All the New Playing Card Releases From HOPC

Alex Pandrea has released 3 new decks on House of Playing Cards last week during the Black Friday event. In terms of design, these decks are not new but rather, an addition to the already existing card series. Here are the decks:

1. Bicycle Inspire - BLACK (MARKED)

Probably the most affordable marked deck on the marker. The Black Edition is the follow-up to the very successful original Red and Blue version. This time, the cards are FULLY MARKED for Suit and Value. The deck is semi-custom with a gorgeous bold Ace of Spades and standard court cards to maintain familiarity with the audience. Printed by the USPCC and available for $10.

2. Brown NOCs

New NOCs in Brown colorway are a limited print run of the popular NOCs. The face cards are pretty much standard. These playing cards are MARKED for suit - that's right - you can tell if it's clubs, hearts, spades, or diamonds just by reading the marking system on the back. The Brown NOCs are kept in a sturdy Kraft Tuck Box. The deck costs $12.

3. Shin Lim GOLD Gilded Deck

House of Playing Cards rleased the  Shin Lim NOCs earlier this year. They took a small amount (150) and secretly level up the deck with GOLD Gilded edges with a GOLD Foil Seal! The contrast between the dark red and gold makes this deck truly stunning. According to the product page,  this is your ONLY chance to get this piece of art created in collaboration with the AGT Champ!

or.. you can also obtain this deck for FREE by purchasing $100 or more from houseofplayingcards, Shin Lim GOLD Gilded Deck will be automatically added to your cart! Priced at $75.

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7 Questions with Bill Davis of Pink Boar Playing Cards

Based on the Lunar calendar 2019 is the Year of the Pig. What better way to honor it than to help fund this stylish deck designed in honor of pigs, spread awareness on pig rescue, and promote The Pig Preserve in Jamestown, Tennessee where designer Bill Davis and his family volunteer. Wild Reserve: Pink Boar playing cards are seeking $6,555 in funding goal on Kickstarter. Currently, the deck is already 88% funded with 14 days to go.

The semi-custom deck features standard face cards, custom courts with Bill's profile on the J of Hearts, his wife on the Queen of Clubs and Daniel Madison on the King of Diamonds, a custom Ace of Spades, two custom Jokers, double back and an ad card that provides a description of the rescue and their contact details. The card back features a minimalistic yet intricate and inconspicuous one-way back design.

Earlier this week, we had a chat with Bill about the inspiration behind Pink Boars, design evolution of the deck and Daniel Madison.

For those of us who don’t know, tell us a little about yourself?
I am a psychotherapist by trade but have been doing magic since I was a child. I’ve always been involved in creative endeavors throughout my schooling including chorus, theater, and art. At heart, I am a creator and have made several of my own magic effects, mostly card effects, though I do enjoy performing magic for friends and family at any opportunity presented. While I do dream of one day performing more regularly and have done one professional gig which I enjoyed and at which I received amazing reactions, my current focus is on creating effects, as mentioned, as well as playing cards. I’m obsessed with both. I haven’t marketed any of my own effects yet but plan to do so. I have well over a thousand decks of playing cards, I have several ideas/projects in the works for more of my own decks, and I am always thinking of new ideas for effects and decks to come. I am also heavily involved in animal rescue and fitness.

Can you describe the WILD RESERVE: Pink Boar Playing Cards? And why you are passionate about it?
Wild Reserve: Pink Boar Playing cards are designed in honor of a very special cause. My wife and I volunteer our time at The Pig Preserve in Jamestown, TN where pigs are rescued from a variety of situations such as abuse cases or piglets having fallen off the back of slaughter transport trucks. I have spent time with these animals and have seen what is involved in the care of them. Thus this deck was created in honor of that cause, in honor of the pigs and the joy they bring, and in honor of the workers who dedicate their lives to caring for and rehabilitating them. I am passionate about sentient life and I am passionate about this deck because it represents that.

