Bicycle Eco Edition Playing Cards

I'm a card player. I love getting with a bunch of friends and playing variations of poker or pounce. The problem is that all my decks were feeling their age. I'd previously purchased a bunch of different colored decks on a trip to Vegas and now that they were wearing out I needed new colored decks for the multi-deck games for sorting. These green ones are great. They feel great, are smooth, have clear faces. And I like the fact that the normally red hearts and diamond cards are green as well. Top notch and worth the money.

Bicycle Eco Edition Playing Cards gets 5-Stars in my book!The Pluses:1) Made in USA2) U.S. Playing Cards Co. Bicycle 808 high quality.3) Cards Shuffle and Handle well, typical of Bicycle Quality4) Cool Design: The Olive color integrated into the classic 808 design, along with the "brown recycle style box" definitely gives this edition the "Eco Design Feel"The Negatives: NoneOverall: I give it five stars. I worthy collectable addition to the Bicycle Cards line.

A was searching for a new deck of cards and came across this on. I was put off at first due to the handful of reviews about the color of the cards. I took a chance and purchased them and extremely glad I did. The cards are of great quality and you can tell the differences in the color between the cards. Unless you are playing in dim lighting, these cards will not be a problem.

The cards are surprisingly sturdy and the box is well made. I actually prefer the handle of these cards over regular bicycle cards and they seem to be better for the environment which makes me worry less about getting rid of them once they get too worn out. A very good deck of cards for casual play, cardistry, or learning magic tricks as it will be a deck you will not be afraid to tear apart.

Hearts & Diamonds printed in a dark grey, barely contrasting with the other suits. NO RED COLORATION AT ALL.Unacceptable.. I want a refund

I got it more to use as a craft, and it was a beautiful deck. I almost didn't want to mess with it. It feels nice, looks nice, everything. The green ink could be a little difficult to play with, but like I said, I used it as craft pieces, and the subtle green looks beautiful overall. Unless you're playing something like speed perhaps, I don't think the green v. black particularly matters. If anything, it'd probably help focus your eyesight quicker, because it's not like it's impossible to tell the differences.

These are absolutely awesome! And, for the record, they got rid of the plastic, so now they are 100% plastic free and 100% recyclable! Absolutely awesome. I ended up getting 10 for a party. Please mark if you find my review helpful. Thank you so much!

I really wanted to like these cards but I can barely use them. I didn't realize that the red suited cards didn't use any red ink. Nothing natural available I suppose. So all the red suited cards use an olive drab color for the diamonds/hearts. It makes it fairly difficult to quickly identify the card suit. Not a huge problem...but quite annoying. Also the face cards only use 4 ink colors that are natural looking as well. Besides the standard black and olive drab for the red/black suits, there is a lighter shade of green for shadowing, and a light brown that is used where yellow or gold is traditionally used. I would have really wanted to see some RED pips at least on the card. The green shade is fairly hard to distinguish from black in different lighting conditions.As far as the feel, they feel like standard Bicycle cards...but I'm not a card master magician or anything.So they'll serve their purpose but I'll probably only end up using them for novelty use or drinking games :-)...say to add in an extra trick to the game...drink every time you mistake a card suit lol. And as soon as they get enough beer or other beverages spilled on them, into the recycling bin they'll go.Would I buy them again? Nope. Not at all.