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My name is David and this is a deck review Hey today, we're gonna look at the four regal decks from John Powell and cutthroat cards This was a Kickstarter Kickstarter that was successfully funded a while ago And you might remember I actually did a review for the prototype There's this really big massive review for the prototype in all four colors And so this is the follow-up to that these are the printed Cards all right, so if you follow the campaign or if you supported it You would know that John Powell have these printed in four different colors They were printed in blue and red and green and purple and they were printed from the experts playing card company All right, so the regal deck it combines robust design elements with a very fresh take on the classical Styling John Powell said that he was really influenced by the classic standard English court cards But he wanted to do them in a cleaner and more sophisticated and regal appearance hence the name regal John Powell if you don't know he's become gambler's warehouse Just permanent fixture. He's Right up there with a number of the top-selling custom deck designers You might remember we reviewed double black that he did We reviewed the occult deck that he did the regal playing cards are Unmistakable unique yet practical and familiar and I think they're just a must-have for any serious collector All right, so each deck of the gambler's warehouse regal playing cards Includes custom face cards court cards jokers and tuck box everything completely unique and redesigned There's even printing on the inner tuck design Like I said, these are all printed from expert playing cards And they are using metallic gold inks on both the cards and the tuck boxes And so I just have the blue tuck box right here And you can just see that gold metallic ink just wrapped all the way around It's really super gorgeous and then even on the tuck flap you have all of that Styling and then on the inside you can see that as well. It's just a very beautiful tuck box All right, so that's it for the tuck case Let's take a look at these cards like I said these cards are printed for the expert playing card company And they are super super duper Thin when I measure these cards out with the caliper I take ten cards And I measure them with the caliper just to give us an estimate of how thick or thin they are Ten cards measures out to two point seven three now I've never measured any of my decks at two point seven three I have nothing for reference the closest I have are the killer bees and the keepers that illusionists recently printed so it is on a very super thin stock But it is still very snappy and so it's a very interesting Very fun deck to play with okay since there are four colors I just figured we just show some video and talk about the different four colors and just let these cards speak for themselves Red red is the color of fire and blood So then it's also associated with energy war danger of strength power determination passion desire love when you talk about courts and Regal red is used to indicate courage. It's a color found in many national flags It's richness and connections to romance love and rage Those were all the inspirations that John Powell used when designing Regal in the red color the blue deck blue is the color of the sky and the sea It's often associated with depth stability that symbolizes trust loyalty wisdom confidence intelligence faith truth and heaven and It is also a close association with royalty and the royal family blue blood You know you get that phrase the green deck green is actually the first color that John Powell Started with he was that this was the first color that was the impetus to the other four because green just seemed to have some tie-in in his mind with You know a regal family green is commonly associated with money and wealth You know money equals power power over everything has been a hallmark of nearly ever a regal monarchy ever known Across the world, so it seemed like the easiest decision to make When thinking about what colors would be regal the purple deck purple symbolizes the Stability of blue and the energy of red, you know because they come together Purple is often associated with royalty It symbolizes power and nobility luxury and ambition that conveys wealth and extravagance purple is associated also with wisdom and dignity independence creativity mystery and magic all of which were the foundations that John Powell based the regal deck off of the other interesting thing about the regal decks is the black cards or the black suits in All four colors are black. However, the red cards in all four boxes will match whatever color the deck is So in the blue deck the red suits are blue. Does that make sense? If so in the purple deck the red suits are purple and in the green deck the red suits are green with this deck Simply says Jay up in the corners. It has a very beautiful Loud large exploded design there in the center John designs all of his aces with large Exploded pips in the center and I do like that. I wish more deck designers would do that I think it makes your aces fun and creative the pips and indicee cards are going to be completely customized But they do bear resemblance to other gamblers warehouse Other John Powell cut through a card's decks and so you'll notice that both both pip and indicee The court cards are also going to be completely unique to this deck But again, you'll I think you'll recognize them compared to other John Powell Decks and here's a beautiful shot of your ace of spades All right So that is my review of the regal deck from John Powell and cut through a cards and gamblers warehouse as always I want to thank John Powell and cut through a cards and gamblers warehouse for setting me this deck so that I Do the reviews for you as always we suggest that you like this video just so other people can find it faster We also recommend that you subscribe to this channel just to stay up to date on the latest in cards and card magic You want to follow me on social media? 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