Designed and illustrated to the highest standards, the Imperial playing cards are truly a beautiful example of what luxury playing cards can be. The design of the tuck, back, and court cards are simple and elegant. With a minimalistic color palette of metallic gold, rich black, and crimson red, the Imperials will bring a new level of class to your table games. The tuck case is traditionally intaglio engraved and embossed using the traditional die stamping printing technique that gives the tuck case an opulent and tactile feel, that will please your fingertips as well as your eyes. The Imperial Red Editions were printed in a very limited run of only 150 by The Expert Playing Card Company. The magnificent tuck case was engraved by Artistry Engraving & Embossing. The court cards and tuck were hand illustrated & designed by Jackson Robinson of Kings Wild Project.

Scans of each card can be seen at www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/Intaglio.html

Intaglio is a series of prints & playing cards derived from hand engraved copper printing plates printed in the traditional Intaglio style in a collaboration between Kings Wild Project and Thornwillow Press in New York. Intaglio printing for playing card art has not been used for centuries. There were 3 versions/colors of the deck produced: red, blue and black (which was a KickStarter exclusive).

Intaglio Kickstarter Project

Scans of each card can be seen at www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/Intaglio.html

Intaglio is a series of prints & playing cards derived from hand engraved copper printing plates printed in the traditional Intaglio style in a collaboration between Kings Wild Project and Thornwillow Press in New York. Intaglio printing for playing card art has not been used for centuries. There were 3 versions/colors of the deck produced: red, blue and black (which was a KickStarter exclusive).

Intaglio Kickstarter Project

Inspired by the intensely curious works of Escher, this deck was meticulously designed and illustrated to create a reality-bending deck in the most sincerest form. Good illusions blur the lines between dual designs, trying to persuade you to see something not quite there. But great illusions solidify those lines to transform these designs into unmistakably new perspectives. Large windows blend the boundaries between cards and box. Each deck in this year’s collection contains a singular perspective that controls the “reality” of the designs inside it, creating a stunningly visual change to the actual cards themselves. Will you be of the King’s persuasion and see his crown ? Or will your deck be captured by the Queen revealing a completely DIFFERENT set of pieces in tow? Bring home the world’s first dual perspective changing deck and keep a piece of playing card history for your shelf. This deck truly takes the genre to a whole new level. A quick video shows the utterly stunning visual change side by side between one “reality” and another to truly appreciate the amazing results these small perspective boxes can do.