Card Gear: Creative Shutter

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used every day by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

To mark the one-year anniversary of our Card Gear feature, we have the EDC of our very own Anthony Ingrassia, partner and writer at Kardify. Anthony's background is in Photography, Art and Graphic design and has always appreciated creativity in any form, visual, musical, movies and of course the many mediums that it's presented in the classic sense of the word.

Anthony grew up working in custom Photo Houses, taking in and processing images for Chicago and National magazines. He spent most of his professional career in Marketing and Advertising, and as a freelance Photographer. You will probably notice his incredible playing card images here on kardify. You can check out his work on his Facebook page.

He loved magic when he was younger, fantasy, special effects, etc... and was a big fan of fantasy art. One day, he found Anne Stokes beautiful work on a deck of playing cards... and the rest as they say, is history. Anthony's gear:
+ Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro
+ Samsung Galaxy s6
+ Swiss Army Knife "Champ"
+ Mini Mag Light
+ 32GB Thumb Drive
+ Black Sharpie
+ Notebook
+ Fine Roller Pen
+ Custom Card Clip from PutYourDeckInThis
+ Blue Ohio Rider Backs
+ Aquila Limited Edition
+ TriKard Viridian
+ Key's Guarded by Harley Quinn

What’s yours? If you would like your card gears to be featured on Kardify, contact us.

Card Gear: Addicted to Creativity

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used every day by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

For this month, we have the EDC of Nick Vlow, a 21-year old card magician and graphic designer based in central Russia. Nick is the designer behind Onida, Shin Lim playing cards, Longitude & Latitude and Philtre Playing Cards. You can see some of his other work here or follow him on Instagram: (@nickvlow)

Nick is addicted to creativity, so he always carries a sketchbook to write down ideas for card magic or sketch something new for tattoos or design that comes into his mind. Nick is also an economics student which takes a lot of his time through fall and winter.

Nicks's gear:
+ 68' Omega watch
+ Moleskine sketchbook
+ BarneysNY sunglasses
+ Sharpie marker
+ Micron liners x3
+ Philtre playing cards
+ Apple EarPods
+ iPhone 6S
+ Mulberry Wallet
+ Joe Porper's classic metal clip
+ Swiss knife & flashlight

What’s yours? If you would like your card gears to be featured on Kardify, contact us.

Card Gear: Magician's Choice

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used every day by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

This month we have the EDC of Kevin Reylek, one of the driving force behind Penguin Magic Playing Cards. The company is well known for their excellent playing cards such as Honeybee, Christmas, White Tally-Ho, Westminster, Architect and Steeplechase Park. Follow them on Instagram for more cool releases: @penguincards.

Kevin has been studying and performing magic for nearly 25 years, and his EDC items have changed drastically in that time. He used to always have sponge balls in his pocket, among other things. Over the years Kevin's EDC has streamlined quite a bit and he still feels like his pockets are too full most days!

Kevin's gear (Italics are Kevin's comments):

+ Coin Shell (Useful for lots of different things).
+ Captain & Coke 2.0 (One of the creations of which I'm most proud. I carry this with me everywhere I go).
+ Bent Quarter & Penny (I use these with the C&C 2.0 for a double coin bend routine).
+ Regular Dime & Penny (Use with the C&C 2.0).
+ Stretched Coin (This is great as a seemingly impromptu effect during those "show me a trick" moments).
+ Car Key, House Key, and Special Rubik's Cube Keychain (I used to carry WAY more keys, but now just try to keep it to the bare essentials. I'd rather not say too much about the Rubik).
+ Blue Choice Playing Cards (Designed by Ben Kolozsi and produced by Penguin Magic. These will be part of the Penguin Magic's August Card Club and they are AWESOME. Beautiful shade of Blue, terrific Stud Tribute design, thin borders, Arrco faces, and Thin Crush stock from USPCC. I absolutely love these cards).
+ Blind Man's Wallet (I use this as my everyday wallet for my credit cards, ID, and a bit of cash. It's also a great business card wallet and allows me to perform a baffling Drawing Duplication routine. Created by Menny Lindenfeld and produced by Penguin Magic).
+ Die (This is for mentalism. That's all I'm gonna say).
+ 2 Special Sharpies (One is by Alan Rorrison (you can tell this has REALLY lived in my pocket) and the 6C Reveal Sharpie from Ellusionist. I get lots of mileage out of both of these).
+ Lip Balm (Even in the humid south, it's possible to get chapped lips. 
+ Swiss Army Knife (Useful in so many ways).
+ Sterling Silver Tiffany & Co Money Clip (I don't generally have lots of cash, but my money clip allows me to know that the cash in my wallet is for tricks, and the cash in my clip is OK to spend. This is one of the few items of sentimental value that I carry with me, it used to belong to my uncle).
+ Tony Clark Close-Up Pad (Produced by Dan & Dave and Tony Clark, this is the pad that I use most often, even though I own about half a dozen different close-up mats. I use this one as a photo background in a ton of my Instagram shots. I don't actually carry this daily, but since it's in the shot, I figured I'd mention it!)


