 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 DMC Elite Rouge decks just released this December 2016. All right, so what are the DMC Elite Rouge decks? Well, this is the fifth signature deck produced by Sovereign Playing Cards and they were made for British magician DMC. He's the star of the TV special card shark and 2015's Nat Geo series DMC Beyond Magic. These cards were designed by Phil Smith, who's the author of several different books on mentalism. And I think this deck right here combines the perfect combination of just uniqueness, magic, style. Wow, this is great. The tuck case is done in this burgundy card stock and it's really, really, really thick. It's a really thick card stock. This is actually the front of the tuck case, a small little gold emblem there amidst a whole field of burgundy. And if you go all the way around, you can see there's really no writing on it at all much except for a little bit of ad copy there about Cardamundi out in Belgium. And then you have the DMC Elite's logo right there. There's no tuck seal on the flap, which is nice. And that's pretty much it for the tuck case. Let's take a look at these cards. Like I said, these cards are printed by Cardamundi out in Belgium and they're using their number nine classic finish. These cards are smooth to handle. They're precisely cut and they have a really deep tactile quality that allows them to have just real precision control when you handle them. A lot of people always ask how these cards feel, how they handle. What I usually do is I measure them. I measure 10 cards with a caliper that gives me a good base to go by and then to compare them to other decks of cards just to give you an idea of how they might feel. 10 cards in the caliper measure to 3.04. So 3.04 is pretty thick. So these are a thick casino grade stock. If I were going to compare them to another deck, they would be similar to the red version of the white lions. Well, this is a close-up look of your back design. And as you can see, it's just an intricate series of like tiny little white dashes. This is a marked deck and that is one of the unique things about this deck. It is a marked deck and it features a unique optical marking system. It's a powerful marking system designed specifically for use for close-up magicians and cabaret magicians. It has an ingeniously hidden marking mechanism that I think you can read at a really great range, even in poor light. You can read them quickly and I, you know, wear reading glasses and I'm able to read these just fine. So I think this is this is one of the best marked decks I've ever seen. Each deck also now comes with a little pictorial instruction card that explains the markings visually without any words. So if you're an international magician, maybe English isn't your first language. You'd still be able to see how to decipher them, even if perhaps you couldn't read or speak English. So that would be beneficial to non-English speaking people as well. The system hides the value and the suit of the playing card in plain sight. So there's no decoding necessary. You don't have to do any sort of mental working or any binary addition. You literally just look at the back. It says the value and the suit clearly and visibly. And like I said, it has a lot of range on it. So all this clarity and then you still get a comfortable handling, good feeling deck. It's great to pass out to laymen if you want to. They're not going to be able to find the markings if they don't know where to look. So I think the DMC Elite Rouge deck is powerful for magicians. Wonderfully thick cards, beautiful back designs for flourishing. Great for gameplay. Please don't play poker with these. Please don't play poker with these. Also with this deck, you'll get two original jokers. It is DMC's profile and in one of the cards, you'll notice that there is a hidden card reveal in the Colorado vishers. Also with this deck, you'll get a bonus ad card that'll tell you a little bit of the history behind the Elite playing cards. Your ace of spades is very simple and very large. It is a large exploded ace pip with the DMC logo there in the center. The pips, indices, and court cards on this deck are all going to be completely standard and instantly recognizable, which makes them perfect for gameplay and magic and flourishing. But like I said, don't play poker with them. All right, so that is my review of the Elite Rouge deck from DMC Sovereign Playing Cards and Cardamundi out in Belgium. As always, I want to thank DMC for allowing me to have this deck so that I can do the review for you. And if you would like to purchase these decks for yourself, they will begin shipping December 14th, 2016, and you can find them at sovereignplayingcards.com. Thanks, bye.