– Intro / Brief Overview
What’s up everybody welcome to the video, my name is Keith and in today’s video we’re going to be looking at two decks of cards that were sent to me from Paramyth Games and these are the adventure playing cards and also the witchcraft & wizardry playing cards. These were sent to me, but that won’t change the review and my opinions on the cards. These are both fun decks or cards and feature different hand drawn images on each card and includes 52 playing cards and 2 jokers in each deck.
– How Much Are They?
So let’s talk about the pricing for these cards and these are both priced up at £12.90 on the ParaMyth Games web site and these come from Athens inn Greece so if you’re purchasing these outside of the country, there’ll be some shipping fees too, so just be aware.
– Tuck Case
The tuck cases on both decks are similar on the front where you have the information about if it’s the adventure cards or the witchcraft and wizardry cards and they both have castles and castle elements on the front. The top has the playing card theme on there too along with the side of the tuck which has a candle for the witchcraft ones and a little dagger for the adventure ones. The other side of the deck has information about the cards too in terms of stating that the cards have hand drawn elements on the cards. The bottom has the company information, barcode and states that it’s a hobby gaming product. The back of the box has a ouija board on the witchcraft box and a old style pirate treasure map style map for the adventure cards.
– Backs Of Cards
Let’s talk about the backs of the cards and we’re starting with the witchcraft cards and it’s a black back with some symbols in the middle of the cards too. There’s a central circle with a dot in and then either side are circles with triangles in and they’re the same way looking at it the right way or upside down. Now for the adventure deck, it’s a strange looking back which looks like it’s a little bit of a symbol explosion and I believe it’s a ghost in the middle and these backs are a one way back as the symbols are different when turned upside down, as is the ghost in the middle. The backs are a orangey yellow colour with black designs.
– Additional Cards?
With each of these decks, you don’t get any additional cards other than the standard 52 cards and two jokers. You do however get a nice little paper book with each deck which folds out and lists out each playing card and what is drawn on each card too which is a handy little guide I think.
– Looking Through The Deck
Let’s talk about the deck on the front of the cards and as stated, each card has a hand drawn image on the card and the images are relating to each theme. So for the witchcraft decks, there’s things like a poison bottle, candle, pendant, crow, witch, wolf and so much more. There’s even a ouija board too. The adventure playing cards has things like a torch, swords and daggers, a crown, pirate flag and so much more. Personally, I love the witchcraft designs more as I guess I’m just a secret goth. Like Robert Smith.
– How Do They Handle?
Let’s talk about handling and this is where I have a negative about the deck, because these are tabletop gaming style playing cards, they’re very much like cardboard which is great for gaming but they’re not the best for performing magic with. I couldn’t fan them correctly or do any faro shuffles, but a riffle shuffle is fine and overhand too, but in general I wouldn’t use these for magic tricks that sleights are needed. However, you could do some fantastic magic by using the designs on the cards which opens these up to some great things.
– Conclusions
So let’s talk about conclusions and I do favour the witchcraft as a favourite deck over the adventure deck, but both are equally as nice and have those wonderful illustrations on them too which is great. I prefer the back of the witchcraft deck and the designs, so that gets the top marks for me. Again, as they’re quite cardboard feeling and handling, that’s one of the downsides of the deck for me, but for a gaming deck of cards these are great and would be something that gamers who want themed decks along these lines, then it may be perfect for them.
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