Apollo Clover Back Playing Cards by Revival Design Company

Some of the vintage decks from the past have timeless designs that people would love to see and feel for themselves. However, these decks are gone along with the company that used to produce them. In the past few years, several brands have revived interest in some of the old designs and reproduced them with modern standards to live up to the legacy.

Magicians Daniel Nicholas (Instagram: @danielnicholasmagic) and Jason Ladanye (Instagram: @cardmagicbyjason) partnered with Jody Eklund to reproduce Apollo Clover Back Playing Cards, a timeless design from the Apollo Playing Card Line. This deck is the first official reproduction of the gorgeous Four-Leaf Clover Back playing cards.

The eye-catching deck features a bordered two-way design featuring a four-leaf clover on each corner with a sunflower in the center. You can see the flower tiles framing the four clovers. It is one of the card lines within the Apollo Playing Cards produced by The National Playing Cards Co. head by Samuel J. Murray. Within this reproduction.

The Ace of Spades featured an intricate Spade pip design showing a maiden playing the harp. There is the company name and the card line name on the card.

The Joker for this deck features the original artwork from the old deck: a crowd of dwarves illustrating the maiden playing the harp as shown in the Ace of Spades. The rest of the design, the number, and the court cards are all standard.

There are two editions available in the campaign: Standard and Premium. The Standard Edition will be blue and tucked inside a standard tuck box with a standard seal. This edition is meant to be frequently used by card workers.

The Premium Edition will be green and tucked inside a premium tuck box with embossed artwork and metallic foiling. The deck is completed with a premium numbered foiled seal. The cards for the Premium Edition will have metallic ink – this edition is meant for collectors to have a timeless design deck.

The cards will be printed by the USPCC with traditional cut on premium casino-grade stock and finish. Pledge starts at $12 for the Standard deck on Kickstarter. Also available is the premium display box with both editions for $60.

Final Week! Area 51 V2 Playing Cards on Kickstarter

3rd Dominion is currently seeking funds on Kickstarter for the second version of Area 51 playing cards. The theme of this sci-fi deck series is based on the secret U.S. Air Force military installation located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada. 

There are two editions on offer during the campaign, Technobeasts and Transhumanoids. Both decks are fully custom with the designers taking details to the next level. The design is based on shapes of flying objects, real-life and functional art objects with abstract symbols and ornamentation.

The mesmerizing card back design is made in the shape of an abstract platform, the activities of which are hidden from human eyes.

The cool Aces are represented in the shape of abstract structures and flying devices. The custom courts share a similar design style to the Aces and card backs with a cool sci-fi vibe.

The Technobeasts and Transhumanoids decks are packaged in a cool tuck box that is designed based on the shapes of flying objects in a blue and yellow colorway, respectively.

The decks will be printed by Noir Arts (NPCC) and pledge starts at $15 on Kickstarter.

Fontaine's New Collab Deck with Sesame Street

The new Fontaine pre-order features famous Sesame Street characters on the face cards, including Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and more. Fontaine Cards founder Zach Mueller is known for his love of playful cartoon character decks, having released Pink Panther, Spongebob, and Nickelodeon collabs in recent months.

The deck replicates the colors of Sesame Street on the card backs and iconic characters on the face cards. These nostalgic characters provide a splash of fun and color to your card flourishes or game nights.

The deck is presented in a simplistic white tuck box with the Sesame Street and characters on the front of the tuck box.

The Sesame Street Fontaines are printed by Legends Playing Card Co and are available now for pre-order on fontainecards.com for $15.

Also, any order with 12 decks comes with a schoolbus brick box, and 1 Gilded Edition Sesame Street Fontaine Deck. Orders will begin to ship in January 2023.

BLRD BLK (First Edition) Playing Cards

Magic. Illusion. Marked.

From Red Black Inc, the ingenious BLRD BLK playing cards come in a bold black/white colorway. The deck’s clever reader system is created by Mathieu Bich and developed by David Blaine. It is easy to learn and challenging to spot! Perfect for the working magician to focus their attention purely on connecting with the people they are performing for.

Inside, the court cards are pretty much standard and updated to feature David’s friends and family making up the faces of the court cards as well as David holding his usual position as the King of Spades and the spot cards are pretty much your usual Blaine standards. The BLRD optical illusion card backs allow for a deceptively fast read of the value and suit of each playing card.

Crafted for both collectors and magicians and printed by Legends Playing Card Co. Sold out on redblackinc.com.