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

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

Gold and Silver foil on gold metallic ink background

Tuck case: Black Leather with gold foil, hand made by Lotrek

Numbered, signed and sealed with sealing wax

Comes with a display card

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…

"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 Luminosity Luxury Edition is a norse Inspired deck of playing cards that reveals an allegory depicting the age-old conflict between good and evil.

Cards

Tuckcase

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/910678389/luminosity-playing-cards-inspired-by-norse-mytholo

Pristine edition my aim is to have it come across as a restoration of the original, antique Indictus deck. A re-make with beautiful, yet delicate updates to the tuck pattern. 

• Limited Edition of 1,400 Decks
• Untainted Gold Foil
• Embossed Tuck
• Deluxe Matte Finish
• 52 Cards + 2 Jokers
• Metallic Golden Ink
• White Card Back Borders
• 310gsm Casino Linen Finish
• Interior Art
• Custom Seal

Chancellor follows in the footsteps of Zenith and is possibly the most beautiful deck we have created. Inspired by a small detail on a century-old Bicycle card back, Chancellor grew into an incredibly detailed artwork, packing all of the experience and design innovations that Encarded has developed since our founding in 2011.

There will be just 1000 decks of Chancellor printed. The Chancellor tuck is incredible, with thick matte black paper, two foils and large scale, incredibly detailed blind embossing. The deck is sealed with a beautiful metallic foil seal, individually numbered and carefully designed to integrate with the tuck design.

The card backs are printed on the same Master finish stock as Zenith and features FOUR metallic inks that intertwine into a detailed, "shadow bordered" back with subtle edge details and dimension. The faces are fully custom, with a dramatic court featuring beautiful detail and unique colorations. 

In Sanctus, Lotrek continued his byzantine religious theme and used techniques from his Liturgy deck. On the back and faces he used both white opaque ink as well as foil. To create a simple but luxurious look he went with a full bleed back, using two different shades of gold on a metallic bronze stock. For the card coating he came up with a new and improved formula which should improve handling for cardistry. On the Tuck, he went with the same design as the backs wrapping all six sides with a combination of matte and shiny gold foils for the back ground, with black foil for the lettering. The Tucks are also all numbered.

Funded as a Kickstarter project on November 11, 2014 with £13,664 (about $20,000 USD) pledged from 589 backers, this was a set of two decks (standard Teal & special edition Red). Designed by Alvin Cheung through his SiShou Playing Cards, the design was inspired by Ancient Chinese mythology where the four mythical creatures represents a direction and a season, and each has its own individual characteristics and origins. The 56 card decks were printed by Legends Playing Card Co using diamond finish stock in an embossed pearlescent tuckbox with a perforated seal. Each playing card is designed carefully in vector format to maintain a sharp finish when printed. Every court card has a unique beast allocated to the suit: Spades - Azure Dragon, Hearts - Vermilion Bird, Clubs - Black Tortoise, Diamonds - White Tiger This PCDB Entry is for the standard Teal deck. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sishoudecks/sishou-four-beasts-playing-cards-by-alvin-cheung

Funded as a Kickstarter project on November 11, 2014 with £13,664 (about $20,000 USD) pledged from 589 backers, this was a set of two decks (standard Teal & special edition Red). Designed by Alvin Cheung through his SiShou Playing Cards, the design was inspired by Ancient Chinese mythology where the four mythical creatures represents a direction and a season, and each has its own individual characteristics and origins. The 56 card decks were printed by Legends Playing Card Co using diamond finish stock in an embossed pearlescent tuckbox with a perforated seal. Each playing card is designed carefully in vector format to maintain a sharp finish when printed. Every court card has a unique beast allocated to the suit: Spades - Azure Dragon, Hearts - Vermilion Bird, Clubs - Black Tortoise, Diamonds - White Tiger This PCDB Entry is for the special edition Redl deck. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sishoudecks/sishou-four-beasts-playing-cards-by-alvin-cheung

The Gold Certificate deck is the second deck released in the Federal 52 series. Inspired by US Gold Certificate Bank notes of the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Gold Certificate deck features new, hand-drawn renditions of the presidents and other key figures found on US currency.

Federal 52 - A NEW Bicycle Playing Card Deck designed by Jackson Robinson inspired by US bank notes and currency.

Kickstarter project, funded on Apr 22, 2013 Stock: Casino Bee Card stock with magic finish

The Federal 52 decks also won 6 out of 18 categories from UnitedCardists 2013 Deck of the Year awards: Best Ace of Spades, Best Court Cards, Best Jokers, Best Deck Series, Best Kickstarter Campaign, Best Overall Deck of 2013 https://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4247

A lot of people were not able to get a Zenith deck when we originally released this extremely limited deck. Only 1000 decks were printed and less than 30 are not currently in circulation. We decided to pull a few of our private reserve, unnumbered decks out and make them available for a limited time.

If you are lucky enough to find a Zenith deck on eBay you can expect to pay well over $100 per deck and none of those will be these rare unnumbered decks. Each deck will also be signed on the cellophane by Paul Carpenter.

We only can spare 10 of these and that's all we are going to make available, the last few simply have to remain in our private stock.

2020 DOTY Award Nominee: 'Best Joker'