First Look: LUXX Palme Playing Cards by JP Playing Cards

Continuing the series of luxury playing cards, Palme is the second design in JP Playing Cards' stunning LUXX series. Designed by Rick Davidson, creator of the beautiful Origins Cards, Palme is a deck inspired by the beautiful Paisley pattern, which has roots and heritage across the globe.

LUXX® Palme, created by @rickdavidsonz. Pre orders soon! #luxxplayingcards #playingcards

A photo posted by JP Playing Cards (@jpplayingcards) on Sep 4, 2015 at 6:28am PDT

The Palme backs features full-bleed, borderless design, giving this deck a unique look and style which is carried through the deck and onto the tuck. The eye-catching tuck box features a wrap-around design and embossing complete with matte foiled LUXX logo. We asked Paul Middleton what was the inspiration behind Palme and how did he end up working with Rick,

Paisley was a design I’ve always enjoyed and I believed it would inspire a beautiful deck. There was only one choice for the designer really, I've got a pretty good relationship with Rick and he stood out as the perfect person to move the series on. I’m glad he said yes because he’s more with the theme and concept than I thought possible. We’re incredibly excited to see the reception that this deck when it’s our there with our customers!

A piece from the upcoming LUXX Palme deck. Loved working with @jpplayingcards on this one. Coming soon to www.jpplayingcards.co.uk #joker #LUXX #playingcards #customplayingcards #pokercards #USPCC #collectingplayingcards #cardporn #illustration #graphicdesign #playingcardart #originscards #playingcardcollector #poker #cards #design #cardstagram

A photo posted by Rick Davidson (@rickdavidsonz) on Sep 14, 2015 at 3:38pm PDT

With the design, what does this mean for the future of LUXX? Paul continued,

We’d always intended for LUXX to be a series of decks, but it wasn’t clear early on exactly how that would be achieved. I wanted to create a brand which was synonymous with luxury, whilst being decks which people actively use. Randy’s beautiful work on the original first and shadow editions meant that I wanted to ensure that the next design in the series was suitably different at the same time as carrying those brand characteristics.

A Limited Edition of 2000 of each colour printed on Elite Finish by the Legends Playing Card Company, a similar finish to Classic which has increased durability and a slightly different texture.

Palme will be available for pre-order beginning on Friday, October 2nd. To find out more about LUXX Palme Playing Cards or to pre-order, visit JP Playing Cards.

Card Gear: Magic Life

To continue our series in discovering new inventory and accessories,  we have the everyday gears of @lost_angelus featured this month. @lost_angelus is a well-respected and very popular magician on Instagram. His amazing magic videos and visually impressive images have inspired the magic community on the social network and at the same time help start the #MondayNightJams movement across the globe. Talented, friendly, and knowledgeable magician! Definitely, one to follow if you are on Intagram. @lost_angelus' gears:

+ Steel Watch by Fossil
+ 128GB USB3.0 Thumb Drive by Centron
+ F-402 Pen by Zebra Alex
+ Cadet Knife by Victorinox Kensington
+ Wallet by P.M. Goods Co.
+ Black Artisan Deck (06-15) by Theory11
+ iPhone6 with Kevlar Case

What’s yours? If you would like your card gears to be featured on Kardify, contact us.


Card Gear is our monthly feature dedicated to discovering new inventory, setup and accessories used everyday 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.

Crowdfunding this Week: 9/20

Welcome to the first series of Crowdfunding this Week, where we select some of the best playing card projects on the various crowdfunding platforms this week. Summer is finally winding down and Kickstarter has been busy with a few projects launched last week. Check out some of these projects:

TUXEDO Playing Cards 

Fun and stylish deck of playing cards. A classic deck with the face cards wearing Tuxes.

Kickstarter project by: Natalia Silva
Current Status: 47% Funded
Pledge Amount: $13 for single deck
Ends: October 20th, 2015

¡ VIVA MEXICO ! Playing Cards

A fun and vibrant deck of playing cards created to celebrate Mexico. Designed by Adrian Valenzuela, printed by Legends Playing Card Co.

Kickstarter project by: Jay Losa
Current Status: 41% Funded
Pledge Amount: $8 for single deck
Ends: October 16th, 2015

NOUVEAU Playing Cards

Discover the original heroes and heroines inspired by 16c French decks with NOUVEAU, official 2016 United Cardists Annual deck

Kickstarter project by: United Cardists
Current Status: 84% Funded
Pledge Amount: $13 for single deck
Ends: October 20th, 2015

Deck View: ONIDA Playing Cards

Minimal. Elegant. Linear.

Designed by Nick Vlow and produced by Legends Playing Card Co., ONIDA is an elegant deck designed with flourishers in mind. The linear pattern adds dimension to rotational moves and enhances displays, yet does not overwhelm the eye with too much color or blocky artwork.

The deck features a beautiful matte uncoated paper tuck box, with UV accents, and a minimal back design that cardists will definitely love. ONIDA was printed in Taiwan, with Legends' snappy and durable Diamond Finish card stock.

Available now from JP Games.