Virtuoso Paths Playing Cards Announced

After teasing the deck over the weekend, Huron Low announced the pre-order of Virtuoso Paths. This deck takes a different approach from many modern custom decks, focusing less on flashy visuals and more on the philosophy behind cardistry itself.

Named Virtuoso Paths, the deck explores the idea that progress in cardistry comes through curiosity, repetition, and exploration rather than chasing recognition or results. This concept is reflected throughout the design, with card backs that change across the deck to create a sense of movement and progression when riffling, spreading, or flourishing the cards.

Several hidden design elements reinforce the theme, including paths that merge together, interlocking shapes that form stars, and custom court cards featuring a symbolic ring at the center of each character.

Beyond the artwork, Virtuoso has placed a strong emphasis on handling. The team spent over a year experimenting with paper stocks, coatings, and cutting methods to create what they describe as one of their most comfortable and controllable decks to date. The deck also includes four extra "star cards" that can be added to adjust the deck's thickness and stiffness to personal preference.

Priced at $15 per deck, Virtuoso Paths is available as a limited printed-to-order release, with production beginning after the pre-order window closes and delivery expected in September 2026.

First Look: The NEW Virtuoso Playing Cards

Have a look at the new deck! This new Virtuoso (still unnamed at the time of writing) deck marks a philosophical shift for the Virtuoso series, moving away from outward spectacle and focusing instead on the quieter, more personal side of cardistry. According to the email newsletter by Huron Low, the new deck is inspired by the idea that meaningful creativity emerges through exploration, repetition, and curiosity rather than performance, the deck celebrates the journey behind every breakthrough.

Unlike previous Virtuoso releases, the design is intentionally understated. Rather than revealing itself immediately through fans and spreads, many visual elements remain hidden until discovered through use, reflecting the concept of gradual exploration that inspired the project. Individual cards offer only fragments of the larger design, with the full picture emerging over time.

The deck embodies the belief that cardistry’s most memorable creations are rarely the result of chasing recognition or viral success. Instead, they arise from countless small steps, experiments, and moments of intentional wandering. Through its subtle design language and thoughtful symbolism, this new Virtuoso  deck serves as a tribute not to the destination, but to the process that leads there.

Virtuoso Moments - Rain Flower Stone NanJing Edition

Before the release of the Virts P1 SG deck, there was this exclusive release at Cardistry-Con in Nanjing, China few months ago. Drawing inspiration from the breathtaking Yuhua Stone, a natural agate unique to Nanjing, this special release captures the vibrant colors and fluid patterns of one of China’s most celebrated gemstones.

 

Known for its distinctive beauty, the Rain Flower Stone has long symbolized harmony and artistry — qualities now translated into cardistry through Virtuoso’s signature design style.

This limited deck embodies both local heritage and contemporary visual performance. Its design flows with the same organic rhythm found in the stone itself, creating mesmerizing displays in motion.

Produced in China and priced at $30 from resellers. Available only through offline sales, the Rain Flower Stone Nanjing Edition is an exceptionally rare release.

The Virts Unveils Virtuoso P1 SG Deck

The Virts has announced the launch of the Virtuoso P1 SG, a special edition deck created to honor Singapore’s 60th anniversary. Co-founder Huron Low revealed the design to the brand’s launch list, highlighting both its symbolic meaning and unique cardistry features.

The back design of the deck draws inspiration from Singapore’s transformation from a small “Little Red Dot” into a city of skyscrapers. At its center sits a bold crimson circle, surrounded by a striking PRISM pattern. Unlike previous Virtuoso releases, the PRISM extends all the way to... and even beyond the edges of the card, symbolizing how the nation expanded beyond its limitations through unity and resilience.

The design flows seamlessly from back to face, forming tapered red bands that frame circular arrays. When the cards are spun, the lines animate like fan blades, while spreads reveal blooming patterns reminiscent of traditional Chinese fans. 

The most striking feature, however, comes when the deck is spread with its special portrait Flag Card: together, the cards transform into the Singapore flag. A step-by-step video tutorial has been produced so that even newcomers can easily achieve the effect.

