Squeezers V4 Cherry Limeade Playing Cards

The classic Organic Playing Cards Squeezers are back with a TWIST! The Squeezers V4 Cherry Limeade now comes with a classic design and some new design elements and inks!

Squeezers playing cards are a fun deck with a contrasting red/green color palette and recognizable semi-custom vibrant court cards! Perfect for any magician or cardist.

The back design features metallic red ink with the classic dripping citrus! The tuck box and half brick box got a makeover that looks fresh!

Printed by USPCC on premium crushed stock this deck will last till the last drop! For every 6 decks you purchase, you will have access to ONE gilded deck at the price of $25 on riffleshuffle.com.

Victory Playing Cards by Joker and the Thief

Joker and the Thief’s Victory playing cards are crafted for those who seek Victory, in any endeavor. For founder James Millaras, the deck is an homage to his family. 

According to the product page, 

The name Victory is a direct tribute to the efforts of James’ grandparents, who were Greek immigrants and owned and operated a fish and chips shop in Far North Queensland, Australia in the 80s through to the late 90s. The name of the shop was Victory and became an institution in the small port town of Cairns – known for quality food and customer service. Victory playing cards pays tribute in name to their immigrant spirit of hard work, of which we as a family are grateful to be inspired by and benefit from.

The stunning deck comes with a stunning embossed tuck box with letterpress inks and foil both interior and exterior. The borderless card back comes with a repeated JT logo design with metallic inks.

The face cards are pretty much standard with the unmistakable art style of Pedro Oyarbide. The court cards are modeled in classics to create a distressed vibe associated with the brand.

Limited to 1,000 decks and are available now from jokerandthethief.com for $20.

Matcha Boba Playing Cards for Matcha Lovers, and Boba Addicts!

Check out the new offering on BaoBao Restaurant‘s menu, Matcha Boba Playing Cards. Produced by Magician Bao Hoang and Illustrated by Angga Tantama, Meko Deng, & Rich Li, the deck is currently seeking funds on Kickstarter.

The eye-pleasing deck sports a pairing of green and cream tones, perfectly capturing the velvety concoction that is matcha milk tea. A lot of thought has gone into the beautiful design and packaging of the bubble tea-inspired design.

The two-way back design captures the process of perfectly whisked matcha poured over your preferred milk base. The chewy boba is covered by a delicately sweetened milk base that’s finally topped off with velvety matcha in metallic light green ink.

The pips for each suit are custom carrying the matcha tea theme from the back design over to the pips. The traditionally red pips are transformed into matcha, and the traditionally black pips follow a dark green matcha-inspired theme. Each and every single pip has a wave-shaped layer of matcha milk tea to fully tie the theme together.

Instead of the traditional ace of spades, the Matcha Boba deck showcases an actual cup of matcha boba with splashes of matcha milk tea around the spade. You’ll never find another ace of spades that makes you crave boba as much as this one!

The courts have been customized and updated with custom-designed faces If you look closely, each and every court card has a different and unique face, while performing a different and unique action! 

The deck is packaged in a minimalist design tuck box resembling a cup of boba to actually look like: matcha with the tapioca (bubbles) at the bottom, and milk tea on top. This pairs perfectly with the transparent plastic casing to really give you the experience of holding a cup of boba! 

Now onto the most unique feature of this deck: the cup! What do we mean by “cup”? The specially designed plastic casing that comes with each and every deck! This plastic box not only serves as a cup, it also doubles as a protective layer for the more delicate paper box.

The deck is printed by the United States Playing Card Company with Air-Cushion Finish on Bee Casino Grade Paper. Limited to 3500 decks. Pledge starts at $12 on Kickstarter.

David Blaine's BLRD BLK- First Editon Drops Today!

Red Black will be releasing the BLK edition of the BLRD series playing cards created by Mathieu Bich and developed by David Blaine. The limited first edition BLRD deck was sold out quickly earlier this month and the deck is listed for $200+ on the secondary market.

With the BLRD Series, David introduced an amazing new reader system that is easy to learn and challenging to spot. Created by Mathieu Bich and developed by David, the optical illusion in the BLRD system allows for a deceptively fast read of the value and suit of each playing card.

There will be 3732 BLRD BLK decks available for sale and will also be available for re-orders by year-end. The BLK edition comes in a black/white colorway and it is crafted for both collectors and magicians. Bricks will be available for $180, and single decks for $16. Available today (July 27th at 1pm EDT) on redblackinc.com.

