Bicycle Grimoire Spade Ace: WTF?

[RSLancastr]

I just opened the Bicycle Grimoire deck I received yesterday from bmpokerworld (http://www.bmpokerworld.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;), and was very surprised when I saw the Spade Ace (or Ace of Spades, if you prefer):

Not only was it not custom, it wasn't even the Liberty Spade Ace which Bikes (or at least Bike 808s) usually have!

It was simply this:



What gives?

I have scanned in the Spade Aces from more than 100 modern Bike decks, and this is the first and only time I've seen a plain, vanilla one like this.

Perhaps the artist/designer ran out of time? Out of ideas?

The Spade Ace is where USPC always puts the codes which indicate the deck's pattern and year of publication.

Strange...

[Encarded]

I'd agree that it is very strange. I don't have that deck myself, but that is quite lame. When you have a ready-to-go, standard AoS that could be used at any time, why would you go with such a plain one? There must be some good and logical reason, but I sure can't think of one.

[Russell]

OR

is it the most unique Ace od Spades ever...

[MagikFingerz]

OR

is it the most unique Ace od Spades ever...

Reminded me of this:

[RSLancastr]

By the way, I just double checked, and the card is not an obvious (to me, anyway) gaffe card.

The two gaffe cards that come with the deck sre:

1. A double-backer (the Grimoire back on both sides).
2. A modified double-backer (the Grimoire back on one side, a red Mandolin back on the other).

[RSLancastr]

Well, it has been a couple of days now, and the Grimoire Spade Ace is showing no sign of maturing into a less-lame Spade Ace.

Okay, here is an image of the Aces of Spades I have scanned from about 125 Bike decks I have purchased over the past year or so:



Can You Spot The LAME Ace of Spades from the Grimoire deck?

Yes, it's in the third row, right under the red-faced one in the second row.

Why, Oh Why, USPC?

[Sharpie]

If you're going to talk "non-custom". What about the 2 dozen or so liberty spade aces?

I know its traditional, but the design is so tired. Can it really be considered a custom ace when its used on 90% of USPCC decks? I think I prefer the Grimoire "plain jane" A of S to all of those.
At least it's different.

OR

is it the most unique Ace of Spades ever...

Exactly

[RSLancastr]

I know what you mean Sharpie, but when you consider that my Bikes are only a small sub-collection within tghe more than 2,200 decks in my entire collection, I have far fewer Liberty Spade Aces than I do plain ones like that in the Grimoire deck.

[New Collector 83]

what is the deck in row 5 very first one.

[neongrey]

Bicycle negro league, I think?

[RSLancastr]

what is the deck in row 5 very first one.

neongrey is correct. It is the Bicycle "Negro League Baseball Museum" deck.

[RSLancastr]

Here is a list of all of the decks represented.

I think this is accurate, but I changed the group a few times as decks were added.

----------[ Row 1 ]----------

Bicycle_125thAnniversaryEdition_Blue
Bicycle_125thAnniversaryEdition_Red
Bicycle_127thAnniversaryEdition
Bicycle_2008ElectionEdition_Democrat
Bicycle_2008ElectionEdition_Independent
Bicycle_2008ElectionEdition_Republican
Bicycle_Actuators_ArtistsEdition
Bicycle_Actuators_BlackEdition
Bicycle_Actuators_WhiteEdition
Bicycle_Alchemy_V1
Bicycle_Alchemy_V2
Bicycle_AllWheelNo2
Bicycle_AlzheimersAssociation
Bicycle_Americana
Bicycle_AnneStokesCollection_V1
Bicycle_AnneStokesCollection_V2
Bicycle_Archangels
Bicycle_Be@rbrick
Bicycle_BlackScorpion
Bicycle_BlackSpider


----------[ Row 2 ]----------

Bicycle_BlackWarrior
Bicycle_BlueBlood
Bicycle_BreastCancerResearchFoundation_V1
Bicycle_BreastCancerResearchFoundation_V3
Bicycle_BridgeSize_Blue
Bicycle_BridgeSize_Red
Bicycle_ChineseZodiac
Bicycle_CoffinFodder
Bicycle_ColorCollection_TheBlackDeck
Bicycle_ColorCollection_TheBlueDeck
Bicycle_ColorCollection_TheGreenDeck
Bicycle_ColorCollection_ThePurpleDeck
Bicycle_ColorCollection_TheRedDeck
Bicycle_ColorCollection_TheYellowDeck
Bicycle_DistressedExpertBack
Bicycle_DoubleNineDominos
Bicycle_DragonBack_Blue
Bicycle_DragonBack_Gold
Bicycle_DragonBack_Red
Bicycle_EcoEdition/spade.gif"


