This deck is a 1/1 early version of the tuck box, handmade and sealed in cellophane. This design was preliminary and did not make it to final production. It is the only example of this design.

The tuck houses an MPC printed prototype deck. The box is signed by Encarded designer Paul Carpenter and is marked “1/1 PROTO” on the bottom. Item comes with a certificate of authenticity card and is guaranteed authentic by Encarded playing cards.

The first deck we call Ascendant. Its design incorporates all the refinements that we have learned over the years and mixes those with the organic symmetry first seen in Tendril. The colors are bold, the borders are intense, the faces are dark and the level of detail has been increased.

The box is printed on a soft-touch matte black paper with incredible metallic green details and subtle gloss black foil tendrils. This deck was printed by USPCC in a limited run of less than 5,000 and will never be reprinted.

To reward our early backers with a small perk, the first 500 Ascendant and first 500 Nightfall decks will feature a custom numbered, holographic circular seal on the back of the deck, on the cellophane. It will be positioned so that you can easily open the top of the cellophane and use the deck, keeping the numbered seal intact. We will make an effort to generally give lower numbers to the earliest backers, and will aim to give \"matched pairs\"" whenever possible."