Something Wicked This Way Comes!

[wahl0108]

Cards that are holographic! During war they can shoot each other, during poker they can gather the chips for you, and for cardistry and magic they do it all for you!

[Cbkimble]

Holographic 3D cards.

[montecarlojoe]

Tucks constructed from uncut sheets!

[Eoghann]

Double deck tucks!

Ooh ooh, reverse anything is possible bottles! With the bottle inside the deck! Haha

[Maddest Hammer]

I think I nailed it with the landscape mode. I'd put $5 on it, anyway.

Eoghann, while not QUITE the same, Piatnik sells most of their decks (if not all) in a side by side box. While I would say it's not a tuck box, it is a double decker

[Mike Ratledge]

LMAO... OK, get serious, folks. Back on track! Next clue: if you have had one, you've had them all. Try again, and think. Ya bunch of dingbats and get serious about it!

Landscape has been done, in 1910 with pictorials and souvenir decks. I already said it's never been done before.

[Jock1971]

USPCC has allowed alterations to their bicycle brand name

[wahl0108]

I like Joe's idea. Maybe the cards are made out of a new material as well? Jock's idea would be amazing also.

[MagikFingerz]

No offense, Mike, but you're terrible at giving clues

[cosmicsecret]

Hmmm this is a shot in the blue but not so over the top and maybe a real possibility :
UV Ink

When the cards are displayed in the sunlight - the color changes.
It´s been done on T-Shirts and it enhances the design appart from being ultra cool when the effect comes into play.
Let me show you some examples :

(PS : The grin of the cat also glows in the dark ...so its a double combo of 2 special inks)



Now that effect on playing cards - thats what i call GAME CHANGING!

[flyers3003]

The Tuck Box can be unfolded into an uncut sheet of the deck.

[Godzillian]

Clues so far...

First real clue: it's bright and shiny and dark at the same time.

Let's go with another direction, then: what is something that can't be done that you would love to see in your hands some time pretty darned soon? I've already given a single clue that combined with this "check check" box marked off that it is now a game of "what the h**** is it" (that will both set a new precedent, set the world of playing cards on its heels and on fire, etc)?? I know that I've asked why this couldn't be done before, and it's always "because we can't do that", but - think about it. If there was one thing that (as a connoisseur collector) you would absolutely have no other choice but to turn off the old ticker or jump?

Lotrek has already announced that "Dark Venexiana" was on the horizon - and obviously not far away, but that in itself is just a piece of the puzzle.

Something that will astound everyone and show them how something un-doable can be done.

LMAO... OK, get serious, folks. Back on track! Next clue: if you have had one, you've had them all. Try again, and think. Ya bunch of dingbats and get serious about it!

... Well I have absolutely no idea. Hope I haven't missed any clues!

[Eoghann]

Haha. Googling "if you've had one, you've had them all" I get many results discussing STDs. WTF?

Man those clues sure are vague, Mike. Haha I'm completely stumped.
Thanks for the highlights Godzillian!

Ok one more shot: tuck that slides out like a matchbox!

[vasta41]

Clues so far...

First real clue: it's bright and shiny and dark at the same time.

Let's go with another direction, then: what is something that can't be done that you would love to see in your hands some time pretty darned soon? I've already given a single clue that combined with this "check check" box marked off that it is now a game of "what the h**** is it" (that will both set a new precedent, set the world of playing cards on its heels and on fire, etc)?? I know that I've asked why this couldn't be done before, and it's always "because we can't do that", but - think about it. If there was one thing that (as a connoisseur collector) you would absolutely have no other choice but to turn off the old ticker or jump?

Lotrek has already announced that "Dark Venexiana" was on the horizon - and obviously not far away, but that in itself is just a piece of the puzzle.

Something that will astound everyone and show them how something un-doable can be done.

LMAO... OK, get serious, folks. Back on track! Next clue: if you have had one, you've had them all. Try again, and think. Ya bunch of dingbats and get serious about it!

... Well I have absolutely no idea. Hope I haven't missed any clues!

A USPCC deck commemorating and/or featuring all other USPCC decks?

[Cbkimble]

A deck with lights in the cards or maybe the tuck.

[Jock1971]

The answer is............42

[OnTheGrind]

Edible cards...

cards made out of glass? cards made out of/etched into metal?

Edit:

if you've had one, you've had them all?

Lotrek Deco Deck?

[shebhnt]

First thought it was gotta catch them all and thought it was pokemon.

[Godzillian]

bright and shiny and dark at the same time.

Obsidian... it's something to do with obsidian...? Obsidian-crafted tuckboxes? I'm not sure how this would be done, ... but I'm sure it's never been done before. I wonder if it'd be too heavy... but for collectors, it'd just be on display all the time.

EDIT: Googled the above quote and I got the moon. So maybe moon rock isn't that far off lol.

the cards are being made out of moon rock. or are being sprinkled with moon dust.

[markjanderson]

How about a tuck box that will hold two decks (maybe even side by side) so that we'd have bright and shiny white deck and a dark deck

Oh wait, better yet, how about a tuck box that will hold a collector's coin?
Coins are bright and shiny...

Mark

[OnTheGrind]

a deck where all the numbers/suits are cut out, or a mechanized deck similar to Dale Mathis'

[Godzillian]

How about a tuck box that will hold two decks (maybe even side by side) so that we'd have bright and shiny white deck and a dark deck

Oh wait, better yet, how about a tuck box that will hold a collector's coin?
Coins are bright and shiny...

Mark

The coins may not be dark though, unless they were made from Obsidian. But Mike had this to say before...

I wonder if this amazing thing has to do with the cards themselves or with the tuck box?

Both, actually. Someone was in the ballpark...

So it may not be an obsidian/bright-dark-shiny coin.

I'll expound on my guess and say it's a transparent Obsidian glass tuckbox. Venexian glass is an important part of Venice, and Obsidian is bright, shiny and dark at the same time.

[Sher]

If Mike mentioned that he's asked why this couldn't be done before, that means we'd have to search his previous posts... That's... A lot of posts to read through. Lol.

[Godzillian]

If Mike mentioned that he's asked why this couldn't be done before, that means we'd have to search his previous posts... That's... A lot of posts to read through. Lol.

Time to get crackin'...

[Eoghann]

Mike's first clue was something about Bolognia, Italy. Bologna is famous for its musical and cultural offerings.

A musical deck! Or a music box with a deck inside that rotates when you open it!

[Cbkimble]

Is it a deck with raised pips and courts?

[OnTheGrind]

okay, so i've been thinking and I thought this was way off base, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense...

a deck of all mirror cards. Something Wicked "this way comes?" don't you mean, something wicked comes this way?

bright and shiny, but dark at the same time? mirrors reflect light, but are otherwise dull/dark...

set the world of playing cards on fire? Well IDK, but it is something every magician would want, so many gaff cards, and think of all the tricks that are possible!


If you've had one, you've had them all... I could only find one mirror deck via my quick and dirty search, if you had that one, you had them all?


Maybe I'm reaching, but who knows! here's giving it yet another attempt

[Sher]

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" is a reference to Ray Bradbury's novel.

[chach]

With the amount of hype, sounds like we've got a Venexiana: Madison deck coming our way. Sorry, but while I look forward to what's coming down the pipe, I won't buy into the hype machine bro. Just come out with it or at least stop pissing on my boots and telling me it's raining.

[Widdee]

I'm kinda on the same path with Grind on this, something mirrored but glass would be out of the question for safety purposes, however there are and number of metals such as titanium or stainless steel which can take a reflective polish. It almost has to be reflective to be both shiny and dark.