This deck of playing cards features a custom Knights Templar design. Each card is printed with a full-color image on premium stock and has a linen finish for better handling. This deck of playing cards includes a custom tuck box & 2 Jokers. The previous version of this deck in green color is sold out and very hard to find. The Knights Templar have long been suspected of knowing where the Holy Grail is kept. The Holy Grail is known as the cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper. Many stories about the quest for the sacred chalice often involve decoding signs and messages left behind by the Knights Templar. Many of these symbols said to possess secret powers, and may have spawned secret societies which venerate them. It is also rumored that the Knight Templar were not completely destroyed in 1307 AD, but rather went underground, and still exist to this day. The Dark Templar, is an elegant, mysterious, and refined deck that comes to light after months of development. Every element of the design, every symbol, has a meaning and a story behind it. A legacy to the secrets that cannot be told. Just whispered.

For centuries, the Knights Templar have been the great defenders of the Holy Grail, the chalice used in the Last Supper Jesus shared with his apostles. These holy warriors have defended with their lives the constant attempts to steal the sacred object full of mysterious magical properties.

But the order of the Templars has disappeared and, with it, the secret of the Grail's whereabouts. Four great kingdoms fight to get it and do not hesitate to turn historical quarrels into real bloodshed battles.

The purity of the knight spirit is reflected in a white background back where the cross and the sword, symbols from the Templar imagery, are depicted in silver and red in an elaborate symmetrical composition. That symbology is also present in both jokers.

Oversized aces, perfectly identifiable for game or magic, but fully customized with detailed patterns.

The traditional structure has also been kept in the numbered cards and in the poses of the court characters. Kings, queens and knights with their armor are ready for the fight. The delicacy of the details creates stylized illustrations full of beauty. A new color scheme with more subtle hues softens compositions.

Bicycle Stronghold Natural & Special Edition Stronghold Cards Specifications:

• 56 striking Playing Cards manufactured on Quality Bicycle® Stock Paper using the same processes as the world's leading playing card.
• Custom Face Cards, Court Cards, Jokers and Tuck-Box.
• Printing by the United States Playing Card Company
• Special Custom Made Boxes by GW (Limited Run of 2500 decks)
• Metallic inks on cards & tuck box
• Air Cushion Finish

STRONGHOLD MMXX SAPPHIRE BICYCLE

GAMBLER'S WAREHOUSE is proud to present the latest creation by SHAPE SHIFTERS: STRONGHOLD MMXX, a deck designed with care and a deep respect for traditional playing cards but with a Modern and Elegant Touch.

The backs in red/blue, black and gold/copper shows the cross and the sword, symbols from the Templar imagery, in an elaborate symmetrical composition. That symbology is also present in both jokers.

Oversized Aces are perfectly identifiable for game or magic and are fully customized with detailed patterns.

The traditional structure has also been kept in the numbered cards and in the poses of the Court Characters. Kings, Queens and Knights with their armour are ready for the fight. The delicacy of the details creates stylized illustrations full of beauty.

Two extra cards show a nice diptych with elaborate and detailed elements.

• 56 striking Playing Cards manufactured on Quality Bicycle® Stock Paper using the same processes as the world's leading playing card.
• Custom Face Cards, Court Cards, Jokers and Tuck-Box.
• Printing by the United States Playing Card Company
• Bicycle® Branded
• Metallic inks on cards & tuck box
• Air Cushion Finish

Stronghold MMXX Kickstarter Page

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