I haven't purchased these decks, but have you considered contacting Michael Scott and asking about this? If anyone's going to have the straight answer, it's going to be him.
Yes Don, I immediately contacted Michael Scott because in his kickstarter campaign, he specified that a deck would be standard without gold edges. For that reason, Michael sent me what he called "a promo deck", one deck with a red back and without gold edges and whithout air-cushion: "It will be a promo deck so it won’t have an air cushion finish."
I received this unusual "smooth" promo deck but however, I would like to know if somebody really received an air-cushion Red copy without gold edges if possible. Normally, this deck would have been in the first orange box without the wrapper.
MAUGER REPLICA EDITION - 2 PIECE BOX:
Cards are the size of original deck 90mm x 62mm
Comes in replica 2 piece heavy cloth cardboard box
Hot stamp foil gold star
Linoid Finish
Replica paper stamp seal
53 cards