Excelsior Playing Cards, in partnership with 3D artist and designer Fernando Matias, had released a deck of playing cards exploring the science fiction pop culture. Battlestar Playing Cards, a deck showcasing different shapes of space fleets venturing into deep space is now funding on Kickstarter!
There are three editions of the Azure edition deck, of which, two are gilded- Royal; with the purple metallic gilding, and Starlight; with the holographic prismatic gilding.
The card backs feature a deep space background in purple color, a full-bleed back design with one-way artwork. The cards will be produced by the United States Playing Cards Company on the classic stock with air-cushion finish.
There is an extra edition of the deck, called Emerald edition, which has a very limited print run and the back will have a green color. The cards will be printed by MPC on casino stock with Beta finish.
The artworks on the cards are all 3d-generated by the artist. From the Aces, Courts, to the Jokers, and the extra cards- the artist modeled those from scratch and have them digitally enhanced to present as illustrations on the cards.
The numbered cards show a series of bright arrangements of the suits lighted up by the neon lights on a mechanical panels background.
The Azure edition will be BIcycle-branded, while the Emerald edition is unbranded. Pledge starts from $15 for a single standard deck on Kickstarter.
