
White Ghost v2
Ghost Gaff
Black Tiger White pips
Black Tiger Red pips
Black Tiger Gaff
Gold Arcane
Red Arcane
Black Arcane
White Arcane
Black Arcane Gaff
White Arcane Gaff
Red Artifice
Artifice
Artifice v2
Emerald Artifice
Purple Artifice
Artifice Black Club - Apex edition
Artifice Tundra
LTD - Red
LTD - Blue
LTD - White
LTD - Purple
Infinity
Red 1800 Vintage
Blue 1800 Vintage
Tally ho viper fan back
Tally ho viper circle back
Shadow Master
Red Master
Blue Master
Red Gaff
Blue Gaff
Ultragaff
Sultan Republic
Sultan Treasury
Republic #2
Fathom
Ignite
Executive
Madison Rounders Black
Madison Rounders Scarlet
Madison Rounders Blue
Madison Rounders Brown
Madison Dealers Green
Madison Dealers Scarlet
Presser

Theory11
White Centurions
Centurions
Propaganda
Sentinels
Sentinels- reprint on new stock
Deck One v1
Deck One v2
Guardian v1
Guardian v2
JAQK cellars
JAQK cellars - Red
JAQK cellars - Black
Black Stingers
Red Stingers
Aristocrat Red
Aristocrat Blue
Bicycle Titanium Red v1
Bicycle Titanium Blue v1
Bicycle Titanium Red v2
Bicycle Titanium Blue v2
Bee Titanium Red
Bee Titanium Blue
Tally ho Titanuim Red
Tally ho Titanium Blue
NYSM signed Monarch
Gold Monarch
Monarch
White Monarch
Silver Monarch
Red Monarch
Steampunk
Charity : Water
Bicycle Heritage : LOTUS BACK (Blue)
Bicycle Heritage : NAUTIC BACK (Green)
Bicycle Heritage : ACORN BACK (Brown)
Bicycle Heritage : AUTOMOBILE No.2 BACK (Red)
Rebels
Medison Players
Black Artisans
White Artisans
Animal Kingdom
Love Me
Rarebit
Medallion

D&D
Smoke V1
Mirrors V1
Smoke V2 : Special Edition
Mirrors V2 : Special Edition
Smoke V3 : Luxury Edition
Mirrors V3 : Luxury Edition
Smoke&Mirrors V4 1st Edition
Smoke&Mirrors V4 2nd Edition
Smoke&Mirrors V5
Smoke&Mirrors V6
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Smoke
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Mirror
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Eco
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Denim
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Rouge
Smoke&Mirrors V7 - Carbon
Magic con 2011
Magic con 2012
If An Octopus Could Palm
Bee Erdnasm
Fantastique
Vintage Plaid - Arizona Red
Vintage Plaid - California Blue
Fulton's Clip joint
Fulton's Chinatown deck
Fulton's Chinatown deck : Game of Death
Ace Fulton's Casino Sunset Orange
Ace Fulton's Casino Tabacco Brown
Ace Fulton's Casino Red Hot
Ace Fulton's Casino Dodger Blue
Ace Fulton's Casino Midnight Fuel
Fulton October
Bicycle New Fan Back Vintage Red
Bicycle New Fan Back Navy Blue
Steamboat 999 Red
Steamboat 999 Blue
Ultimate deck
Bruce Lee

The BC & HOPC
NOC deck 1st ed. - Red
NOC deck 1st ed. - Blue
NOC deck 1st ed. - Green
NOC deck 1st ed. - Yellow
NOC deck 1st ed. - Purple
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Red
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Blue
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Green
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Yellow
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Purple
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Orange
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Light Blue
NOC deck 2nd ed. - Black
Machanic deck
Verve (Red)
Verve (Blue)
Verve (Yellow)
London - Gold
London - Silver
London- Bronze
Ornate - Scarlet
Ornate - Sapphire
Ornate - Emerald
Ornate - Amethyst
Curator
The Crown deck
Red crown
Green Crown
Black Crown
The Crown deck v2
Red Crown v2
Green Crown v2
Black Crown
Gold Crown
Luxury Crown Blue
Luxury Crown Red
Luxury Crown White
Vaudeville
Altruism : Order of the Owl
White Altruism Snow Owls
Nautical White
Nautical Red
Nautical Blue

[Rob Wright]

Do you guys know the dates(years) these were put out?

