Bruce Di Quinzio, better known in the playing card community as Kardgic (Instagram: @kardgic) has been fascinated with magic, sleight of hand and collecting playing cards. This leads him to the creation of his first deck of playing cards. To bring his vision to life, he reached out to Edo Huang to design his deck, The Big Bang Playing Cards. This deck is inspired by the wonders of the universe and the miracle of life on Earth.
Inside, the mesmerising card back design features a swirling spiral pattern of a purple vortex surrounded by purple clouds. There is an array of white line bursts along with scattered asteroid rocks. The backs are secretly designed to be a one-way design, and riffling the cards will create a flip-book animation of a swirling vortex and orbiting asteroids!
The faces are all standards, featuring standard pips and courts. Two of the numbered cards feature a quote from scientists Nikolai Tesla and Albert Einstein. The Ace of Spades features an enlarged pip that is shattered into many pieces. This along with the other Aces have some asteroids encircling around.
The courts featured a pip that shows the beautiful scene of purple space, with elements of the royal clothes colored in purple. All of the faces featured stipples arranged in the spiral. Fanning the face will create a large vortex.
The Jokers feature identical artwork of the Black Hole. It complements the theme of the deck. There is an extra gaff cards that can be used for magic routines. There is an additional card that holds a surprise when the deck is finished.
The tuck box features a wraparound artwork of the purple space with the stipple vortexes and floating asteroid rocks. Combining three decks together will reveal this beautiful scenery.
The Big Bang will be printed with Cartamundi on B9 True Linen Finish and pledge starts from $13 for a single deck on Kickstarter.
