What if every card trick you already love instantly meant more to your audience?
Heroes & Villains by Craig Petty transforms a traditional deck into a world of instantly recognizable characters from literature and cinema—adding story, emotion, and relatability to powerful card magic.
At a glance, it’s a familiar deck of fifty-two cards. Look closer and you’ll find a brilliant structure beneath the surface: blue cards represent heroes, red cards represent villains, and every card is marked using the elegant optical system designed by Phill Smith. You can instantly identify the character, their nemesis, and far more—quietly and effortlessly.
Each card also includes built-in character facts, turning the deck into a ready-made book test. The result is a tool that supports classic plots and elevates them with meaning. Oil and water becomes a battle of good and evil. The ambitious card gains instant relevance when it features a beloved childhood character. Predictions and mind reading feel richer when they involve legendary rivals.
The deck comes with an in-depth tutorial featuring 17 audience-tested routines, spanning oil and water, Out of This World, card at number, predictions, and mind reading. The handling is approachable, with many effects requiring little to no sleight of hand.
Beautifully printed, collectible in appearance, and a joy to handle, Heroes & Villains lets you infuse your card magic with the greatest stories ever told—while keeping the power firmly in your hands.