News: Toomas Pintson Releases Superfly Royale Green

The Superfly Royale Green is the follow-up to the popular Superfly Playing Cards first released 2 years ago. Designed by Estonian designer Toomas Pintson under the Gemini Decks brand, the deck is inspired by the popular streetwear culture.

The deck is definitely inspired by Supreme and all these other streetwear brands like Off-White, BAPE etc. Toomas combine different patterns together and used bold fat lettering to get the 'street' culture look.

Superfly features a green/white colorway with a red box Superfly logo on the custom mirrored back design, Ace of Spades and Jokers. Unlike the original Superfly, the back design element can only be found on the semi-custom court cards.

The deck is printed by The United States Playing Card Company on high-quality crushed stock, the deck not only look good but handles amazing!

Special price of $11.95 available for the first 24h only on geminidecks.com. The deck retails at $14.95. Also, order 6 or more decks and get 1 Free Sticker packet and 1 Free Superfly Royale deck. Gifts will be added automatically to cart at checkout when the decks quantity is 6 or more.

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NEW Cherry Casino Now in Purple!

Tahoe Blue, Reno Red, Sahara Green.. and now, Desert Inn Purple! The popular Cherry Casino series combines modern minimal design and elements of retro casino-styled decks. Not only are the Cherries incredibly sleek and aesthetically pleasing, but they are also eye-catching. The pearlescent, soft metallic purple backs are truly mesmerising in motion!

Designed by Sam Devins, the latest addition features the iconic cherry back design inspired by the 50's with all the glamor and glitz of the Painted Desert Showroom, plus the finish and handling of vintage decks.

The new metallic purple colorway is an homage to the acclaimed Desert Inn Casino. Inside, the jokers and the Ace of Spades are custom while the face cards including the courts are standard. The deck is versatile enough for Card flourishes, routines and game nights.

The deck is packaged in a stylish and elegant tuck box that is sure to turn heads. Printed by The United States Playing Card Company on crushed Bee stock, the cards are a sheer dream to handle by conjurers and cardists alike.

Magicians, cardists, and collectors will be able to pick the Cherry Casino Desert Inn Purple Edition from your favorite Murphys Magic retailers soon.

FIrst Look: Culturae Animalis Art Playing Cards

[Update] Culturae Animalis Art Playing Cards are now LIVE on Kickstarter.

Scheduled to launch on Kickstarter on 29th July, the Culturae Animalis art playing cards is a deck of highly detailed, hand-drawn, luxury art playing cards with a beautiful message of cultural respect and environmental and animal protection.

The unique illustration by Jack Brutus Penny took over six months, with every card, including all pip cards, having its own unique design bleeding to the edge. Jack put all his experience and passion into this deck, and it shows.

Inside, each card is individually designed, making it truly unique! Lots of creativity has gone into the deck and the artwork employs the imagery of animals, delivering a powerful and thought-provoking narrative. The theme is consistent across all card, sticking to the black, white and red colors.

The cards are printed on recycled black core 330 gsm heavy paper with a linen texture. Completed with a gloss finish, gold gild edges and a custom tuck box with spot UV.

With soy ink, sugar cane wrapping, and a percentage of profits donated to help save abandoned pets and abused animals, there is no better playing card project to support and help achieve its goals. On Kickstarter from 29th July.

[Update] Culturae Animalis Art Playing Cards are now LIVE on Kickstarter.

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Deck View: Super Bee Playing Cards

Sophisticated. Gold. Bees

Designed by Oban Jones for Ellusionist, the Super Bee Playing Cards is a combination of minimal aesthetics and luxe. The 100% custom deck features custom pip, striking hexagon-styled courts, Ace of Spades and the mesmerizing hexagonal card backs.

I love the siplicity and subtlety of the artwork that blends in with the lighter colorway. Unlike its predecessor the Killer Bees, the super bees ooze sophistication with its metallic gold ink on the face cards and backs.

Printed by Cartamundi on their famous B9 finish, the Super Bees are kept inside a premium stock tuck box in ivory white with stunning gold foil detail. Also. Ellusionist is promising 10% of profits of all Super Bees decks sold to IUCN and local Bee charities.