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Card Gear: Magic & Coffee

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

This month we have the gears of Magician/Designer Edo Huang. Edo is the founder of Edo Huang Design and well known for his playing card designs such as Nautical, Sky Island, Black Friday and Victorian Room.

Edo spends most of his time at the coffee shop, where he performs close-up magic for customers, learns how to make good coffee and brainstorms new ideas for his playing card designs. Edo loves to meet people and shares his magic. You can see his work on Instagram @edohuang.

Here are Edo's gears. He is really picky about what he brings and use daily for his magic performance.
+ Louis Vuitton men clutch bag
+ Moscot eyeglasses
+ Mont Blanc wallet
+ iPhone 6 Plus
+ Apple watch sport
+ Keepcup
+ Sharpie
+ Lo'ccocitane Hand cream
+ Lo'ccocitane Hand sanitizer
+ Card Coffee Collective Playing cCrds
+ Hocus Pocus Playing Cards
+ Nautical Playing Cards
+ Business card
+ Gatsby card clip

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Card Gear: Travel Brainstorming

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

This month we have the EDC of Randy Butterfield, founder of Midnight Cards and designer behind Imperial, ORNATE, Draconian, Bowl-A-Rama, Grinders, and more! Randy always brainstorm on new Deck ideas whenever he and his family travel up to Michigan, to visit his parents, who live out in the country.  According to Randy, the absence of computer, Internet and Netflix are great ways to alleviate normal distractions at night.

This is his travel gear he always takes up with him. Reference books vary, depending on the theme and style he want to go with (the Ancient Rome book in the photo is one of a handful or reference books he brought up the last trip).

Randy’s gear:
+ 8"w x 10"h Sketch Book
+ iPad Mini 4
+ EnerGel Liquid Gel Ink Pen
+ Copper Grinders Deck
+ KURZ Foil Selection Book
+ Tuck Box material samples from LPCC
+ Ancient Rome book by Roy Jackson
+ 10+ year old iPod Shuffle (Randy: still working perfectly!)

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Card Gear: Shutterbug

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

This month we have the EDC of Akmal Luthfi, one of the founding member of TriKard. Since 2008, Akmal has been interested in the Art of Astonishment and then founded TriKard in 2014, producing the stunning Aquila Playing Cards. Akmal is has a passion for photography and works as a freelance photographer for corporate events, product photography, photo stock, etc... Check out his Instagram account, @cardcollections09 to see more.

Akmal’s gear:
+ RayBan Eyeglasses
+ TriKard Viridian Playing Card
+ Black Sharpie
+ Silver Snowman Marker
+ Xiaomi Redmi Note
+ SE Aquila Playing Card
+ Carbon Decal Card Clip by Ade Suryana
+ Casio Edifice Watch
+ Stealth Assassins Wallet


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Card Gear: Cardogenic

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

On this month's Card Gear, we have the EDC of Tripp Sikes, founder and admin of Collecting Playing Cards Facebook group (CPC). Tripp works for a tour company in Savannah, Georgia and enjoys meeting people from all over the world during his workday. His love of playing cards started with games of Spades at family gatherings. Now an avid collector, Tripp started CPC to meet people from around the world who share the hobby.

Tripps’s gear:
+ USB Rechargeable Flashlight / Power Bank
+ Fisher Space Pen
+ Victorinox Swiss Army Cadet
+ Whiskey Wood Pill Caddy Keychain by Robert Wright
+ Coffee Titanium Wedding Ring
+ Samsung Galaxy Note 4
+ S. W. Erdnase Pencil
+ Expert At The Card Table Pocket Bible
+ Brass Card Clip by Illusion Works
+ CPC V2 Deck
+ Custom Leather Card Case by Mike Armstrong

What’s yours? If you would like your card gears to be featured on Kardify, contact us.