Talk to us a bit about going from the first draft to the final version. How did you get to this finished product?
The idea for this deck was actually first conceived on our way home from volunteering at The Pig Preserve one weekend. I have another deck that has been on the back burner for some time, and the idea popped into my head that I would like to do a deck in honor of their cause. The rest is a funny story. As my wife drove home I sat in the passenger seat and sketched a cartoon-like first draft of the deck which looked very childish. My friend Steve suggested I create something more stylish and vibrant that would speak to most anyone and everyone. I asked for input from family and friends as I played with ideas, as I find it important to get feedback from those who care about the things I care about.

What was your most brilliant breakthrough when designing the deck?
While this deck has a rather minimalistic and simplistic design, and I wanted to keep it simple as my first deck (versus marking it), I still wanted to incorporate a one-way back design for magicians. I graphically played with the boar’s hair trying to accomplish this but did not have much success. Then, as silly as it sounds, a light bulb went off in my head to flip the image horizontally on one opposing side of the card and… the rest is history.

We noticed some notable names like Brian Brushwood and Daniel Madison helping you promote the project. How did you end up connecting with them and getting them to promote the project?
Although they are two completely different personalities, Brian Brushwood and Daniel Madison, among others including Chris Ramsay and Shin Lim, have been a big influence on me for the longest time. However, I ended up connecting socially with Brian and Daniel specifically. Brian and I connected initially via orders I placed through scamstuff.com, a shop for his Scam School/Scam Nation YouTube channels, from having emailed him questions about various items and small talk has evolved from there. We began corresponding via Twitter around the time my idea for the Pink Boar deck was born when I reached out to him asking if he might be able to help. Brian was responsive, encouraging and gladly obliged.



Madison and I connected somewhat differently. Long story short, Madison, out of nowhere, responded favorably and with praise for this Pink Boar design when I first posted it on Instagram. Having been a long time YouTube follower of him as well, I was highly complimented. I soon after joined his Patreon site where he formed the Madison Alliance, a group of exclusively like-minded artists. Upon flying to England to partake in a related meetup with this group including Madison, to say the least, he and I became close friends. Among other things, we spoke about my project and he offered to help with it in any way that he could. He ended up promoting it in a number of ways including via his “The MADISON Deck Review: EPISODE Eleven!” on his YouTube channel (video embedded above). My deck was also reviewed by Magic Orthodoxy (embedded below).



As you’ll notice from my campaign, I also had help from Lorenzo Gaggiotti of Stockholm17 and Daniel Schneider of Black Roses Playing Cards. Daniel Schneider is also the designer behind the Orbit decks which most people don’t know and for which he doesn’t get enough credit, the humble guy he is, and Madison, Gaggiotti and Schneider are also all behind some of my favorite decks as you’ll see below. (Thus, my seeking their help wasn’t at all coincidental, LOL.)

With so many playing card projects competing for funding, why should potential backers choose your deck? 
Backers should choose my deck because of its unique and stylish design as well as for what it represents. This deck speaks of two main things: creativity and compassion. While there have been several other decks on the market for different types of causes, some which I own and fully support, this deck is unique because it is in honor of an animal so often unknown, unappreciated or misunderstood by the vast majority. The deck combines a cool look on standard USPCC cards that most everyone loves, while at the same time spreading the word about the cause. Also, choosing my deck will allow for the creation of many different types of future decks, as funding this first project will help make that happen. I plan to continue with creative endeavors as a playing card designer and to bring many other designs to the playing card community given the chance.

Finally, what are your favorite playing cards? 
My favorite playing cards include white Madison Rounders, green borderless Madison Dealers, red Black Roses, Polyantha, Le Chat Rouge No. 17 and House of the Rising Spade. The Rounders in white are minimalistic and just… amazing, the red Black Roses are simply beautiful, and the green Dealers and Polyantha are different from the others in their own respect to how they fill the card back with a repetitive design. Le Chat Rouge No. 17 and the House of the Rising Spade Cartomancer/Gatekeeper variant are both absolutely stunning both in color and presentation and are definitely decks I love to show off.

