I don't like the idea of promoting alcohol but I found, well my friends found (I don't quite remember) my best magic performances while under the influence. People just seem more shocked when a drunk person changes a card to their card. Of course you have to be extremely proficient at what you're doing by 200%. Being buzzed also eliminates the butterflies quite nicely. If you have really dry patter like I do then this is a good route. There's a local bar where all my co-workers go and that's where we hang out.

Otherwise on my normal daily life, if I were in a Starbucks or something, I would just make small talk with the cards away in my pocket and then whip it out whenever I feel it's appropriate. When I'm in my EMT uniform though, I just sit right next to the girl I want to talk to and they generally start the conversation with me. If there are no girls at Starbucks and I'm in my EMT uniform then I am a sad panda and will drink my mocha like a mortal without wizardy. 

The Coffin Change is different though. The Cardini and the Ego pull the top card off by pressing down with the pinky while the Coffin clips the card between the pinky (underneath) and the ring (above) and then pulls.

Ohhh... Yeah the Coffin Change is definitely different than both Cardini and Ego. I was taught the Coffin Change wrong for sure.

Now the real mystery... what's the difference between Ego and the Cardini change? If they're the same then I guess the mystery is why are there different names for it?

A comparison video of two gold themed decks released this year, the Aurum by Encarded and Artisan by Theory11.
 
Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YRzjK0jCRQ

They're both good decks but I really do favor one over the other.

Mechanic Deck at HOPC also intrigued me. I like that they could be also used as a marked deck. A marked deck gives me tons of ideas

In all honesty, the mechanic deck makes for a terrible marked deck for magic or gaming. The marking system is too flawed to actually be used as a marked deck. Using the markings in small card routines, and I mean routines that uses about 3-8 cards may be possible.

Just as a heads up if that's the only thing drawing you to that deck. It handles and performs great, and shuffles are mind-boggling uber cool too.

Got the Aurum deck! Thanks man, you are a miracle worker!

Quote from: DeckReview on December 06, 2012, 05:20:36 PM

Words cannot express how I feel right now.   

Glad I have an extra but hard lesson learn, make sure your pants are empty before throwing them in the washer. Otherwise a part of you will die inside 

I'd rather lose my red artifice than my Aurum deck in all honesty

Oh no!! That is a sad sight indeed. Tell ya what, I'll get one in the mail tomorrow for you. Everyone needs more than one Aurum.

Thank you Encarded! You have no idea how mad I was when I popped open my washer only to see all my clothes with paper pulp all over and to top it off it was my Aurum that was pulped :'(

Words cannot express how I feel right now.   

Glad I have an extra but hard lesson learn, make sure your pants are empty before throwing them in the washer. Otherwise a part of you will die inside 

I'd rather lose my red artifice than my Aurum deck in all honesty

So here's a few pictures of the card's back in a fan, double fan, and a giant fan.

The backs look really cool and in my opinion I think the cards do have the potential to be pretty worthy in any collection. That's just my opinion, girly deck or not, the backs are clean and elegant.

The pledge money is really behind, a little word to your friends can help push the deck close to the goal though

Wow... these look pretty awful.

Care to elaborate, Evan?

I personally love the back design. The corners and colors may make fans, giant fans, and spreads look very cool.

After an emotional break up I went to the strip club. I was pulled in the private lap dance room.

The stripper asked how much I had, I pulled out $100 in twenties, and then with a flick I changed them to ones and told her I only had 5 dollars. She was mind-fucked and got pissed off. It was hilarious.

Wow, ellusionist is really getting really ridiculous with their shipping. $13 is just crazy in my opinion. I miss the good o'l days with $4 shipping within the US 

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Pretty cool deck I found at Fry's. Here is my review on them...

Box:
It's just a clear plastic hard case. Nothing special.

Extra cards
You have two "Stranger" cards that act as the jokers of the deck. One is red, the other black and they're both different. You have another card that says "play by your own rules.". And finally there is an ad card.




Design:
The deck is fully custom. all the faces, aces, and the courts The ace of spades is in the picture above. It has silver metallic ink. All cards that feature silver ink has metallic silver ink. The cards have red, shiny gilded edges that look awesome. I think the style of the faces fits well with the deck. It has a one way back.

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]Handling and feel
They feel waxy like a candle front and back. The finish is rough  which means fanning is terrible. The gilded edges don't help the fanning ability at all. They can le paul spread but a very different kind of pressure is needed. Pressure fans are impossible. Springs are chunky.  They don't giant fan.




At least they can faro pretty good. It ruins the gilding though. Le paul spreads ruin the gilding too. And of course, these cards are great for cuts because of the waxy feel.




CONCLUSION

These cards suck when it comes to handling. The cards were made in China so it is pretty much a given. They look cool but that's about it. For collectors and maybe the extreme cutting people.

Okay, thanks for your input!

By the way, I'm still looking for....you know what. Did you send it?

I did not yet. I'll try to get around to it.