Elevate your magic performances with the Bicycle Ultra-Thin Manipulation Deck – Marked, a specialized deck designed exclusively for magicians who demand precision, elegance, and deceptive advantage. Since the United States Playing Card Company introduced the first Bicycle deck in 1885, Bicycle Playing Cards have been synonymous with quality and tradition for over 140 years. This innovative ultra-thin deck represents the cutting edge of that legacy, engineered specifically for stage manipulation and sleight-of-hand artistry.
The Ultra-Thin Manipulation Deck measures nearly half the thickness of a standard Bicycle deck, allowing magicians to execute more ambitious palming, backpalming, and production techniques with unprecedented ease. The reduced thickness means you can conceal significantly more cards in your hand while maintaining a natural appearance, creating the illusion of producing endless cards from thin air. This ultra-slim profile makes manipulation tricks smoother and more impressive, allowing for effortless display and flourishing.
What sets this deck apart is the discrete serial number marking system printed on the top left corner of each card back. This clever marking assists magicians in performing prediction routines, mentalism effects, and other applications where knowing the identity of cards without seeing their faces provides a powerful advantage. The marking is subtle enough to avoid detection by audiences yet clear enough for quick reading by the performer during live performances.
The deck features the classic Bicycle Rider Back design, ensuring full compatibility with standard Bicycle decks and specialty Bicycle decks for an endless variety of tricks. This compatibility is crucial for routines that require switching between regular and ultra-thin cards, allowing seamless transitions that maintain the illusion. The poker size cards measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches (63.5 x 88.9 mm), maintaining standard dimensions while drastically reducing thickness.
Card manipulation requires a delicate touch and exceptional skill, particularly with ultra-thin cards. These cards may require powdering treatment with zinc stearate (fanning powder) for optimal fanning performance, especially in dry conditions. However, the payoff is extraordinary—magicians can backpalm more cards simultaneously and produce beautiful, full fans that appear impossibly packed yet remain perfectly manageable.
Manufactured with Bicycle's precision craftsmanship, these cards are tailored specifically to enhance performance quality for magicians. The deck is ideal for stage manipulation acts, card productions, vanishes, fan displays, and flourishing work where visual impact and technical precision matter most.
Produced by the United States Playing Card Company in their Erlanger, Kentucky facility, these cards carry forward over 140 years of innovation in playing card manufacturing. Whether you're a professional stage magician, manipulation specialist, or serious card artist, the Bicycle Ultra-Thin Manipulation Deck – Marked delivers the technical advantages and deceptive features that can transform your performances from good to unforgettable.
