Tim Plays His Cards Right!

Sign up for the free Grand Illusions newsletter, at _______________________________________________________________________ Tim has another delve into his collection of unusual playing cards. ’What’s Wrong with these Cards?’ is a set of playing cards that has many deliberate mistakes. A good test of observation Tim reckons! Some transparent cards - except you cannot see the value of the card from the back. Tim recalls being told back in the 1950s about a set of cards with 5 suits - the fifth suit was called ’Royals’. But here Tim demonstrates a set of playing cards with 6 suits! ’Wheels’ and ’Rackets’ were the two extra suits. ’Indiscretion’ is a very unusual deck - first of all the diamonds are blue rather than red, and the clubs are green. The really unusual thing about them though is the back of the cards - they show the suit of the card, but not the value. A deck of cards that init