The Black & Silver edition is the brightest deck of the Butterfly Playing Cards Black family. It showcases a silver foil to make Stefan Eriksson's beautiful back design artwork even prettier. You will find the foil also on the faces of all of the court cards, the Ace of Spades and one of the two jokers. All four aces have large custom centre pips in the theme of the floral back design. The magic enthusiasts will be delighted to find a double-backer to use in their card magic routines. All Butterfly Playing Cards Black prototypes have been printed by Cartamundi with the True Linen B9 finish. Cartamundi accidentally made the Black & Silver edition more valuable to collectors, by printing Black & Gold on the box. So when you see them being sold on ebay for some ridiculous money, remember that we told you! Only 500 silver foiled prototypes exist. 250 were gilded to test compatibility of gilded edges with the magic features of the deck, and 250 were left non-gilded to compare advantages of both versions. The gilded decks proofed to be functional and will be used to promote a crowdfunding campaign that will launch in Summer 2019. 200 of the non-gilded Black and Silver prototype decks are available for sale and will never be reprinted.

Three batches of Prototypes have been printed:

6 Blue & 6 Red prototypes in the first batch where for the kickstarter trailer video and marking system verification.

50 Blue & 10 Red prototypes in the 2nd batch for promotional purposes and testing of the adjusted marking system.

50 Blue prototypes in the 3rd batch to fix the funny mistake I made in the 2nd batch and take the opportunity to further tweak the marking system.

The wonderful Gilded Butterfly playing cards by the amazing Ondrej Psenicka. From a kickstarter in the summer of 2019. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ondrejpsenicka/butterfly-playing-cards-black/description "In the Butterfly Playing Cards, you’ll find the familiarity of your favorite US card faces, mixed with a unique shimmering detail on the court, joker, and ace cards. Nothing short of stunning, all court faces are graced with gold or silver foil detail, adding a sense of regality to their presence. One of the jokers boasts a stunning gold/silver butterfly. Only one? Oh, yes. Magicians will be able to tell you why.... The aces reflect their gorgeous back design, and the master of them all, the ace of spades, presides over them, glistening in golden/silver understated elegance."