It is our belief that playing cards (while very nice to look at on the shelf) are meant to be used and abused in the creation of memories and moments. This is not an overhyped deck with an overhyped trailer.

Our design is simplistic but elegant and will be printed poker sized with Cartamundi on the high quality and durable Superlux stock with B09 finish.

This deck was inspired by my wife's bespoke craft company and is a means for me to give something back to someone who has given me so much support over the years and expected nothing in return.

After finalising the design we came to the conclusion that people would be more inclined to keep a stylish deck like this on a shelf and not use it. In our opinion that's a tragic waste of trees. Playing cards are intended to be used to create moments, whether it be for magic, cardistry or simply just playing card games. After all it is in the name, PLAYING cards!

We don't want to overhype and try to sell these to everybody in the market, these are suitable for whoever the heck wants them!

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The artworks on Chess Club Playing Cards embody the aesthetics and practicality which appeal to magicians, cardists, collectors, players and Chess Players alike.

Building upon each of the iconic previous versions of ELITES, this fifth edition has taken the greatest leap yet and answered the wishes of so many hundreds of magicians over the years ... by incorporating Juan Tamariz's legendary MNEMONICA system into the deck! This unique blending of 'marked deck' and 'stacked deck' magic positions the DMC ELITES V5 clearly as one of the most devious and powerful weapons available today for both the amateur and professional card magician.

What does this mean in layman's terms? Well, simply put - in glancing at the back of a single playing card for LESS THAN A SECOND (and from a distance of up to SEVEN FEET) you will know not only the card's exact VALUE and SUIT, but also its precise POSITION in the deck!

Whilst many thousands of magicians will already be familiar with Phill Smith's genius 'Optical Marking System', for those who have yet to discover the secret - it is truly one of the greatest creations in the history of marked cards. With many contemporary marked decks requiring memory work, calculation or close scrutiny, the ELITES allow for a near-instant read of the card with no decoding involved - even at a great range or in poor light. We have received countless messages of thanks from magicians around the world-previously unable to make out or interpret the tiny markings on other marked decks-who can read the backs of the ELITES with ease, speed and precision.

Moreover, in spite of the markings' size and clarity they are so deviously 'hidden in plain sight' that in the early years we even had some magicians return their decks, complaining that they had been sent an unmarked version! In addition to all of this, the ELITES V5 also feature unique one-way backs AND faces - allowing a further dimension of deviousness to your card magic.

The result is a deck that was recently voted as "The Greatest Marked Deck for Magicians" by United Cardists. Incredibly clearly marked playing cards that you also can confidently hand to your audience without fear of the secret being discovered.

Printed by the iconic United States Playing Card Company on their legendary Bee stock - still the world's favourite choice - the DMC ELITES V5 will endure many hours of professional use. For the first time ever, the faces have also been upgraded to an ultra high-definition rendition of the standard USPCC faces, which also allow for minimum suspicion from your audience.

Included within each deck is a language-free instruction card that clearly explains the marking system, a Mnemonica 'crib' card (that allows you to glimpse the full Mnemonica stack with ease) and two custom DMC jokers, one with an inbuilt card reveal.

It's taken eight long years, five separate editions and many tens of thousands of decks printed... but the moment has finally come:

DMC ELITES V5: Perhaps the most powerful deck ever created for magicians.

The era of Prohibition is famous for its secret, smoky saloon halls from New York to Chicago to LA. This almost-mystical era of libations and gambling, gangsters and flappers, was the perfect theme for a member-exclusive deck. The classy cards of the Speakeasy Deck are perfect for any similarly classy get-together. Black and gold accents decorate the tuck and card back, where you’ll see everything from moonshine barrels to rosettes and mobsters. The gold on the court cards and card backs has a slightly metallic sheen. The tuck case is embossed and shinning with layers of gold foil and ink. Only 5,000 Speakeasy Decks were printed, so get yours while you can, old sport. This is a Limited Edition deck that is available exclusively to Club 808 Members. The seal on the top of the tuck is a Club 808 seal showing the production quantity of 5,000 decks.

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The Babylonians invented 13 zodiac constellation signs in the first half of the 1st millennium BC. Over the years the number of signs has reduced to 12, which are the ones we use on the daily. The name of these twelve signs are today mostly associated with horoscopic astrology, which are also the inspiration behind the design concept of the Constellation Playing Cards.

• Detail illustration that features all 12 Zodiac Signs
• Champagne Gold Metallic Ink
• Gold Foil on both Exterior & Interior of the Tuck-box
• Embossing on the Tuck-Box
• Thick Cardboard used for a sturdy Tuck-box
• Numbered Seal
• Printed by Cartamundi with TRUE LINEN B9 FINISH

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The Pyramid symbolizes the Gods' power above all. And so its illustrious golden luster is depicted in a playing card that ranked above all - the Ace of Spade. At the card's back winged scarabs make its design. They're a common charm sewn to mummy to protect the dead's passing to Afterlife. On the other hand, the colorless and borderless card's face illustrates Ancient Egypt's creation myth: that the universe began as a lifeless void.

Until the Great Ennead descended from Ra and gifted the world Four Seasons and Nature's Law. Just as the creator of the playing cards had given them Diamond, Club, Spade, and Heart and Playing Cards Standard. It's only because the Pyramid was built can a lost civilization's mystery be unpeeled layer by layer by modern human. And it's only because the Egypt Playing Cards was designed can the same mystery see the light of day again, in a novel way - on a magician's path.

Thus, ultimately, we magicians can make history that belongs to no other on this novel path we walk, with the Old Egypt's conviction inherited through this deck.

Features of Ancient Egypt:

If you are a serious card collector, then you must not miss having this mysterious lost civilization in your collection! Get it now from your favorite magic dealer. Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/750-ancient_egypt