 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 Gold Gator Bax from David Blaine. Alright, so the new Gold Gator Bax, if you've been following David Blaine for any amount of time, you know that he has done a series of these in different colors. So there's been a red edition and there's been a black edition and then there's been a green edition. And so this is the new Gold Metal Luxe version. Now, he released these also with the subtitle that these are the edition Dorae, which Dorae is French and it means wealth. And I guess you can kind of see that with the gold Metal Luxe foil on this. It does have a very opulent, very rich feel to it. Of course, these cards were printed from the United States playing card company and they were designed and illustrated by Mark Stussman. Now, the tech case is very similar to the Gator Bax of past with an exception and I'll show that to you, or a couple exceptions. You got your gold alligator there on the front with a bunch of white embossing. The front is very similar. So the sides do have words, they do have embossed words, but they're the same as before and they're just so difficult to read. The bottom has some ad copy, of course. And the top of the tech case, this is where one of the variants is. You've got two Eiffel Towers and then the words and Paris. And I'll show you a picture here. There's also an extra ad card. There's also an extra, like we could call it a gas card, that also says and Paris. And I would assume this is just, you know, it's something for David. It's a reveal card that David knows the reveal to. He knows the trick to and it's probably something he uses in his walk around. The back design, of course, is the back design of the cards. And on the tuck flap, you have the David Blaine symbol. That is pretty much it for the tuck case. Let's take a look at these cards. Like I said earlier, these cards are printed from the United States playing card company and they are done with a modern cut. Now in the past, he's had traditionally cut cards. These are a modern cut card. And as far as the thickness goes, man, the United States playing card company is getting really weird. I think they would argue that these are casino grade stock. And these are 2.80 when you measure them with a caliper. So I take them, I put 10 cards in the caliper and I measure them and use them as my standard. And they come out to 2.80. A fresh deck of bees straight from United States playing card company comes to 2.78. So 2.80 is definitely thicker than a United States playing card company deck of bees. However, 2.80 is still really low in comparison to previous years. And so I don't really know what to tell you. I think the metalux adds some thickness to it. And so that would mean the paper stock is even thinner. So man, you'll just have to compare and see for yourself where you think these fall. The back design of course is similar to other Gatorback back designs of the past. You have like hidden alligators and scroll work. You're going to notice also that you have a very thick white poker boarder. Very thick white poker boarder, thicker than normal in the past. And that is simply because of the printing process that USPCC goes through. I think they would want to make sure that the registration on these stayed even. And it still didn't work. There's a lot of cards in my deck. And I've read from other reviewers that the registration on these is... I mean it's terrible really. It's terrible. There's so many cards that are off kilter in my deck. It's not even funny. With this deck you're going to get three jokers. And they are all different depictions of David Blame's daughter with his pet alligator. And there's pretty much one joker for each one of the different various releases of the Gatorbacks. Your ace of spades is the standard Gatorback ace of spades. It's an alligator shooting up out of the water, trying to catch a bird in his mouth. And then underneath that is his Gatorback's number 127. The Pips and Indici cards are all going to be completely standard. And the deck will come in a Mamanica stack. Which means it is a deck stack, meaning that you could take the cards out of the box and do a false shuffle right in front of your spectator. Bring the deck back to new deck order, which would be Mamanica stack. And then you would know the placement of every single card. Even though to your spectator it would look like it was shuffled. Of course, this only works one time when you actually open the deck physically in front of your spectator. Your court cards are going to be somewhat standard, but there are some of those David Blame court faces that you've seen in previous decks along with some new ones. And then you'll also notice that the courts have a gold and red metallic ink. Alright, so that is my review of the gold Gatorbacks from DavidBlame and DavidBlame.com. 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. If you want to follow me on social media, you can. I'm at facebook.com slash magicorthodoxy, twitter.com slash magicorthodoxy, instagram.com slash magic underscore orthodoxy. And if you need more content, you can always find it at magicorthodoxy.com. Thanks, bye.