 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 Memento playing cards from Valerio Aversa Memento, this was a Kickstarter project. It was successfully funded and it's pretty cool These cards were printed from the legends playing card company and they came in black and white And for the sake of this deck review, we're gonna take a look at the whites The front of this tuck case does have two images. It has this circle Image that you can see done in silver foil and then there's a shadowy image that's done around the edges This side says trust everyone but cut the cards and the other side as life is not a matter of holding good cards But playing a poor hand well the tuck flap on this has a half moon Silver foil image right there the back side says Memento and quality playing cards And it has all of the pips down there at the bottom and it does have Valerio Aversa's Signature at the bottom and the bottom of the tuck case has some ad copy about the legends playing card company back There's pretty much it to the tuck case. Let's take a look at these cards These cards are printed from the legends playing card company and they are done on the diamond finish paper They are traditionally cut and they have ultra smooth edges That legends is absolutely famous for the back design is very intricate and has a lot of detail You notice it has that same circle icon that we saw on the front of the tuck case Okay, so Valerio's inspiration for this deck and it is tied into the word Memento because a Memento what that is is it's something that helps us remember right a Memento is something that helps us reminisce It helps us to relive experiences that are long forgotten And so the Memento deck kind of helps refocus the art of playing card Design all the way back to the beginning to its roots So the emphasis is while it's twofold you have the historical figures that we all know that are traditionally played in the court cards and then we all know just the different suits and What the different symbols and meetings are for those so the standard court cards of today? You might know that they trace all the way back to the early 16th century The individuals portrayed on those cards represents all these different people like Charlemagne Julia Caesar even Biblical characters like David and so that is what Valerio is shooting for when he created this deck with this deck You get two really interesting cards It's the wheel again and then inside the wheel are the descriptions of who all these historical figures are That are represented in the courts and a little bit of a bio about each one One card is done on a red ink on white and the other card is done with white ink on red Pips and indices cards are all completely original and have new layouts as well as fonts and colors You'll also notice that this is a quad Pip layout so that there is a numeric in each one of the corners You'll also see that there are two jokers There is a black full-size joker and a red full-size joker and the words underneath the gesture hat Say some men just want to watch the world burn So here's a real quick glimpse at some of the court cards from this deck as you can see They have a very drawn a stylized appearance and they also have the name of the individual in the corner Well, that is it for this deck review of the Memento playing cards from Valerio aversa as always we recommend that you like this video Just so other people can find it faster We also recommend that you subscribe to this channel just to stay up to date on the latest in cards and card magic now If you want to follow me on social media, you can I'm at Facebook comm slash magic orthodoxy Twitter comm slash magic orthodoxy and Instagram comm slash magic underscore orthodoxy. Thanks