Thanks, Bill! If you like what you've read and what to help support the Wild Reserve: Pink Boar playing cards on Kickstarter, click here!


The deck will be printed by the United States Playing Card Co.'s classic grade card stock with air-cushion finish. Pledge starts at $15!

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Shin Lim Wins America's Got Talent: The Champions! Watch The Incredible Final Performance

“America’s Got Talent: The Champions” brought together 50 competitors from past seasons and editions around the world. In the finale, the two competitors vying for the title were 2017 “AGT” champ, ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer, and 2018’s winner, sleight-of-hand artist Shin Lim.

After the field of 12 finalists was winnowed during the last 20 minutes of Monday's two-hour finale,. Watch the Shin Lim's EPIC finale performance below:



In the end.. Lim claimed the trophy and the $25,000 winner’s prize! “It was awesome and such a fun run,” Lim said of his victory, which was punctuated by a fall to the ground when host Terry Crews announced his name. Watch the announcement below:



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Alex Pandrea Released the 2019 Schedule for 11 NOCs

For the first time, House of Playing Cards will be releasing a brand new NOC deck each month - and founder Alex Pandrea has released the schedule for this year’s NOCs.

Between the new and collab decks, a record number of 11 new NOCs will be released this year! That includes, of course,  the vibrant SuperNOCs, as well as collab design featuring some of your favorite brands and personalities such AGT winner Shin Lim collab released earlier this week. As the holiday season and its accompanying NOC schedule nears, we’ll update you with more info about each deck. But in the meantime, check out the schedule below:

February 4th : NOC (Collab #1- Shin Lim)
March 12th : NOC3000X1
April 23rd : SuperNOC v2
May 21st : NOC Design #1
June 16th : (TBA)
July 16th : NOC (Collab #2)
August 20th : SuperNOC v3
September 17th : (TBA)
October 1st : (TBA)
November 19th : #MyNOC + WINTER NOCs
November 29th : (TBA)

* Subject to change based off USPCC printing schedules.

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Deal of the Week: 50% Off Shin Lim's White Regalia

To celebrate Shin Lim's AGT win, PlayingCardDecks is offering the White Regalia for 50% Off! So now you can get this stunning deck for $9.99!

The White Regalia is the second edition to the popular Regalia Playing Cards series inspired by Russian art. The white/gold deck has been crafted for magicians in mind. With the exception of the Jokers and Ace of Spades, the face cards have been designed to look standard.

The individually gold foiled cards are housed in a beautiful tuck box made from two protective pearlized white casings- an inner and outer cellophane wrap. Printed by in Belgium by Cartamundi on their true B9 finish. Click here! to check out the offer at PlayingCardDecks.

Discover more deals, coupon codes and offer on tuckcase.com

Watch: Magician Shin Lim Wins America's Got Talent Season 13!

Last night, Magician Shin Lim was crowned the winner of America's Got Talent's 13th season! He became the second magician to win AGT, after Mat Franco, who took out the ninth season. A master of sleight of hand, Shin collects $1 million and a headlining slot at the Paris Theater at Paris Las Vegas next month.

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America’s got talent has been an unforgettable journey. Thank you all so much for your love and support 🙏. I couldn’t have done it without each and everyone of you. I love you forever ♥️ and for the finale time: #shintowin

A post shared by Shin Lim (@shinlimmagic) on Sep 19, 2018 at 9:49pm PDT

Check out his incredible journey in the 2018 season of America's Got Talent who made an impression on the judges since day one. In his audition round, he left all four judges (and Tyra!) completely floored with his smoke-and-card magic. Then, Shin Lim continued to crank up the heat. In the judge cuts round, guest judge Olivia Munn got to witness his incredible talent. Round after round, Shin Lim has delivered jaw-dropping magic consistently.. with perfection!

News: Issue Sixteen of Kardify Magazine Now Available!