Each deck comes with four Art Cards that deepen the storytelling experience. Inspired by classic digital watch displays, they form the number “SG60” to commemorate the nationwide celebration. On their reverse sides, collectors will find a Cover Card, a Story Card detailing the deck’s inspiration, a Flag Card for multiple flag transformations, and a Color-Block Card for simplified displays of the national symbol.

Because official permission to use the Singapore flag expires at the end of September 2025, the Virtuoso P1 SG will only be available during the anniversary celebrations. After a decade of waiting, the original SG50 version was cancelled in 2015 due to lack of approval, Virtuoso finally realized its long-held vision.

The deck will be available for $18 for a limited time on 25 September, 10am (EDT).

The Virtuoso Sea Glass Playing Cards

Huron has recently teased the latest Virts deck on their mailing list. Virtuoso Sea Glass is a new deck designed exclusively for Cardistry, featuring "Adaptive Aesthetics" that enhances visual expression. Unlike traditional decks made for magicians or games, Sea Glass emphasizes fluid, dynamic designs inspired by real sea glass. The design is reminisce to ENTRY's first design released back in 2018.

The latest Virts design showcase hand-illustrated forms—The Rock, The Pebble, The Petal, and The Fin to create a seamless edge-to-edge pattern, eliminating the need for traditional borders.

Each element adds rhythm and motion, transforming even simple card flourishes into eye-catching displays. Fans and spreads reveal shifting patterns, creating effects like blooming petals and flowing waves. The Fin's design extends from the card backs to the faces, forming a cohesive, three-dimensional look.

Sea Glass is a bold departure from standard cards, with no numbers, suits, or court figures—it's pure visual art meant for Cardistry. 

Ready for immediate shipment, this deck embodies Virtuoso’s mission to push Cardistry into "Card Artistry," offering a unique, uncompromising design for enthusiasts. Available now for $15 on The Virts Online shop.

A Look at the Secret Virtuoso OC I & II Playing Cards

Earlier this week at a private event held by The Virts, the Virtuoso OC I & II playing cards were secretly released. The new collection looks familiar and is inspired by their previous releases, containing the iconic geometric card back design crafted for cardistry.

Huron Low mentioned that only a few people on their mailing list received the special invitation email and if you were not fortunate to be part of the event, Huron mentioned that he doesn’t know if he’ll ever release this special deck to the public. This release is a “beta” opportunity for a non-beta deck the Virts have spent months designing. ​

The online store was open for 72 hours and a deck was priced at $14.
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The NEW Virts Deck Revealed! Virtuoso P1 Foundations (Crimson Edition)

In a series of drip emails in the past few weeks, Huron Low from the Virts has revealed their new deck- Virtuoso P1 Foundations playing cards. According to Huron, 

The Virtuoso P1 Foundations packs our biggest design innovations into our smallest deck release ever.

No exact number is given but the new Virts deck will be the smallest run size of any Virtuoso deck they’ve ever produced — even smaller than Launch Edition. Also, there will not be a public launch for this deck, nor will this be offered to any wholesalers or dealers. 

Virtuoso P1 Foundations (Crimson Edition) is an extremely exclusive collection of Virtuoso decks created especially for the Virts closest customers. This deck draws from where it all began — the Launch Edition Virtuoso deck. 

Available for pre-order for the next 48 hours for $19 per deck. Production of the Virtuoso P1 Foundations is expected to be completed in early November and the decks are expected to be shipped by end of November. 

Article originally published on crdstry.com.

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The New Virtuoso P1 Deck Now on Private Pre-Order!

The Virts have just unveiled Virtuoso P1; the first special edition Virtuoso deck, and the first of Virtuoso’s brand new Perspective Series. The deck sports a brand new PRISM back design — an Adaptive Aesthetics innovation inspired by the way a prism splits light into a spectrum of color. According to The Virts on social media,

The deck is a celebration of the past fused with our vision of Cardistry’s future, the Virtuoso P1 visually accentuates the art in ways both nostalgic and new.

