Legal Tender is Kings Wild Project's next offering in a long line of luxury playing cards inspired by the artist Jackson Robinson's love of currency art and banknote engraving. With over seven years of playing card design and having produced over 200 custom illustrated decks of playing cards, Legal Tender is the culmination of some of Kings Wild's most breathtaking artwork combined with the industry-leading advancements in printing technology and production.
This Holographic version is made as a form of revisiting old Kickstarter project by Kings Wild Project to be revamped into the deck which is meant to be. In this version, all of the design of the Legal Tender is applied with holographic foils.
This is the first deck of the series, focusing on the card table and gambling. A deep red borderless design, featuring punchy white diamonds set into a minimalistic black pattern. The goal was to find a design that felt intricate, purveyed class and richness but held clear simplicity. A deck that could belong anywhere, at any table, in any hands.
Lawrence Sullivan and the Legends Playing Card Company information: One of the most sophisticated marked decks in the world, printed on the entirely new Classic Finish. The suits and values can be read by someone who has trained their eyes. A deck this advanced should cost well over $100 if you know what to look for. Decks with similar technology but made by hand by professional hustlers cost well over $150. A closely guarded secret in the playing card world, the secret is out and ready to be shared to those who are knowledgeable in advantage play. These decks are for entertainment use only. Though inspired by and similar in look to David Blaine\\\\\\\'s White Lions playing cards, the marking method is completely different. These decks feature factory printed white on white \\\\\\\'shade\\\\\\\'. A process which is extremely difficult and required extensive experimentation to perfect. This means that to the naked untrained eye, it is very difficult to see parts of the card back jump around or move when the \\\\\\\'riffle test\\\\\\\' is performed, nor will the coating be affected like expensive decks which are juiced by hand.
Lawrence Sullivan and the Legends Playing Card Company information: One of the most sophisticated marked decks in the world, printed on the entirely new Classic Finish. The suits and values can be read by someone who has trained their eyes. A deck this advanced should cost well over $100 if you know what to look for. Decks with similar technology but made by hand by professional hustlers cost well over $150. A closely guarded secret in the playing card world, the secret is out and ready to be shared to those who are knowledgeable in advantage play. These decks are for entertainment use only. Though inspired by and similar in look to David Blaine\\\'s White Lions playing cards, the marking method is completely different. These decks feature factory printed white on white \\\'shade\\\'. A process which is extremely difficult and required extensive experimentation to perfect. This means that to the naked untrained eye, it is very difficult to see parts of the card back jump around or move when the \\\'riffle test\\\' is performed, nor will the coating be affected like expensive decks which are juiced by hand.
Lawrence Sullivan and the Legends Playing Card Company information: One of the most sophisticated marked decks in the world, printed on the entirely new Classic Finish. The suits and values can be read by someone who has trained their eyes. A deck this advanced should cost well over $100 if you know what to look for. Decks with similar technology but made by hand by professional hustlers cost well over $150. A closely guarded secret in the playing card world, the secret is out and ready to be shared to those who are knowledgeable in advantage play. These decks are for entertainment use only. Though inspired by and similar in look to David Blaine\\\'s White Lions playing cards, the marking method is completely different. These decks feature factory printed white on white \\\'shade\\\'. A process which is extremely difficult and required extensive experimentation to perfect. This means that to the naked untrained eye, it is very difficult to see parts of the card back jump around or move when the \\\'riffle test\\\' is performed, nor will the coating be affected like expensive decks which are juiced by hand.
Brand new packaging design never seen before in a deck of playing cards, with completely custom faces and Cold Foil card backs, this deck release sets a new standard.
Each deck comes sheathed in a metallic sleeve with a custom seal. The tuck box is inspired by Cigarillo packaging and engineered by our team to perfectly fit a deck of playing cards instead of mini-cigars. Pull on the half-moon cutouts with your fingers and the tuck will slide out in a tray and hinge down, allowing you to effortlessly pull out the deck in a seamless action.
This deck is one of our first to be printed on Pre-Crushed Classic Finish card stock. Crushing the paper fibers elongates them making the paper slightly more supple than Classic Finish. Coupled with cigar inspired fonts and quirky custom faces by Graeme Reed, the deck unboxing and handling experience will put a smile on your face.
Onyx Split Spades - Artist Proof Holographic Edition
Red Black Inc //
A Pre-release Artist Proof series, out of 500. Was available exclusively on the Red Black Inc website. Printed by Legends Playing Card Company
From the webite:
"These individually numbered decks pilot first-of-a-kind techniques and original features. As exquisite prototypes for future development, these Artist Proofs aren’t intended as ‘workers’."
The Split Spade represents David Blaines logo and is featured in a brilliant back design created by M. Stutzman. The cards feature unique design details throughout including the DB Split Spade Logo on the ace of spades, a caricature of David on the face of the King of Spades, the now famous liar optical illusion, etc. The cards are printed for David by the United States Playing Card Company to his very strict standards in high quality Tally-Ho card stock with Linoid finish. The cards handle beautifully and are used by David in his daily performances. These are the original David Blaine playing cards, first commissioned by David Blaine and released to the market in 2005. The cards have Tally Ho’s classic linoid finish and are used by David Blaine and other sleight of hand artists. The back design was created by illustrator M. Stutzman and features subtle two-way images. Look carefully and you can see the Angel putting the serpent to the sword and a tiger in the shadow of the flames. Some of the court cards feature special faces; The King of Spades is David Blaine, the Queen of Hearts is his mother, and the Queen of Spades is Lonneke Engel (a close friend). The Ace of Spades will be recognized by many as the classic Tally Ho AoS. The cards are printed on Tally-Ho stock (Linoid Finish) with David Blaine’s high expectations. A must-have for all true collectors.
The Split Spade represents David Blaines logo and is featured in a brilliant back design created by M. Stutzman. The cards feature unique design details throughout including the DB Split Spade Logo on the ace of spades, a caricature of David on the face of the King of Spades, the now famous liar optical illusion, etc. The cards are printed for David by the United States Playing Card Company to his very strict standards in high quality Tally-Ho card stock with Linoid finish. The cards handle beautifully and are used by David in his daily performances. These are the original David Blaine playing cards, first commissioned by David Blaine and released to the market in 2005. The cards have Tally Ho’s classic linoid finish and are used by David Blaine and other sleight of hand artists. The back design was created by illustrator M. Stutzman and features subtle two-way images. Look carefully and you can see the Angel putting the serpent to the sword and a tiger in the shadow of the flames. Some of the court cards feature special faces; The King of Spades is David Blaine, the Queen of Hearts is his mother, and the Queen of Spades is Lonneke Engel (a close friend). The Ace of Spades will be recognized by many as the classic Tally Ho AoS. The cards are printed on Tally-Ho stock (Linoid Finish) with David Blaine’s high expectations. A must-have for all true collectors.
Exactly 360 were signed by David Blaine at USPCC, which were then factory sealed. The decks were released in a 2-deck Carat Case containing a second unsigned deck.
*Rose Gold Gatorbacks unsigned will be released in early 2020.
An exquisite addition to the highly sought after series, these Rose Gold Gator Backs are the first from USPCC printed with Rose Gold Foil, the first with Metallic Rose Gold ink, and the first custom tucks crafted from premium black 'Leather' paper stock.
