Kickstarter: Pelican Playing Cards by Rokas

Rokas Bernatonis is a magician heralding from Vilnius, Lithuania. He is a Guinness World Record for  record for the most cards thrown in a second. He’s travelled around the world performing magic in theatres, cruise ships, and corporate events. Now he is creating his own deck, Pelican Playing Cards on Kickstarter.

The tuck box of Pelican features premium matte black paper stock with silver and black foil and embossing. The front comes with a diamond-shaped illustration of the titular animal with natural patterns. The back design mirror the card back design done in beautiful silver foil along with artwork embossing.

The card back design showcase a two-way illustration of two pelican nestles in the natural swirl and filigree patterns in a black colorway, consistent with the overall color pallete of the deck . 

The court cards is fully custom and illustration of two-way figures within a patterned frame: the red suits featured red pips with yellow background, while the black suits feature black pips with blue background.

The Jacks feature anthropomorphized birds: eagle, owl, peacock, and pelican. The Queens feature a beautiful princess. The Kings are handsome men, one of which is a famous inventor Nikola Tesla.

The Jokers feature an identical illustration of an anthropomorphized pelican wearing a jester costume springing cards. One is a black card reveal, while the other is a red card reveal. Rokas’s signature can be found between his feet.

Printed by the USPCC and on premium crushed stock paper. Pledge starts from $19 for a single deck on Kickstarter.