----------[ Row 3 ]----------

Bicycle_Elephant/spade.gif"
Bicycle_Faded_Blue
Bicycle_Faded_Cream&Aqua
Bicycle_Faded_Red
Bicycle_Faith
Bicycle_Fashion_Berry
Bicycle_Fashion_Blue
Bicycle_Fashion_Green
Bicycle_Fashion_Pink
Bicycle_GaffCards
Bicycle_Galvanic
Bicycle_GongXiFaCai
Bicycle_Grimoire
Bicycle_HanshinTigers
Bicycle_Hemp
Bicycle_HeritageDesignSeries2011_CupidBack
Bicycle_HeritageDesignSeries2011_EmblemBack
Bicycle_HeritageDesignSeries2011_Model#1Back
Bicycle_HeritageDesignSeries2011_SafetyBack
Bicycle_HeritageDesignSeries2012_AcornBack


----------[ Row 4 ]----------

Bicycle_HeritageDesignSeries2012_AutomobileNo2Back
Bicycle_HeritageDesignSeries2012_LotusBack
Bicycle_HeritageDesignSeries2012_NauticBack
Bicycle_HeritageSeries2010_ChainlessBack
Bicycle_HeritageSeries2010_PedalBack
Bicycle_HeritageSeries2010_Pneumatic#1Back
Bicycle_HeritageSeries2010_Tri-Tire#2Back
Bicycle_HopeForHaiti
Bicycle_Jumbo_Blue
Bicycle_Jumbo_Red
Bicycle_LeafBack_Green
Bicycle_LeafBack_Red
Bicycle_LoVISION_Blue
Bicycle_LoVISION_Red
Bicycle_LtdEditionSeries_01
Bicycle_LtdEditionSeries_02
Bicycle_Maiden_Blue
Bicycle_Maiden_Red
Bicycle_Mandolin_Blue
Bicycle_Mandolin_Red


----------[ Row 5 ]----------

Bicycle_NegroLeaguesBaseballMuseum
Bicycle_PartyStarters_1950s
Bicycle_PartyStarters_1960s
Bicycle_PartyStarters_1970s
Bicycle_PartyStarters_1980s
Bicycle_Pink&Lavender
Bicycle_Prestige_Blue
Bicycle_Prestige_Red
Bicycle_ProPokerPeek_Blue
Bicycle_ProPokerPeek_Red
Bicycle_RedDragon
Bicycle_ReversedBack_Black
Bicycle_ReversedBack_Blue
Bicycle_ReversedBack_Green
Bicycle_ReversedBack_Red
Bicycle_ReversedBack_Yellow
Bicycle_Revision1
Bicycle_RiderBack_Black
Bicycle_RiderBack_Blue
Bicycle_RiderBack_Brown


----------[ Row 6 ]----------

Bicycle_RiderBack_Fuschia
Bicycle_RiderBack_Green
Bicycle_RiderBack_Orange
Bicycle_RiderBack_Red
Bicycle_RiderBack_Turquoise
Bicycle_Robocycle_Black
Bicycle_Robocycle_Blue
Bicycle_Rosefinch
Bicycle_Steampunk_Silver
Bicycle_Tactical
Bicycle_Target_Bungalow
Bicycle_Target_Flirtatious
Bicycle_Target_Rejuvenate
Bicycle_Target_Twilight
Bicycle_Tattoo
Bicycle_TheCat
Bicycle_TheDog
Bicycle_TheGrid
Bicycle_Tokidoki
Bicycle_Transducer_NightSakuraEdition


----------[ Row 7 ]----------

Bicycle_WorldSeriesOfPoker_Black
Bicycle_WorldSeriesOfPoker_Red
Bicycle_WoundedWarriorProject
Bicycle_YomiuriGiants
Bicycle_Zombie