PRISM draws from the most iconic elements of past Virtuoso decks and seamlessly merges them into a single futuristic design. It then transforms the flat surface of each card into a three-dimensional array. The design is easily recognizable and gives cardists a visual connection to the brand. The familiar design paired with the use of shades and shadows gives the card back a sense of depth.

The Virtuoso P1 is available now for pre-order for a special price of $19 (instead of $22), as well as your first P1 for free! Note that the production of the Virtuoso P1 might take up to four months, followed by the process of packing and shipping. This means that orders are estimated to reach your doorstep in January 2021 — about 5 months from now.

Originally published on cardistrybeast.com. Republished with permission.

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Deck View: The Virts Fall/Winter 2017 Virtuoso Playing Cards

Cardistry. Fluid. Bold. 

The FW17 Virtuoso deck is the last deck of Virtuoso’s Phase One. The FW17 Virtuoso deck sports a black and green, and also "pays homage to the Launch Edition Virtuoso deck in more ways than one." Taking Adaptive Aesthetics to the next level, the deck features a brand new multi-faceted design forming a fluid yet rhythmic patterns in spreads and displays... and paints the air with incredibly expressive movements across countless other moves from cuts to cascades. Also, the FW17 is the FIRST Fall/Winter Edition of the popular deck, away from the usual Summer/Spring Editions.

How To Claim Your FREE FW17 Virtuoso Deck!

To celebrate the season of giving, the guys at The Virts are giving you an awesome Cardistry gift... one deck of the popular FW17 Virtuoso Playing Cards. The FW17 Virtuoso deck is the last deck of Virtuoso’s Phase One. The team set aside the remaining decks for months to celebrate the journey with a final release.

​For the next 48 hours, instead of $14, you'll pay absolutely nothing for your first deck. You'll only need to pay for shipping. After you add your gift deck to your cart, you can also buy more decks and Cardistry tutorials as add-ons. That being said, you DO NOT have to buy anything if you don’t want to. You can simply claim your gift deck and walk away. Also, order 12 decks or more, and you also get free shipping for your entire order! Head to thevirts.com to claim your FREE deck.

The FW17 Virtuoso deck sports a black and green, and also "pays homage to the Launch Edition Virtuoso deck in more ways than one." Taking Adaptive Aesthetics to the next level, the deck features a brand new multi-faceted design forming a fluid yet rhythmic patterns in spreads and displays... and paints the air with incredibly expressive movements across countless other moves from cuts to cascades. Check out the viral trailer below:



Article originally published on cardistrybeast.com.

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Cardistry: The Virts Reveals the Colors of the FW17 Virtuoso Deck, Drops EPIC Trailer!

The cardistry community have been waiting with bated breath to find out the colors of the latest edition of The Virts deck. On Tuesday, The Virts announced on Instagram that the new FW17 Virtuoso deck will be in black and green, and also "pays homage to the Launch Edition Virtuoso deck in more ways than one."

And here it is (almost). If you’re ready to see the deck fully revealed in our next post, raise your hand below! ✋🏻 - And the winner of our first giveaway is... @schijan_the_run! “I go with black as an homage to the SS13 deck as well as with green and light green.:)” 🌲 - The new FW17 Virtuoso deck is indeed black and green, and also pays homage to the Launch Edition Virtuoso deck in more ways than one. 🔥 - And remember how we said in our last post that it’s a giveaway? Now go zoom into the words “It’s a giveaway” in our second FW17 post. 😎 - Congratulations @schijan_the_run! Drop us a DM with your full name and address. You’re receiving an FW17 Virtuoso deck autographed by The Virts when it drops! - If you didn’t win this time, fret not and stay tuned because this is just the first giveaway! ;) #sorrynopurplelol #thevirts #FW17 #Cardistry

A post shared by Virtuoso (@thevirts) on Dec 4, 2017 at 10:00am PST

Taking Adaptive Aesthetics to the next level, the deck features a brand new multi-faceted design forming a fluid yet rhythmic patterns in spreads and displays... and paints the air with incredibly expressive movements across countless other moves from cuts to cascades.

