Cardistry: Cubeline Playing Cards by Bas John

We've been a fan of Bas John's (Instagram: @basjohn) mesmerizing Cardistry cinemagraph for quite some time. So when we heard that Bas is releasing Cubeline Playing Cards, we got in contact with Bas to find out more. Here's what Bas told us about the back design,

I find the idea of an optical illusion on a back design very interesting. The first time I saw this was with Stripe by Dealersgrip. Cubeline is inspired by this concept.

Crafted for cardistry, the deck features black/white/muted red colorway with an optical illusion 2-way pattern back design, standard pips and recolored semi-custom courts with cute smiley faces.

The deck is presented in a black tuck box with the Cubeline icon prominently featured on the front.

On the cardistry community, Bas told Kardify,

I have been playing with cards for over 10 years now and it’s been amazing to see the community grow from a small group of people, to a community of thousands from all over the world. Working on my own deck of cards has been so much fun, and I honestly can not wait to see these in the hands of our community. I love this art. It has allowed me to make friends from all over the world and I can not wait to see cardistry grow further in the coming years.

The decks will be printed by our friends at Cartamundi on their famous B09 finish. The pre-sale will end on 21st January and the deck will be shipped in April.

I hope to contribute to that by making my flourishes available, and releasing my very own deck of cards. So, with every brick comes 3 of my favorite flourishes that I’ve created: Trapdoorpuzzle, Triqo, and Turning Pages. 

You can find more about these flourishes and the deck on basjohn.com.