 Hey everybody, welcome back to Magic orthodoxy. My name is David and this is a deck review Hey today, we're gonna look at the Marae deck from the United States playing card company now What is the Marae? The Marae is a Greek? Series of goddesses. It's actually three goddesses in one and they're called the fates. Okay, and sometimes they're called the sisters They're depicted in mythology, of course. They're in literature. They're in movies They're usually depicted as three ladies who are Weaving this thread and the thread is the fate of someone's life and so the fates govern your life from birth to death and They're responsible for the things that happens to you and that's why we say oh, it's fate or you know We'll let the fates decide and they're talking about these three sisters. And so this deck is a themed deck Centered around those three sisters. This deck was a Kickstarter project from Stewart West It was successfully funded and this is the deck right here the front of the tuck case says Marae or the Marae across the front And it has a symbol of a two-headed eagle a symbol for very powerful empires down here at the bottom There's a Roman numeral and it says card deck and then each four corner There's one of the pips from the deck of playing cards both sides of the deck say determining the lot of mortals The bottom has a little bit of ad copy about Stewart West and Bob case the top is just ornamentation And you have a custom Marae tuck seal the back design of the tuck case is also the back design of the cards and the two little Tongue flaps say designed with care from Stewart West that is pretty much it for the tuck case Let's take a look at these cards these cards were printed from the nicest playing card company And they are done on their casino be stock They do have a modern cut and air cushion finish and if you'd like to learn more about stock cut or finish You can click the link below in the description A lot of people always ask me how these cards feel and how they handle best thing I can do is put them in a caliper and measure them for you I can stick them in a caliper and measure them and then compare them against other decks that you've maybe held or owned This deck when you stick 10 in a caliper comes to 2.92 now 2.92 is definitely a thicker card stock Definitely puts this into the realm of casino cards and this is going to feel similar to Old-school tally-hoes or the red arcane deck from illusionist the Viridian deck that legends put out Laura London's knock cards or piff the magic dragons cards from expert the back design is monochromatic And it's entirely comprised of vine work You have both living vines and dead vines intertwined together does say Marae on the top and bottom there And then you have a very nice thin border Because this was a Kickstarter project one of your cards will be a Thank-you card to all of the Marae backers also with this deck You're gonna get three jokers three jokers which makes a triptych when placed next to each other And they depict the three sisters of fate ace of spades is adorned with that double-headed eagle and the text on it Says the ace of spades printed in the USA your pips and indices cards will all be completely custom And they will include custom designs suits and pips but they will still be perfect for gameplay magic and flourishing Your court cards are one-way court cards meaning they appear one way one direction and a different way a different direction So they are two headed so they have two images each royalty card is a unique illustration And it shows the control that the sisters of fate have over our lives and ultimately it shows our death All right, so that is my review of the Marae cards from Stuart West and the United States playing card company I got my cards from rare playing cards calm I want to thank them for providing them for me so that I could do the review for you And if you're looking for your very favorite cards, you can find them also at rare playing cards calm. Thanks. Bye