 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 Malem playing cards. Malem, this was a Kickstarter project, successful Kickstarter project that was released and decks were delivered to me and they're absolutely beautiful. This deck was designed by Michael Muldoon. You might remember that he is part of System 6. I did a review for System 6, I think almost last year. It was for their Believe deck, which was also very highly creative, very artsy, and very similar to this, and we'll see that in just a minute. Malem, what's Malem? Malem is inspired by just the amazing Native Americans and their tribes. So all the cards have a Native American, you might say, Indian style themed, or at least American Indian themed. And if you don't know, gaming is really huge with Native Americans. It has been since the beginning of time. The Chumash people, they played two different types of games. One, they played chance type games, and then they had another type of game that was more skill-based. The ancestors, though, the ancestors of the Chumash would even place bets on the outcomes of these games. And so that's why you see Indian casinos. It's kind of all stemmed from that, that gambling has been a part of the American Indian culture for a very long time. Every village, every different American Indian village, they had their own special games where they played. And one such game was called Malem to Poopy. Now, with this in mind, they kind of shrunk that down and came up with Malem as the name for their cards. And so that kind of merged with this, which is the playing card, that is more kind of an American thing, or at least a European thing. And so those two ideas, both the American Indians and the playing cards merged together to create this really cool deck. This tuck case is done on a red, flat, matte paper stock, and it has gold foil all over the tuck case. It's really beautiful. This says System 6 presents, and then Malem cards right there. And then you can see on the front, there's the Native American tomahawk image. You're going to see the tomahawk also on the back, some arrows, and you're going to see those images, those icons throughout the deck. This side simply says System 6 playing cards. This side says Malem playing cards. The System6.com website as well as their B logo there on the bottom and the top says distributed by System 6 on the top. Another really cool thing, no tuck seal. That's nice. I really, I hate tuck seals, and I'm glad to see more designers go that direction. Again, the back design of the tuck case is the back design of the cards. The inside, of course, is solid red, and that is pretty much it for the tuck case. Let's take a look at these cards. These cards were printed on the Expert playing card company, and of course, if you have a deck from Expert, you know their cards are a little bit thicker, a little bit snappier, so they almost have a casino grade feel to them. So these cards were done by Expert, and if you'd like to learn more about them, you can visit expertplayingcards.com. Like I said earlier, the back design, of course, is the tomahawk with the arrows, and you can see that it's all inside of the red and gold bordered frame. It's very tribal, very Native American, and I think it's very striking, and it'd be a really cool collectible for anybody who likes Native American art. Since this deck was done by Expert, you're not going to get any extra cards. There's no ad cards. There's no gas. You are going to get two full-size jokers. It is a Native American space with a headdress made of feathers, and at the bottom there is a System 6 cards. Your ace of spades is very tribal, very Native American-esque themed. You do have the tomahawk image there again on the left and the right, and the bottom simply says System 6 playing cards. Your pips and in-sea cards are completely custom. You do have custom pips and custom fonts in the corner, and that's nice to see a designer do a complete 100% custom job. The court cards are also custom. Each one is a different Native American in both dress and design and style, and so, again, very beautiful, very true to form, and again, really cool, very collectible, highly recommended for people who might like this style deck. Well, that is it for this deck review of the Mail and Playing cards. 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, you can. I'm at facebook.com slash magicberthodoxy, twitter.com slash magicberthodoxy, and instagram.com slash magic magicberthodoxy. Thanks.