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"I have never before been so excited to release a deck of playing cards to the world - this is a quantum leap in the possibilities of card magic and mentalism."
- Drummond Money-Coutts

Imagine taking your existing card magic and reinventing it, injecting it with more personality, more intimacy, more excitement. Creating presentations of pure magic that will engage and amaze your audiences in ways simply not possible with a traditional deck. After 3 years of work, we are proud to finally announce the new DMC ALPHAS Deck - a beautiful, premium alphabet deck using our unique Optical Marking System designed from the ground up to unlock incredible new avenues of magic.

Poker sized, printed by USPCC on their premium stock, but with 52 letter cards instead of the traditional card faces, the deck allows you to perform magic that will connect with your audiences in new and powerful ways. Modern audiences enjoy card magic but, increasingly, the actual cards themselves are stripped of the interest and relatability they once had. It is asking a lot to expect audiences that are unable to name the four suits, or to know how many cards are in a deck, to be as deeply impressed by dealing a royal flush from a shuffled deck as they should be. Picture instead dealing their name from a shuffled deck. Picture finding not just a random card they have chosen, but their initials. Having them secretly pocket the letters that make up a city they have always dreamt of visiting and being able to whisper it into their ear.

The new DMC ALPHAS Deck allows you to conjure your magic using concepts, words, names and ideas that are immediately resonant to your audiences, that they relate to and understand in a way that they simply don't with a traditional deck.

We have been working on the DMC ALPHAS Deck for a long time, hand making prototypes to understand and resolve technical issues and work out ways to use and employ the deck, having samples fabricated to start using them in live performances. We have ironed out the kinks and created what we think is the ultimate, a new paradigm for card magic. DMC himself now uses the DMC ALPHAS Deck at every possible event, even featuring it in his Netflix series, Death by Magic.

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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on March 1st, 2019
The cards are what I expected. So, kudos for that. But, I should have looked more closely, as I assumed that it's standard for gimmicked decks to come with at least one routine...or at least an opportunity to share ideas with others who have made the same purchase. Nope, not with this purchase (i.e., there is no discussion button in the MyPenguinMagic section so that our community can share ideas). The only recourse is to lay out another $15.40 to purchase a hard copy of ideas for the cards. Caveat emptor!
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on September 9th, 2020
You can take so many of the sleights/routines you already know and punch them up with this deck. As they point out in the effect book that is also available, many people just don't "know" cards any more, i.e. may say something like "it was the J of curvy things," etc.

Since it is no secret that these are letter cards, it would have been nice for them to have described the deck more thoroughly, so I will here: You get 1 ea of: Z, X, and Q. You get 3 ea of: A, E, and T. You get 2 ea of the remaining letters, with a YES and a NO card taking the usual Joker spots, all marked with a variant of Phill Smith's fantastic Optical Marking System. Until you know it, it is invisible; once you know it, you can read it across the table.

Recommendation: Start with a routine that savea the fact that they are letter cards for the reveal. Since the time I started doing that, I get gasps just from turning over the cards the first time because people have created a regular deck of cards in their minds eye.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on June 16th, 2020
The cards are great and I like that it isn’t just two of each letter in Thebes alphabet. The box design is nice and once you see the m***s you can’t unsee them. This is a great step for letter decks and they have a lot of potential. Two issues: the first is that, if you’ve never used a letter deck you really won’t have much clue what to do with the deck...meaning you’ll have to fork out another $20+ for the Passport to alphas book. Second is the price of the deck itself. These are flat out expensive. The box is nice, but I’d have rather a simpler box and a price that’s $5 lower. I’m looking forward to performing more with these and hope they won’t wear out too quickly, because at $20 US (which is almost $30 Canadian), i certainly can’t afford to replace them very often.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 24th, 2022
This is my new go to effect! If you want to blow minds, and really leave an impression with your audience, then stop reading this review and buy this now! It's unique, and is truly a reputation maker. Every time I perform this, the spectator wants to take a photo with their phone. It's like having a business card on their phone now. The next time they are looking for entertainment, they will sure call you!
This is a lasting memory that they will show and talk about you to all of their family and friends. Trust me, once you perform this, you will never leave home without it!
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on February 20th, 2019
I can't recommend these enough. The OMS is the greatest thing to happen to card magic in my opinion, and now you can do it with letters! I've used these for "serious" name reveals as well as for "funny magic". You cannot go wrong with these cards.

Get them before they sell out.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on March 7th, 2019
Le jeu DMC Alphas Deck est un très bon jeu marqué. Le marquage est subtil mais nécessite peu d'entrainement. Les cartes sont d'excellente qualité.
La majorité des cartes sont livrées en double, voire en triple exemplaire (a, e) à l'exception des lettres "Z" et "Q". C'est d'ailleurs pour cela que je ne mets que 3 étoiles. DMC aurait pu faire un petit effort pour que l'ensemble du jeu soit au moins en double exemplaire.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on November 16th, 2022
its a cool idea , and wonderful
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on October 29th, 2022
The time and work that went into designing the deck is obvious. However I try to stick with tricks I can do with the tried and true "bikes". People recognize that card back. I'm still trying to work the alphas into my set, but I've been using bikes for so long I don't know if the alphas will ever become my go-to deck. And the methods for doing the tricks in the passport book are somewhat awkward. Maybe after some time I'll get used to them. Something more my style would be to force out 3 cards and they turn out to be the initials of someone in the audience; someone of some significance, the birthday boy or girl, etc. The tricks in the passport will take me some time to develop into my routine.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on October 29th, 2022
The time and work that went into designing the deck is obvious. However I try to stick with tricks I can do with the tried and true "bikes". People recognize that card back. I'm still trying to work the alphas into my set, but I've been using bikes for so long I don't know if the alphas will ever become my go-to deck. And the methods for doing the tricks in the passport book are somewhat awkward. Maybe after some time I'll get used to them. Something more my style would be to force out 3 cards and they turn out to be the initials of someone in the audience; someone of some significance, the birthday boy or girl, etc. The tricks in the passport will take me some time to develop into my routine.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on May 31st, 2022
when I first bought these, I thought that they were just going to be a regular alphabet deck, albeit marked but I was wrong. the amount of thought put into the creation of these cards is stunning- you can spell practically any word you can think of and the potential of such a deck is limitless. if you want meaningful and impactful card magic, this is for you. after using alphas all I can say is that i'm never going back to regular playing cards.

their also perfect for my mentalism & séance work. When introducing them sometimes I claim that they were used in parapsychology tests dealing with spirit communication/and or telepathy- just as a fun presentational touch. be creative, the skies the limit!
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