The September issue (#16) of Kardify magazine here! Our Patrons who pledge $3 or more on our Patreon page. The monthly magazine compiles selected articles we’ve published from mid-August to mid-September. Our goal is to help you stay on top of the latest playing card news, releases and previews.

Funds received from the magazine will help us keep the site running and growing, and bringing new quality content to you. Our aim is to support designers by backing on crowd-funded projects and supporting magic and playing cards retailers with their new releases. If you want to support us, please head over to our Patreon page.

If you have an idea for an article you would like us to pursue, do get in contact with us. We hope you enjoy the read. In this issue:

+ Cherry Casino Reno Red: A detailed look at the highly-anticipated deck by Pure Imagination Projects and Murphy's Magic.

+ Jazz Stripes: A semi-custom deck in a retro neon blue colorway by gotmagic?.

+ RAVN Mani and Sol: The latest RAVN decks by Stockholm17 and magician Caroline Ravn in dark blue and deep yellow currently funding on Kickstarter.

+ White Regalia: Deck view of the White Regalia deck by AGT finalist Shin Lim.

+ Essentia: A deck with a retro flat design style. The distinctive art style combined with vibrant colors brings together a truly unique deck.

+ ENTRY 02: The second deck from Entry features a very familiar back design.

+ Hudson Produced by Theory11, Hudson Playing Cards are inspired by a historic factory on the bank of the Hudson River in New York.

+ Draw Like A Boss: Find out more about this rare deck in our Carat Collections.

… and more! 49 pages of articles and deck images. Enjoy!

Deck View: White Regalia Playing Cards

Magic. Gold. Stunning.

With Shin Lim going through to the final round of  “America's Got Talent”, we thought we would feature his stunning deck this weekend. Designed by Nick Vlow, White Regalia Playing Cards is the second edition to the popular Regalia Playing Cards series first introduced last year. The deck is inspired by Russian art, specifically from the paintings on the walls of the historic Hermitage museum, the regalia back design is a perfect balance of complexity and minimalism.

The new white/gold deck has been crafted for magicians in mind. The face cards have been designed to look standard (with the exception of the Jokers and Ace of Spades) and subtle updates were added to the court and number cards, such as minor details on the stem of the spade, to the borders of the face cards.

The individually gold foiled cards are housed in a beautiful tuck box made from two protective pearlized white casings- an inner and outer cellophane wrap. Printed by in Belgium by Cartamundi on their true B9 finish. Available NOW from JP Games.

Shin Lim's Stunning White Regalia Playing Cards Are Available Now

Shin Lim has just released the White Regalia Playing Cards for pre-order on his website. The new white/gold colorway is the second edition to the popular Regalia Playing Cards series first introduced last year.

Designed by Nick Vlow, the deck is inspired by Russian art, specifically from the paintings on the walls of the historic Hermitage museum, the regalia back design is a perfect balance of complexity and minimalism.

Crafted for the magician in mind, the face cards have been designed to look standard (with the exception of the Jokers and Ace of Spades). Subtle changes, however, has been added to the court and number cards. Such as minor details like the stem of the spade, to the borders of the face cards.

The individually gold foiled cards are housed in a beautiful tuck box made from two protective pearlized white casings- an inner and outer cellophane wrap. Printed by in Belgium by Cartamundi on their true B9 finish. Regalia is available now for $14.95 on shinlimmagic.com.

Kickstarter: T Playing Cards by TCC Playing Cards Co.

T Playing Cards is the latest offering from TCC Playing Cards currently seeking funds on Kickstarter. So far, the project has reached $19,000, surpassing its funding goal of $4,000 with 10 days to go.

With popular FISM World Champion magician Shin Lim as the drawcard, the decks have been crafted specifically for the working magician in mind. T features a simplistic tuck case, minimalistic card backs and standard pips, indices and courts to maintain familiraity with spectators.

