 Hey everybody, welcome back to magic orthodoxy. My name is David and this is a deck review Hey today, we're gonna look at the gold artifice deck from illusionist.com What the gold artifice deck is? It was a black club member exclusive deck So if you are a member of illusionist secret club the black club You are able to get this deck Otherwise you weren't and so it was one of the more harder to find one of the more rare decks 18 when I almost died you think I'd be discouraged by learn a different lesson When you dance with the devil you wait for the music to stop When that happens It just leaves you wanting more The other cool thing about the gold artifice deck is that it is the last Artifice deck produced so out of all the colors gold came last and so being the last deck and kind of being a black club Member exclusive kind of made it a really cool deck to have the entire artifice line was designed by an artist named Lee McKenzie and So this definitely has kind of his signature look tuck ace is all done in flat black and Gold leaf so they have that shiny gold leaf throughout. It's pretty cool across the top all the letters are embossed as artifice down here It says black club this side says artifice playing cards performance coding and this side says the illusionist playing card company The bottom has some ad copy about illusionist The top of the tuck case has some Latin writing that I won't dare pronounce and the tuck flap also is golden boss And it says the black club got two little gold stars there on the tuck flaps and that is pretty much it for the tuck case Let's take a look at these cards these cards were printed from the United States playing card company And they are done on a retail stock They do have a modern cut and they do have air cushion finish And if you'd like to learn more about stock cut or finish you can click the link below in the description Everybody always wants to know how the decks feel how they perform that kind of thing I will say that as far as thickness goes they're about a middle of the road deck So they're not thick like a casino deck. They're not buttery soft like a super thin deck So I would say looking at the measurements. They're right about where the black lines are where David Blaine Released look you have a deck of those they're about the same as that Also the side of the tuck case does say performance coding and sometimes that's Illusionist code for magic finish these cards do kind of have a chemical smell to them Which is indicative of magic finish also because that there are black front and black backs Sometimes Illusionist will put magic finish on them just to protect the artworks So I would guess they have magic finish the back of the gold artifice cards are very beautiful However, they're just like all the other artifice cards because this is a series This is one in a series and so instead of the vibrant blue or red colors They're gold with this deck you're going to get two extra cards You're going to get a double backer which is great for magic tricks and you're going to get an Illusionist add card Also with this deck you're going to get the artifice jokers. It's kind of a hustler Looking gentleman wearing a mask. He's got his hand behind his back and in one of the cards He has a card reveal the pips and indices are somewhat standard I would argue that they're a little chunkier than most And you'll notice that the black cards are gold and the red cards are a deep red Because this is a black club deck the ace of spades is actually normal and the ace of clubs Is actually the bigger more beautiful ace because the black club symbol Almost kind of looks like a club And so you have the black club symbol there on the center of the ace of clubs Of course with this deck, you're going to get all the artifice courts Which are beautifully drawn by Lee McKenzie. All right So that is my review for the gold artifice deck from Illusionist.com drawn by Lee McKenzie If you'd like to pick up one for yourself, you can find them at illusionist.com As always, we ask that you like this video just so other people can find it faster We also recommend that you subscribe to this channel just to see up to date the latest in cards and card magic If you want to follow me on social media, you can I'm at facebook.com slash magic orthodoxy twitter.com slash magic orthodoxy instagram.com slash magic underscore orthodoxy And if you need more content, you can always find it at magic orthodoxy.com. Thanks. Bye