{"id":533,"date":"2013-12-21T19:04:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T11:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=533"},"modified":"2026-03-23T06:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:10:07","slug":"empire","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/bombmagic.tw\/store\/product\/empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"video-Tdh0atU2NEU\" class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-arve-mode=\"normal\" data-arve-provider=\"youtube\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><span class=\"arve-embed-container\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Tdh0atU2NEU?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Tdh0atU2NEU?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>What Lee Mckenzie says:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>More Than Just Cards<\/h1>\n<p>Empire is more than just a deck of cards to me. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been designing cards for magic company Ellusionist for the past 5 years and it&#8217;s been a great experience, but I&#8217;ve\u00a0<i>always<\/i>dreamed of launching my own deck one day, and maybe even more to follow. It&#8217;s time to finally realize that dream and it all starts now, with you, and with Empire.\u00a0I&#8217;ve got a lot on the line, but I&#8217;m hopeful the risk is worth it. I&#8217;m so excited you&#8217;re here.<\/p>\n<p>Empire is a limited edition, bold, commanding,\u00a0obsessively\u00a0intricate and empowering design with the finest finishing, to be printed by United States Playing Cards Company for\u00a0unrivalled\u00a0quality. It&#8217;s a deck that represent what it means to stand up and fight for what&#8217;s important to you, your dreams. To follow them no matter how challenging and strive to make your own dent in this world.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you can see the passion and heart I&#8217;ve poured into Empire over the last 12 months. My life&#8217;s been on hold trying to make this the best deck I can and one I hope you&#8217;ll love.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Manufactured by US Playing Card Company for Superior Quality<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Empire will be made from the some of the finest performance grade finish and paper stock\u00a0available by the USPC. I want this deck to truly\u00a0complement\u00a0it&#8217;s name and what it stands for. My hope is that it will be one of the finest decks you&#8217;ll own. One you&#8217;ll cherish.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s handling, durability and touch will be highly functional and worthy of card lovers everywhere. As a magician too, I know what it is to handle a quality made deck and the difference it makes. This deck will hold nothing back. It&#8217;s for that reason that the deck costs a little more to produce than others you may have seen.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Secret Design Features<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>a.\u00a0<\/b>The sharp-eyed magicians and hustlers among you may notice that because both the back design and faces have that centre edging detail, having any reversed cards in the deck is no problem. They&#8217;ll still be very difficult to\u00a0identify\u00a0at a glance, should you need to \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><b>b.\u00a0<\/b>The edge detail also holds an incredibly subtle one-way feature that a trained eye will have at their disposal.<\/p>\n<p><b>c.\u00a0<\/b>The mischievous Jokers can also be used as a creative revealing tool for magicians.<\/p>\n<p><b>d.\u00a0<\/b>Empire will also come with a utility\u00a0card (&#8216;DB&#8217;) useful for card magic \u00a0or even as a cut card for poker, bridge or any other games.<\/p>\n<p>These built-in features\u00a0<b>do not\u00a0have any impact<\/b>\u00a0on the normal functionality of the deck for use in any kind of game play and merriment you desire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve already sold on eBay for $80, so get these quick while you get the chance. This product only a playing card deck, not include\u00a0WARRIOR Card Armour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empire is more than just a deck of cards to me. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been designing cards for magic company Ellusionist for the past 5 years and it&#8217;s been a great experience, but I&#8217;ve\u00a0alwaysdreamed of launching my own deck one day, and maybe even more to follow. 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