Card Gear: A Man Well Traveled

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

This month, we have the EDC of Paul Ruccio, the designer behind Jetsetter Playing Cards. When he is not designing cards, Paul is busy working as a retail management consultant where he travels typically around the US with a tiny international travel (Canada) helping retailers with various initiatives/project at their HQs. Paul loves to travel by plane which is why there's much passion behind Jetsetter Playing Cards. His next deck will be the Altitude Blue Jetsetter Playing Cards, coming soon on Kickstarter.

Paul’s gear:
+ ESQ Beacon Watch
+ iPhone 6s
+ Apple Headphones
+ American Airlines - Gold
+ Hyatt Gold Passport - Diamond
+ Leather R.E. Hand Crafted Clip
+ Jetsetter Playing Cards
+ "Remove Before Flight" Keychain
+ Passport


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Card Gear: From Stockholm

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians, and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

For this month, we have the everyday gear of Lorenzo Gaggiotti, founder of Stockholm17 and designer behind Requiem, Heretic, No. 17 and the beautiful Le Chat Rouge. Lorenzo began his journey in the playing cards industry in late 2013 with Requiem Playing cards. Since then, he has become a prominent name within the industry, releasing three other playing card series to-date. His next deck will be a collaboration with Swedish Magician, Caroline Ravn for RAVN Playing Cards in 2016. Lorenzo's gear:

+ Soft rubber
+ 0.5mm mechanical pencil with 2B lead (for sketching and details)
+ double pencil red/black (for quick sketching)
+ business card, face
+ business cards, backs
+ Ravn Playing Cards Prototype (for testing)
+ Iphone 5s black, with custom No.17 Crown Edition skin
+ various keys with Sterling Silver Ace of Spades as a keychain
+ Wallet (with a couple of cards needed daily)


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Card Gear: Sketch

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

For November, we have the everyday gears of Brendan Hong, designer of the gorgeous HIVE playing cards. The HIVE decks are beautifully designed decks inspired by classic playing card art. These decks are fully customized with its own unique court cards to custom Jokers, Ace of Spades and back design. Brendan's gear:

+ Green (Standard Edition) Hive Playing Cards
+ EPCC V2 Pack Jacket
+ Vintage chain wallet
+ Citizen Sports Eco-Drive Watch
+ The Hobbit Moleskine Notebook
+ Kobo Touch with case
+ Tin case with: Steadler HB, 2B, 4B & Col-Erase pencil: blue, grass green, scarlet red.


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Card Gear: CHOICE(s)

Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

This month, we have the everyday gears of @benkolozsi, designer of CHOICE Playing Cards. CHOICE playing cards are a contemporary deck inspired by the history and hand-drawn playing cards of the past. This deck has been designed with simplicity in mind and is one of our sponsor for the International Cardistry Open this year. Here are Ben's gear:

+ CHOICE (Red Edition) Playing Cards
+ CHOICE Notepad
+ CHOICE Wallet
+ CHOICE Aluminium Practice Deck
+ Schon Design Brass pen
+ Key-Bar/Chaves collaboration keychain
+ Custom Card Wallet with clover by Mike Armstrong
+ Dan and Dave Porper Card clip

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Card Gear: Magic Life

To continue our series in discovering new inventory and accessories,  we have the everyday gears of @lost_angelus featured this month. @lost_angelus is a well-respected and very popular magician on Instagram. His amazing magic videos and visually impressive images have inspired the magic community on the social network and at the same time help start the #MondayNightJams movement across the globe. Talented, friendly, and knowledgeable magician! Definitely, one to follow if you are on Intagram. @lost_angelus' gears:

+ Steel Watch by Fossil
+ 128GB USB3.0 Thumb Drive by Centron
+ F-402 Pen by Zebra Alex
+ Cadet Knife by Victorinox Kensington
+ Wallet by P.M. Goods Co.
+ Black Artisan Deck (06-15) by Theory11
+ iPhone6 with Kevlar Case

What’s yours? If you would like your card gears to be featured on Kardify, contact us.


Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

Card Gear: Commute

Card Gear is our new monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday by card designers, cardists, magicians and collectors. The concept originated from the popular social media site, Instagram: #passthepockets. Whenever one of these hashtags come up on the social news feed, there's always something new to discover, no matter who that person is.

So to kick things off, here’s my “everyday commute” gear and surprisingly, I found out that I use each and every item daily in one form or another.

+ Ainste RFID blocking Wallet
+ KeySmart with USB
+ Apple iPhone6
+ Apple EarPods
+ Aquila SE
+ Blue Crown Joe Porper Card Clip
+ Casio Edifice Chronograph Mens Sports Watch

What’s yours? If you would like your card gears to be featured on Kardify, contact us.