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My name is David and this is a deck review Hey today, we're gonna look at the black mint playing cards from 52 cards What is mint mint was a Kickstarter that 52 cards put out if you don't know 52 cards They are a YouTube channel a teaching magic channel, and they also have a Facebook Group that allows people to share and swap magic ideas The creator of 52 cards decided to release their own deck that was devoted to magic and to help magicians out with a quality deck of cards And so this is the result 52 cards wanted to create a you know a worker's deck a pack of 52 cards that Merges form with function and they used a very classical approach to the design The goal was to develop a look that was familiar, but then also relevant and fresh So they made a very elegant repeating pattern on the back of the deck Made to look more like a casino back but you know a little bit of poker mixed in there and so this deck is the result and It's really a beautiful deck that kind of just screams luxury for the modern card player Everything about the black mint deck from top to bottom is completely custom the faces are custom the fonts the pips the court cards the ace of spades All of it's been completely redrawn and yet it still feels classic Still feels like a deck of cards that you recognize the tuck ace is all done in a black matte paper It feels very much like a Madison style Deck of cards all of this is silver emboss and it does say mint and you can feel the raised Paper right there on the mint icon one side of the tuck case says the mint collection The other side says luxury for the modern Cardition the bottom has some ad copy about the deck and the tuck flap has an original tuck seal with the mint icon that says launch Edition the back design on the tuck is the back design of the cards But it's more of a black on black emboss that you can just barely see and if you open up the tuck ace You'll see that there's a silver repeating pattern on the inside that is pretty much it for the tuck ace Let's take a look at these cards These cards are from the United States playing card company and they are done on a retail stock They are traditionally cut and they have an air cushion embossing and if you'd like to learn more about stock cut or finish You can click the link below in the description if you want to know how these cards feel and how they handle They are a United States playing card company deck They do use the standard paper when you measure them with a caliper. They come out to about 2.9 6 so the paper is a little on the thinner edge away from a casino grade But not quite so thin that they feel like a thin deck. So they're you know about medium They're gonna feel like the black Kings that the same thickness as the black Kings same thickness as in a deck of a Latins They're really similar in feel to the male chimps and the Green Gator backs So on the back design you have that repeated image of the mint icon and then a nice really thin Super razor thin Poker white border really interesting thing about the back design for one It's a repeating image. So that kind of you know tells people that hey, this was a you know a casino deck It's a standard deck of cards for playing cards. I think people aren't you know wary of Repeating patterns. I think they find some comfort from that, but it's a false sense of comfort because this is a marked deck there is a marked Design in the corners and it is also a one-way back So the creators of 52 cards really Manufactured this to be for magicians now a little note though about the marking system and about the one-way design I wear glasses so I'm not the best at being able to see very small things and Really to see something really small even print. I'm gonna need sunlight or really direct light So in a fluorescent light like this in a regular room with a regular lighting. I Cannot see The marking system at all. I can't the the marking system is so small I can't see it close up. I can't see it far away So as a marking system for me and with my eyesight and my glasses, it's impossible It's absolutely impossible. So that's kind of a letdown the one-way design. I can just barely see it So it is really super small, but I can see it, you know, if I remember where to look Then I can see it but as far as the marking system goes for a person with my I'll say disability. It's useless with this deck You're gonna get one advertisement card that talks about 52 cards on one side and some of the strong supporters of the black mitt Playing cards on the other. Also with this deck, you're gonna get two gaffes, which is great You're getting a double backer and a double facer These are great for magic tricks with this deck because you've got an ad card You will only get one Joker. It is simply the mint icon there in the center And it says Joker in the corners your ace of spades is very simple It has an outlined ace pip there in the center underneath in scroll It says the mint collection luxury playing cards and then under that there's some Latin The Latin says the world wants to be deceived. So let it be deceived The other aces in the deck all have larger pips in the center similar to the ace of spades I like that. I appreciate that and I wish more designers would do it The pips and indicee cards are gonna feel very familiar pips layout design font It'll feel familiar, but like I said earlier It has been completely redesigned and redone the court cards have a more arco design look to them the bigger faces The bigger bodies and I do like that It's a very classic look, but you'll will notice that they have been redrawn and recolored Alright, so that is my review for the black mint playing cards from 52 cards as always I want to thank rare playing cards comm for providing these decks for me so that I could do these reviews for you And if you would like to find these decks or any others, please visit rare playing cards comm. Thanks. Bye