[Don Boyer]

I spent so much time writing this, I've been beaten to the punch by Lalita!  Drat and double drat! 

There's black Masters? Not that I'd really care, but 

I believe he's referring to the Shadow Masters deck.

Ellusionist:

• You missed the red Dealers, a rare deck release.
• Vintage 1800s come in red and blue.

Theory11:

• The "black" Monarchs are more of a navy blue, and you left out the Gold Monarchs deck, a limited release of 144.
• Bicycle Titanium is presently in its second version - the first had an unembossed tuck box.
• The Heritage series was a USPC release, not a T11 release, much like how they sell Bikes, Bees and Tally Ho as well.
• T11 also made the design for the Bicycle Robocycle decks, blue and brown, and the copper Steampunks.
• DeckOne Industrial Edition is on version two.  It now has a "pre-distressed" box.
• T11 didn't produce Brown Wynns, either.  They were simply purchased from the casino, uncanceled, because they retired the color/pattern.
• Guardians came in three versions.  First has the old T11 logo on the bottom.  Second has the new logo and a matte finish tuck.  Third was a USPC model, designed with French and English labels for direct sale in Canada - it didn't have a double backer, but it did have a card that described how to perform a simple trick.  The third one was made specifically for USPC to sell, in much the same way that the copper Steampunks and Robocycles were, but it was the most faithful to the original design of the lot (Robos were themselves an original design).
• You missed the Archangels - another joint USPC/T11 deck.
• It's worth noting that there are two or more printings of the Black Stingers and the Propaganda decks - the originals were made in Cincinnati, the new prints were done in Erlanger.

Big Blind Media:

• Missing are Karnival Dose, Bicycle Karnival Dose Redux (the originals weren't Bicycle branded), Karnival Inferno, Bicycle Karnival Dead Eyes.
• Of all their decks, these weren't Bicycle-branded: Karnival Hornets, Karnival Inferno, Discoverie, Karnival Dose.  The rest are.
• Bicycle Karnival Dose Redux was unique in that it's the first time they changed the back of a design and the first time they released an unbranded deck's second edition as a Bicycle-branded deck.  Plus it came in a limited edition foil tuckcase that shines almost but not quite like a hologram.
• Other decks that had foil-case second-edition limited releases were Bicycle Karnival Dead Eyes, Bicycle Carnival Assassins and Bicycle Karnival Midnight.

The rest should be quite easy to compile.  Use the Search feature and you'll find out topics on all of them.  TBC/HOPC should be easy, since the company's only been around for not quite three years.  In their early years, D&D only had the Smoke and Mirror decks - it wasn't until the introduction of the Fulton's Clip Joint that they started branching out into other product lines - and there's plenty enough information on the S&M decks that you should have any trouble getting caught up to present.

If this list is popular enough, maybe I'll make it part of the Annual Releases lists or something similar.

[CBJ]

I don't know if it matters,
But there's actually 2 different versions of the blue 1800 series

[CBJ]

Dan and Dave actually released 2 different versions of these...

Bicycle New Fan Back Vintage Red
Bicycle New Fan Back Navy Blue

One set had embossing.. the other didn't

They did the dame thing for Tally-ho
A set of embossed... and a set of non-embossed

[Barry Hurton]

         

• The Heritage series was a USPC release, not a T11 release, much like how they sell Bikes, Bees and Tally Ho as well.

