Check Out the Colorful Butterfly Spring Edition Playing Cards!

Now in color! Butterfly Playing Cards are conceptualized by Ondrej Psenicka and beautifully designed by Swedish graphic designer and magician Stefan Eriksson. The Spring Edition features a beautiful card back in aesthetically pleasing nature color.



The colors of the design element pops against the black-bordered backs and mirrored butterfly logo. Simple yet effective! The colors are reminiscent of the colorful wings of the butterflies. 

 
The face cards now come with gorgeous colored Ace of Spades and two butterfly silhouette jokers. Like previous editions, the deck has standard US faces as it is intended mainly for magicians who prefer standard faces as they are familiar and easily recognizable by the audience. 

The Spring Edition Butterflies will definitely appeal to cardists, collectors, and fans of design and beautiful cards! The Butterfly Spring Edition decks will be released today (20th March) at 5 PM CEST. They will be available for ONLY 24 hours! 

Printed by Cartamundi on Slimline stock with B9 finish. There will be a limit of 1 brick of each kind per customer. Available for 19.95 EUR a deck on butterflyplayingcards.com.

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Kardify Magazine Issue 46 Now Available on Patreon

Issue #46 of Kardify Magazine is NOW on Pateron in both EPUB and PDF format! Patrons who pledged $3 or more will be able to download the latest issue from our Patreon page. This issue compiles selected articles published from mid-January to mid-February. Deck images, articles, and news to keep you informed and up-to-date with the latest playing card news, releases, and previews. If you love playing cards, you will love Kardify Magazine!

Also, don't forget to check out our other cool reward tiers on Patreon! The tiers include monthly desktop and smartphone wallpapers, a 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 crowdfunded 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:

+ NARA: Check out our latest collab deck with Murphy’s Magic celebrating the visual art form of card flourishing.

+ Pink Panther Fontaine: The latest Fontaine deck release prominently features the world’s favorite feline.

+ Tales: A brand new playing cards series by Thirdway Industries successfully funded on Kickstarter.

+ Odyssey Exodus:  The latest addition to the Odyssey series was funded in 3 hours. Check it out!

+ Beowolf: Check out Kings Wild’s deck inspired by the longest epic poem and designed to resemble an ancient book.

+ Gaslamp: From Art of Play, this deck is a tribute to the historic Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, California.

+ King Arthur: A luxurious deck by Riffle Shuffle in collaboration with Studio Muti inspired by the times of kings, queens, and cavalier knights all the way back to the 5th century’s Britain.

+ Zalem Industries Acquired:  The brand acquisition by Cardistry Touch has generated quite a buzz within the Cardistry community. Find out more!      

… and more! 46 pages of articles and deck images. Enjoy!

Check Out Legends PCC's Ultra-Thin Copperhead Playing Cards

Legends Playing Card Co's (LPCC) Copperhead Playing Cards comes with an all-new ULTRA-THIN finish. LPCC is calling them Viper Finish, named for the silky feel with a unique smooth, dry, yet slippery texture.



Viper Finish blends the thinness and snappiness of Master / Diamond Finish, with the soft flex and feel of the popular but rare Stud Finish. Also, not only is the deck highly durable, they are highly resistant to changes in humidity! 

Great for magic techniques like breather crimps, another bonus is you don't get that 'pop' in the deck when you fly or travel to a dry climate, and the decks don't inflate and get soggy in humid climates like Singapore or Hong Kong. 

 

Definitely a unique feeling card stock, unlike anything else on the market. Out of the tuck box, they feel familiar yet different- thin, soft, snappy, and silky feel. Hard to describe but they feel somewhere in-between USPCC's Air-Cushion Finish and LPCC's popular Classic FInish. We've been using this deck for 2 weeks straight... and surprised by how durable it is! 

The design of the deck simple and yet elegant! Designers, Nick Vlow and Grayson Stallings did an excellent job with the artwork on the custom card backs, Ace of Spades, and Jokers. The face cards are pretty much standard but recolored to match the look and feel of the deck. The decks are available in 3 colorways- blue (V1), yellow (V2), and grey (V2). All Pantone Color of the Year. 

The deck definitely feels modern and doesn't feel out of place in a poker game or magician's hands. Available NOW from legendplayingcards.com for $9.85.

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3 Questions with Ethan Ricketts of ECLIPSE Playing Cards

Pulse playing cards is a space-themed deck launching on Kickstarter 25th March by ECLIPSE Playing Cards. Based in Australia, ECLIPSE Playing Cards is headed by Ethan Ricketts, who realised the creative potential a deck could have after watching a video on YouTube about a particular deck of cards. He wanted to create his own deck and ECLIPSE was born. According to Ethan,

The name comes from my deep interest in space, ever since I was young. I wanted to create a space-themed deck for my first deck, which is exactly what I did with the ECLIPSE - 'originals.'

Pulse features a cool modern artwork with 3D layering and shading based on a pulse of energy, similar to a heartbeat or sine wave. The layers represent the propagation of energy as it moves through space and time. We had a quick chat with Ethan about the inspiration behind Pulse Playing Cards, support from the community, and his favourite flourish and deck.

What is your inspiration behind the Pulse Playing Cards? How did you come up with the idea? 

The inspiration for the pulse Playing Cards comes from my fascination with energy and the way it moves. I wished to capture the propagation of energy through space and time in this deck. In order to do this, I wanted to create a 3D effect through the use of layering, shadows, and colouring to really make the pulse effect stand out. I took inspiration from Riffle Shuffle's Sirius B decks for this effect. 

We first noticed the deck on Instagram. What do you think of the playing card community in terms of the feedback and support that you’ve been getting so far? 

I feel like the playing card community is generally a really safe and welcoming space for upcoming designers like myself. I receive comments on my design, as well as plenty of private messages giving feedback, praise, or suggestions. I've forged some really solid friendships through the playing card community on Instagram, and overall, I really like the positivity and support that circulates throughout this community. 

Finally, what are your favourite card flourish and playing card decks? 

Truth be told, I'm not very good at playing with the cards I create. I've never excelled at cardistry nor magic because I've always focused on the design of playing cards over playing with them. I want to create something for other people to use and enjoy. That being said, my favourite card flourish is the basic spring. I believe it shows how mobile and full of energy playing cards can be. 

They get the best reactions in public because people can't seem to piece together how little pieces of paper and card can go flying through the air in unison! Spring is my go-to simple flourish. Its short, sharp, and sweet. My favourite decks are the Mono - heXa's by Luke Wadey, Monarchs by Theory11, and Chocolate Pi by Kings Wild Project.

If you liked what you read here and would like to support Pulse Playing Cards on 25th March on Kickstarter! Pledge starts at $12 and the deck will be printed by the United States Playing Card Company.

   

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