This is probably the most anticipated cardistry deck of the year. For the first time, theVirts are releasing a Fall/Winter Edition of the popular deck, away from the usual Summer/Spring Editions. Following the announcement, the group has released an EPIC trailer on YouTube... generating over 12k views in less than a day.

Cardistry: The Virts Just Sent The Cardistry Community Into A Frenzy!

Early Thursday morning (November 23rd), a black and white image of the Virtuoso deck appeared online. In the image posted to Instagram by The Virts, the image features the side of the tuck with the iconic Virts logo, but the colors and design elements remain unknown. There are also no details as to when cardists may be able to get their hands on the deck.

Spread the word: The most wonderful time of the year is coming... and no, we’re not talking about Black Friday. 🎉 🎁 ❄️ #FW17 #thevirts #Cardistry #christmasiscomingearly

A post shared by Virtuoso (@thevirts) on Nov 22, 2017 at 10:19pm PST

The teaser image generated over 5000 likes and 500 comments, with cardists expressing their excitement in anticipation of the release. Many speculate about the colors of the deck. We know that it will be called the Fall/Winter 17 Edition and will be released before Christmas (fingers crossed!). With the colors, we are guessing that it will be something cool.. purple, blue and maybe an emerald shade. What do you think it will look like?

Cardistry: The Virts Spring/Summer 2016 Playing Cards Wins the Sybil Deck of the Year Award

Image from @Huronlowhttps://www.instagram.com/huronlow/

The Cardistry Con 2016 Awards have been announced in Berlin and with little surprise to us, the Sybil “Deck of the Year” Award went to the Virtuoso SS16 Playing Cards by the Virts. The deck was nominated by the Cardistry community prior to the Con and gained the top vote by attendees of the Con.

Other decks nominated were, Cardistry-Con 2016 Commemorative deck by Next Exit, Memento Mori by Chris Ramsay, Pink Fontaines by Zach Mueller and Red October Saturns by Franky Morales


In addition, the Virts won the “Video of the Year” award with their AWESOME ‘Liquid Paper’ video. @huronlow posted the following pic on social media thanking all their fans for the support.

Congrats guys!

What an epic final day of #cardistrycon 2016 in Berlin! Extremely honored that @thevirts won the community-voted Sybil awards for "Deck of the Year" and "Video of the Year" amidst the incredible nominees! So so thankful for all the support you guys give us. :) #thevirts #cardistry #cardistrycon2016

A photo posted by Huron Low (@huronlow) on Jul 10, 2016 at 3:43pm PDT

Cardistry: Cardistry-Con, Berlin

Image from @mikelbero

Cardists from all around the world have descended on Berlin, Germany for Cardistry’s biggest event this year, the Cardistry-Con 2016. Organised by Dan and Dave, The Virts and Dealersgrip. Cardistry-Con is a three-day conference devoted to the mesmerising art of cardistry. Thanks to James Milaras, from Joker and the Thief, we are able to share some images of the Cardistry-Con with you.

On July 8, cardists from all over the world gather and explore the limitless expressive potential of an ordinary deck of playing cards… and have an absolute blast together! The event includes talks, exclusive video screenings, live performances and Q&As.

Popular magician DYNAMO was there as well!



Here are selected images from Instagram (#cardistrycon)

Day 1 ✅ what a start! #cardistry #cardistrycon

A photo posted by Julian Stiber (@julianstiber) on Jul 8, 2016 at 3:12pm PDT

Bow down to the almighty @dimitriarleri, best moment from the 1st day of CC. #cardistrycon

A video posted by Xacck (@xacck) on Jul 9, 2016 at 4:54am PDT

Headliners for Day 1 includes Chase Duncan, Chris Hestnes, Dave Buck and Dimitri Arleri. Talks such as Crediting in Cardistry were covered on Day 1.

Getting into the panel portion of the afternoon session: Chris Hestnes, Dave Buck & Dimitri Arleri talk about crediting in cardistry.

A photo posted by Cardistry-Con (@cardistrycon) on Jul 8, 2016 at 6:11am PDT

Live streaming (or on demand) is available for cardists who are not able to make it to the event.

