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Maduro Playing Cards are a collection of hand illustrated playing cards that are designed in the colorful style of cigar band and cigar box art. Each court card is hand illustrated using uniquely original designs that set the Maduro Playing Cards apart from your everyday deck of playing cards. If you would like a deck of playing cards that is something truly unique then the Maduro Playing Cards have the perfect blend of tradition and style to make your next cardgame a truly unique experience.

• Kickstarter Exclusive Item
• Custom made gold foiled & embossed traditional cigar band label around playing card tuck case
• Exterior Kickstarter Exclusive Cigar Box with numbered tax stamp seal
• Printed by the Expert Playing Card Company in their Taiwan based factory.
• Professional magic finish for superior handling
• Fully unique and custom cigar themed court cards.

The Limited Edition deck comes in a matchbox style box with a plain white tuckbox inside it. The card with the matches on it is meant to be placed so it will be visible when you slide open the matchbox. The box even has a rough 'striker' area on the side just like an actual matchbox.

2020 DOTY Award Nominee: 'Best Tuck', 'Best Ace' 'Best Gaff/Extra Card

2020 DOTY Award Nominee: 'Best Tuck'

In Sanctus, Lotrek continued his byzantine religious theme and used techniques from his Liturgy deck. On the back and faces he used both white opaque ink as well as foil. To create a simple but luxurious look he went with a full bleed back, using two different shades of gold on a metallic bronze stock. For the card coating he came up with a new and improved formula which should improve handling for cardistry. On the Tuck, he went with the same design as the backs wrapping all six sides with a combination of matte and shiny gold foils for the back ground, with black foil for the lettering. The Tucks are also all numbered.

A true achievement in modern era of playing cards. Lotrek pushed the envelope one more time, after ICONS and Liturgy, comes now Golden OATH the first deck ever to be printed only with foil.

• Extremely intricate Gold & Silver foil on both sides of each card, hot stamped over the printed artwork. This makes registration particularily difficult and it has never been attempted before.
• CMYK + metallic gold inks on both sides of the cards.
• Gold & Silver foil plus Embossing & Debossing for the tuck case, creating a unicue depth variation with an amazing effect in the light.
• Smooth handling despite the quantity of foil, making the deck perfectly playable.

2018 Deck Released at 2018 52 + Joker event in Cleveland, Ohio.

With DAMASK we reached a technical and aesthetical limit in the number of different foils that can be used.

It was time for a more sophisticated challenge:

To go back to the basics and using just one foil -and a lot of imagination- to create a deck of spectacular luxury, an absolute must for every serious collector!

The result was "SILK" playing cards.

The play of light on a background made of incredibly thin lines that imitate the weaving in renaissance silk fabrics, creates an amazing 3D effect that no photo can capture.

Thanks to our workshop and expert plate makers, we're able to produce a deck with such a detail that will take your breath away!

• Limited edition to 350.
• No other color variations of the deck will ever be printed.
• Tuck case: Black and Gold foil with embossing on black stock.
• 100% custom courts inspired by renaissance engravings
• Gold foil on all cards, front and back
• Amazing handling