 Hey everybody, welcome back to magic orthodoxy. My name is David and this is a deck review. All right today We're gonna look at the Roadhouse deck. Now the Roadhouse deck was a collaboration between Daniel Madison and the illusionist designer Oban Jones It was Daniel's dream Daniel's wish to make a deck that paid tribute to or looked similar to the Classic steamboat deck. Okay, so if you have a deck of steamboats, you might know what those look like. They are casino deck they are a Thicker stock deck and so this is Daniel and Oban's version of what the illusionist Take would be on that deck. They say that the chase is better than the Doesn't matter how good your play is He only matters how good you are The real government doesn't really care about where he only cares about the true player finds the thrill In the anticipation of the turn of a single house playing cards by Oban Jones The front of the tech case is 016 16 playing cards and Roadhouse there and then in the corners up here very small You have the initials for Daniel Madison and Oban Jones. This side says made in the USA This side says 16 Roadhouse the bottom, of course always has ad copy about the illusionist and the top says Roadhouse poker The back design is more of the back design of the ace of spades. So it's very simplified It's not the back design of the cards It says 16 Roadhouse at the top says illusionist trademark and then says the illusionist playing card company down here at the bottom The tuck flap says traditional cut gamblers finish and then right here on the little flaps There is a R for Roadhouse that is pretty much it for the tuck case. Let's take a look at these cards The Roadhouse playing cards come from bicycle So they come from United's playing card company and they are done on their retail stock They do have a traditional cut and they do have a air cushion embossed And if you'd like to learn more about stock cut or finish you can click the link below on the description I will say that the Roadhouse cards are extremely thin. They're extremely pliable cards When I measure these cards with the caliper they come up with one of the most Lowest numbers I've ever seen so they're some of my thinnest cards. I've ever owned. Okay thinner than a normal Retail stock so these are really soft very buttery cards. They're gonna feel like they're broken in when you take them out of the box Okay, which kind of runs a little bit Against the theme of the deck. I mean the theme of the deck is they're supposed to be like Like bees like casino cards like casino stock And so I don't want you to think that these are casino grade stock They're made to look like casino cards, but they are not casino stock So these are not thick cards. They are completely thin very very thin like your best pair of jeans thin Okay, so like they are really really thin The Roadhouse back design is a repeating image that goes all the way to the borders Which which is standard for a casino design? Casinos generally don't like to have borders in the past Not so much now, but in the past It used to be because people used to mark the edges So that they would be able to recognize cards when they saw them again, and so they started making Cards without borders for casinos so that it would make card sharks Make them make it more difficult for them to cheat. Does that make sense? Okay, right there in the center of the design There is a spoked wheel that says Roadhouse on the top and bottom with this deck You're gonna get a couple of extras the first of which is a double backer Which is great for magic tricks and as your gaff card that you're actually gonna get an extra card So you're gonna get an extra nine of clubs, which is great for magic tricks as well With this deck are gonna get two jokers that are not completely identical It's an open door with the devil's tail hanging through it. Daniel Madison says that this was inspired by a tattoo from Marc Calabrese who is another Illusionist magician this joker has a quote below the door frame One quote says gambling is an agreement between a fool and a thief and the second one says cards the devil's prayer book now The devil's prayer book or the devil's picture book or the devil's Bible Used to be a nickname for the deck of cards given to Decks of cards by the church the church took a strong stand against card games until recently Preachers and churches used to warn people about the dangers of cards primarily because people used to use cards For gambling so it was a way of you know, leaving your life down the wrong path or they would use cards for Necromancy they would use it for you know determining the future using it for fortune telling and so some of the most common places you would see Then decks of cards besides your house You know would have been with prostitutes or gamblers or thieves or murderers or in taverns or brothels or prisons or insane Asylums or gambling dens right but never in a prayer meeting And so the deck of cards used to get this bad reputation as being at the devil's Bible, okay? So here on the ace of spades you have that same design that was on the back of the tuck case It says 16 Roadhouse across the top illusionist California trademark and then the bottom says the illusionist playing card company The pips and indicee cards with this deck are all completely standard and will be instantly recognizable The court cards are also mostly Standard however, you will see some original colorings the spade courts have been completely stripped of color And they are all completely black and there is also one custom king amongst the black cards The king of spades is a depiction of obon jones the artist the red cards have two colors red and black and the king of Diamonds is of course Daniel Madison Well, that is it from my review of the Roadhouse deck from illusionist comm Daniel Madison and open Jones And if you'd like to purchase this deck you can find it currently at illusionist comm as always recommend 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 now If you want to follow me on social media, I won't stop you I'm at facebook comm slash metric orthodoxy twitter comm slash magic orthodoxy instagram comm slash magic underscore orthodoxy And if you need more content, you can find it at magic orthodoxy comm. 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