There's been 3 releases of Heritages:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-DECKS-Bicycle-Heritage-Series-playing-cards-/300512395847?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f7ef4247

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bicycle-Heritage-Design-Series-Playing-Cards-4-Deck-Set-/251297284185?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a827c4059

http://store.theory11.com/products/bicycle-heritage-series

It's the last one that I mean - is that USPCC as well?

Thanks again guys! I know I've learnt a few new things

[CBJ]

         

• The Heritage series was a USPC release, not a T11 release, much like how they sell Bikes, Bees and Tally Ho as well.

There's been 3 releases of Heritages:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-DECKS-Bicycle-Heritage-Series-playing-cards-/300512395847?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f7ef4247

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bicycle-Heritage-Design-Series-Playing-Cards-4-Deck-Set-/251297284185?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a827c4059

http://store.theory11.com/products/bicycle-heritage-series

It's the last one that I mean - is that USPCC as well?

Thanks again guys! I know I've learnt a few new things

The last one was a t11 release (printed by USPC obviously)

[Anthony]

If this list is popular enough, maybe I'll make it part of the Annual Releases lists or something similar.

Would love to see it happen.

I would love a comprehensive release list, being relatively new, having this information in one spot would be great. As mentioned, if release dates could be included....even better. Great thread! 

[Barry Hurton]

The last one was a t11 release (printed by USPC obviously)

Ah I thought so.

If this list is popular enough, maybe I'll make it part of the Annual Releases lists or something similar.

Would love to see it happen.

I would love a comprehensive release list, being relatively new, having this information in one spot would be great. As mentioned, if release dates could be included....even better. Great thread! 

Yeah that would be good - It helps the obsessive side of things; you can reference what you have and don't have. For me it is about design. It doesn't break my heart I don't have the foil Karnivals... The only one I got was the redux because it was a new design. But to some, I know, they would need every version of every deck of every subset.

Perhaps a bit later I will tackle the David Blaine decks (not that hard, it is just getting all of them).

[Anthony]

I'm not so much one of those who want tp print out the list and just start buying at one end and work my way across, lol. For me it's more about the information. As Don mentioned, almost every deck has probably been addressed across the boards and while you can search for the info, it would be kind of cool to have a "Data Base" type llist of this stuff all in one spot.........but it is a lot of work.

Perhaps a bit later I will tackle the David Blaine decks (not that hard, it is just getting all of them).

Also, just an FYI, this list was compiled not to long ago in a thread.

[Barry Hurton]

I'm not so much one of those who want tp print out the list and just start buying at one end and work my way across, lol. For me it's more about the information. As Don mentioned, almost every deck has probably been addressed across the boards and while you can search for the info, it would be kind of cool to have a "Data Base" type llist of this stuff all in one spot.........but it is a lot of work.

Perhaps a bit later I will tackle the David Blaine decks (not that hard, it is just getting all of them).

Also, just an FYI, this list was compiled not to long ago in a thread.

I'll try to find that list! It is a lot of work to begin with... But then we've actually hit most of the big names, and once we have all of them I can just update it everytime there is a new release

[Don Boyer]

They did the dame thing for Tally-ho
A set of embossed... and a set of non-embossed

Which Tally Ho decks?  You were talking about D&D and I don't remember them doing anything with TH beyond some Hofzinser cards.

         

• The Heritage series was a USPC release, not a T11 release, much like how they sell Bikes, Bees and Tally Ho as well.

There's been 3 releases of Heritages:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-DECKS-Bicycle-Heritage-Series-playing-cards-/300512395847?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f7ef4247

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bicycle-Heritage-Design-Series-Playing-Cards-4-Deck-Set-/251297284185?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a827c4059

http://store.theory11.com/products/bicycle-heritage-series

It's the last one that I mean - is that USPCC as well?

