Sunday Cards – Bicycle Tetra fanning deck Feat. Nebelfuchs
Posted on: August 9, 2009Pop out your wallets, it’s Sunday!
This time Aceking brings us a special offer for the “fancy fanning fans that want to have some fun”. (If you don’t get the joke go ask Sebastian Skowron and Dimitri).
I’m talking about the new TETRA deck. We sent a sample to our fanning expert and friend Nebelfuchs for a little overview, here is what he has to say
As the a numerical prefix suggests, it’s a 4 Way (poker size!) Fanning Deck that shows different colors depending on how you fan them.
It seems to be printed on regular bicycle stock with air cushion finish.
Most bicycle decks are good cards for fanning, and so is this one.
The quality seems to be alright. The colors are nice and vivid, the design centered and each card cleanly cut.The deck comes with 4 bonus cards: 2 Jokers, 1 blank card (for totally blank blank fans!) and 1 additional ace of spades (not sure why they put that in).
The colors on the back design have been well selected and make cool patterns when fanned. The yellow/white quarter appears a little faint, a little more contrast would’ve been better (between the yellow and the white).
The only thing I personally dislike about this deck (and many other fanning decks) lies hidden within design, and only shows when the cards are fanned. Just quartering the back design and re-coloring it isn’t enough. If you, for example, make a broad pressure fan, you’ll have another color coming up at the outer edges at the end of the fan. While this probably isn’t a big deal to most people, it bothers me because it could easily be avoided with a simple, overlapping design (just like on the Dragon Fanning Deck). Maybe on the 2nd edition, MJM?
Overall a very nice deck that should be fun to use for fanning enthusiasts, as well as regular card handlers (that do fanning, lol). There aren’t many good, poker sized fanning decks out there, so this one is definitely worth the buy.
Here is the deal:
1 deck for $7
2 decks for $13
3 decks for $16
6 decks for $32
12 decks for $60. (That’s $5/deck!)Shipping is $13.50 up to 14 decks so you can browse around Aceking’s for more cool decks.
For more info email Aceking at john@jtsdeals.com and tell him you are subscribed to .thecuso to get your discount.
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August 9th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Pretty nice vid.
I’m not into faning decks i think they’re kind off lame… they look good fanned though
August 10th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
mhhhh I think I’ll try one of them if I can get one without shipping from america^^
August 13th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
nebelnoobus lol.
why are you disgracing fanning decks
August 13th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
@Surreal/Gangstarr23 wanna do the next vid yourself? …
August 13th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
and, silence….
actually i was surprised at how evenly this deck fans, i would get one if i still bought decks. good work NebelFoochies and Cuso
August 14th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Fan Master.
August 14th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
oh now I get it, it seems Surreal saved enough money to have his 1-day access to internet, like last time… that’s why he wants attention :/ As he can’t get any with the shitty vids of his, there’s that alternate way > being a total jerk.
nice work Nebel ;)
August 14th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
oh and one last thing, STOP SENDING US EMAILS ABOUT THE SECRET BOOKS PDF ! we don’t care you are looking for that file, we don’t have it
Thanks
August 17th, 2009 at 3:26 am
Nebel certainly does the deck justice, that blank fan twirl just gets me every time.
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
[...] When I think of Fanning Cards my mind goes back to the classic acts of years gone by. However, I guess with the interest in XCM and flourishes, it is only logical that Fanning Decks should come back into fashion. And that is exactly what the Bicycle Tetra Deck is. If you want to see it in action there is a nice little video courtesy of theCuso [...]
August 22nd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Thanks for the kind comments, I’m happy you liked it.
I hope MJM Magic will think about the changes I suggested (overlapping design and more contrast on the yellow-white quarter) for the next edition. This deck could really have the potential to become a classic in no time.
August 28th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
crazy fanning as usual. didnt really like the patterns of the giant fan though.
@wannabe gangstarr23: post a fanning then thats not a “disgrace”
September 3rd, 2009 at 3:22 am
Awesome…