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- Sorry for that lengthy intro, I shot that in LA
probably last week, didn't know where to put it
and I thought the footage was just so tasty.
We worked so hard on it and it had
to fit somewhere, so there you go.
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(laughing) I got that from my friend Andre,
it's pretty funny, okay.
Gotta lot going on right now.
I need to sign, probably over 1000 tuck cases
of the first playing cards V2.
They were shipped to me, I sign them before they go off
into packaging and wrapping so that way
the cellophane protects the signature.
I'm getting a phone call right now.
It's Peter McKinnon, every time I'm filming,
you just happen to call.
- [Peter] I just have that sixth sense.
I just know these things.
- You wanna say hi?
- Ram fans, how you doin' guys?
- All right, I'm gonna take this call, be right back.
All right, sorry about that.
Today we're gonna talk about a few really cool decks
that I've received recently, but before I do,
I just wanna mention that there is
a giveaway happening on this video.
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I've left a link below, we're giving away
six $110 gift certificates, three to Puzzle Master
and three to Art of Play, so you can respectively buy
either playing cards or puzzles.
Whatever your heart's desire.
I will announce them next week.
Stay tuned for that, so click the link below,
follow the instructions, you'll be automatically
entered to win one of these prizes.
So first off, check this out.
These, I saw on an this Instagram channel called Physics Fun
on Instagram, which is a cool channel.
And they have, they're called Pixel Playing Cards.
Check these out, right?
So you can kind of see through them.
Which is really cool, it's a cool illusion in itself,
but, check this out, when you put 'em to a light source,
so let's turn this over here.
In the light source,
they become like invisible.
So you're looking at, how weird is that?
Even my eye, like you can't see the playing card.
I don't know why that's so intriguing,
but it just is, so that's a full fan.
Obviously, you can see that.
When you have multiple cards,
they're invisible, front to back.
So if I hold it up here, you'll see the 10 of spades,
but as soon as there's a light source behind,
it just disappears.
And so those are the Pixel Playing Cards.
And you know what, even though they're like made of plastic,
they actually handle pretty well, check this out.
(cards ruffling)
And they're super flimsy and like plastic.
You can probably spill your drinks on this.
(cards ruffling) And it wouldn't matter.
Pixel playing cards, so kind of cool
for just game night or whatever.
There's the ace of hearts, look at the other side.
And then in a light source and they disappear.
Wow, magic, but that also reminds me.
At Magic Fest, I met a magician,
I met a magician by the name of Adam Rubin,
also a puzzle enthusiast, which is really cool.
Super nice guy and he left me his business card.
And check it out, that's his business card.
But look at the other side.
How cool is that?
And again, if you hold this up to a light source,
it becomes invisible, just like the back of this card.
So you go from having nothing,
to having a business card.
I thought that was one of the most creative
business cards I've ever seen, and I'm pretty jealous.
Those are the Pixel playing cards, which are in fact,
an optical illusion, which is really, really cool.
Next up, I wanna show you this deck, check this out.
Oh, this is actually, really cool.
Look at this deck, how cool is that, right?
But here's a surprise, take the lid off,
and this is gifted to me.
I'll leave the lid below, where you guys can check this out.
But watch this.
The single, most coolest tuck case
I've ever seen in my entire life.
That is legitimately awesome, look at that!
It folds up on itself, it has sort of like lunar,
I would say, kind of like Nostradamusy sort of feel to it.
Which is really, really sick!
Let's open that all the way up, there ya go.
And just kind of collapse it on itself.
Got a little lid and you got some really cool
details on the tuck case right here.
I mean, pretty sick, the cards are printed,
I think in Taiwan.
Oh, it says United States Playing Card Company here.
Yet they're wrapped in plastic, I don't know.
Is that misleading or is that true?
We will test these cards out right now
and I will let you know if these are actually USPCC cards.
So it says right here, United States Playing Card Company
on the bottom there.
Ooh, dude, look at the back design on these.
Check that out.
The back design is really cool, a symmetrical back design.
The faces are equally as cool, check that out.
And I can tell you, these cards actually feel pretty good.
I do believe they are from the USPCC,
'cause they have that nice feel to 'em.
They handle pretty well, they're a bit stiff.
There are the jokers, which are pretty cool.
The ace Luna Moon, Starry Night,
The Bocopo Playing Card Company.
And the face cards, the core cards are actually,
quite exquisite as well.
I really like this deck because the way it fans out,
whether it's face up or face down, is really, really cool.
So you can have some really interesting designs,
depending on how you spread them.
And the back design is just so lovely, so lovely.
So those are the Bocopo playing cards.
The Starry Night, look at that, boom.
And whomp, how cool is that?
Super sick, yeah, I don't know.
Just thought I'd share that with you guys
'cause I thought it was pretty interesting.
Comes with a little lid, yeah, there you go.
And lastly, my buddy Patrick Coombe sent me
these cards here, the Stay playing cards.
These are his new playing cards, check these out.
The tuck case is super exquisite.
It's got this nice little gold foiling.
One thing I do wish they did add
was embossing, I feel like the design here,
needs embossing, but aside from that,
it's got nice little details.
The color with the teal and the gold looks really great.
On the inside of the tuck case
there is a map of the world, which is really cool,
made in this, it's not a foil, but like a metallic ink.
The back of the playing cards, very, very nice
with the thin borders, crushed stock,
so they're great for flourishing and spreads
and anything regarding pressure.
The face cards look really simplistic.
Kinda remind me like, this simple sort of mid century design
not unlike the DKNG playing cards.
The jokers are identical and they look great as well.
The cards all have this metallic ink on them.
The ace of spades looks really great.
And then for add card, something I thought
was really interesting is that you get this one add card
with a quote from Anthony Bourdain,
but you also get a baggage tag.
This is like a tag if you're traveling,
you would put this tag on your luggage,
which I thought was really clever,
seeing as how this whole deck theme is about travel.
I'll leave the link to that below
if you guys are interested.
I thought that that was pretty cool.
I just wanted to share some pretty cool decks
with you guys that I got recently.
I told you I'd be doing some more deck review videos,
but I didn't want to waste your time by just like,
chopping together some insane B roll,
I just kinda wanted to talk about these decks
and hopefully you guys enjoy them as much as I do.
Anyways guys, kind of an update video,
for first playing cards V2, like I said,
I gotta sign these tuck cases, ship them back,
then they're packaged, so I would say
within a couple weeks, they'll be ready to go.
I still gotta work on the website.
Get ready for launch.
There are no pre sales, again, I'm reiterating myself,
but there are no pre sales, you'll buy them
when they come out and you will be notified
via YouTube video or Instagram post,
so make sure you follow me and subscribe to me there.
And that's all I got for the video today, folks.
Next week, I'm actually, I've had a lot of requests,
'cause I keep saying on my podcast videos,
like, oh yeah, I'm gonna put this one on my shelf.
You guys must be wondering what my shelf
looks like right now and it's a terrible mess,
let me show you.
It's a bit of a mess, so I'm thinking of going through
my shelf and showing you guys
what's on there while I clean it up.
If you guys are interested, just like smash, smash like.
And we'll get there, all right guys,
thanks for watching this video,
that's all I got for you today.
Remember, the giveaway link is below.
First link in the description, follow the steps
and you will be entered to win one of those prizes.
We'll see you on the next video, peace, wrap!
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