Redemption Story III is ICONS ANNIVERSARY Premium Edition TEST.

This is a Limited Edition of 580 decks. The embossed seal reads: "one of 700 decks" and the initial intention was to make them available to the public as well. However, we had many decks rejected and destroyed and as it usually happens, down the road I decided that I would love to make some changes, these changes became more radical little by little and we ended up with a very different, gilded deck that will be printed later this year, probably towards September. I want to finish with the pending Patreon rewards first, so I cannot do any other foiled decks before the workshop is free from that task.

Therefore, we decided that this edition will be limited to Patrons only as part of the Redemption stories.

All active Patrons waiting for delayed rewards will get one copy of each Redemption story (II & III) without doing anything. Patrons of the lowest tier are not included because they don't get any rewards, so there is nothing that can be delayed for them...

• Patrons of the lowest tier however, can buy the deck.
• New Patrons who don't have delayed rewards (yet) can also buy the deck.
• Patrons of ALL tiers, can add more decks, up to 4 per person of each Volume.

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.

100% custom deck with new, improved finish for a smooth and pleasant handling.

Poker size, Casino grade German black core stock with air pocket texture.

A whole year after the first Venexiana deck, the story continues with a travel to the dark heart of 18th century Venice. Venexiana Dark features a series of obscure and marginal characters who complete the picture of this haunting city. Thieves, assassins, prostitutes, wicked noblemen and masters of deception are all on board in this imaginary gondola. Hop in and follow the journey to the unknown through the narrow canals of Venice.

Venexiana Dark is in fact two different decks: The "Masked" and the "Revealed" editions, with the first one featuring the courts wearing masks, while the second has the courts unmasked and their faces revealed!

There was a mixup in production which resulted in the tucks for the decks being mixed (masked card in revealed tuck and vice-versa).  This was only noticed after initial shipments were started and then shipment halted to allow the decks to be re-packaged.  As a result, some decks exist with the wrong cards in the wrong tuck, but the majority are assumed to have been corrected.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/709754364/venexiana-dark-playing-cards

http://www.halfmoonplayingcards.com/

2020 DOTY Award: Deck Of The Year

2020 DOTY Award Nominee: ‘Deck Of The Year’, 'Best Tuck', 'Best Ace'

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.