KEEPERS: Adam Wilber and Ellusionist
At first I was skeptical but can honestly say now that, out of the few hundred decks I have I've never had one as phenomenally amazing as the keeper deck. They truly are ready to go straight out of the box and the combination of the finish and the thin stock makes for incredible handling. I haven't been able to put these down since I got them. I ordered a brick and have been using them constantly every day for the past month. This is the softest deck of cards I own. The stock is thin yet surprisingly durable, the deck stayed straight after an hour of dribbling and springing the cards and if you use them that long it's hard to go back to bicycles. Anytime I pick up a deck of bikes now I don't feel comfortable with them they're so much more rigid and rough compared to the soft familiar feel of the keepers. In terms of quality this is my favorite deck and the design blends in as familiar bikes. These are not traditionally cut but that doesn't matter as the stock is thin enough making this deck the easiest to faro in both directions in my opinion. The back design is similar to bicycle just without those weird "angles" making it one of my favorite back designs to date. The face design is standard, which I like, but the queen and jack of clubs look like the creator and his wife.
This deck includes really cool jokers an extra queen of heart and an ad card. I just hope they expand on these with some gaffs as well.
My final thoughts on this deck: if Virtuoso decks are the best decks for cardestry (and I think they are) this deck is the best for magic. It takes the simple design of bicycle, improve on it and adds a much higher quality cards to the mix.
If there are any magicians out there that looking to stock up on a deck for magic this is the deck for you. This deck was sent from the gods...the finish, stock, design, handling, it's superb. Anybody can tell the difference between this and a standard bicycle deck. It's ready to use straight out of the box. Don’t miss out on this deck, buy a brick of them! Thought they will run you around $60 for 13 decks, they are worth every penny.