Front of the tuck says CLASSIC INDEX New Phoenix decks are printed at an undisclosed factory in Taiwan, according to Card Shark

The Phoenix and Peony pattern originated in 1950s China and was designed by the Design Department of Shanghai East China Textile Bureau. This design style features bold color combinations of red and green. At that time, Chinese fashion was dominated by black and other dark colors, so this innovative and vibrant design quickly swept across the country.

High visibility for Close-up, Parlour and Stage performances Cards still look like Poker sized cards to your audience All the features of the Phoenix Deck are also built into the Parlour design(ie: one way design on the backs and faces) All sleights that could be performed with Poker sized cards can be done with the Parlour size, so you will get used to the new size extremely fast NEW: The cards are produced on our Card-Shark stock matching the US playing card stock used for BEE Decks. The New Finish will blow your mind! NEW: Due to multiple requests, we finally have unmarked Parlour Decks available for an extremely competitive price. NEW: The Daredevil Deck! Produced in cooperation with Henry Evans, this will also be available in Parlour size, making it probably the best marked deck for stage ever. NEW: Almost all Parlour Decks will have two special gimmicks included to perform the classic 3-Card-Monte. Perfect as a training deck. If you train your sleights with the Parlour Deck, performing them with Poker sized cards is a breeze. It is as if you would perform Poker Deck sleights with a Bridge size deck.

The new Phoenix SUM Deck 2.0! S.U.M. has nothing to do with math, the initials stand for Set Up Marked. It is the stacked, marked deck that needs no calculation or memorization whatsoever -- the deck does all the work! You don't have to decipher esoteric markings or remember formulae, everything is literally spelled out for you. The second generation of the SUM Deck is based on the Roy Johnson's SUM Deck that we released in cooperation with Martin Lewis in 2009. This new deck uses our popular Phoenix marking and also gives info about the card above, the number of cut-off cards, the stack number in the Tamariz Mnemonica system and includes some other features. It has never been easier to use the Tamariz stack without knowing it thoroughly, and to perform amazing effects while getting used to the Memorized Stack (if you like). -The deck appears to be in completely random order. -There is absolutely no calculation or memorization required. -Can also be used as a normal marked deck.