Valhalla Viking Playing Cards, Less Than 24 Hours Remaining on Kickstarter

Less than 24 hours remaining on Kickstarter, Valhalla Viking Playing Cards are produced by Gamblers Warehouse in collaboration with artist Shapeshifters. The theme of the deck is based onValhalla from Norse mythology.

Inside, the back design consists of decorated colored symbols, displaying a symmetrical composition of four dragon heads and several Norse symbols. There are two back color variants for the deck: blue sapphire with gold accents and green emerald with silver accents.

The numbered cards featured slightly modified pips with customized arrangements. The courts feature beautiful illustrated gods and goddesses of Norse mythology: such as Odin, Freya, Thor, Idun, Loki, and more. The royals come prepared with their weapons with poses that respect the traditional playing cards structure.

The oversized custom aces are perfectly recognizable for games or magic effects and come with detailed patterns & artwork. Jokers feature identical artworks of Norse dragons in gold and silver color.

Each color variant has three seperate editions: Standard – Special – Gilded. The Standard edition features tuckbox printed in metallic inks on standard stock paper. The Special edition features tuckbox printed on premium stock with embossed elements and multiple levels of metallic foiling.

The Gilded edition features the same box as the Special edition, yet it will have numbered seal stamped on the bottom side of the box – the cards will be gilded, with gold foil gilding on the blue variant and silver foil gilding on the green variant.

Printed by USPCC and pledge starts with $14 on Kickstarter.

Kings Wild Threads Deck: Blue King

The Kings Wild Threads is back with the Blue Kings Deck. This deck is part of a line of custom playing cards made to pair with the Kings Wild Threads Shirt line. These limited print decks feature a matching suicide king pattern on the back design in a sky blue colorway which can be viewed through the custom die cut on the tuck case. Designer Jackson Robinson used his own standard court and pip designs on this simple yet unique deck of playing cards. The shirts are $45 and the decks are $20 on kingswildproject.com. Limited to 300 units.

Deck View: Pioneers Playing Cards

Exploration. Discovery. Curiosity.

When Ellusionist first teased PIONEERS on social media, the images generated quite a buzz as it was a departure from their usual modern design. This beautiful deck is fully custom, inside and out. From the distinctive deck seal to the impeccable pips. Every detail and line on the tuck, backs, aces, and jokers was painstakingly hand-drawn by renowned playing card artist Oban Jones.

On the card back is a lady of liberty, with a phoenix at her feet. In her left hand is the flag of the United States – in her right is the lesser-known but equally poignant flag of Chicago. The back design celebrates the 1893 World’s Fair, a spectacle that commemorates the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival to the new world. Also, hidden in the design are 52 easily-readable markings, to use for either magic, mischief, or both. 

The deck is kept secure in an exquisitely constructed tuck box, capturing the texture of the period-accurate paper. Debossed in all the right places, to create a 4th dimension of quality. The deck inside is printed by Cartamundi on luxury-pressed E7 stock for that crushed but durable feel.

Available now on Ellusionist.com. Use coupon code KARDIFY for 10% off your order.

Final Week on Kickstarter! Ad Fontes Playing Cards by Old Gravity

For those who had been following Old Gravity, you will be familiar with the beautiful hand-painted illustrations on their playing cards. Now, they are back on Kickstarter with Ad Fontes Playing Cards, a deck exploring the Renaissance.

There are two main editions of the deck during the campagin: Regal and Scholar Edition. The Scholar Edition features a simple tuck box printed in CMYK with soft touch finish.

The Regal Edition features the same tuck box as the Scholar Edition, but comes with additional finishes that makes it luxurious and fitting for collection displays. The intricate debossed elements are complete with ornately metallic foiling in STUNNING gold and copper foil. Both editions are designed to look like a book.

The artworks for the entire deck create a callback to the rich and beautiful history of the Renaissance era. The back design features engraving-style art showing some elements from the era. The face cards will have an aged brown parchment paper like on the background to signify the era the deck is based.

The numbered cards featured customized pips in non-standard arrangements. Each suit featured important aspects surrounding the Renaissance era. Hearts represent the Arts; Diamonds represent Politics; Clubs represent Religion, and Spades represent Exploration.

Each set of courts from their respective suit features important figures coming from the Renaissance era: such as Leonardo da Vinci and Christopher Colombus.

Not only are these hand-painted artworks stunning, but these paintings are also created using art techniques introduced during the era. The background details complete the profile of each court.

