"ARABESQUE" Playing cards is probably the most technically challenging deck produced in modern playing card industry. And it has been masterfully executed... From the sculpture-like tuck case... To the double-foiled faces... And the incredibly intricate back design...all is near to perfection

Except for the fact that the 3 of hearts and 8 of Spades have the wrong suite indicators.

100 decks in a white stock tuck case were produced

"I C O N S" Imperial edition

It's the first deck ever printed having both Gold and Silver hot stamped foil on the back of the cards.

"IMPERIAL" edition is a strictly limited production: Only 555 decks produced.

THE TUCK:

For such a special edition, Lotrek wanted a special tuck case. He started searching and experimenting with various materials until he decided on velvet: The most obvious and appropriate option, came last as it often happens...

The tuck box is made of velvet and has embossing and gold foil accents.

THE DECK:

The Back design - the gem of the deck- with Gold and Silver hot stamped foil on a purple background, is inspired by Byzantine mosaics. It features the two-headed eagle, the Imperial symbol.

The deck features gold metallic ink on the faces, gold and silver metallic on the back and an intricate tuck case that was amazingly stamped on 2-sided color "metallic" stock, pushing the limits of detailed foiling. 600 numbered decks will become available out of the 700 produced and ICONS “SACRED” will never be reprinted. As it was technically very demanding, and before I go to the press for IMPERIAL edition's final print, I decided to “sacrifice” this deck and use it in order to test my new printer’s efficiency and also to experiment with various production aspects from cutting methods and metallic inks’ behavior to playing card finish.  I used my own varnishing formula which has a feel that I like but appears a bit sensitive to rubbing and should be handled with care. That said, crafted with much love, devotion -and some risk-, ICONS SACRED is an experimental deck, more an art object than a deck for playing games.  But who can actually play games with the Sacred? That would be a sacrilege…

A true achievement in modern era of playing cards. Lotrek pushed the envelope one more time, after ICONS and Liturgy, comes now Golden OATH the first deck ever to be printed only with foil.

The deck features a very beautiful and intricate back design and Lotrek's masterful take on standard courts, all of this enclosed in a beautiful tuck case with embossing and gold foil.

212 decks were produced. 200 were made available to anyone to purchase and were numbered 1 - 200. 12 decks were gifted to United Cardist moderators and competition winners. There were labelled \\\"UCPE\\\"" and numbered 1-12 Venexiana Gold also won the Best Innovation on a Deck of Playing Cards award from UnitedCardists 2014 Deck of the Year http://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6448"

A true collector's item with gold and silver foil on the back of all cards, printed on black/bronze metallic stock. Only 130 "Treasure" decks were printed and the rarity of the stock along with the beauty of the two perfectly registered foils justify the name!

Features:

• 54 cards - Poker size
• Printed on two-color (black/bronze) metallic stock
• Gold and Silver foil on the back of each card
• Tuck case made of a very dark, light absorbing stock. Gold and Silver foil with debossing.
• Hand numbered and signed on the bottom of the tuck
• Strictly limited edition of 130 decks

The House of the Rising Spade is a place built for your imagination: an esoteric realm full of mysteries built for cartomancers, cardists, magicians, collectors, dreamers, and card enthusiasts. Cartomancer has a tarot feeling. The aces have a magick sigil, the borders of the 54 faces are in gold. The Gatekeeper variant is a limited edition that will have the same cards as Cartomancer, its own tuckbox, a commemorative card with number and signature, and a miniature of the gate in painted resin. Through the cutout on the tuck-box you can see the gate, and through the opening of the gate can you see the number.