The Astra Polaris deck features an matte black colour with gold hot foil on the tuck and gold cold foil on the backs of the cards. All Astra Polaris decks come gilded.

Includes: custom illustrated court cards, custom aces as islands, custom number cards, map portion on the background of all cards (for the puzzle)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/requiemcards/the-eye-of-the-ocean/description

A showcase of foilwork virtuosity and definitely our most intricate until now.

We are using two different gold foils on the face cards and back. One shiny and one semi-gloss creating a multi-layer and mesmerizing effect as the light plays with the different degrees of sheen of the two foils!

Printed on a silky purple stock, wrapped up in an amazing tuck case that resembles the feel of silk fabric.

Somewhere in the not too distant future, Chris Ramsay sent a distress beacon from the Hadrian Base Station. This is where YOU come in! Can you help Chris track down and eliminate the A.C.E clones?

Scans can be seen at www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/Gemini.html

Gemini is a deck of completely custom illustrated poker size playing cards. The deck will be printed by Expert Playing Card Co. (NY, USA) on casino grade paper stock with their Classic Finish coating. While the campaign is run from here in Stockholm and is in Swedish crowns (SEK), the rewards will be fulfilled from the US.The choice of the name Gemini is based on the peculiarity of the court cards (JQK). At first glance the figures of each card look perfectly symmetrical, but they are not. I depicted them as twins (Gemini in latin) but they are not identical, so you will see small differences when you look closely. I thought that the Gemini zodiac sign would fit this idea, so it gets a bit astrological in its design. The archetype of Gemini is fascinating and intriguing.

With this deck, I wanted a classical, medieval feeling. The aces are depicted as axes and the figures on the court cards interact with their own pip, which becomes part of the illustration. The pips (2 to 10) are big and they take a lot of space. I used an unconventional index, which is horizontal instead of vertical. I used a prototype for testing and found that it is very playable and easy to read, especially for Burraco.

Gemini was made available as 3 different decks:

Gemini Terra: sienna back, tuck-box with embossing, copper and gold foil on thick black paper.

Gemini Ignis: red back, tuck-box with embossing, red and gold foil on thick black paper.

Gemini Noctis (stretch goal added later in project): blue back, tuck-box with embossing, silver (or silver-aqua) foil, black foil on black paper, and foil on the back of the cards.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/requiemcards/gemini-playing-cards

Scans can be seen at www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/Gemini.html

Gemini is a deck of completely custom illustrated poker size playing cards. The deck will be printed by Expert Playing Card Co. (NY, USA) on casino grade paper stock with their Classic Finish coating. While the campaign is run from here in Stockholm and is in Swedish crowns (SEK), the rewards will be fulfilled from the US.The choice of the name Gemini is based on the peculiarity of the court cards (JQK). At first glance the figures of each card look perfectly symmetrical, but they are not. I depicted them as twins (Gemini in latin) but they are not identical, so you will see small differences when you look closely. I thought that the Gemini zodiac sign would fit this idea, so it gets a bit astrological in its design. The archetype of Gemini is fascinating and intriguing.

With this deck, I wanted a classical, medieval feeling. The aces are depicted as axes and the figures on the court cards interact with their own pip, which becomes part of the illustration. The pips (2 to 10) are big and they take a lot of space. I used an unconventional index, which is horizontal instead of vertical. I used a prototype for testing and found that it is very playable and easy to read, especially for Burraco.

Gemini was made available as 3 different decks:

Gemini Terra: sienna back, tuck-box with embossing, copper and gold foil on thick black paper.

Gemini Ignis: red back, tuck-box with embossing, red and gold foil on thick black paper.

Gemini Noctis (stretch goal added later in project): blue back, tuck-box with embossing, silver (or silver-aqua) foil, black foil on black paper, and foil on the back of the cards.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/requiemcards/gemini-playing-cards

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.

This is a limited version with tuck-box in 100% cotton paper 300gr, printed with letterpress in gold and silver ink. Numbered, signed, and handcrafted in Stockholm. Cards from Gemini Terra.

This is a fully custom deck of playing cards featuring:

illustrated court cards (JQK) illustrated jokers illustrated aces, depicted as axes custom pips, bold and big unconventional index (A♠, 2♠, 3♠, etc) one-way back design (for your card tricks) Casino Grade Paper Stock Durable Linen Classic Finish Coating

• Continuing our series of premium, luxury playing cards - Palme is the second design in our LUXX® series. Designed by Rick Davidison, creator of the beautiful Origins Cards, Palme is a deck inspired by the beautiful Paisley pattern, which has roots and heritage across the globe. 
• A full bleed, borderless back design gives this deck a unique look and style which is carried through the deck and onto the stunning tuck box. 
• The deck is housed in a stunning tuck box with a wrap-around design and embossing complete with matte foiled LUXX® logo.