Printed by Legends Playing Card Co printed on premium casino grade card stock with Linen Finish. Pledge starts from $13 on Kickstarter.

Kings Wild Launches 24-Hour Live Enduro Deck Series Today!

Today (21st July) at 10am EST, Jackson Robinson of Kings Wild Project will be live on YouTube channel designing an ENTIRE deck from concept to completion. The first deck in the Eduro series is a one-of-a-kind deck that has never been done before.

Preorders will be available for 24 hours, and will only be available during this pre-order. This special edition is going to be something you will not want to miss…! Also, from 12pm-5pm EST there will be interviews with some of the KW crew and live GIVEAWAYS!

On Kickstarter, Tough Luck V2 Playing Cards

Two years ago, Docs Playing Cards collaborated with Native Tongue Studio to produced Tough Luck Playing Cards. The popular deck won 3rd Place in the UC DOTY 2020 Awards for Best Tuck and with the series having such a large following, founder Michael McClure decided it needed a second version.

There is not much difference between the original edition with the second edition. The first edition comes with black as the background color, while the second edition features blue colorway. Both versions come in the standard bordered edition and the borderless “Shadows” edition.

The card back design features a repeating pattern of a skull-and-dagger with flower tiles. The bordered design is ideal for EDC deck while the borderless design is great for card spreads and fans.

The faces of the cards are custom designed. The numbered cards are using customized pips. The Ace of Spades featured an intricate artwork of the bigger pip guarded by two rabbits along with the deck name and the number ’76’ in Roman numerals.

The court cards featured artworks of undead royals – each of them showcasing an unfortunate event that led to each of the royal’s death: such as 7 years of bad luck from breaking a mirror, drawing a “dead man’s hand” during poker, setting head on fire, and many more.

The Jokers featured identical artwork of an anthropomorphic fox holding a wooden plank by his neck to set up a game of “3 Card Monte”, a favorite game by street hustlers. The standard edition’s faces come in classic black and red color to differentiate the suits, while the “Shadows” edition’s faces are in achromatic black and white – red suits are shown in grey.

The tuck box defines the different variants of the deck series in Tough Luck. The standard edition will be packaged inside the standard box printed in CMYK. The Limited edition features a premium paper cardstock box complete with metallic foiling and embossed elements. There will be custom seals for the Limited Edition and the Gilded Editions. A mini version of the decks is available during this campaign.

Pledge starts with $26 for a set of Standard Edition decks OR $32 for a set of Limited Edition decks on Kickstarter.

Issue #62 of Kardify Magazine Released on Patreon

Kardify Magazine issue 62 is now on Patreon! Patrons who pledged $3 or more will be able to download the latest issue from our Patreon page. This issue compiles selected articles published from mid-June to mid-July. Deck images, articles, and news to keep you informed and up-to-date with the latest playing card news, releases, and previews. If you love playing cards, you will love Kardify Magazine!

Also, don’t forget to check out our other cool reward tiers on Patreon! The tiers include monthly desktop and smartphone wallpapers, a mystery deck shipped to you every 4 months of ongoing contribution, social media shout-outs, and multiple sponsorship tiers! Check it out!

Funds received from the magazine will help us keep the site running and growing, and bring new quality content to you. Our aim is to support designers by backing crowdfunded projects and supporting magic and playing cards retailers with their new releases. If you want to support us, please head over to our Patreon page. If you have an idea for an article you would like us to pursue, do get in contact with us. We hope you enjoy the read. In this issue:   

+ Peter Pan: Have a look at Kings Wild Project‘s gorgeous deck that celebrates the classic tale of Peter and the Lost Boys as they battle Captain Hook in Neverland. 

+ Bicycle Back to the Future: Great Scott! Bicycle Cards and Universal pictures have collaborated for this stunning deck of playing cards inspired by the beloved 1985 film.

+ Cardsicles: OPC has expanded into food as a brand! Make your own popsicle with this vibrant and fun cardistry deck. Perfect for summer!

+ EVA Legendary: A quick campaign by Thirdway Industries, Eva Legendary Playing Cards is a full-foiled playing cards about the First Women of the various cultures.

+ BLRD: After a successful drop of their first two decks last year, Red Black is here with yet another stunning deck, BLRD. Find out more!

+ El Dorado:  This stunning deck is part of the 2022 Vintage Reimagined subscription. The El Dorado deck takes the vintage design of the original El Dorado Playing Cards from the late 1800s and puts a new artistic touch on their design.

