 Hey everybody, welcome back to Magic Wizard Oxy. My name is David and this is a deck review. Hey, today we're gonna look at the new Gemini line of playing cards from Requiem and Stockholm 17. All right, so what are the Gemini decks? Originally, this was a Kickstarter release. It was released as three decks. I think maybe even fourth. I don't know if the fourth one got printed, but there was a fourth one in speculation. Lorenzo, the brain behind this, you can visit his website and learn more about him at stockholm17.com. He had this out on Kickstarter. It was successfully funded and these are the decks. All right, so why the name Gemini? The choice of the name for Gemini is based mostly off the court cards. So if you look at the the Jacks and the Queens and the Kings, and here I'll show them to you a little closer. At first glance, the figures of each card, they look perfectly symmetrical, but they're not. Gemini, of course, means twin and it's an astrological symbol. It's also a horoscope. Gemini is Latin. And so if you look at the court cards, you'll notice they're not identical. There's small differences between one side and the other. And one side, their eyes are closed and the other side, their eyes are open. And so that along with the symbol, the symbol for Gemini is the reason behind the name. The Gemini decks of cards were released in three colors, three different versions. And there's the Sienna back. That's called Terra. It's a yellowish tuck box has embossing, which is copper, gold foil, and it's all done on thick black paper. There's also the red back deck. This is called Ignis. Its tuck box has red and gold foil embossing on thick black paper. And then there's the blue or the black tuck case. This is Noctis and it's embossed with silver or kind of like a silver aqua foil and a black foil. And you'll notice that this one is also numbered. So this out of the three, this was the only deck that came in a numbered deck. The other thing you'll notice about these tuck boxes is there's no ink on the tuck boxes. All the color is comprised only of embossing and the two hot foils. There's the outer foil that has the color that denotes the, you know, which box you have. There's also an inner foil on the inside liner as well. The tuck box design features all of this beautiful handmade calligraphy. This was all done by a gentleman named Carco Brian from England. And the Latin that you see on the tuck is lifted from a very ancient Roman text that was written about astrology and the zodiac symbols. Of course, each tuck box says Gemini across the front and has the astrological symbol for Gemini on the back. That is pretty much it for the tuck case. Let's take a look at these cards. These cards come printed from the expert playing card company on casino grade paper with classic finish. They also have a linen finish and bossing, which makes them wonderful decks for both magic, flourishing and gameplay. The back design, of course, is that big, beautiful image of the zodiac symbol. You'll also notice that the poker border is super thin, micro thin, really super thin poker borders. You can only get that, that beautiful registry from expert playing card company and the Taiwan printing company. The other interesting thing about the back design is it is a one way back design. It's not hard to find. You do have to look a little closely, but I think careful examination and you'll, you'll see it with this deck. You're also going to get three original jokers. One of them is the symbol for Gemini and then the other two are kind of like depictions of what Gemini means in that it's two faces. Now, between the three decks, okay, between Tara and Ignis and Noctis, for the most part, they're all going to be completely the same as far as what's depicted. There are some differences in the Noctis deck in the black and blue version. The colorings will be more blue. So you'll notice that in the jokers, the aces and in the court cards, you'll see some of that blue coloring come out. Also with this deck, you're going to get two extra cards. One of them is the Gemini star constellation that's up in the sky. And then the second one is a two-way gaff card that's great for tricks like boave. Your ace of spades is not an ace of spades. It's actually the axe of spades because all four aces in this deck are actually different versions of an axe. And so that is a really cool thing that Lorenzo put in. The axe of spades, so this Gemini playing cards across the top, has the Gemini symbol there in the center and then has a bunch of Latin all around. And then this is, of course, the axe of spades at the bottom and then stock home 17. All the court cards in this deck have a classical medieval feeling and the figures that are on the court cards, they all interestingly and artistically interact with the pip that's next to them. You'll see that some of them are holding them and doing just other weird things with them. And it really makes the pip not a separate entity, but actually makes it a part of the illustration. Now, the pips and indexy cards, meaning the numbers that are two through 10, they're super big and they take up a lot of space. I think Lorenzo used a very unconventional index, which is horizontal instead of vertical, but it makes the cards very playable and very easy to read. All right, because Lorenzo ran a very honest and extremely well funded campaign, of course, there's also extras. Some of the backers got these extras. OK, the first of which is this card guard. It's all metal and it's the Gemini symbol, of course. And then it has some twisted vinework on the front and then it has some Latin words on the back. You'll notice that it also has two little drilled holes in it that makes it perfect that you could use it as a key chain or a necklace. But for the most part, at the poker table, you lay it on your cards to keep other players from touching them. The other thing that was released for all the backers was this beautiful pin that's got the Gemini symbol there on the front and so well made and done in these beautiful and striking colors. And then lastly, there's the axe of spades drink coaster. I've never seen a drink coaster done from a campaign, but it's a really cool idea. Just a Gemini playing card Stockholm 17 across the front and it's made to look like your axe of spades. All right, so that is my review of the Gemini cards from Stockholm 17. And like I said, if you want to learn more about them or see where they're sold, please visit Stockholm 17.com. I want to thank Lorenzo for letting me have these decks so that I can do the review for you and if you'd like to purchase them for yourself, please visit Stockholm 17.com. Thanks. Bye.