Produced by Michael McClure of Docs Playing Cards in collaboration with designer Brad Gabbard of Native Tongue Studios to create a deck built for the “Rare, Limited, and Luxury Edition” playing cards community on Facebook.
Over a year and a half in the making, Ludus Magnus is a thematic deck that befits a Roman-era currently funding on Kickstarter. The overall design of the deck is based on the Roman Gladiators’ theme depicting the Roman history of bloody sport in an arena, the empire’s form of entertainment.
The custom faces of the cards showcase a cross-section of the Colosseum, adorned with a golden foil broken border and center index. The Ace of Spades presents a sword and shield with the name of the deck and the initials of the card collector’s group.
The courts present the people of ancient Rome: maidens, seers, emperors, and gladiators. The back design is a sophisticated illustration of the Roman theme: shields with helmets and lion insignias along with a sword and a Roman phrase. It has a hint of the golden broken border as same as on the faces – creating a fabulous continuous line when the cards are fanned. The cards will be printed by Legends Playing Cards on the super smooth Viper Finish.
There are at least four editions of this deck on offer during the campaign. The Luxury Edition features embossed matte black with gold foiling. The Limited Edition features embossed matte black with gold and red foiling added with embossed matted red sleeve attached on the sides and back – like an arena opening its doors.
The exclusive RLLE Edition features embossed gold metallic with gold and red foiling. The Rare Edition features an embossed matte red tuck and sleeve with gold and red foiling. The tuck box design shows the big lion insignia guarded by four gladiator armory with showing the initials of involved parties in the creation of the deck.
Pledge starts at $17 for a single Luxury Edition OR get all four editions for $130 (including the Ludus Magnus Mini Deck) on Kickstarter.
