 Hey everybody, welcome back to Magical Orthodoxy. My name is David and this is a deck review. Hey, today we're going to look at the variations on the David Blaine black lions. We'll be taking a look at the red black lions, the blue black lions, and the David Blaine seconds. Let's go! Okay, so if you don't know who David Blaine is, he was born April 4th, 1973 and as of this review he is 43 years old. He is an American magician. He's an illusionist. He's an endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance and has set and broken several world records. These cards, these were designed by Mark Stetsman. He's best known for his illustration that adorned the 1993 Elvis Presley stamp that ushered in a new wave of excitement for the US Postal Service. These three decks were all printed from the United States playing card company on retail stock Modern Cut with Eric Christian Finish. If you'd like to learn more about stock cut or finish, you can click the link below in the description. The red and blue tuck cases offer gloss inks, superfoil stamps, and as their predecessor they have three different reveals and optical illusions built into them. The back design as the previous black lions are a reader-back deck with a repeating pattern of David Blaine's logo repeated throughout the back. You will also notice that you have a medium-sized white border which makes for a really attractive spread or fan. People always ask how these cards feel, how they handle, can't really tell you how they handle as that's a subjective opinion. I can tell you how thick the cards are. These cards come in right around a middle grade. I just recently did a review for the Alan Morrison sinners and the Verts deck and so these are about the same thickness as those two. They're also about the same thickness as the carbon deck from Dan and Dave. When you receive your deck of playing cards, they will not be in new deck order. They will actually be in a Mamanica stack. A Mamanica stack was designed by Wontemarie and the purpose of that stack is so that when you open the cards you could give it a false shuffle and you would know where every single card was in the deck even though it would appear to be a completely shuffled deck. With this deck you'll also get the two black lions jokers, which is a lion wearing a dress standing on a chessboard and holding a large bird of prey on its arm. With this deck you'll also get a variation of the white lion ace of spades, but this is the black lion ace of spades. It is a woman with her arms held out standing in the midst of a large spade pip. Also with these decks you're going to get the two ad cards. You're going to get that raven card that you can cut into fourths and make a raven out of and you'll get the optical illusion card that has a lion's face on it. But when you pull it back, it's David Blaine's. As the previous David Blaine decks, they all have custom court faces. These are the Blaine Mark Stuttsman faces that you're familiar with with other Blaine decks that appear to picture his friends and fellow magicians. The Pips and NC cards are also a classic look and they will be instantly recognizable to anyone. The blacks are black and the reds have a more muted kind of blood coloring. Of the series with the second deck, the second deck has a brand new tuck case. However, there's no foil or embossing on it. This is simply the black lion's deck in a brand new tuck box. So this is the original classic black lion's deck, but in a completely redesigned tuck case. Now, the reason why it's called seconds. Seconds are usually what we call in the industry misprints. So in this deck, there's actually a miscut king of diamonds. And so due to that slight misalignment of the king of diamonds, the David Blaine website is able to offer you this deck for a slightly lower price. All right, so that is my overview of the David Blaine red black lions and blue black lions and David Blaine seconds. As always, recommend 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 the latest in cards and card magic. Hey, if you want to follow me on social media, you can. You can at Facebook dot com slash medical orthodoxy Twitter dot com slash medical orthodoxy Instagram dot com slash magic underscore orthodoxy. And if you need more content, you can always find it at magic orthodoxy dot com. Thanks. Bye.