 Hey, everybody. Welcome back to Magic Orthodoxy. My name is David and this is a deck review. Hey, today we're going to look at the Blood King's Deck from Illusionist Daniel Madison and Peter McKinnon. What is this? It's basically another addition, another recolor of the King's Deck. Originally, you remember it came out in gold, the tech case was gold. There was a black tech case that wasn't inverted, I believe, and then also this last addition to blood, which is done in this really red saturated color that really does look more like a blood color, less like a red or maybe a crimson. It does have that kind of feel to it. And it was released right around Halloween in 2015, so kind of cool. Blood red, Halloween, yeah. You can see the tech case. It has this really cool gold etching. It has the symbol there of the Kings, the crossed sword and axe. It says Blood King's right on the front. On one side of the tech case, it says Live Like Kings. And on the other side, it says Die Like Kings. The top of the tech case has a tribute to both Madison and McKinnon, who are the creators of this deck. They're the inspiration, the impetus behind this desk. And of course, you have the Kings symbol there as well. The back of the tech case is completely blank and simple. Like a lot of Madison's decks, he prefers a simple tuck, a simple design. And you know, quite frankly, I do too. I like both the cards speak for themselves. The bottom has some ad copy about Illusionist. And as you can see from the top, there's no tuck seal, which is cool too because then, you know, no sticky film, no residue, no things peeling off the art. So that's nice. So that is pretty much it for the tech case. Let's take a look at these cards. These cards were printed from the United States Playing Card Company and they do come on their retail stock. They do have a traditional cut and they do have air cushion finish. Now, these cards are just a little thicker than a standard deck of bicycles. If you measure 10 of them, they come in like 2.90, so they're a little bit thicker than a standard deck of bikes. That could be for a couple of different reasons. If you want to learn more about stock, cut or finish, you can click the link below in the description. The back design is a simple image. It is the cross weapons on a field of blood red color with a normal traditional thick border. On the original King's deck, they were a marked deck, but on the subsequent deck since then, they have been one-way back designs. And so this is a one-way back design, meaning it looks different this way than it does this way. The Blood King deck also comes in a Mamanica stack. Now what Mamanica is, is it's a deck stack basically so that when you unwrap it right in front of the spectator and bring it out of the box, it's already going to be in a prearranged deck stack that you know. So you could do a couple of false shuffles and then go straight into a magic routine, fully knowing where every single card in the deck is. And to an unobserved spectator, an unknown spectator, they would think it was a well-shuffled deck. You'd be able to go into any number of card locations or mental mysteries. With this deck, you're going to get two original jokers. They are the weapon of the King of Diamonds and the weapon of the King of Hearts, which is represented also in the deck, in the court cards, being Daniel Madison and Peter McKinnon respectively. Once again, all the court cards are typical Madison courts where they are images and reflections of the people that are closer to Daniel, that know him, that are his friends. Daniel Madison is of course the King of Diamonds and Peter McKinnon is of course the King of Hearts. Now all the court cards, they haven't been redrawn, they haven't been retouched except for Peter McKinnon. Illusionists, they gave Peter McKinnon a haircut that is more similar to his kind of scruffy urban bohemian look that he has now. Love you, Peter. Also in this deck, you're going to get two gaff cards. You're going to get a double backer, which is great for magic tricks, and you're not going to get an angle Z card, which has been included in all the previous King's decks. In this deck, you're going to get an extra Queen of Hearts, and that's nice to have an extra card. It's good for locating tricks where you want to make a card appear in an impossible location. Alright, so that is it for this review of the Blood King's Deck. As always, we 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, you can. I'm at facebook.com slash magicOrthodoxy, twitter.com slash magicOrthodoxy, and instagram.com slash magic underscore orthodoxy. Thanks, bye.