Available now from JP Games.

Cardistry: ECHO Wins Deck of the Year Award at Cardistry-Con Portland

ECHO Playing Cards won the "Deck of the Year Award" at Cardistry-Con 2019 in Portland, OR! This came as a surprise to us as Dealersgrip's Sepal and Orbit V6 was incredibly popular during the nomination stage.

Congrats to the Taiwanese cardistry group, LotusinHand. ECHO was nominated by the Cardistry community prior to the Con on social media and gained the top vote by attendees. Other decks in the category were Orbit v6, Error, RipNDip Fontaine and Sepal.
ECHO features a modern design with a black/white colorway. The repeating 'bullseye' design is prominent on the card backs and the face cards with inverse colors that give it a satisfying and hypnotizing look to your card flourish especially cuts and spins.

  

Article originally published on cardistrybeast.com

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Sponsored Post: My Love Playing Cards

Produced by TCC Playing Cards, My Love Playing Cards is a love-themed deck currently funding on Kickstarter. The fully custom deck comes with an exquisite gift box wrapped with a silk ribbon.

Inside the traditional face cards have been redesigned and now features love-themed artwork such as heart-shaped balloon, rabbits, Eiffel Tower, cupid and more.

One thing I found unique are the diptych Kings and Queens with each holding one side of the heart. Cute artwork and a very nice touch to set this deck apart.

The deck is kept in a tuck case made out of special soft touch paper featuring various love typography and design in red/white colorway. Printed by the Taiwan Playing Card Company. Limited to 1314, which also means 'Love Forever' in Chinese. Pledge starts at $18 on Kickstarter.

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Butterfly Playing Cards Kickstarter Gains New Stretch Goal- The Black & White Edition

The crowdfunding campaign for Butterfly Playing Cards has now earned over $139k (the initial goal was $10.5k). With less than a week to go, Ondrej Psenicka has revealed a new stretch goal: the Black & White Butterfly deck.... with black gilding!

According to Ondrej, the Black & White edition is the origin of the Butterfly Playing Cards Black family. The duo-tone colorway lends to a more prominent, somewhat more distinctive artwork of Stefan Eriksson, particularly the card backs. The four aces also showcase the beautiful theme of the floral back design and the standard US court cards have yellow color substituted for white to compliment the overall aesthetic of the cards.

The black matte tuck box is laced with white foil and both marked AND unmarked versions. While it’s crafted for the magician in mind, the deck will be an excellent addition to your collection. Printed by Cartamundi with the True Linen B9 finish. 5000 decks each.

Kickstarter: Invasion (Blood Edition) Playing Cards

Designed by Rattle Shuttle, helmed by father and son team of Dmitry Lebedev and Nikita Lebedev, Invasion (Blood Edition) Playing Cards are a sci-fi themed deck currently funding on Kickstarter. The deck is the second in the Invasion series after the Space Edition funded early this year.

Continuing the narrative, the Blood Edition features four different alien races: Peekians, Boobians, Threphians, and Zervians, each representing a different suit. The aliens have started the conquest to conquer and enslave new planets, rich with natural resources.

This led them to the Solar System, where they faced the Earths' desperate opposition. In this epic battle, aliens not only have to conquer a new planet but they also have to fight each other or collaborate with other extra-terrestrial forms to ensure their power over Earth.

Fully custom, the hand-illustrated court cards showcase the alien leaders while the aces are the spaceships they conquer the planets with. The deck is kept in a tuck box in deep red, with embossing and gold foil on the exterior and interior print.

The exclusive to this Kickstarter is a hand crafted wooden box made out of solid walnut wood has magnet locks, and black velvet padding on the inside. The box holds two decks (Space and Blood) and is limited to 144 regular pledges.

Pledge starts at $16 on Kickstarter.

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Check Out the New Jerry's Nugget Stretch Goals

What a month of July the team at Expert Playing Card Co. is having! The crowdfunding campaign currently sits at $435k with 3.8k backers - which translates to an average pledge of $114 per backer. To put that into perspective, only three other campaigns (Mint 2, The Name of the Wind and The Name of the Wind Art Deck) funded above $400k. Congratulations to the Expert team!

