 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 1876 Mauger Quadruplet playing cards restoration. This was a Kickstarter project. There was five different versions of this deck. Okay, so even though there's five different versions of this deck, there was really only five different versions of the tuck case and packaging. The cards on the inside were the same from deck to deck and so I left a few of my decks still wrapped in the sealed paper that they came with. Part of the cool factor of this restoration project was that a few of the decks would be wrapped in paper with vintage tuck seals and I left mine that way to preserve them and their collectability and so we won't be looking at those decks. Who's Victor Mauger? He was born in England and he came to New York in 1855. He started a business importing metal goods and so then around 1870 he also began importing playing cards from England. So the Goodall company began making special decks with unique aces of spades for America and then by 1873 Mauger started to manufacture his own brand of playing cards and he did that to supplement his supply and then he altogether dropped Goodall in 1876 due to just you know high imports. So his deck printed in 1876 was the Centennial Exposition deck and it's thought to be the first deck to ever commemorate a fair. They were made in conjunction with the World's Fair in Philadelphia and the deck also commemorates the 100th year anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Like I said with this Kickstarter project there were five different versions of this deck. There was the United States playing card company Standard Blueback with the white box which is what this one is. There's the United States playing card company Limited. They only did a thousand of those. It had a blue back and it came in a different tuck case but we won't be looking at that one. There was the Mauger replica which has a red back. There's the Mauger Limited which was the thousand run again. It was red back and that one's wrapped in paper and then there's the Mauger original release. That one was also limited to 500 decks and that one had a red back as well. This deck here, the Standard, this was printed like I said from the United States playing card company. It has a linen finish. These are standard poker-sized cards and it does have a custom replica sticker right there as does all of them. There's 56 cards in this. There's one original Joker and one double back and two Gaff cards. As you can see on the tuck case it says American playing cards and it has the Victor Mauger symbol right there. It says Victor Mauger in New York at the bottom and it says 1776 Centennial. It does also say 1776 Centennial on the side. Victor E. Mauger on the back and then it has his branding right there on the back. That is pretty much it for the tuck case. Let's take a look at these cards. All right so I have a sample of both the blue back and the red back. This is the blue back right here. This is the standard and it has a flower design and it's inside of a frame and like I said this is a restoration project and so what Michael Scott is trying to do is recreate the decks how they looked originally when they were released. He's not trying to add any flowery items. He's not trying to create his own look or his own brand. He's simply trying to restore Decker cards that once existed. This is a look at the red back. You can also see that it too has kind of a flower pattern but it's more grid-like and then there's that diamond shape there in the center. The Decker of Ace of Spades has dates on it both 1776 and 1876. These two dates commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It also has some Latin words there also on the tuck case. It's I believe it's pronounced an aquarium restroom which translates to nobody vogue or never retreat. A single joker in this deck depicts George L. Fox. He was a popular actor and a dancer. He became well known for his Panamime clown act of Humpty Dumpty. Fox was also enlisted as the Lieutenant in the 8th New York Infantry when the Civil War broke out. He eventually earned the rank of major and was involved in the first Battle of Bull Run. So after the war he enjoyed great acting success. He starred in a Midsummer Night's Dream but like I said he's most famous for his role as Humpty Dumpty. Also with this deck you're going to get a description card that tells you a little bit about the Restoration Project. Like I said in the beginning these cards are quadruplet which means that the pips and indices are in all four corners. Because this is the Restoration Project the pips, indices and the quart cards are all going to have the original vintage look. Another part of the project that wasn't actually a recreation but was a new item was this metal ace of spades. This is the ace of spades from the deck and then on the back there's actually your number what it was in the series. So mine is 297 out of a thousand and so this was a nice little addition for all the backers. Well that is it for this review of the 1876 Mauger Quadruplet Playing Cards Restoration Project. 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 twitter.com and instagram.com slash magic underscore orthodoxy