The Bicycle Grey Back is a poker-size deck from Bicycle, the best-known brand of the United States Playing Card Company, with one very specific feature: instead of the usual red or blue, the back is printed in grey. It is an unusual colour for playing cards, and that is precisely why it is easy to spot on the table.

• PublisherBicycle
• Formatpoker, 63 × 88 mm
• Contents52 cards, 1 joker and 3 special cards
• Packagingindividual tuck box, no instructions

Design

Grey is a sober colour that does not compete with the card faces and is clearly distinguishable from Bicycle decks in other colours. That is why it is often combined with them in magic effects in which the back of one or more cards appears to change colour.

Contents and special cards

As well as the 52 playing cards, it comes with a single joker and three special cards which, according to the distributor, are a blank-faced card and two special queens of hearts. Cards of this kind are known as gaff cards (gaff cards designed for magic effects) and their composition may vary from one print run to another. No instructions are included.