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Cartomancer Duality (Clarity)

Alain Benoit // 2021

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/919324046/cartomancer-duality-playing-cards Let me introduce you to the newest member of the Cartomancer Series – Duality. Two individual fully-customized packs make a set and complement each other like the sun and moon. I've named these two decks Clarity and Shadow. The CLARITY Deck is a modified reissue of the first Cartomancer Poker Deck. These award-winning playing cards are what many of you have come to love. Plus, it’s also the pack that others have been looking for but cannot find. Consider it the deck of insight and intuition. In the new SHADOW Deck, night has fallen on all the Cartomancer cards. Each one features a mirror image of the Clarity Deck illustration yet is set on a dark gray background. Look close enough, and you'll notice the shadow cards concealing differences rich in symbolism. That's why it’s considered the deck of dreams and secrets. Clarity and Shadow, inseparable opposites! I’ve named the Aces after Carl Jung’s concept of how we perceive and experience reality. DIAMOND: Sensation, perception with our senses, childhood, and earth. SPADE: Thinking, becoming part of society, early adulthood, and air. HEART: Intuition, abundance and fertility, midlife and water. CLUB: Feeling, knowing without reasoning, late adulthood, and fire.

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/1222-cartomancer_clarity

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Cartomancer Duality (Shadow)

Alain Benoit // 2021

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/919324046/cartomancer-duality-playing-cards Let me introduce you to the newest member of the Cartomancer Series – Duality. Two individual fully-customized packs make a set and complement each other like the sun and moon. I've named these two decks Clarity and Shadow. The CLARITY Deck is a modified reissue of the first Cartomancer Poker Deck. These award-winning playing cards are what many of you have come to love. Plus, it’s also the pack that others have been looking for but cannot find. Consider it the deck of insight and intuition. In the new SHADOW Deck, night has fallen on all the Cartomancer cards. Each one features a mirror image of the Clarity Deck illustration yet is set on a dark gray background. Look close enough, and you'll notice the shadow cards concealing differences rich in symbolism. That's why it’s considered the deck of dreams and secrets. Clarity and Shadow, inseparable opposites! I’ve named the Aces after Carl Jung’s concept of how we perceive and experience reality. DIAMOND: Sensation, perception with our senses, childhood, and earth. SPADE: Thinking, becoming part of society, early adulthood, and air. HEART: Intuition, abundance and fertility, midlife and water. CLUB: Feeling, knowing without reasoning, late adulthood, and fire.

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/1218-cartomancer_shadow

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Sip-To-Suit Standard

Art of Caffeination // 2021

Introducing Sip-To-Suit Cards About Coffee. A deck of premium playing cards that breaks down coffee making and drink recipes into informative and thoughtful infographics. The deck offers quick-draw access to brew ratios, grind size, temperatures, and durations for popular brew methods as commonly recommended and practiced by the coffee community. There are also educational coffee tips for beginners, and drink recipes for anyone who adores coffee. Packaged as a deck of cards, Sip-To-Suit eliminates the hassle and time of sorting through online resources or piles of notes to find the right brewing parameters and drink recipes. The cards are compact enough to be stored away, yet easy to retrieve when needed, making it the perfect companion when you need quick reminders on those brew parameters. Flipping through pages of notes or resorting to online resources to locate your brew preferences is slow and inconvenient, especially when you haven't had caffeine yet! The Sip-To-Suit Cards quickly provides the essential information you'd need to finish your ideal brew! All Method Cards indicate common brew values as recommended and practiced in the coffee community around the world.

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Art of Play (Blue Edition)

Art of Play // 2021

Part of 2021 mystery deck @ Art of Play

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Cabinetarium

Art of Play // 2020

2020 DOTY Award Nominee: 'Best Tuck', 'Best Rookie Deck'

Art of Play is proud to present a shuffled gallery of surrealist fantasy, unlike any other deck of playing cards the world has ever seen. Cabinetarium is a collection of 55 original works hand-drawn by award-winning illustrator Armando Veve.

Veve's fantastic creatures, absurd objects, and exotic fantasies combine to create a singular vision—a mythic assemblage of ideas that will stir the imagination and quicken the pulse. Browse through the illustrations and marvel at a mastery of craft that evokes echoes of Bosch, Escher, and Dali.

The cards of the Cabinetarium are housed in a marvelous conceptual cabinet of magnificent detail, intricately embossed and adorned with gold foil. Each deck is carefully packaged by hand. Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/598-cabinetarium

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CARDISTRY-CON 2022 - COLORED

Art of Play // 2022

The official Cardistry-Con 2022 playing cards. Produced by Art of Play and designed in collaboration with Fontaine Cards. Featuring custom artwork throughout in two colorways. Printed by The U.S. Playing Card Co. on a proprietary thin stock developed by D&D. Limited Edition of 5,000 colored and 1,000 Black decks.

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Curious Wonders

Art of Play // 2022

These luxurious cards are fully custom and exude mystery. Printed by Legends with a gold foil back design on premium stock. Packaged in a gold foil embossed box with a custom seal. Art of Play free deck from Black Friday 2022 with the purchase of $200.