With 8 days remaining, there is no sign of stopping the campaign as the team has just released some cool stretch goals which became available to backers as add-ons. The most notable is the Kings Wild Edition Jerry's Nugget which has been unlocked. We spoke to Jackson Robinson earlier this week and he told Kardify,

It was an honor to be asked by EPCC to design the first custom Jerry's Nugget deck after the legendary Jerry's we all know and love.

Check out the other stretch goals below:

Goal: $425k Funding (Unlocked)
New Colors! Modern Feel Teal and Coral Jerry's!

Goal: $650K Funding
SILVER Luxury Foil Jerry's Nugget Deck.

Goal: $750K Funding
GOLD Luxury Foil Jerry's Nugget Deck.

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Cardistry-Con NOC Deck Released!

This eye-catching deck was released over the weekend during Cardistry-Con. This is a very limited release of a NOC deck designed, printed in collaboration with the event.

The Cardistry-Con NOC is different from any other NOC decks released to-date. The deck sports a gradient lime green tile back, giving a unique pixelated look. The face card is standard but comes with an exclusive custom Ace of Spades and Joker with updated colorway.

The tuck features an eye-catching holographic package on the exterior and an interior checkerboard design. Definitely a very well produced NOC deck with a refreshing design update from the previous releases. The holo tuck is definitely a nice touch to give the deck a retro-style feel.

Printed by The United States Playing Cards Company on thin crushed stock. Only 2,019 Decks Printed. Available now for $15 at houseofplayingcards.com.

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Deck View: Carrots X Fontaine v2 Playing Cards

Cardistry. Carrots. Rare.

With the hype surrounding the Fontaine Futures at Cardistry-Con Portland, we thought we will feature the Carrots X Fontaine v2 this week. The deck is a collaboration between Zach Mueller and Anwar Carrots (Instagram: @carrotsbyanwarcarrots) released back in March this year. The highly anticipated deck was the first Fontaine to be released in two windows to cater to international fans in different time zones. The decks were quick sold out in both windows.

The carrot Fontaines sports a black colorway with subtle orange carrot images on the card backs with the iconic Fontaine 'f'. With the exception of the jokers, the face cards are standard, and the red suits have been recolored to orange to match the overall look of the deck. Also, each order of 12 decks came with a special brick box and 1 complimentary Fontaine Carrots v3 “Red/Black”.

For more cool decks, check out JP Games.

Social Media Roundup: All The New Decks Spotted at Cardistry-Con Portland

Cardists from around the world have gathered in Portland for Cardistry-Con 2019. At this year's event, a few cool decks were revealed and released. Check it out:

Article originally published on cardistrybeast.com

MPC The ONE (Cardistry-Con 2019)

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The ONE, CC’19. See you guys in a couple of days #cardistrycon #cardistry #cardist #cardistryporn #cardmagic #cardflourish #dananddave #cardistrylife #mpcone

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Official Cardistry-Con NOC

Isometric X Trix

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I’m back. Isometric X Trix, 2019 Collaborating with Singapore artist @trxipxi on a new line of decks- Isometric X. Tutorials, videos, decks & more details in the next 1-2 months. If you’re wondering what happened to Iso N°3, that’s for 2020. #cardistry #playingcards #bestcardistalive #magic #isometricplayingcards

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Fontaine Chocolate Edition

ORBIT CC First Edition

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The Return

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ANYONE Cap Logos

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CAP LOGOS

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ANYONE Houndstooth (Image by @Socal.playing.cards)

Official Cardistry-Con 2019: CCC Edition (Image by @Socal.playing.cards)

Z-Deck

MYTURN Hotel and Casino (Image by @Socal.playing.cards)

ANYONE Holo Mirror

Fontaine Futures

Mystery decks with the possiblity of 6 different outcomes: Glitch (1 of 1000), Polka (1 of 1500), 500 (1 of 500), Window (1 of 2000), Floral (1 of 2500) and Parrot (1 of 2000)

DIVA French Edition

BLOC Plush Edition

Squeezers V2 Lemonade

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The Deal with Mr. Fulton Part 2: Art of Play, New Fulton's, and Keanu Reeves!

