Just received these and have to say I am pleased. The card stock isn't the highest quality, but, definitely more than satisfactory for the price.
I purchased these for the purpose of doing readings, so if they get a bit worn out, all the better.
One benefit that I wasn't expecting was that the cards are marked. This was a pleasant surprise, and one that I wasn't expecting for the cost.
I will certainly be buying more in the future

In the instructions, Royal magic does not mentioned that this is a marked deck and it's a shame because in all honestly, it's probably one of the best marked decks out there.

Once memorized...you will blow people away a great set of tricks to do are the following:

- start with the trick mentioned in the instructions.
- move onto having a person look at one card then tell them what symbol it is.
- then end with them going through the entire set of cards while you name off every symbol correctly.

Again, guys and gals, make these tricks your own.

I purchased this deck of ESP cards after getting the Nick Trost book The Card Magic of Nick Trost. There is a chapter on ESP Card tricks. ESP cards add a different dimension to card magic. These can be used for card magic, mental magic or pure mentalism.

There are 5 symbols with 5 cards of each symbol. The cards are printed on reasonably thick stock but they are no where of the quality of a Bicycle card. They are suitable for the occassional card routine and should last a long time. They sport a star-theme on the back and simple black symbols on the front.

They do not come in a card box but a light weight plastic bag case. They do not match the size of a Bike card either. For the price they should do the trick.

This is the most basic and cheapest ESP deck on the market. It comes with the standard 25 cards (5 sets of 5 symbols). The cards are bridge size, they are secretly marked and they do not come with a box but you receive a plastic sleeve which is pretty cheap and useless. I just keep a rubber band around them.

For the price of the deck the quality is pretty good, however if you are serious about performing strong ESP magic on a regular basis, I would suggest getting a higher quality deck such as ESP origins or ESP Test deck by Magic Makers. Both of which are available from Penguin.

This now is a thing i always have in my pocket, i found a good routine whit ESP-cards from an other product here on penguin and now i use this deck often.

I'll admit that I bought these on a lark because they are very inexpensive. I thought I'd check them out but didn't have high hopes. As it turns out I like these better than the decks I have that cost in the $25 -$40 range. I also own the FULLY NAKED ESP DECK which I like because of its minimalistic aesthetics, and I will continue to use it. I think, however, that the marking system on the Royal Magic cards is less likely to be discovered by spectators. Similarly, the ECLIPSE DECK is very graphically appealing to me but I actually think its visual impact is actually a potential detriment. It is so interesting to look at that I believe it attracts extra attention from participants --- something that you don't want. I may be wrong about that but it makes me uncomfortable. The last and maybe most important comment --- the Royal Magic deck cannot be read from very far away. Other deck marking systems are promoted as being readable from across the room. My reaction to that is: "Why the hell would I be reading them from across the room?" It really is a non-issue. I have bad, old-man eyes and can easily make out the Royal Magic markings at a "normal" distance. Those markings are subtle enough that I feel confident that spectators are not likely to ever see them even after studying the cards.

Recently, Royal Magic has decided to decrease the quality of these cards. They are not good paper stock, and the deck I received was not at all well printed, most especially the back of the cards. There were streaks where the ink was rubbed off, and pale spot where the ink was not spread properly.

The back pattern is well thought out, especially the marking system, but now it is a black printing, no longer the blue.
These cards are bridge sized, which means they are 1/4" skinnier (side to side) then poker sized cards. The coating is not very durable.

Super fast delivery, decks were great and a very good price.
Plus they are marked, leaves wide open for many effetcs.

These ESP cards are good quality, playing card stock.

The markings are a bit tough to read, but since they are ESP cards, they can't be obvious due to the nature of the effects. In fact, the description did not say these cards were marked, so that's just a bonus. Like if you are REALLY stuck, use the marks. ESP effects don't really need marked cards.

I like that this particular set has a 3 wavy lines card and no triangle card. This way you can number the cards in your head as 1,2,3,4,5 if necessary.

Finally, the instructions come with an effect you can do, and I immediately applied it to ordinary playing cards as well. It was a hit.

It would be nice to have a box for the the cards, but for the price, it is an extremely good value.

Easy to learn, easy to follow instructions. Great for table,standup and walk around performances.