+ Legends Sterling: The beautiful deck is designed by Mark Stutzman featuring traditional Legends faces and a shimmering silver cold foil on the intricate card back. Check it out!

+ Eye of the Ocean: A detailed view of the limited edition Quartermaster Edition of The Eye of the Ocean playing cards only available as part of Stockholm17’s Patreon 2020 annual reward.

… and more! 50 pages of articles and deck images. Enjoy!

Relaunched on Kickstarter, Trust No Fella Playing Cards

Relaunched on Kickstarter, Trust No fella Playing Cards is a playful deck by Mexico City-based designer Peemouch. The concept of the deck is based on old cartoons from the 30s, the cuphead video game, and Alice in wonderland. For the narrative of the deck,

The 4 different factions of the playing cards kingdom lived peaceful lives, until one day our little mysterious cheeky devil arrived. Her motives are unknown but she is determined on having all the factions fight each other to the end! She has stoked the fires of the old hatred that has been dwindling for ages between all the factions, now she watches, scheming and waiting for the winner of the conflict so she can make her next move.

The fully custom deck is a mix of aesthetics of the cartoons from the 30s, graffiti, and abstract art. The use of contrasting colors and organic shapes gives this deck a touch of playfulness and fun!

The back design represents the conflict between the four factions. The whole back is engulfed in the flames of our cheeky devil, while at the center of the card is a hand being bitten by a snake in a circle with the symbols of the factions, this represents the conflict between the four factions of the playing card kingdom.

The 4 factions of the playing card kingdom are The royal spades, The noble hearts, The proud clubs, and The magical diamonds represented on the face cards.

The faction of the spades prefers to use swords over any other weapons, they are the most “royal” out of all the factions and were the leaders of all the factions before the conflict started. The spades king and queen are the only ones that have crowns.

The faction of the hearts is a very noble group, they prefer to use thin duel swords and long-distance weapons like bows and arrows, their king and queen think of themselves as above this conflict so they stay busy with other matters but they are ready to fight if they need to do so.

The clubs are the proudest faction of all, they only use axes as their weapons and have a very military-like structure in their ranks. They are very ambitious and are looking to take the leader position from the spades at the end of the conflict between the factions.

The diamonds have devoted themselves to studying magic and stealth arts, some could say that they are some type of magical ninjas. They prefer to use short knives as weapons. Some of their higher-ranking members use powerful magic as their weapon of choice. Their reasons to fight in this conflict are unknown.

The arrangement of the number pips has been given some variations, most of them are wacky variations that go with the flow and style of the characters in the deck.

The deck is packaged in a minimalistic tuck box to represent the idea of the user descending into this world Peemouch created where the little cheeky devil has created all this conflict and that now this world is engulfed in flames. Printed by the USPCC on Bicycle grade stock and pledge starts at $15 on Kickstarter.

Deck View: Eastern Forest Playing Cards

Wonder. Nature. Forest.

Eastern Forest playing cards by Art of Play are inspired by the eastern forest. The deck is a sensual guide for discovering moments of awe-inspiring wonder as if you were on a walk through nature. On every card is original text by award-winning author, David G. Haskell, whose work integrates scientific, literary, and contemplative studies of the natural world.

This is complemented by original paintings by Ellen Litwiller, an award-winning artist whose work explores connections between art and science. Fully custom, each suit represents a different sense: Hearts are invitations to touch and feel: the textures of plants, heat of animal bodies, and springiness of wood. Diamonds awaken eyes to flash of firefly, gleam of wildflower, and patterns on leaves. Clubs open ears to the forest’s many howls, songs, footfalls, and tree rustles. Spades call us to taste and smell yummy fruit and bitter leaf.

Packaged in a beautiful foil-stamped tuck box. Printed by The U.S. Playing Card Co. and available NOW from artofplay.com for $18.

Card Mafia Drops Thor: Love & Thunder playing cards for Pre-Order

Card Mafia has dropped the officially licensed Thor: Love & Thunder playing cards in conjunction with the release of the movie this month. After the events of Avengers: Endgame, Thor is now on a journey to discover his true purpose in this universe. With centuries of battles and victories, Thor is yet to discover that something evil is on its way!

The eye-catching deck design has been meticulously crafted based on the LATEST blockbuster film Thor: Love & Thunder. The playing cards feature finely tailored Gold, Red, Blue, Teal, Silver, and Black hot foils. The most amount of foil Card Mafia has used on their tuck case!

Like the previous version, the latest edition comes with an innovative tuck case with a unique opening/closing system.

