The cards look older than your aunt, but handle better than anything out there. You have to keep telling yourself it's a brand new deck. The aged art present on each card was hand-crafted by our graphic team. Even the seal on the deck looks like it was left in a New York alley "for a spell". Ancient, worn and cracked. 1800's are ripped from history. No detail was left untouched-- artwork on each card was delicately hand-crafted by Ellusionist's top graphic team. The cards are an illusion in themselves, because they may look very old, but they handle better than anything else out there.