For this exclusive interview, we are honored to have a guest post from Austin Perez (Instagram: @austin100s). In the second part of this guest post, Brad Fulton (Instagram: @fultonsplayingcards) talks about Art of Play, new Fulton's, industry trends and Keanu Reeves. Enjoy!

If you missed the first part, check it out here!

In your opinion, what playing card companies have been on your radar for some of the best?
D&D Playing Card Company. Dan & Dave are the savants of Playing Cards and have produced some of the best. I like Blaine’s Cards. Jackson Robinson is very talented. We’re going to work together in the future for sure. Whispering Imps were a beautiful deck.

What is one trend you do not like that is happening in the card community right now?
I’m not a fan of repetition. It seems like many people are hitting the xerox machine too often. For me to like something, I have to feel the passion and the originality—not just ripping off somebody’s concept and changing some colors. I want to see somebody create something totally new and personal to them. Their story. I want somebody to create a universe of their own design and we can visit it in a deck of cards.

What is a trend that you do like that is happening in the card community right now?
I like the quality increase in printing. Clove St is doing great boxes and ideas Dan & Dave and I only dreamed of. We used to sit on a bench in front of a Chinese Market and dream up ideas for business cards. Dave and I always wanted insanely expensive stuff and had ideas like business cards that cost $20 each and were folded into a collapsible cube etc. Back then these ideas were hard to execute but now they’re a possibility.

When you’re not busy on a project what do you like to do that gives you a sort of detox from the stress?
I’m not a big TV guy and most modern movies aren’t my thing. I like the antihero more than the hero and it seems like now we only have the superhero. My hobbies would be shoe design and New Balance as a company. My good friend Samuel Pearce is a talented young shoe designer and I like seeing what he comes up with next. His shoe the X-90 is interesting for me to pick apart. Hahaha. So, my hobbies are design-based. That and eating so let’s be glad I like to design more or else I couldn’t fit in my car.

Recently Cartamundi bought out USPCC. What are your thoughts on arguably the two biggest card companies now being owned together?
It’s probably positive. I’ll take Cartamundi buying it because they actually care about cards. That beats an investment firm that just wants to pad their portfolio. I defer to the Card Gods on that sale, and both Dan & Dave are excited so that’s how I feel.

What would you like to see out of this sale that Cartamundi made?
I just want USPCC to stay in the USA. I’m a huge proponent of American Made and quite frankly nobody can make cards as good as the USPCC. Maybe the ability to print very small runs of cards so I can reissue a new color of old stock, or try out something that may be a little too marginal or bizarre to sell 5,000 of.

Since you’ve been in the custom made playing card industry for what seems like the beginning of it what has been the biggest surprise trend in the past two years of it?
When I got into these custom cards were really not a thing. We had David Blaine and that’s about it. After Smoke & Mirrors I didn’t envision anything. That deck didn’t make The Bucks rich. It sat in their apartment and I’d go with them to the Costa Mesa Post Office to ship them piecemeal. I never imagined for a moment you could do this for a career. So, my surprise over the past few years is my surprise regarding the whole thing. I’m shocked at the number of cards that are made per year. And it’s a great thing the industry has grown. Instagram is a huge reason.

When starting out with the Fulton’s Clip Joint did you expect them to be as memorable as they are? I see that they were inspired by your grandfather. Care to elaborate on how much of an influence he was in your artistic vision with them?
My grandfather Sam Fulton was a real noir character. The toughest man I’ve ever met. He would scare doped out panhandlers when he was approaching 80 hahaha. He always had a white shirt and black pants, and his stark, thick white hair was recognizable from a block away. He built planes during WW2 for Boeing, doing all sheet metal. His spirit influenced the deck, not the location exactly because he hated alcohol and called people who drank “lushes” (haha). His house was grey with black trim. The most devastating moment for me as a young man was losing him. He was my male role model and I infused the deck with his no-nonsensee but stylish personality. It was a place he’d be holding court—the whole place mesmerized by his stories and bizarre sense of humor.

