We are proud to introduce the Black Lions Blue Edition, printed on the highest-quality stock the United States Playing Card Company offers.

Our soft-touch box features a metallic blue finish and silver foil stamping on top of a fuly detailed quality embossing.  Each deck contains a number of hidden features that are greatly enhanced by the new design.

Funded through a Kickstarter campaign

From encarded.com:

The First Edition of the Encarded Standard deck features a metallic blue back and a 70's vintage-inspired, top loading tuck box with silver foil and embossing details.

Printed by the Expert Playing Card Company (the same printer as the amazing Zenith deck), the Standards feature the perfect borders, smooth edges and amazing handling customary to every EPCC deck.

This first edition is a small run, with less than 2500 decks available from Encarded and roughly 500 more available exclusively from Conjuring Arts. 

Once this First Edition sells out, we will design an entirely new box and release a new deck color so that we always have a great, affordable and usable deck in stock. This classic blue will always be the first, so be sure to get some of this limited run while you can!

Blueblood Redux is an entirely custom, limited edition playing card deck based on our most popular and sold-out deck, Blue Blood – the first deck we created in our eventual six deck series. All imagery in the deck is taken from entirely original, hand-drawn artwork by Linnea Gits and Peter Dunham. The tuck box for this deck is printed on heavy, archival stock and has detailed embossing that emphasizes the intricate artwork on the box. Extremely limited in it's edition, Blueblood Redux is blue through and through and will never be reprinted again. One last chance to capture these indigo monarchs for yourself!

limited edition of 3000

• 52 playing cards / 2 jokers all with original artwork
• 2 illustrated, UUSI design cards that form a diptych
• embossed design on heavy tuck box stock
• bicycle playing card stock with air cushion (linen) finish
• printed by the united states playing card company

The Planets is a collection of decks representing the planets in our solar system, starting closest to the sun and moving outwards into the surrounding universe. The sixth deck of this series is Saturn. This is the most luxurious Vanda deck series to date, with tuckbox features that include gold holographic foil, white foil, interior foiling, and embossing.

Saturn is considered to rule Capricorn, which is symbolized by the goat, hence the goat-like beings represented in the Saturn court cards. The Jacks allude to Saturn, and its Greek counterpart Cronus, being associated with the passing of time and relevance to the harvest seasons. Notice that the hats worn by the Jacks are shaped like the planet itself. Look closely and you'll find other symbolism woven into the illustrations of the courts.

Full deck scan by macstrat @ https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/455-the_planets_saturn

Gatorbacks also won the Best Deck for Magic award from UnitedCardists 2014 Deck of the Year http://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6448