On Kickstarter, The Elves Playing Cards

A beautiful fantasy-themed deck by Fris Cards (Instagram: @friscards) headed by Federico and Lene. The deck features hand-illustrated artwork and eye-catching tuck box that will stand out in your collection.

A lot of hard work has gone into this Kickstarter project. Elves playing cards took 2 years from the first prototype of the originally designed deck manufactured by MPC to the final design we see now on Kickstarter.

There complete rework of all the graphics, the tuck box, the typography, the pips, and the court cards, which needed some adjustments… and the result is simply stunning. On the origin of the deck, Federico told Kardify,

As a kid, I used to collect playing cards and still do, and it was just in recent years that I discovered modernly produced decks. It was thanks to Giovanni of Thirdway Industries that everything was set in motion. I had the chance of meeting him some years ago since we are both Italians, to buy some of his decks. Since then, I regularly met with him to purchase all of his creations and he was a true inspiration and motivated me to start working on something. Together with my partner Lene, we decided to work on a fantasy-themed project, as we both liked the setting and theme around it and chose the Elves as the main theme.

A lot of time and energy have been invested in this project. the Fris Cards team chose to work with Boschiero & Newton for the tuck box, and the results were nothing short of amazing.

We worked on the tuck for 6 months straight and tried different solutions for the foil until we finally found the sweet spot with some special foils manufactured only in the UK, giving it a bit of exclusivity. We had some great advices both from Giovanni and from the amazing Tim The Card Guy and we would love to acknowledge how important that has been for us.

Inside the deck is fully custom, from the beautiful mirrored card back, and gorgeous Ace of Spades to the hand-illustrated elves’ court cards and Jokers.

The decks will be printed by the United States Playing Cards Company and pledge starts at $10 on Kickstarter.