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Cybernetic

Art of Play // 2021

The intricate and colorful drawings of Ivan Moscovich have been featured at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the Museum of Mathematics in New York City and prestigious galleries around the world. Now, for the first time, a limited selection of his life’s work is available to a global, online audience. Each image below is an original, one-of-a-kind artwork.

The images on these cards were created through collaboration of man and machine. Ivan Moscovich patented his Harmonograph device in 1967 and soon after his revolutionary approach to drawing was featured in an exhibition titled Cybernetic Serendipity at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

A ground-breaking visual artist, inventor and author, Moscovich’s work attracted the attention of creative luminaries such as M.C. Escher and Frank Oppenheimer.

Cybernetic playing cards are a curated exhibition of 54 unique Harmongrams printed on the face of each card.

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Dinosaur [William Stout]

Art of Play // 2021

Dinosaurs playing cards feature 54 original illustrations by genre-defining artist William Stout. Steven Spielberg, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Ray Bradbury have all sought out William Stout for his singular expertise in bringing dinosaurs to life. Stout’s paleontological drawings have been showcased in museums around the world including the Smithsonian and the British Museum. Throughout his legendary career, William Stout has inspired millions with his vivid renderings of mighty pre-historic lizards and now, for the first time, his artwork is available in the form of luxury playing cards. A custom back design playfully references the traditional “rider back” aesthetic and 54 different dinosaurs (some peeking out from diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs) were drawn especially for the faces of these cards. The indices are written in Stout’s own hand. Printed in rich color on fine linen paper by the U.S. Playing Card Company, each deck of Dinosaurs comes packaged in a letterpress-printed tuck box adorned with comic book style art. A pocket-sized gallery of enormous ancient monsters lovingly rendered by an iconic illustrator.

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/1093-aop_dinosaur

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DKNG Purple Wheels

Art of Play // 2022

Originally released in 2015, LA design studio DKNG's "Wheel" playing cards have become one of the most popular deck designs in our shop. With a half dozen color variations, the palette of options spans the spectrum, quite literally, thanks to the release of holographic Rainbow Wheels last year. Following previous colorways in Red, Blue, Green, Black, and Yellow, we are pleased to present one of our most highly requested colors, Purple. Whether you're new to DKNG playing cards or expanding your chromatic collection toward the ultraviolet spectrum, you're sure to find this shade of purple both regal and mysterious. The rich hue is suffused throughout the design, from the letter-pressed tuck box, to the sleek, modern back design, to the tiniest pips on the faces of the cards.

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DKNG Red Wheel

Art of Play // 2015

Created in partnership with California based creative studio, DKNG, Red Wheel playing cards is our most anticipated collaboration to date. DKNG, founded in 2005, helps some of the world’s foremost artists and entertainers inspire others through illustration and design.

The Red Wheel deck is as iconic as it is fresh - taking inspiration from the classic Bicycle Rider Back, we are pleased to offer an all new updated look - clean design meets creative personality in each card. We could not be happier to introduce Red Wheel playing cards - a new classic to your collection.

Featuring 54 custom illustrated playing cards printed by the US Playing Card Co. and housed inside a foil-stamped and embossed tuck case.

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Dreyfus Art

Art of Play // 2022

Produced in collaboration with the wildly imaginative illustrator Ashley Dreyfus this fully custom deck of cards features a colorful cast of characters drawn in a whimsical, psychedelic style. Join Dreyfus' "alter egos" on an adventure through a magical forest full of smiley mushrooms, playful dragons, double rainbows, singing birds, and a robot coffee maker (because everyone needs coffee). It won't take long to appreciate why Dreyfus' joyful art has found passionate fans around the world.

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Eames - Edition 1 (Starburst Red)

Art of Play // 2021

Eames Playing Cards. Designed by Art of Play in close collaboration with The Eames Office. A tribute to the timeless sensibilities of Charles & Ray Eames. Our first edition of Eames Playing Cards showcases the Eames Office Starburst Logo on the backs. This iconic emblem was a recurring motif in the work of both Charles and Ray. Here it signifies their boundless creative energy—an explosion of light reaching for the outer limits of design's true purpose. The unique numbering system on the faces of the cards enables acts of cardistry to function as subtle homages to the Eameses' classic film “Powers of Ten." The court cards honor the natural majesty they found in elemental geometric shapes. Mathematics, form, and the critical role of constraints in design are threads woven throughout the Eameses' life and work. Eames Playing Cards come in a letterpress-printed tuck case printed on sustainable paper using vegetable-based dyes. The design of the box references the famous home built by Charles and Ray, a creative base where they lived for many years. Made in the USA.

