Since the dawn of time, man has felt drawn to the sea and its infinite mysteries. We try to understand it in many ways: exploring, inventing stories, immersing ourselves in its crystal waters or simply through dreaming. To celebrate this fascination with the ocean Jocu has created ONDA, a deck of cards depicting a fantastical marine mythology. Twelve colourful characters that incorporate the necessary characteristics to live and survive the azure depths, where life assumes surprising forms and colours and humans are permitted to see only a small part. ONDA, the fourth project by Jocu Playing Cards, is a colourful, visual exploration of this world and its both real and imagined creatures.

Full Deck Scan by Cardtograher MacStrat

The ONDA copper gilded variant was meant to come out in early 2022, but the gilding process was a disaster – a common issue of cracking occurred along 6 of the 8 ‘stacks’ of 25 decks, effectively destroying around 90 decks, more than double our generous contingency.

It was such a stress staring at those 6 obviously unusable stacks that I didn’t want to even look at the decks for over two years. We were initially waiting for some modifications to be made to the machine to allow for this specific type of foil, but our confidence was knocked and we shelved the project after a while rather than risk more Acquamarine decks.

Well, time has passed, and I recently decided to bite the bullet and go through and assemble the decks that survived.

Around 75 of the decks were great and exactly what we wanted – so it’s on a positive note that I am pleased to be able to release these finally to Inner Circle members.

The gilding itself is very unique – opaque copper – and it’s a chance to own something rather unique from us that we are unlikely to attempt again.

Since the dawn of time, man has felt drawn to the sea and its infinite mysteries. We try to understand it in many ways: exploring, inventing stories, immersing ourselves in its crystal waters or simply through dreaming. To celebrate this fascination with the ocean Jocu has created ONDA, a deck of cards depicting a fantastical marine mythology. Twelve colourful characters that incorporate the necessary characteristics to live and survive the azure depths, where life assumes surprising forms and colours and humans are permitted to see only a small part. ONDA, the fourth project by Jocu Playing Cards, is a colourful, visual exploration of this world and its both real and imagined creatures.

Full Deck Scan by Cardtograher MacStrat