About the deck
Featuring the incredible, unique, Optical Marking system, the new DMC ELITES : ROUGE 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 (Penguin lecturer and creator of Penguin's Westminster deck as well at the 5* Stegosaurus effect) combining their perfectionism and creativity to create a unique series of incredible decks. With a brace of serious improvements and upgrades on previous version, the ELITES : ROUGE deck is, quite simply, the best deck Sovereign have 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). With 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.
> We have been told by magicians and dealers alike that the ELITES are a quantum leap in marked cards. The markings can be read from up to six feet away – and yet under intense scrutiny remain invisible until the secret marking is revealed.
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 are 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 them super useable, from the sturdy minimalist box down to the deep red back colour 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. Shipping today.