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/1088-eames

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Eames "Starburst" Black

Art of Play // 2022

This new black colorway was only available for 24 hours during Black Friday (2022). Designed by Art of Play in close collaboration with The Eames Office, "Starbust" playing cards serve as a tribute to the timeless sensibilities of Charles & Ray Eames. Following the release of the Red Edition in 2021 and the Blue Edition earlier this year, we are excited to present the Eames "Starburst" Playing Cards in Black. Eames "Starburst" Playing Cards showcase the Eames Office Starburst Logo on the backs. This iconic emblem was a recurring motif in the work of both Charles and Ray. Here it signifies their boundless creative energy—an explosion of light reaching for the outer limits of design's true purpose. The unique numbering system on the faces of the cards enables acts of cardistry to function as subtle homages to the Eameses' classic film “Powers of Ten." The court cards honor the natural majesty they found in elemental geometric shapes. Mathematics, form, and the critical role of constraints in design are threads woven throughout the Eameses' life and work.

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Eames - Edition 2 (Hang-It-All Gold)

Art of Play // 2022

Charles and Ray Eames brought a sense of playfulness to midcentury design, imbuing everyday objects with unexpected joy. Our second edition of Eames Playing Cards embraces this approach with a celebration of their iconic Hang-It-All wall rack. The first thing you’ll notice is the jubilant color palette of the early 1950s. The visual motif is a clear homage to the stick and ball components of the original design. However, in adapting the Hang-It-All to a new form, we made a surprising discovery. When traditional playing card symbols are replaced with numerals, the result is more logical and visually cohesive. So, inspired by the rebellious spirit Ray and Charles were famous for, we decided to ditch the aristocracy entirely and adopt a more minimalist approach. You will not find any Kings or Queens in this deck; the cards are simply numbered 1-13, a subtle but gently revolutionary gesture that we’ve never attempted before. But now, we can’t help wondering why this clarity eluded us for so long. Every time we shuffle the pack and juggle the colorful balls, we’re reminded of the Eames’ enthusiasm to defy the gravity of expectations and embrace a spirit of exploration. Eames Playing Cards come packaged in a letterpress printed box reminiscent of the home that Charles and Ray designed and built in Los Angeles, California. Made in the USA.

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Fantastique V2

Art of Play // 2022

Fantastique is a beautiful deck of playing cards inspired by the apparatus of magic‘s golden age and the automatons of Robert-Houdin. It also happens to hold a secret of its own. When the cards are riffled through like a flip book, the illustrations come to life, animating two of magic's most famous illusions. An orange tree blossoms from an acrobats top hat while a women, having been sawed in half, is pulled apart. Designed by Sveta Dorosheva, each illustration was meticulously altered to achieve the spectacular animation. Accompanied by two unique Jokers and The Turk, a mechanical chess player from the 18th century whom many believed possessed artificial intelligence, represented on the Ace of Spades. Never before has the mystique of magic been showcased on a deck of cards like this. A wonderful tribute to the art and a fun addition to your collection.

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Grimmlore Tartan

Art of Play // 2022

Art of Play mystery deck, 2022.

Premium playing cards inspired by worlds of eventyr. Grimmlore offer a colorful tartan based on Dan & Dave's original Vintage Plaid series of cards. Their whimsy follows a troupe of flower sprites playing in a garden of earthly wonder. Perhaps if you look a little closer, your imagination may join them.

Featuring hand-drawn face cards from the turn of the 20th century. Printed by the United States Playing Card Company on a premium thin-crushed stock and packaged in a linen box with gold embossed accents.

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Illusion d'Optique

Art of Play // 2018

Illusion d’Optique is the most jaw-dropping collection of optical illusion playing cards ever assembled. Housed in a wild, rainbow-sheen holographic tuck-case, you may feel like you're hallucinating before you even open up the box. Inside, you’ll find 54 eye-popping original designs created by a master of visual perception, Gianni Sarcone. Watch closely as colors change, shapes transform and static, printed ink seems to come alive. Sarcone has included updated versions of classic illusions, plus innovative new concepts he developed after years of study. Illusion d’Optique is not only a beautiful deck, but it also serves as fascinating proof that seeing is not necessarily believing. Printed by The United States Playing Card Company on our trademark thin-stock preferred by magicians and cardists.

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Imperial Hotel

Art of Play // 2022

From 1913-1922, Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. For decades this landmark served as an architectural icon for the city, during which time it survived several devastating earthquakes until it was demolished in 1968. Fortunately, the main entrance and hotel lobby were preserved and reconstructed in 1968 at the Museum Meiji-mura, an open-air architectural museum and theme park near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan. In celebration of the centennial anniversary of the Imperial Hotel, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has partnered with Art of Play to design a commemorative pack of playing cards based on Wright's original drawings. Meticulously Illustrated by Ethan Kowaleski in close collaboration with Brad Fulton and Dan & Dave Buck.

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Jungle

Art of Play // 2016

Scans of every card can be seen www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/Jungle.html

Bursting with vibrant colors and raw animal magnetism, the savage design of this deck was inspired by the lush jungles of Africa. Each custom illustrated card features iconic flora and fauna from the Zulu wilderness. Monkeys, parrots and jungle cats run wild throughout the pack. The jungle tuck case was printed on an antique Heidelberg letterpress to give the colors a vintage "washed" look that compliments the eye-catching graphics inside.

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