SMITH No. 2 DECK

Tin City Magic is incredibly pleased to offer these exceptional playing cards produced by the Conjuring Arts Research Center.

The Smith No. 2 Blue design is amazing.  This white and blue deck is a unique hybrid design that can be used for gambling routines and sleights, as well as effects that require or benefit from white borders.  The Smith No. 2 Blue commemorative deck was designed by Guy Hollingworth (with additional face artwork by Dan White).  They are printed on exclusive Bee Casino paper and are made with a special coating to ensure the best handling.  The cards are traditional cut, the same way as Richard Turner has his cut, so they faro and shuffle extremely well.  These may be our best handling cards and will blow you away.

This Smith No. 2 Blue Deck is named in honor of Marshall D. Smith, the illustrator of the seminal card book The Expert at the Card Table.  The overall Bee-like pattern is actually made up of tiny reproductions of the hands in the illustrations of the great card classic.  The Smith No. 2 design has a white back with blue illustrations of the hands.  The color reversal is dramatic.

These decks also use the original faces used by U.S. Playing Card Co. in 1902.  These great faces have somewhat larger pips and somewhat smaller indices which combine to create an unusually attractive face.

The head playing card researcher of US Playing Card Co. supervised all aspects of production of these cards, including overseeing production of printing the backs, embossing, crushing, finishing, and the final cutting and casing at the U.S. Playing Card Company factory in the USA.

We truly believe that these are the finest cards that US Playing Card can produce at the present time.  The cards were printed in an extremely limited run and they are sold out at the manufacturer.  We are sold out of the red decks and only have a few blue decks left.  If you need some of these to perform with, practice with, or add to your collection, this is the time to get them.