Follow up to the original in blue.

THE ICONIC DECK. BACK IN BLACK

For almost a century, 'The Expert At The Card Table' has been considered indispensable to attaining the highest level of card mastery. Recognised as the go-to text on deception with a deck of cards. The search for the elusive author has led us to 12 men who could carry the burden of the world's greatest cheater. One mystery gave birth to a myriad of authors, fans and obsessives. We aren't sure which we are. It's speculated that it's simply an anagram of E. S. Andrews. Others say that it was Herbert Lee Andrews creating an anagram from his wife Emma's name. Some say it was a Chicago Railroad worker, and others choose to believe it was printer Harry S. Thompson covering his tracks. The truth we choose to believe is that S. W. Erdnase is a lifestyle, for those who want to keep their addiction hidden. To not let the world know how devious they are. This all started as a fitting tribute to magic's most famous stranger, and a friend to us all.  

THE CARDS Featured on the back is a deep black replica of Erdnase's green book, and the box is laced with vibrant gold-foil. Distracting other players at the table while you stack the deck in your favor. The finish is customised, smooth and time-honored. With production humidity, ink weight and storage researched with as much care and attention as the card table artifice from the book. Anyone with a deck of cards and passion can be Erdnase, Erdnase is an idea... and we'll never truly prove who he was.

Memento Mori by Chris Ramsay and Murphys Magic.

Inspired by Russian Folklore and created by Natalia Silva, 359 backers pledged $9,684 in this KickStarter project on November 14, 2014.  Cards were printed by USPCC with a planned run of apx. 2,500 decks, plus uncut format was available.

The first run of the Oblivion decks was misprinted with the 9 of Diamonds printed with only 8 pips. 2500 red decks and 2500 white decks were printed with the limited edition gold seals. The deck were corrected and reprinted, but no more gold seals.

The Piff deck complete with his Tacular! Original concept by John Van Der Put, presented by Chris Chelko & Whispering Imps, illustrated by Claire Blackledge, and made by the EPCC!

The Angry God of Wealth playing cards were designed by Eric Duan and Steven Tang and printed by US Playing Card Co. They come from the same designer as Takefu, Kite, Puppet, Pirate, Rosefinch and Black Warrior decks. The deck features custom courts, ace of spades and jokers, all on a black background. There are 52 cards, two jokers and two gaff/ad cards in the deck. They have Bicycle\\\'s Air Cushion finish.

In 2013, I successfully Kickstarted the Whispering Imps®, a deck of cards for magicians that was inspired by Harry Kellar’s famous portrait poster from 1894. After a very successful campaign, 5 different versions of the original design and thousands of shipped decks, it was time for a brand new deck of Whispering Imps®. In January 2014, I partnered again with illustrator Mark Stutzman, and we began designing the second deck in the Whispering Imps® series: The Gamesters.

Designed for card players, the Gamesters are two new decks inspired by classic Las Vegas casinos including Jerry’s Nugget, the Golden Nugget, and The Wynn. The clean, simplistic back design allows players to be focused on what’s most important – the game.

Additionally, I wanted to make it easier for both left and right handed card players to peek at their hand while at the same reducing the amount of card exposed to prying eyes, so the pips are placed just 2.5mm from the edge in all four corners.  The top right and bottom left indices are rotated 90°, allowing players another unique opportunity to quickly peek at their hand when cards are in a horizontal position.  

Lastly, it was important to set this deck apart from the original while maintaining elegance. The original Whispering Imps® sported a very intricate back design and were housed within a very simple, iconic tuck box. The Gamesters incorporate just the opposite - a very simple and iconic back design and an intricate, elaborate tuck box.

The GPS deck aka the Regatta Deck, is a groundbreaking deck which utilises a worlds first cunning unique marking system which means you can get the spectator to shuffle the deck, name any card, and then locate their card in a few seconds without spreading the deck. You can then cut, cull or force this card on them or even load it into the card box, pocket or wallet. You can do an ambitious card routine and get the spectator to put the card in themselves, shuffle it, and it still ends up on top! You could also cut to any four of a kind for example! Another killer one is that they shuffle the deck and name any card, you dead cut to it. Then you name a card and the spectator dead cuts to it!

The amount of effects you can perform is staggering and limited by your imagination. Included are printed instructions and online videos including a “Conversation with Pete Turner” who goes through just some of the awesome effects, adding his advice and ideas.

The Deck is custom printed by the United States Playing Card Company (USPCC Bicycle quality) and includes a double backed card, a custom ace of spades and two custom designed jokers.

• Use the force: They shuffle, name a card and pick a card. The card they pick is the one they name!
• Panini - a posh sandwich: a posh sandwich effect. They shuffle, name a card, cut 2 jokers face up anywhere they like, and they spread to find their card sandwiched between the jokers! Truly stunning and baffling!
• 4 of a kind: They shuffle, name a value, i.e. the sevens, and you can cut to all 4 sevens!
• Card to box: They shuffle, name any card and it appears in the card box. Dead cut - They shuffle, name a card and you cut straight to it, then you name a card and they cut to it!
• Ambitiously: A new option to your ambitious card routine!

Featuring the incredible, unique, Optical Marking system, the new DMC ELITES: ROUGE Marked Deck is the fifth signature deck produced by Sovereign Playing Cards for elite British magician Drummond Money-Coutts. Each deck has been a collaboration between DMC (star of TV special Card Shark and 2015's Nat Geo series DMC Beyond Magic) and designer Phill Smith, combining their perfectionism and creativity to create a unique series of incredible decks. With a brace of serious improvements and upgrades on previous versions, the DMC ELITES: ROUGE Marked Deck is, quite simply, the best deck Sovereign has ever produced.

The deck features the fourth generation of the unique Optical Marking system, a powerful marking system designed specifically for the use of close-up and cabaret performers (as opposed to the gambling origin of many systems). The deck has an ingeniously hidden marking mechanic that is readable at great range, in poor light and with extreme speed. The system has been significantly refined over the last few years of development since it was first created. Each deck also now comes with a pictorial instruction card that explains the markings visually, without words.

The system hides the value and suit of the playing card in plain sight, with no decoding necessary, no mental working-out to do - it literally just says the value and the suit, clearly and visibly, with a huge visible range on it. All this incredible clarity and you can still comfortably hand the deck to a layman safe in the knowledge that even if they search for marks, they will still not find them. The DMC ELITES: ROUGE is the only deck on the market now with this unique system.

The deck has standard faces, and the finish is a completely new cardistry-grade stock and finish. Everything about the deck has been crafted to make it super useable, from the sturdy minimalist box, down to the deep red back color, to the card reveal hidden on the two custom Jokers. The DMC ELITES: ROUGE - the greatest marked deck in a generation and possibly the most useable deck for card magic available today.

These cards have been created with professional magic and mentalism performers in mind, but they could be put to work to gain an illicit advantage at the card table. If you want to crush your friends at snap, that's fine, have fun, but cheating at games where there is a gambled stake is unethical, immoral, and illegal. If you are caught, then you may be subject to prosecution by the law or violent reprisal from your marks. The technical skills required to cheat at the card table are fascinating to study, but Sovereign Playing Cards cannot be held responsible for any cheating that may be conducted using their equipment.