Deck View: Priory (Primary Edition) Playing Cards

Colors. Bold. Visual.

Priory playing cards by Encarded features bold colors and modern sweeping lines. Inspired by a small fresco motif found in a French church built in the 13th century, the deck is truly eye-catching. The repeated and rotated combination creates a visual riot of movement that draws the eye back and forth across the design.

The faces are fully custom, with unique pips and a modern typeface, while the courts feature a bold “reversed” look with intense pinks, reds, and blacks. The Primary Edition is numbered 1-1500 and sealed with a custom holographic seal. The tuck box is printed on a heavy-duty gloss white cardstock with embossing and full coverage inks that highlight the bold, primary colors of the Priory.

Priory is printed by Expert Playing Cards with their Stud finish and a very snappy, thin stock. Sold out on encarded.com

Encarded 10-Year Anniversary Special

Today (March 10th) is the tenth anniversary of Encarded! The first Encarded deck, the now mythic Tendril, was successfully funded on Kickstarter on March 10th, 2012. An entire decade of playing card decks has come and gone, and to celebrate Encarded is giving everyone 10% off anything PLUS free decks! 

With Priory released recently and a small number of previous decks in stock, now is the perfect time to add a few more Encarded decks to your collection. From March 10th – 17th, use the promo code “ENCDECADE” to save 10% off your order on Encarded.com. Also, ALL ORDERS OVER $35 will automatically get a pair of free decks, one Tendril: Nightfall, and one Tendril: Ascendant.

ONE very lucky random customer will get an original Tendril deck, sealed and in perfect condition added to their order. The original Tendril is hard to find and shows up on eBay occasionally, but this is a great chance to get one straight from the source. 

Check out the sale on Encarded.com.

Exclusive First Look at Priory Playing Cards

It's been a while since we've featured an Encarded deck on Kardify. Paul Carpenter is back with Priory playing cards featuring bold colors and modern sweeping lines. Like all Encarded previous releases, Priory is truly eye-catching.

The design of Priory is inspired by a small fresco motif found in a French church built in the 13th century. On the design elements, Paul told Kardify,

It’s amazing how design can transcend time and allow us to reinterpret the long past into the current day. While there are only a few elements in the back design, the repeated and rotated combination creates a visual riot of movement that draws the eye back and forth across the design. 

Edge details mean that fans look amazing, and the unique coloring combination will certainly stand out from the crowd. The faces are fully custom, with unique pips and a modern typeface, while the courts feature a bold “reversed” look with intense pinks, reds, and blacks. No matter how you look at it, the cards explode with color and movement.

Priory will be available in three editions, each more limited than the last. The Primary Edition is numbered 1-1500 and sealed with a custom holographic seal. The tuck box is printed on a heavy-duty gloss white cardstock with embossing and full coverage inks that highlight the bold, primary colors of the Priory. 

The Nave Edition is numbered 1-500 and sealed with a custom holographic seal. The tuck box has no ink and uses silver holographic foil and embossing on a custom, rich blue cardstock to create a purposefully minimalistic version of the Priory design motif. The Nave edition is clean and composed on the outside, with a burst of colorful cards inside.

Finally, the Premiere Edition features an exclusive, silver holo gilding on the cards. Only a few dozen of these decks will be available to the public. The tuck box is handmade by Paul Carpenter, with the design printed on a metallic quartz white cardstock, and then laser cut and assembled. The intricately cut box is designed to provide glimpses of the gilded cards inside. The deck will be delivered in a protective clear sleeve from Carat Cases that is sealed with an Encarded holo seal. A certificate of authenticity will be included.

Priory is printed by Expert Playing Cards with their Stud finish and a very snappy, thin stock. They will be available exclusively on encarded.com on 6th February at 10AM EST.

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News: Encarded Just Announced RADIA Playing Cards, And It Is Stunning!

Paul Carpenter has just unveiled RADIA, the latest limited edition release from Encarded and a bold new vision in playing cards. RADIA is the first modern deck to combine the finest traditional paper stock with a complete coating of metallic foil and the highest quality printed details. According to Paul at the 52+Joker convention,

By printing an intricate design right on the foil, RADIA has unparalleled shine and visual dimension, but with its high-performance coating it also handles like any modern playing card should, fanning and shuffling beautifully.

