 Hey everybody, welcome back to magic orthodoxy. My name is David and these are the two best marked decks on the planet All right, so if you've watched my channel for any amount of time, you know that I really like marked decks I like gaff decks. I like magic tricks And so I've done a couple reviews for different marked decks in the past even to the top 10 countdown For some of the best of marked decks since that countdown I've had two other marked decks come across my desk And I've had many of you many of you out there asking me questions about how I think these next two decks compare To the others and let me just say I think that the best two marked decks on the planet And here's why first of all a quick conversation about what would make these the best mark deck why I think they are now They don't you don't have to think they are you don't have to agree with me Okay, this is this is not a perfect world. You don't have to agree with me. We just have to get along Okay, just have to get along so Here's here's my here's my criteria. Here's why number one They look exactly like the deck of cards that every single person has grown up with their entire lives, okay? Granted, they're not available in blue, but they are available in red I think red is probably the most popular color of a deck of cards now You and I both know that the world is used to a writer back deck that used to the 808s. These are 808s They're not writer backs, but to the layman who doesn't know any different. They're gonna look exactly like it They're not gonna look like any custom gaff. They're not gonna be scratched or aged or you know, some weird back design or some weird name It's not gonna say, you know, basically across the front. It says bicycle It says what everyone is familiar with looks like a deck of cards that everyone is familiar with now They're not writer backs, but they are alternatives to the writer back. The reason why they're not writer backs is right now United States playing card company is very protective over their back design is the trademark back design and They just don't allow you to make any sort of modifications to that back design other than just a standard color change And so there are other decks out there that are very similar in style that give the same appearance and would fly Right past somebody with the untrained eye. The first of which is the mandolin back now the mandolin back is just like it sounds It's a person holding a mandolin an angel, right? I'm an angel holding a mandolin and the mandolin shape is kind of roundish on the bottom So it does kind of look like the bicycle tire Everything else looks exactly the same And I think again, it's gonna fly right by someone who's not paying attention The second deck is the maiden back now the two almost are interchangeable if you look at the back again It's an angel. She's standing upright her arms are outspread But again, if you weren't looking for that bicycle the up-person, you know the other guy riding the bike Again, it's gonna fly right by somebody who's just not paying attention All right So you have two different designers out there that have released these two decks in mark deck form And I'm gonna tell you what they are right now All right So your first one is the maiden back now the maiden back are the marked cards and they're exclusively available at Penguin magic calm now one of the reasons why is because well penguin magic releases them and If you purchase through them, then you get the video downloads and really Those video downloads are only available through their checkout system You're gonna get two different videos and both of which cover all the ins and outs of using mark cards And so it's it's an awesome tutorial awesome instruction And the best thing about this is these are nine bucks nine bucks for a single deck of mark cards making these one of the cheapest Mark decks you can buy on the planet Especially since they are so familiar looking so reliable looking at nine bucks a deck This is really your staple deck This is gonna be your workhorse deck that you're gonna have people sign, you know They can autograph it you can do it card you can do card work with them tear them up Who cares, you know for $9 a deck plus if you buy a brick get this if you buy a brick a bricks only $60 that makes these decks five dollars a piece only five dollars a piece That's the best way to go right there. I mean just hands down There's so much you can do with a mark deck and think about Replace every single card trick you currently do with regular cards Replace it with a mark deck and you're gonna see just how much more magical Your tricks are gonna become I mean sometimes, you know, you forget What you know, the card was sometimes your spectator forgets what the card was There's lots of little things that can go wrong But with a mark deck it's almost like you have a backup for your backup, you know And penguin magic has made the mark deck finally finally affordable and Available and trusted and just awesome. All right So the second one, which is the mandolin back that is going to be the marksman deck now The marksman deck is through luchter may and vanishing incorporated and you can probably find these from a couple of different Retailers including for an endomestic now this deck is a little bit more. It's thirty five dollars $35 because it comes with almost two hours of video performance and instruction Plus there's a PDF. There's a whole bunch of stuff that Luke has included with this So you're just getting a just a pile of Tutorial information plus you're getting all of Luke's just wonderful routines and some of these routines aren't just absolutely insane Mind-boggling all mentalism. You're gonna learn how to find your current card You're gonna learn how to find the card above it You're gonna know the position of any card in the stack You're also gonna know like when the spectator cuts the cards You're gonna know how many cards are in their hand plus. You're gonna know how many red cards are in their hand Plus you could also do the combined total of all the values that they're holding as well So Luke has just given you just an insurmountable amount of just forward and backward awesome magic tricks You can do with this tons of different ideas like I said thirty five dollars a little bit more expensive Obviously, but Luke and vanishing incorporated have said that replacement decks will soon be available at a more affordable price So be on the lookout for those now as far as cut handling paper stock all at yada yada There's no bells and whistles here. You know, there's no there's no extras. It's not crushed stock It's not traditional cut anything like that because all of those extras They end up making the decks cost more money and what these two different publishers wanted to do was create a deck of cards that you'd want to use over and over and over again with no fear of Ruining it that you could buy another one to replace it, you know I got two of the marksman decks even though they're 35 bucks I got two just because it was awesome to have that Much power at your fingertips and knowing that I could have one in play and then how would I pocket? You know as a backup So these are made to be your workhorse decks like I said use them sign them tear them There really aren't any better mark decks out there. I'm sorry You can argue in the comment section below, but you're just not gonna convince me easily the two best mark decks on the planet Go out look for them add them to your magic routines today and just you're gonna see just a wow a wow factor Added you're gonna start doing miracles Be on the lookout for both of these highly recommended. Thanks. Bye