Two decks are being offered on the project, the Black and Wine Red Edition. Both deck contains 2 unique gaff cards and TCC will be offering 3 free magic routines with each pledge.

The decks will be printed by the US Playing Cards Co. on Bee Stock with Air Cushion Finish, Q1 Paper. Pledge starts from an affordable $2.99. Check it out on Kickstarter here!

Top 12: Playing Cards of 2017

What an amazing year for playing cards! To celebrate we've compiled 12 of our favorite decks right here. This IS the most challenging list we've ever had to put together to-date. So, if you think we've missed your favorite deck, let us know in the comment section below. :)

Note that the selection expressed in this top 12 are solely those of the author and the list is in no particular order.

Tally Ho Pearl Gilded

The Pearl Tally Ho is the final deck in a four deck series by Kings Wild Project. This beautiful deck includes an embossed, pearlescent paper stock, hot foil stamped tuck case and numbered seals. The cards themselves have completely custom courts with metallic ink accents on the face cards presented in a gorgeous pearl-pale off-white colorway and subtle metallic ink on the bold back design. The deck is gilded with a stunning Pearlescent foil.

Pantheon

Pantheon Playing Cards feature greek mythology focused on the Olympian Gods. Fully custom, from the Aces, Pips, Tuck Box and the card backs, which features the 6-pointed impossible star that is the main symbol of Pantheon. Also, the gold foil card backs are STUNNING! The Pantheon tuck is embossed, double foil on the exterior and red foil interior on premium soft-touch dark blue paper. Meticulously designed by Thirdway Industries and printed by Expert Playing Card Co with Classic Finish.

Exquisite Bolder

Three years in the making, Expert Playing Card Co's Exquisite Bolder Playing Cards is an eye-catching deck using Expert's brand new Perfecta Foil on the card backs and the tuck and 3d embossing on the side-way tuck. This amazing process creates foil with the illusion of depth built in. Also, the deck features standard courts, face cards, and incredibly thin (1mm) borders on the card back!

Cardistry Touch Origin

Crafted from scratch specifically for cardistry, the deck features a unique geometric design that accentuates spins, flourishes and large, multi-card displays. Also, a single design is repeated on each card for an enhanced cardistry experience. Printed by Cartamundi on a premium quality paper with a softer stock and coated in brand new "cardistry finish", which feels broken in right out of the box. All 51 cards are housed in a very unique swivel box. The team at Cardistry Touch won the Cardistry deck of the year at Cardistry-Con 2017 in Los Angeles.

Apothecary

This gorgeous deck is exactly what you come to expect from Seasons Playing Cards. Stunning foil, exquisite artwork, and entrancing design! Apothecary is an homage to old world illustrations. Reveling in the realm of true artisan craftsmanship, these cards embrace the engraving style intricacies and the custom illustrated courts elevate the experience with entrancing details.

Radia

A bold new vision in playing cards. Encarded's RADIA is the first modern deck to combine the finest traditional paper stock with a complete coating of metallic foil and the highest quality printed details. By printing an intricate design inspired by a 19th-century Spanish gold engraving right on the foil, RADIA has unparalleled shine and visual dimension, but with its high-performance coating it also handles like any modern playing card should, fanning and shuffling beautifully. The deck is housed in a beautiful tuck with pearlescent paper, purple ink, gold foil, embossing and a custom die-cut, RADIA is the perfect combination of simplicity and complexity.

Origins Shadow of History

The Origins Shadows of History deck by Rick Davidson is inspired by the elegance and charm of playing card history. The deck is beautifully crafted and features an ornate premium quality tuck case, embossed and hot stamped with stunning metallic foil. The face cards are entirely custom with vibrant gorgeous courts, diptych jokers and a bold Ace of Spades, printed with ornate metallic ink backs.

