This is Mark Shortland’s second deck produced from original artwork. Each was painted while working as a headline performer on board cruise ships around the world. Each card shows a different magician recognisable from either their look or signature effect. Each original painting is 20cm x 25cm in size and painted in acrylic on artists’ paper. These paintings were then scanned in high resolution and the digital file was used to make each playing card. The artwork has not been enhanced or changed from the original work unless absolutely necessary. Mark’s own handwriting and drawings are used for the indices. The deck contains 56 cards; 52 playing cards, a joker, a picture showing all 53 magicians and two information cards explaining who each of the performers are. The cards are expertly printed on 310gsm linen finish card stock, cut and beautifully finished. The unique back design is Mark’s own creation and contains the name of each of the 53 magicians appearing in the deck. It is the same in either rotation. I have added the group card, so you can see all 53 magicians, and the three of Hearts, which is Cardini, to give you an idea of the faces, to the gallery.