Oh wow! Personally, I think for now I would keep the deck. Then whichever is first his birthday or next Christmas really return to him in kind. Say it's his birthday and you often pick out clothes for him as a gift. You know his likes and dislikes in clothes. So I would pick out something that he wouldn't be caught dead in, buy it and wrap it lavishly! Be fanastic about his birthday otherwise and attempt to be genuine in this gift to him. I am saying go for it as real in every sense of the word. LOL Just be certain that he really wouldn't wear it. Of course it can't be a true clowns outfit. But it could be colors that he hates or styles total unlike his own. Like Senfield's puffy shirt! LOL Give it to him, then tell him you are also taking him out to dine and birthday boy has to dress up in his new birthday clothes on going out to eat. See if he treats your chosen gift as biting his tongue and going along with it or if he refuses your gift and won't even put it on. If he has the right to refuse it, then I wouldn't say anything, but soon after, do place the deck on ebay or in trading here. If he ever ask what happened to the deck he bought you then tell him, it wasn't something that you could use and sorry if it hurts feelings, but decided if you didn't care for my gift, then I should be able to get the value for the deck that I totally disliked.
You could then do Christmas' going back to your telling him exactly what to buy you or you may want to do what my hubby and I do. We usually payoff one of the major store's credit cards we have and we preset ourselves each a limit that we will spend. We have a day that we go and each pick out, whatever our heart desires within that store for ourselves. If it is clothes, rings, whatever we try it on, and buy each our own likes as a gift given from the other person. If he wants He-man stuff, he can go for it! I usually go for fine jewelry, but just whatever floats our boats goes. There is no surprise on Christmas. Often we decorate for the season, but don't always wrap the gifts, since now it is just the two of us at home. Rule is we don't get the gifts as ours to have until Christmas. There is no long duration of standing in the return lines after Christmas. Plus we did spend those hours in the same store (often apart), yet together, and we happily share what we picked out that the other paid for. Big smile! Then we go out to eat before coming home. I can't tell you how many compliments this year's presents has brought me. I smile and say that it was a Christmas gift from my husband. Usually next I am told what great taste he has! LOL Some people I share of our shopping spree and peace of mind gifting or else I'll say I picked it out. One reason that we started this is that our taste are varied and of the returns. But mostly due to the things I like I have a good deal of. So to say just get me something on tarot or one of the other collections he would have to have a wish list of pick from. I know he would hate having to go in search of it too.
P.S. If you was to buy say that one of a kind shirt for DH's birthday and he tells you something like, "No way! You got to be kidding me!" Do kindly tell him, "But Hun, you need to change things up a bit, you always wear the same types of things. I wanted you to expand your entire. Don't you want to broaden your horizon? To try something fresh and different?"
(Wisp Wings closing this and so wishing she knew how to make that devilish grin icon)