Incubo Playing Cards by Thirdway Industries

For this brand new series, Giovanni Meroni of Thirdway Industries manifests the nature of monstrous nightmares onto decks of playing cards. Incubo Playing Cards are now seeking funds on Kickstarter.

There are two main editions on offer during the campaign: Mezzanotte and Divoramondo. Incubo Mezzanotte features tuck box made with Italian luxury black paper with 2 layers of matte foil and embossing. The artwork is done with yellow and white matte foil. The interior of the box has an artwork done in black metallic foil.

The card back design features a two-way graphic artwork of a bird cage keeping a raven with a key and the border is colored with vibrant yellow.

Meanwhile, Incubo Divoramondo features a tuck box made with premium “reef” paper with ultra-red foil and embossing. There is a beautiful and shiny bloody red foil on the box, with interior artwork done in black foil. The box comes with a custom-numbered seal.

The card back design features a two-way graphic artwork of glowing patterns in circular arrangements. It has a deep black background with hot foil stamping in red foil. The edges will be gilded with stunning red metallic foil.

The series features at least 32 distinct characters: 16 for each deck – 12 court cards and 4 jokers. The characters are illustrated as one-way full-length artworks.

As the decks prioritise “art” over playability, the faces of the cards only have one index located in the top left corner. A booklet is available as an optional add-on if you like to explore the lore of the characters.

All of the tuck boxes are crafted with Boschiero and Newton. The Mezzanotte edition will be printed with USPCC, limited to around 1600 decks, while the Kickstarter-exclusive Divoramondo edition will be printed by Legends Playing Cards, limited to around 975 decks.

Pledge starts from $18 for Incubo Mezzanotte OR $42 for Incubo Divoramondo on Kickstarter.