RADIA is the spiritual successor to the highly-regarded Aurum deck and incorporates the beautiful purple, gold, and pearlescent white found in the Aurum Sovereign and White Gold versions. RADIA is packed with incredible detail in the back design, inspired by a 19th-century Spanish gold engraving.

Housed in a beautiful tuck with pearlescent paper, purple ink, gold foil, embossing and a custom die-cut, RADIA is the perfect combination of simplicity and complexity. Only 1000 decks were printed, each individually numbered and sealed.

Radia revealed. The first production deck that combines traditional paper stock, a complete metallic foil coating and traditionally printed inks. Only a handful of the limited edition 1000 decks remain, get yours at Encarded.com now. #playingcards #limitededition #collector #encarded

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A handful of RADIA decks are still available for pre-order at Encarded.com and all decks will be shipping near the end of October.

News: Encarded To Release RADIA Playing Cards For Pre-Order!

Encarded's RADIA Playing Cards is a bold new vision in deck design, inspired by the detail and coloring found in 2012's critically acclaimed Aurum deck. 

According to designer Paul Carpenter,

For several years, I’ve had a design motif in my files which I feel speaks beautifully to some of the original design ideas from Aurum, but until now I have not found a way to make this new deck truly special. Luckily, Expert Playing Card Co. approached me last year with a new possibility that I think perfectly accents the design and allowed me to create something brand new in the world of playing cards. The result will be quite spectacular.

RADIA will combine the purple and gold of Aurum in a dramatic new way, it has incredible levels of detail, will be limited in nature, and will be housed in a beautiful tuck box featuring pearlescent "white gold" paper, purple ink, gold foil, embossing and a custom diecut detail. Each deck will be individually numbered with a custom foil seal.

RADIA will be fully unveiled on October 13th, 2017 at the annual 52 Plus Joker playing card convention. For the bold collector, however, you have a chance to pre-order this deck for $30 on September 23rd before the reveal.

As with all Encarded decks, RADIA won't be printed again and only 750 will be stocked in the Encarded store.

Deck View: Tendril Ascendant (Special Edition) Playing Cards

Organic. Intense. Refined.

Tendril Ascendant Special Edition Playing Cards was released during Encarded's Tendril Ascendant & Nightfall Kickstarter campaign back in 2014. Only 50 copies were made available during the campaign.

The Tendril Ascendant design incorporates all the refinements that Encarded have learned over the years and mixes those with the organic symmetry first seen in the original Tendril. The colors are bold, the borders are intense, the faces are dark and the level of detail has been increased.

The Special Edition features a handmade tuck with a unique diecut on the back of the box to expose the card back design, as well as hand-foiled accents. The Special Edition is sealed in cellophane and will have the holographic signature seal with hand numbering.

Check out other stunning decks from Encarded at encarded.com

News: Encarded Celestial Playing Cards Available for Pre-Order Today!

Celestial Playing Cards is the latest limited release from Encarded. Inspired by the astronomical instruments of ancient times, the charts of the sky and the limitless bounds of imagination, Celestial comes in two beautiful editions, the Red Edition and the Black Edition.

The rich Red Edition features a simple and bold designed red back incorporating dynamic edge detail that makes spreads and fans look amazing. The tuck showcases both pearlescent white and metallic red foils, detailed embossing, custom numbered seal and adorned with details you've come to expect from Encarded. Only 1000 individually numbered Celestial Red decks have been printed.

The dramatic Black Edition features full-bleed black backs and faces, with the back design produced in metallic red foil! The eye-catching shimmering red design line on the backs will be perfect for cardistry. The Celestial Black box comes with dramatic red foil, glossy UV spot ink and large blind embossing on a thick matte black stock. Only 500 individually numbered Black decks are available.

Like all Encarded decks, the faces are custom yet familiar and perfectly playable. Celestial is printed by the EPCC on the popular Classic Stock. Available for pre-order, November 22nd at 12pm EST exclusively on Encarded.com. If it's anything like its predecessors, it won't last long.

Don't miss out!