When the tuck case is opened, the LED lights up in red with Thor’s newly forged Stormbreaker. 3D Embossing on the mighty tuck case mimicking the space Viking’s armor!

The back design features Thor’s iconic color palette tailored in red and navy Asgardian Armor with silver foil accents. The custom court cards feature the heroic poses of Thor.

Printed by the Taiwan Playing Card Company with their Legendary Finish. Officially licensed by Disney with the Anti-counterfeit Hologram Label. Thor Love & Thunder playing cards are currently available for PRE-ORDER on cardmafia.com for $39.95 (usually $45) until 31st August.

On Kickstarter, VARIUS Playing Cards

New Zealand-based Montenzi Design is well-known for its natural design along with the implementation of local tribe designs. Montenzi is back with another playing cards project on Kickstarter, Varius Playing Cards. 

There are two main editions for the decks- Limited Edition and Classic Edition. The Limited Edition comes in two main colorways: Purple and Teal. Every pattern for these decks are fully custom and unique.

Inside, the faces of the decks are pretty much standard but enhanced with the artistic style of Montezzi. All of the Aces are custom, with the Ace of Diamonds being the power ace instead of the usual spades.

The courts are redesigned in Montezzi’s art style while retaining the traditional elements of the standard courts. The courts are beautifully illustrated with clean lines and eye-catching colors! The Limited Edition face cards will have cold foil finish, making them look incredibly stunning!

The cards will be printed by Cartamundi on B9 Slimline Stock with True Linen finish. Pledge starts at $11 for the Classic Edition and $18 for the Limited Edition on Kickstarter. Don’t miss out!

Final Week! Mechanimals Playing cards on Kickstarter

Celsius Pictor together with our friend Max of Max Playing Cards is currently seeking funds on Kickstarter for a deck with a unique and meticulously crafted universe that honors the history of playing cards.

Mechanimals Playing cards is a true work of art with 100% custom design without neglecting deep respect for the history of traditional playing cards based on the following narrative,

July 25, 1880. In a small inn on the Spain-France border along the Way of Saint James, an exhausted pilgrim recovers his strength with a jug of wine after his journey. He takes a deck of well-worn playing cards out from his bag and invite his table companions to play a game. The deck was printed in England, with the tax mark on the Ace of Spades. Each card, from numbered to court, reproduces the already centuries-old printing traditions. The pilgrim deals the cards, and the game begins.

Celcius is passionate about details, elegance, and storytelling. Mechanimals is a personal project that brings together all his passions, developed over the last years of his career, and which he intends to share with the playing cards community.

Every aspect of this deck is thought out and illustrated in great detail to create an atmosphere that carries you to a unique historical universe, blending the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution in a bunch of imaginative and surprising characters.

Each face card features beautifully illustrated characters that honor the heritage and history of European playing cards in a unique and fantastical way. Celcius continues,

We could create a story between them, imagining how King David, the lion of the Judah tribe interacts with the knight Lahire or the beautiful lady of clubs in that medieval city in which they all live, but I would love if you could create yourself a new story each time you spread out all the cards.

For the card back design, four warriors distributed around a pond guard the card. Arriving in Europe from Jerusalem under the command of the great Sultan Saladin, these four warriors stand guard in an environment inspired by the medieval Arab art and atmosphere of the ancient kingdom of Al-Andalus.

TWO editions are available during the campaign- the limited edition and DeLuxe Gilded edition. The limited-edition deck is housed in an embossed tuck case with a design reminiscent of a luxurious skyline from the European Middle Ages. The tuck back is an elaborate coat of arms that combines the mechanics and heraldry typical of tradition. The inside of the tuck hides a secret,

As a surprise in this collectible deck, the inside of the tuck case hides a surprise: an image of the moment in which the first cards were possibly designed, and that can only be seen in its entirety if the case is disassembled. An inaccessible design just as the artisans of the Gothic cathedrals carved figures on the inaccessible roofs to delight only the sight of God.

The DeLuxe Gilded edition deck comes with a stunning die-cut tuck case sleeve. It enhances the elegance and beauty of this deck and shows Domenico Gonzaga, one of the first condottiere who fought in Italy during the Renaissance.

From this luxurious sleeve, this Renaissance great man sponsors and protects the Mechanimals deck, with a metallic blue reminiscent of ultramarine blue, the finest and most expensive pigment used by artists from the Renaissance to today!

Printed by Legends Playing Card Co. and pledge starts at $18 on Kickstarter.