On Kickstarter, Spaghetti Playing Cards by AssoKappa

Spaghetti Playing Cards, a custom deck of playing cards for lovers of Spaghetti, the iconic Italian dish currently seeking funds on Kickstarter by AssoKappa.

The custom deck is designed by Kiran Kuruvithadam and the idea is to bring an essential part of the Italian culinary tradition directly into your hands. 

Inside, the back design is simplistic, with a vibrant color palette that will make your jaw drop… for the forkful of spaghetti that is coming your way.

Each of the semi-custom courts represents a fundamental step and/or ingredient for the preparation of the most iconic dish...spaghetti al pomodoro! From tomato sauce, garlic, wheat flour and eggs for the noodles to kitchen tools such as wooden spoon, colander, and cheese grater.

The aces have been designed to be easily recognizable: they each feature an enlarged pip in the center. The two identical Jokers represent a joyful waiter proudly serving the main course, to which the deck is dedicated.

For the magician, the deck comes in a Mnemonic stack to amaze your friends from the first use. The cards will be manufactured by the USPCC, with sustainable forest paper, starch-based laminating, and vegetable-based inks.

Definietely a fun deck created for those who love the classic look for poker nights and magic routines and collectors who appreciate discovering custom designs in every small detail. Available NOW on Kickstarter for $12.

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Top 5 Cardistry Playing Cards of 2020

What an uncertain year it has been! However, one thing is certain: we are incredibly fortunate to be part of such an inspired community of artists, designers, cardists, magicians, and collectors! Even with the pandemic, we have had a huge selection of decks released and delivered this year. 

We've compiled our favorite decks for 2020 right here. To kick things off, this will be the first of four articles counting down to our Deck of the Year reveal next week.

Top 5 Cardistry Decks

Top 5 Collector Playing Cards

Top 12 Playing Cards of 2020

Deck of the Year 2020

If you think we've missed your favorite cardistry playing cards, let us know in the comment section below. Note that the selection expressed in this top 5 are solely those of the author and the list is in no particular order.

Fontaine x Babylon

The Babylon Fontaines generated quite a buzz within the community when Zach dropped the SPOTLIGHT video on youtube. The deck features a minimal white tuck box design and a white card back featuring the iconic 'f' in black and thin black borders. When using a UV torchlight, the deck is 'activated' with the Babylon brand logo revealed on the white spaces of the tuck AND card backs! Genius! 

Fontaine x DabsmyLA

Another Fontaine deck in the list. This FULLY custom Fontaine is a collab with Australian husband-and-wife visual artists, DABSMYLA. Their vibrant artwork employs a shared design language that dictates subject matter, positioning, color theory, and perspective. The philosophy is reflected on the whimsical face cards, vibrant card backs, and colorful courts. Definitely perfect cardistry!

Touch Offset

The “Offset Orange” Concept deck is Cardistry Touch's bold take on the traditional deck of playing cards inspired by the misprint of certain playing cards, we wanted to use the “offset” as part of the actual design. The deck sports a bold orange/black colorway inspired by urban life, making this deck a perfect accessory to match your streetwear looks. 

Avocardo 

Organic Playing Cards released the fun and vibrant Avo-Card-O Playing Cards with eye-catching custom tuck boxes, sold in pairs. One box has a seed and the other doesn’t, making it look like you are opening up a real avocado. The deck sports an orange colorway and they definitely look very well with the fall season. 

Hexa

The fourth deck in the Mono collection by Luke Wadey sports a vibrant purple color scheme teamed with the unmistakable pattern work of the Mono decks creating a hexagonal theme. Using a suite of purples, ranging from light to dark, and including a neon Pantone purple as the main color... a real sense of energy and dynamism in the design.

Note that the selection expressed in this top 5 are solely those of the author and the list is in no particular order.

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Peak 15 Playing Cards by Ellusionist

Last year an Ellusionist customer, Miguel Hanusch won the opportunity to create their very own deck of cards and have their personality, style, and passions put to paper. 

 
Miguel wanted to create a deck to idolize the pinnacle of all outdoor adventures... Mount Everest. At over 29,000 feet above sea level, Everest was originally known as PEAK 15, the hardest and most treacherous climb the world has ever known. 

Peak 15 playing cards pay homage to this icon and features custom Ace of Spades, Jokers, and an eye-catching mirrored card back on a contrasting blue/red colorway. The borderless courts are pretty much standard but recolored to match the color palette of the deck.

The Peak 15 deck is for the nomads, adventurers, and lovers of the outdoors. The deck is printed on Cartamundi's famous E7 Luxury-pressed stock. Available NOW on ellusionist.com for $9.95. Only 2,500 will ever be printed.

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Art of Play's Cabinetarium, A Shuffled Gallery of Surrealist Fantasy

Check out this new deck from Art of Play- A shuffled gallery of surrealist fantasy, unlike any other deck of playing cards the world has ever seen. 

Cabinetarium is a collection of 55 original works hand-drawn by award-winning illustrator Armando Veve. Veve's fantastic creatures, absurd objects, and exotic fantasies combine to create a singular vision—a mythic assemblage of ideas that will stir the imagination and quicken the pulse. 

The unique hand-illustrations evokes echoes of Bosch, Escher, and Dali. The cards of the Cabinetarium are housed in a marvelous conceptual cabinet of magnificent detail, intricately embossed and adorned with gold foil.

Each deck is carefully packaged by hand and available now for $25 on Art of Play.

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