Hi guys, earlier in the year when we launched the Great Whites deck we ran a competition to have a custom deck designed for you - James Watson won and after a lot of discussion he decided on a deck based on the American Revolutionary War. Attached is a screenie of the development for the face cards. I'm going full custom all original on this deck, and I've spent a long time figuring out the face details and including characters from the era - it should be pretty cool, I've got a good feeling about it.

I'm planning to make the deck feel kind of like almost an antique deck from the time, so it will be aged but not overworked - I'm really quite excited about bringing it to life. I'll keep posting as I draw all the threads together and get everything in place.

I hope you guys like it.

Hi guys, my name's Phill Smith, I'm a UK based performer, magic consultant, mentalism writer, graphic designer and now (apparently) custom deck guy at Sovereign Playing Cards. Froggo tells me this is the place to be and so... here I am. I've been involved with magic since I was a kid and my first love in the art was playing cards (no surprise I guess) - I'm not a magnificent card flourisher or killer knuckle busting sleights guy, although I'm at a polished standard, I'm fascinated by the mathematical principles and logical systems that exist inside a deck and how that can be leveraged to knock punters for six with minimum effort.

BE GENTLE!