I have used this deck very often... I have a brick of each color, the marking are so slight that spectators can look for them and not see them (this happened twice to me personally after pushing tricks too far) I have better than 20/20 vision so keep this in mind - if you have glasses I do not recommend these cards. Best method for a clean read.... put the card half way in the deck hold it up with the back facing you, ask to make sure they remember their card then slide the card down. these are just regular bicycle cards no ..bee stock or special shit, nice plain back all standard faces - Big Bicycle brand logo - comes with a queen of hearts that says queen of hearts on the back where the inspirational motto goes (depending on color) and it has a double backer.