Here is October's Issue of Kardify Magazine

We just released Kardify Magazine Issue #29 on Patreon for our Patrons who pledge $3 or more on our Patreon page. This issue compiles selected articles we’ve published from mid-September to mid-October. The goal is to help you stay on top of the latest playing card news, releases and previews.

Also, don't forget to check out our other cool reward tiers on Patreon! The new tiers include monthly desktop and smartphone wallpapers, mystery deck shipped to you every 4 months of ongoing contribution, social media shout-outs, and multiple sponsorship tiers! Check it out!

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:

+ Diamond Awards 2019: Find out who won the Artist of the Year and Deck of the Year award at the 52 Plus Joker convention held in Charlotte, NC.

+ Merah Putih V2: Check out the beautifully designed deck by Ade Suryana inspired by the attractive and intricate design of the 1800s.

+ Vivaldi: Masterfully illustrated decks that bring the baroque vibe and music of the Italian composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi to life!

+ Top 12 Halloween Decks: It’s that time of the year! We have painstakingly compiled the best playing cards for All Hallows’ Eve just for you.

+ 5th Kingdom: Produced by PlayingCardDecks, the Semi-Transformation deck is hand-illustrated and feature fully custom artwork. Check it out!

+ NPCCD 2019: This year’s 2019 National Playing Card Collection (NPCCD) was inspired by the beauty of Morocco. Find out more behind Alex Chin's inspiration.

+ Citrus: Here’s the vibrant fourth and FINAL deck from the FLAMINKO Deliciousness Series, the CITRUS Deck!

+ DÉRIVE The cool guys at Cardistry Touch just released their new deck for pre-order.

… and more! 57 pages of articles and deck images. Enjoy!

Deck View: Tom's Town Playing Cards

Elegant. Luxurious. Heritage.

An elegany deck by Art of Play is a collaboration with Tom's Town Distilling Co. (Instagram: @toms_town). This luxurious deck is meticulously illustrated by Kevin Cantrell (Instagram: @kevincantrellstudio) and crafted with the same high standards and attention to detail put into Tom's Town line of spirits.

The fully custom deck features a beautiful deco-style design commemorating the heritage of Tom's Town while providing a luxurious experience at the card table. Incredible line work and superb use of colors. Hand-assembled inside a beautiful tuck box featuring the slogan "the people are thirsty" embossed in stunning gold foil. 

Printed by The United States Playing Card Co. on proprietary crushed-stock preferred by professionals. Available from jpgameltd.co.uk.

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Interview with Nathan Lex and Cameron Toner of Organic Playing Cards Part II

For this exclusive interview, we are honored to have a guest post from Austin Perez (Instagram: @austin100s). In the second part of this guest post, Nathan Lex and Cameron Toner talks about Organic Playing Cards, Squeezers V2, Cardistry and future decks. Enjoy!

If you missed the first part, check it out here!

You two are the founders of Organic Playing Cards but are there other employees in the company? If so, what are their roles within it?
Yes there are more than just us. Kevin Yu is our producer and financials and Kate Hamilton is our designer on staff. We are hoping to grow our employees in the future.

Which deck is your favorite out of the series? Do you plan to keep expanding the aisle of fruits? Have you thought about using vegetables?
Our favorite is Peelers V1! For some reason they just feel sooooo good! We are going to be adding new lines of fruits in the future as well as eventually expanding from just fruit.

With the new Squeezers v2 every deck bought donates a dollar to Alex’s Lemonade Stand, an organization which helps combat pediatric cancer. How did this collaboration come to be? Are you guys planning on making more collaborations with other charitable foundations?
The relationship started when we came out with Squeezers V1. we contacted them and they were very excited for us to make them. We plan to try to do charitable deck every year!

So Nate, on your cardistry account, @more_than_paper, you showcase not only your cardistry skills, which are incredible, but also decks from Gemini Playing Card Company. Are there any other decks you use not on Instagram that are from different creators? What has been your favorite to use so far?
I don’t just exclusively us any brand on my page. @more_than_paper is my outlet to apply my cardistry and telecommunications skills to promote decks that I personally enjoy.

Lastly, I have to ask guys, are we going to see another OPC deck coming later this year? If so, any hints?
Yes! We are releasing two more decks this year! The next one goes very well with the time of year and will be the first in a new line of decks.

Sitting down with these two has been an absolute joy! Their decks are still on sale at riffleshuffle.com with some absolutely great deals and half brick boxes worth picking up. Also, every deck bought from Riffle Shuffle will donate $1 to Alex’s Lemonade Stand! So get your decks while supporting a great cause! If you do not have enough money for the deck and just feel like donating to a great cause you can go to this link! It’s the donation’s link for the organization!

Check out the full interview on Orgainic Playing Cards youtube:

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Deal of the Week: 50% Off ALL Decks at Ellusionist!

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