Lessons with @danielmbuck. #cardistrycon

A video posted by Cardistry-Con (@cardistrycon) on Jul 8, 2016 at 8:08am PDT

Awesome Day 1 haul by @yannik.strznsky

This day was so awesome! #cardistrycon #cardistry

A photo posted by Yannik Strozinsky (@yannik.strznsky) on Jul 8, 2016 at 12:13pm PDT

Deck View: The Virts Spring/Summer 2016 Virtuoso Playing Cards

Cardistry. Energetic. Bold.

Developed around the visual nature of Cardistry, the popular Virtuoso deck features an unique design architecture that The Virts call Adaptive Aesthetics. The innovative back design gives the appearance of swirling shapes, changing colours, and connecting patterns to visually enhance every card flourish performance.

This year, the Virtuoso deck spots a borderless edge-to-edge back design that not only magnifies each shape for maximum visibility, but also liberates the cards to seamlessly merge with one another to establish new forms.

The Spring/Summer 2016 (SS16) edition features a bold new energetic colorway, evoking the spirit of adventure. SS16 is crafted with the finest casino-grade materials and printed by the USPCC. Now available on JP Games.

News: The Virts Released This Awesome Video of 'Liquid Paper'

Yesterday, The Virts released this awesome cardistry video- Liquid Paper, ahead of the official launch of the SS16 Virtuoso deck. This incredible video is inspired by films such as “Birdman”, to appear as a single continuous shot from start to end.

Along with the delicious mechanisations, glitched out moments and clockwork tickings of Koloto's chill-out music, the video also features audio samples from Bruce Lee’s iconic “Be like Water” interview. Liquid Paper is a thoroughly satisfying Cardistry video! We expect this video to go viral once mainstream media picks this up in the next couple of days.

Cardistry: Cardistry-Con, New York Day 3

Instagram: @cardistrycon

The inaugural Cardistry-Con in Brooklyn, New York ended successfully after an amazing three days of cardistry! Thanks to Simon Bruno, designer of the upcoming Glassback Playing Cards on Kickstarter, April 14th, we are able to share several images from the final day of the Cardistry-Con with you. This is the final post of a three day series. Read about the first day here and second day here.

The final day of the con began with an announcement by Zach Mueller.

Talks highlights for the final day includes Workshop on Isolation with Franky and Hector and Con-Versation of Custom Playing Cards with The Virts, Zach, Dan and Dave and Tobias.

The first rule of Cardistry-Con is: 

Other headliners for the day were David Padersen, Spencer, Aviv and Andrei. Magician Dan White and Blake Vogt dropped by.

Images of the Cardistry-Con was provided by Simon Bruno designer of the upcoming Glassback Playing Cards on Kickstarter, April 14th. No part of this article or images can be reproduced without written permission from the Simon and Kardify.

Cardistry: Cardistry-Con, New York Day 2

The inaugural Cardistry-Con continues in Brooklyn, New York - an amazing event devoted to the art of cardistry. Thanks to Simon Bruno, designer of the upcoming Glassback Playing Cards on Kickstarter, April 14th, we are able to share some images from the second day of the Cardistry-Con with you. This the second post of a three day series. Read about the first day here.

The second day of the conference successfully kept the momentum that cardists have experienced in the previous day. Talks highlights of the second day includes video screening of "Pacemaker" by Tobias and Oliver, Workshop of Paddiddle and Con-Versation of Cardistry Videomaking with The Virts, Zach, Tobias, Oliver, Dimitri, Ladislas, and Allan Hagen.

Other headliners for the day were Franky Morales, Andrei, Dan & Dave, Alejandro, Noel, Aviv, Andrew, Eliot and Nikolaj.

Live streaming (or on demand) is available for cardists who are not able to make it to the event. In addition, anyone with the online pass will be able to engage with everyone attending the event in Brooklyn. There is a comments stream below the video for questions, requests, or have a discussion. These comments are projected onto a wall at the event for everyone present to see and interact with. Available on Indiegogo.


Images of the Cardistry-Con was provided by Simon Bruno designer of the upcoming Glassback Playing Cards on Kickstarter, April 14th. No part of this article or images can be reproduced without written permission from the Simon and Kardify.