Winterberry

Beautifully designed by Estonian graphic designer Toomas Pintson and produced by Got Magic?. The enchanting deck is fully custom, and meticulously hand-illustrated from the ground up. The deck features a distinctive style of illustrations making it truly a unique piece of art inspired by the beautiful and cold Nordic winters. The goal was to create an elegant and beautiful deck of cards that card collectors would appreciate. The cards are housed in a gorgeous tuck case crafted by Clove St. Press on a deep-black soft-touch paper with silver foiling. Sealed by a tax-stamp style seal.

Golden Oath

This year, Lotrek's Golden Oath Playing Cards won Joker Plus 52's 'Deck of the Year' award for his painstaking work on this stunning deck. All the artwork are foiled including 2 foils (gold and red) on the card back and 3 foils (gold, silver and red) on the face cards. A tremendous technical challenge!

Dystopia

Dystopia Playing Cards by Joker and the Thief is a disturbed tribute to cult movie Mad Max, Muscle Car Culture, the Australian Film Industry and Outback. This blood and fuel injected deck features 100% custom illustrations by Pedro Oyarbide - a symbolic back design, a striking ace of spades, tyrannical court cards, insane jokers, and of course, a stunning tuck box from professional letterpress studio Clove St. Press, capped with a custom shaped seal.

Drifters

From Dan and Dave, Drifters Playing Cards is a gorgeous deck designed by Curtis Jenkins, illustrator of Monarchs playing cards. Born from the wilderness, a sense of adventure and the wonders of the unknown, the Drifters Playing Cards showcase the majestic beauty of the great outdoors. The deck features fully custom courts, jokers, beautifully illustrated aces, and gorgeous back with incredible line work. Every shuffle and cut of the cards is a reminder to never settle, to chase a life of freedom. The cards are housed in an eye-catching custom letter-pressed tuck case featuring intricate detail and incredible line work.

Gemini

Two years in the making, Gemini is a fascinating deck of playing cards designed by Lorenzo Gaggiotti of Stockholm17. The Gemini Playing Cards has been meticulously crafted to give it a classic medieval feel. The deck features aces that are depicted as axes and the royals of the court cards interact with their own pip, becoming part of the illustration. The number pips are bold and BIG. The striking Gemini tucks are adorned in gorgeous foil on thick black paper and feature beautiful calligraphic text.

Honorable mention: Butterfly Playing Cards by Ondrej Psenicka, Papilio by Kiran Kuruvithadam, Titans by Jody Eklund, RAVN Purple Haze by Stockholm17, Bharata by Sunish Chabba, The Confessions Series by Ellusionist, National Playing Cards by Harold Apples, Hocus Pocus 40th Anniversary deck by Edo Huang, Pearl Playing Cards by Hanson Chien Production Co, and Regalia deck by Shin Lim.


The selection expressed in this top12 are solely those of the author. 

News: Issue Seven of Kardify Magazine Now Available!

The December issue (#7) of Kardify magazine is now available to Patrons who pledge $3 or more on our Patreon page. The monthly magazine will be a compilation of selected articles we’ve published over mid-November to mid-December. Our goal is to help you stay on top of playing card news.

Funds received from the magazine will help us keep the site running and growing, and bringing new quality content to you. Our aim is to support designers by backing on crowd-funded projects and supporting magic and playing cards retailers with their new releases. If you want to support us, please head over to our Patreon page.

If you have an idea for an article you would like us to pursue, do get in contact with us. We hope you enjoy the read. In this issue:

+ Black Friday: A look at all the new deck releases from Ellusionist, Theory11, D&D, HOPC and The Blue Crown.

+ @TheDoc318's EDC: Check out Mike's EDC. By far one of the coolest we've seen in a long time!

+ Holiday Gift Guide 2017: Find the perfect holiday gift for the card enthusiast, magician or cardist.

+ The FW17 Virtuoso Deck Revealed: Popular cardistry group, The Virts just revealed their new deck.

+ Shin Lim's new deck: Find out more about the stunning Regalia deck.

+ Winterberry Playing Cards: A fully custom deck meticulously hand-illustrated from the ground up.