Thanks again guys! I know I've learnt a few new things

The last one was a t11 release (printed by USPC obviously)

I obtained mine from a BJ's store a few months before T11 was selling it - it came in a boxed set.  T11 used more interesting packaging, but I don't believe it was a T11 release.  There was a Heritage Design set a year or so earlier (the second set) that wasn't T11 at all and matched the box styles of the third set.  I recall from the second set that it was USPC-made for exclusive release through BJ's, and I think that was the original intent with the second set.

The sweet part was that the boxed set sold for a fraction of T11's bagged set.  I think it was $12 or something.

Granted, I'm as human as the next collector and could be completely wrong or at least partially wrong, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not.

[seb]

Just a detail really but it's Bee Erdnaseum, not Erdnasm...

[KPopFever605]

Not to mention he spelled "Madison" wrong..."Medison" - could be a pronunciation error.

[phantom1412]

Not to mention he spelled "Madison" wrong..."Medison" - could be a pronunciation error.

Modified. And also I'm "she" not "he" 

[Loop Cuts]

There are also two different Gold Arcane versions.  The first 500 were printed with a greener gold to the cards and tuck box.

[Don Boyer]

There are also two different Gold Arcane versions.  The first 500 were printed with a greener gold to the cards and tuck box.

They all came from a single print run!  Regardless of whatever color tweaking may have taken place!

Can you show us some photos, 'cause I'd be curious to see that.

[Loop Cuts]

Your right about it being one print run but no, I don't have any pictures.  Jason B. Said they are all in circulation and can only tell the difference when the two color variations are right next to each other.

[Don Boyer]

Your right about it being one print run but no, I don't have any pictures.  Jason B. Said they are all in circulation and can only tell the difference when the two color variations are right next to each other.

If this is indeed the case, it's probably due to some leftover ink in the press when they started the print run.  I'd imagine that if you swapped out blue and put in gold, some residual blue ink would be enough to make the gold have a greenish hue.

[Loop Cuts]

I'm not so sure that is the case.  I've seen a few instances where the gold was kinda green.  Even the new Gold Bee's that were just released had a few people saying they looked more green. 

[Don Boyer]

I'm not so sure that is the case.  I've seen a few instances where the gold was kinda green.  Even the new Gold Bee's that were just released had a few people saying they looked more green.

For the gold to look "kinda green", you add blue to it.  Metallic gold ink is a dark yellow shade.

Get a jar of "golden" deli mustard - the type that's a real dark yellow and have flecks of spices in them, not the "sunshine yellow" mustard.  Put a portion into a small measuring scoop and slowly add a drop of food coloring, mixing the two, then add extra drops as needed in the same manner.  It won't take long for your mustard to look greenish.  Alternately, you'll see the same change in a banana daiquiri if you slowly add drops of blue curaçao liqueur.  (That probably tastes good, too, as the curaçao is orange in flavor.)  With the daiquiri being a pale yellow, the curaçao will make it pale green.

It also works for paints and inks.  Take a dark yellow color such as gold, mix it with a skosh of blue, and you will get a greenish tint in the gold.  Whether it was in the press or elsewhere, somehow some blue ink got into the metallic gold to make that green-gold color.

[Barry Hurton]

Updated it to include DB!

[Don Boyer]

Updated it to include DB!

You missed a few Blaine decks.

Series A had three "rainbow" decks, all rare.  You have the red deck, but you missed the UV blue deck (printed on UV-sensitive paper, glows under a UV light) and purple (an uneven shade of purple created by swapping the blue ink for red ink in mid-print run.

You also missed Series B: blue and red.

There were two extra decks made.  The White Lions Black Label deck (some refer to it as part of Series B, but technically it isn't) is a black-backed version of the Series B decks.  The White Lions "Stealth Cards" was a very rare pack, which I believe has about 38 cards in a full-sized box - this was a series of gaff cards for the red and blue White Lions of either series.  Those could only be obtained by the purchase of a rather expensive but very attractive leather-wrapped Porper Clip with his logo on the inside of the spine, in either brown or black.  The black model came with a bonus packet trick wallet.