 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 Victorian room playing cards from the blue crown. Alright, so what is Victorian room? Victorian room was designed by Rudy Faber and it was finalized and finished up by Edo Hwang So what the blue crown has done is they take it upon themselves to the task of restoring the artwork that was found in an old journal and then Reprinting this really cool deck of cards. So about a hundred years ago in 1916 There was a mysterious guy that traveled the world and he taught people magic Okay taught people cardistry taught people sleight of hand and even though he was the best of his time There weren't very many people who even knew he existed let alone knew what he looked like knew even of his name But he was called ace Victoria. So Arthur ace Victoria He was born in Bribingham England and he later moved to the US at the start of the century and the legend is that he taught Erdnase, okay, that's the legend. The legend is that he taught Erdnase And his travels took him all over the world and although very little is known about him The majority of information that's been revealed to the public has been found in this journal Which was found much later in the deepest darkest India So his own custom card design was found sketched in this journal along with many secret techniques and slights devised By Arthur and so what blue crown is done is they've taken upon themselves to create Victorian room a brand new deck of cards Designed from this supposed old journal the tech ace is done in a flat burgundy It wraps all the way around and then there's a lot of this red Victorian era Embellishments on the front and it does say Victorian room and a little gold vr at the top and then you have this silver Shiner now there's a shiner right on the center of this and it's done with kind of like a mirror-like surface And if you don't know what a shiner is a shiner is a magical utility that Magicians and gamblers would use to get a reflection of a card Supposedly to be able to hold a card above the shiner and then look down into the shiner and have it act as a mirror So it would reflect back up and tell the magician or the gambler what the identity of the card was Okay, so it's kind of like a technique the second thing that's built into this is that there's a hole cut out This hole is made to look like it might be the center of the back design, but in truth You could have a chosen card or a word Put written on a card and then have it put back in the box And then when you held the box for yourself you'd be able to see you'd be able to catch a peak So this box is designed to both reveal cards from one way or the other as either a peak or a shiner So it's a built-in magic box the tongue flap says ace Victoria and has a top hat for the magic one And then the inside is done with a lot of beautiful Victorian embellishments The bottom has some ad copy about the blue crown and the expert playing card company and that it's pretty much If for the tuck case, let's take a look at these cards These cards are from the expert playing card company and a lot of you will always ask how these cards feel how they handle The best thing I can do for you is measure them with a caliper I can put 10 of them into a caliper and then measure them give you an accurate reading and then tell you how this deck would Compare to perhaps another deck that you've played with or another deck that you own So 10 of these in the caliper comes to 2.77 2.77 is pretty thin That's about on par with the roadhouse deck back design is a nice thin white border and as you can see it's very heavily Embellished you got the roses up there in the corner like a vase and all of that like Design works wrapped around this very old clock with Roman numerals and then in the center There's the image of a Sun and in truth the face on the Sun is so small I can't really tell if it's a one-way or a two-way design But that doesn't really matter because the Roman numerals around the clock make it a one-way design with this deck You're gonna get two original jokers They are the ace Victoria logo with the top hat and magic wand also with this deck You're gonna get double backer, which is great for magic The key thing about the double backer is on one side is a standard back on the other side It has the clock hands put back on your ace of spades is big and beautiful It's a large golden pip that says Victorian room across the top underneath It says the blue crown and underneath the spade pip is some gold fauna your pips and in the sea cards will be completely standard And instantly recognizable making them perfect for gameplay your court cards are gonna have a very throwback very old school Very Arco looking feel however. I don't really recognize them So I think they're original to this deck and so they're probably courts that were inspired from the ace Victoria journal But they're very beautiful and again They have that very old school very throwback feel each one of the aces It has an exploded pip in the center and has that gold Laurel wreath wrapped around them. Alright, so that's my review of the Victorian room cards from the blue crown as always We ask that you like this video just so other people can find it faster We also recommend that you subscribe to this channel just so that you can stay up to date on the latest in cards and card magic You're gonna follow me on social media You can I'm at facebook.com slash medical orthodoxy twitter.com slash medical orthodoxy and instagram.com slash magic underscore orthodoxy. Thanks. Bye