Soma card red

This playing card deck, bearing the name of two-time world magic champion Soma Hajnóczy, is a French-suited pack of 56 cards: 54 standard cards plus two jokers and two special cards. The cards measure a standard 63 x 88 mm and are produced by Cartamundi, one of the oldest playing card manufacturers, offering firm paper, a smooth surface finish and comfortable flexibility when shuffling.

The two special cards set this deck apart. The blue pack contains a completely white card and a nine of spades whose pips have slipped into the corner; the red pack includes a nine of diamonds... specifically a thirteen of diamonds and a twisted queen of hearts. Several graphic details and hidden surprises are printed across the cards.

The deck works for poker, rummy and solitaire just like any French-suited pack, and it is well suited to card tricks. Soma demonstrates how to use the special cards in an accompanying video, with the access code printed on the bottom of the packaging.