I didn’t think anybody would be talking about the deck almost ten years later! My philosophy is as an enemy of trends. Everything I like is classic. So, in the back of my mind, I may have dreamed it became like a Tally-Ho and people could use it in the future without it being dated. I get so many nice messages all the time calling it “the greatest deck ever designed” and for that it never gets old. The point of designing is to inspire others and make them happy.

Recently, people have been discovering that when you flip the Fulton’s October tuck box you are greeted with a beautiful reverse image. How did you come up with that idea and did you expect anyone to actually reverse the tuck? 
Hidden objects are what I love. All my decks have things hidden in them that I’m surprised nobody has found. So, for me, it was a mystery. I love mysteries. I just imagined some kid opening a deck and peeking inside and wondered how many would tear the box open to see the whole thing. Noble and I had a blast envisioning this vintage Halloween scenario with all the fun old pranks you could pull on your neighborhood. A while back some guy messaged me with a little clip of his perfectly flipped October Box. I was impressed. After that, it spread like wildfire. My next deck with Noble you can count on more fun stuff.

As someone who has known Dan and Dave for years now, what was it like seeing their companies such as Art of Play start from such humble beginnings? How does it feel now that your cards are so popular on their site, that they almost always sell out within hours or days of release? 
I’m constantly amazed by D&D. You know sometimes you have friends and they change. They just do over time. The Bucks have not changed who they are, they just tightened up their belt in running a business and learned how to do it better. People often ask why my cards weren’t made for a few years and the answer to that is...D&D put everything on hold to restructure and grow the real way. In the beginning, you have to understand The Bucks came from a small mining town in Nor Cal to Costa Mesa to attend community college and dream big. They didn’t have a trust fund. Their entire empire was done piecemeal. They were slinging DVDs at conventions and worked their way up. I truly paid the cost to be the boss. I’m just a few years older but I feel like a dad, or older brother watching the youngsters make it. I’ll tell you an aside to illustrate who The Bucks are. In 2010 when I had my accident, falling down the stairs and being pronounced “dead” for three minutes they were in South America. They were booked for a lecture series. When they heard what happened, they called my hospital room to tell me they’re coming back early and wanted to be with me and help in any way. I never forgot that. It’s an honor to be associated with them.

So the year has just started, and you have already dropped one of the most popular decks, the Pink Ace Fulton’s Casino, to a lot of praise. What else can we expect from you this year? There have been murmurs of a new Fulton’s Octobers and a possible Clip Joint. 
Yes, the sequel to Clip Joint is getting all the pre-press stuff done right now. It’s epic. It’s completely new yet familiar. And I do have two Halloween Decks in the works. One will hopefully make it here for this Halloween while the other I’m guessing is delayed because it’s not ready. A big surprise will come from me this year and it’s something never done in cards before. Dan Buck and I have really worked hard on this and it’s a true celebration of my work thus far. I do think people will take a step back and wonder “what the hell is this?”

Finally, looking through your site, viewers are greeted with some great portrait photography of some amazing shots! One that stuck out to me is the one of Keanu Reeves! How did you manage to get that into your portfolio? 
Thank You. I’ve done many portraits of Hollywood Actors in my career. I love portraits. Keanu’s agent wanted me to make some portraits of him when he was in between films and doing some promotional stuff. There’s a reason he went from starring as Ted in one of my favorite films to a legitimate superstar. His work ethic is inspiring, and he treats everyone with great respect.

After reading these answers and talking to Mr. Brad Samuel Fulton the sense of passion for his craft is rarely matched. Very few creators can have such an impact in their field as much as Mr. Fulton has done. With the amount of history combined with the overall genuine personality he embodies, it’s very difficult to not see why he is a master at his craft. If you want a chance to own a piece of art go out and buy a Pink Ace Fulton’s Casino deck while supplies last on Art of Play. As for now, I am excited for future projects to come!

This segment is written by Austin Perez (Instagram: @austin100s). No part of this article can be reproduced without written permission from the author and Kardify.com.

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