Circus is a travelling performance still favored by both adults and children. They always captivate the audiences with their acrobatic skills, grand performances, and epic illusions. Marianne Larsen designed and produced Circus Playing Cards, which won the 52 Plus Joker Diamond Award in 2021. Now, the next volume is ready for the world to enjoy, Cirque Luciole Playing Cards, the next volume to the Circus series.
Cirque Luciole is an imaginary and visionary ensemble of spectacular stage performers known as “The Fireflies”, from Paris in the early 1920’s. It is a group cast of mentalists, illusionists, magicians, and acrobats who are performing grand acts to bring marvels to your eyes.
The deck is available in two editions: Stella Nova and Luna Polaris. Each of the editions has a print run of 3000 decks and it comes with a custom numbered seal placed on the bottom of the box.
Stella Nova deck features tuck box in premium dark blue pearlescent stock adorned with elegant, embossed gold foil details. It features intricate artwork of stars and the moon within the metallic framework.
The box features UV elements: stars will glow under UV light. The back design of the cards mirrors the artwork featured on the box. The court cards presented for this edition are shown as two-way character illustrations.
Luna Polaris deck features a box in premium black pearlescent stock adorned with embossed gold elements. The front side features a poster of a performer holding the moon in his hand with his beautiful costume. The box features vibrant holographic foil elements, creating the sparkles for this very edition.
The back design of the cards features two-way illustrations of graphical illustrations of a woman performer holding the stars on her hands. The court cards presented for this edition are shown as full-length one-way character illustrations.
This volume comes with a booklet explaining the characters showcased in the deck. The project also comes with an exclusive custom-designed brick box for 6 and 12 decks. Printed by Noirs Playing Cards Co. with premium linen finish and pledge starts at $14 for a single deck on Kickstarter.
