 Hey everybody, welcome back to magic orthodoxy. My name is David and this is my deck collection. All right, so for this deck collection video I'm gonna look at these smoke and mirrors decks from Dan and Dave. Now just did a Dan and Dave video So why didn't I include smoke and mirrors in that video when because you know I reviewed smoke and mirrors so long ago it was seems like forever ago and I really loved this set So I felt like you know what let's give this set a little more attention than just running through it So I'm actually gonna give you some caliper measurements for these And show you what these look like in comparison with version 1 and version 2 and so let's get on into it So it came in this little hard shell box and then inside the box There is actually a certificate of authenticity. Okay, and so when these boxes came out Smoke and mirrors 1 and 2 the white version and the black version were included in this box set But they were not The original Smoke and mirrors that came out before the box set does that make sense? So there's actually a version 1 of white and black and a version 2 of white and black So this is what they look like. Okay, so you can see that the version 2 Is a little bit more cream than stark white and the black is a little bit more gunmetal gray Than just stark black. So version 1 is bright white bright black smoke mirrors and then the version 2 Cream-shelled gunmetal shelled also between the two Version 1 is a lot thicker. So version 1 thicker cards. Okay Version 2 was a little bit in the medium range And I would argue that all of the new smoke and mirrors cards are in the 280s So they're all gonna be middle ground. So not too thin not too thick Okay, so just to give you a little history the smoke and mirrors brand playing cards They were designed to be a personal deck for Dan and Dave I like them because my name is also David and there's these on them So it becomes a signature deck for me too. So that's kind of cool and for anybody whose name Starts with D or whose last name starts with D They all these decks they were custom tailored To Dan and Dave Buck's taste with all original artwork. So Psy Scott did all the artwork for all of these decks Okay, and these decks were originally released back in 2007 The cards quickly sold out and so they printed more of them and more of them and more of them And eventually they changed the color and they altered the design to fit a more Minimal style, you know, like when the tuck cases first came out. They were really cluttered. There was a lot of that Back design in there and now they've kind of smoothed it out. So for five straight years They've released a new version of this deck all the way until 2012 So you could have version ones to use three spores or fives And so when they decided to revamp the entire series and release them all they put them in this box set All right. All right. So obviously if you're counting along at home There's four of the eight So I have two of the original Version one smoke and mirrors and you know, the other thing is they also say smoke and mirrors on the front and the version Two's do not then with the actual colors I have two sets of each one to the silver deck. I have two of these. This is called carbon The blue deck. I also have two of these. This one's called a denim red deck two of these This one's called rouge and the green deck. I have two of these. This one is called echo I have two sets. I keep one shrink wrapped just as this is my collector set. It has my original White and black in here. And then this is my open set play with your cards kids Break those seals open and play with your cards cards are meant to be played with so this is my play with set so two sets that's my review for Dan and Dave buck smoke and Mirrors and as always if you would like more content, you can always visit me at magicwarthodoxy.com. Thanks. Bye