+ Mirage Eclipse Edition Playing Cards: Magician Patrick Kun's iconic deck is back in black!

… and more! 47 pages of articles and deck images. Our biggest issue yet!

News: Magician Shin Lim Releases the Stunning Regalia Playing Cards for Pre-Order

Popular magician Shin Lim has just released Regalia Playing Cards for pre-order on his website. The deck is a symbol of excellence, prestige, and innovation, a reflection of Shin Lim's work ethics and performance in magic.

Designed by Nick Vlow, Regalia features a beautiful Ace of Spades, semi-custom face cards, stunning gold foil backs and a revolutionary two-layer case adorned with gold embossed foil. A perfect harmony with the prestigious cards.

A post shared by Shin Lim (@shinlimmagic) on Nov 16, 2017 at 3:57am PST

Each card is crafted with the finest crushed linen paper found in Belgium. And the gold foil was developed and produced in-house to the most exacting standards by our friends at Cartamundi.

According to Shin Lim on the product page,

This is seriously an amazing deck of cards. They feel great in the hands and yes, they faro perfectly. I present to you the Regalia deck, printed by Cartamundi, designed by Nick Vlow, and produced by yours truly.

Regalia is available NOW for pre-order for $13.95 on shinlimmagic.com. Check out the EPIC trailer below:

A post shared by Shin Lim (@shinlimmagic) on Dec 1, 2017 at 12:00pm PST

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.

#kardtalk: What are Soundboards Playing Cards?

Social networks such as Twitter and Instagram provides a platform for breaking news and instant reactions. Card aficionados are often opinionated and rarely pass up an opportunity to show off their card skills when new releases hits the timeline. Social networks are fast-moving and there are good amount of posts that don't get the recognition they deserve.

To change that, we've rounded up some of the best Tweets and Instagram posts from the past week on the latest releases. Thsi time we have with @patch.var's #soundboardsplayingcards. Scroll through, enjoy the images and give a follow to anyone you think deserves it.

A year in development

Soundboards are officially available after more than a year of development and hype! 🎉🎊🎉🎉😱 Check out @legendsplayingcardco page to pick some up before they sell out, only 1000 blue Soundboards exist and we expect them to disappear quickly!

A photo posted by Patrick Varnavas (@patch.var) on Sep 7, 2015 at 6:38am PDT

Love every detail

#soundboardsplayingcards

A photo posted by Shin Lim (@shinlimmagic) on Aug 26, 2015 at 3:03pm PDT

Such a great job that @patch.var did. Love every detail of this box and cards. Awesome work @legendsplayingcardco Head over to their website to pick some up. You will be missing out if you don't lol #cardistry #swag #flourish #flourishes #fontaine #magic #xcm #yolo #420 #cards #cardporn #magic #flourishaday #cardist #vscocam #vscogrid #photographer #photo #soundboardsplayingcards #soundboards

A photo posted by Jordan Ponce (@thejmanponce) on Sep 15, 2015 at 8:50pm PDT 

I think I'm in love. @patch.var

A photo posted by aidan (@aidancards) on Sep 22, 2015 at 2:22am PDT

Waiting to Arrive

@patch.var can't wait for mine to arrive, been following this since they were only an idea and so pleased with the result, GG man GG #soundboards #pav #patrick #amazing #legends #sound #respect

A photo posted by Nicolas Vansteenkiste (@nicolasvansteenkiste) on Sep 13, 2015 at 1:47pm PDT

Nostalgic

Regram @felixbodden SOUNDBOARDS by @patch.var http://t.co/MG8fjkCWdt pic.twitter.com/nGn5hBxBGp

— LegendsPlayingCardCo (@LegendsPCC) September 26, 2015

Cardistry confirmed!

i went to a doctor today and they gave me a clipboard

A video posted by Patrick Varnavas (@patch.var) on Sep 16, 2015 at 11:56am PDT

goofin around

A video posted by Patrick Varnavas (@patch.var) on Sep 19, 2015 at 12:24pm PDT