 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 a deck of cards from the Chris Angel. Now, I believe this is the second edition, second volume, second printing of the Baroque playing cards. Now, a while back, I think when Chris Angel's cards first came out, they were the Mind Freak cards. They were the yellow and orange backed cards with the Chris Angel like haunting eyes. And if you ever picked up a deck of those, they were garbage, right? They were junk. They were printed in China, they were paper thin, they stuck together, they clumped, they were pretty much useless. My son has a couple of those decks and they're awful. After that, Chris printed the Baroque series, which was this patterned back design. They came in white, they came in black. They're still available on his website, I believe. And they were made by the United States playing card company. And I did hear from people that had purchased them that they were really good, that they handled really well. I think the only place you could get them was online. So that's why I never picked these up. I found this at a drug store thinking that it was maybe a new printing of the Baroque series because it is the same back design, like I said. However, these are printed in China as well. The front of the check case says Chris Angel has Chris Angel's logo there and playing cards. And then this is C and A for Chris Angel. It does say that it comes with a little URL so that you can get a PDF of a bunch of different card tricks. The side says Chris Angel playing cards, as does the other side. The bottom tells you that they are printed in China and the top has a custom Chris Angel tech seal. The back design of the tuck case is of course the back design of the cards and that is pretty much it for the tuck case. Let's take a look at these cards. Like I said, these cards are printed in China. They are a little better than your average typical China deck. They have a linen finish to them. They do have a linen finish to them. So the cards do glide, which is an improvement over the mind-free cards. They don't clump together. I could see, you know, if you are a magician, you could use these for cards. I don't know that they would work as well for cardistry because of just how kind of warpy they feel. The back design is the double CA logo, Chris Angel logo with just a bunch of flowery borders and, you know, arc designs here in the corners and you got little Chris Angel hidden logos there and there. It is a two-way back design and so that makes it good for playing cards and for magic. I found these in black. Like I said earlier, the original broke version ones, they are available in black and white. So I have not seen these in white. So if you have, let us know. With this deck, you're going to do your secret code card that lets you in on your download so that you can get your magic tricks and you're going to get two original jokers, which again is the double CA. It's the Chris Angel logo. Your Ace of Spades is very attractive. It's a bowl with wings with a with a wheel pattern there in the center and a nice big expletive pip with a vinework on the edges. Your pips and indices cards are all completely standard. Easily recognizable traditional layout, traditional colors, traditional, traditional, traditional. The court cards have a more older feel to them. They almost look like arco courts, but they're not exactly arco courts. They do have like a little bit of a different coloring to them. And so it kind of makes them stand out and be a little bit more unique. Other than that, there isn't really anything else to this deck. There's no other bells or whistles. And so that is pretty much it for this deck review. 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 see up to date on all of these cards and card magic. Now, if you want to follow me on social media, you can. I'm at facebook.com slash magic orthodoxy twitter.com slash magic orthodoxy and instagram.com slash magic underscore orthodox.