Kickstarter: Skymember Presents' Olympians Playing Cards Hits Funding Goal!

Skymember Presents' Kickstarter campaign for Olympians Playing Cards has reached its target in less than 18 hours. The campaign was relaunched late last week after the initial campaign to get the deck funded failed to come to fruition. Skymember Presents announced that it had hit the Kickstarter goal of $13k early Sunday morning on their Instagram Stories (@skymember_presents).

Olympians Playing Cards was first announced earlier this year, as a deck inspired by legendary Greek mythology, five years in the making. This hand-illustrated deck features legendary Greek mythology characters such as Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo, Hera, and Artemis.

This fully custom deck was meticulously illustrated by Austin Ho with custom faces, reimagined gold and silver suits, detailed Courts, distinctive Ace of Spades, Jokers and a modern borderless back design that strikes a balance between day and night. The deck will be housed in an original and custom designed tuck case- designed from scratch and shaped like a book!

Printed by the United States Playing Card Company on Premium Stock. The campaign has 28 days to go and you can show your support by heading over here and making a pledge.

Deck View: Illumina Playing Cards

Gold. Bright. Happy.

From Thirdway Industries the Omnia Illumina Playing Cards are meticulously designed by Italian graphic artist, Giovanni Meroni. Omnia Illumina was unlocked as a stretched goal during the Omnia Kickstarter campaign in 2015.

Omnia Illumina represents the bright side of the Omnia Universe. The gorgeous courts in Illumina are happy, brave, and generous. The tuck features a bright white box, printed with eye-catching gold foil. The face cards are printed with a lot of metallic inks and the backs use gold metallic ink.

Printed by Expert Playing Card Co. with Master Finish. Check out the other decks from the Omnia series on thirdway.it. For more cool playing cards, check out JP Games.

Cardistry: Fontaine Cards Drops NEW Wine Edition Deck at GUESS Jeans U.S.A. Farmer's Market

In addition to the new Guess colab Fontaine deck, Fontaine cards released the Wine Edition Fontaine Playing Cards at the Guess Farmers Market today.

The Wine Edition Fontaines sports a deep purple colorway. From the various live video of the Guess’ special pop-event posted on Instagram, the indices, pips, and courts look pretty much standard. Also, included is an ad card with clothing brand RIPNDIP's Lord Nerma featured on both front, and the back (corners), possibly a teaser for the next Fontaine deck.

@aedijux breaking in the new purple ‘Wine’ deck from @fontainecards 🍷

A post shared by BCA (@bestcardistalive) on May 5, 2018 at 3:14pm PDT

The event is going down on Cinco de Mayo at Guess’ downtown Los Angeles headquarters, where attendees can enjoy food, entertainment, skate ramps, and, of course, shopping.

Cardistry: Fontaine x GUESS Jeans U.S.A. Farmer's Market

After teasing a collaboration with GUESS Jeans U.S.A. in early of April, the brand new Fontaine deck is set to be released at the Guess Farmers Market today.

The new Fontaines takes cue from Guess’ 80s and 90s archives, with an emphasis vintage Guess floral and produce graphics— a nod to California’s agricultural heritage.

The deck will launch at Guess’ first-ever Farmers Market on May 5th. The special pop-event is being billed as a “marketplace of fashion, street, and lifestyle brands,” including Chinatown Market, Pleasures, and Utmost.

The event will go down on Cinco de Mayo at Guess’ downtown Los Angeles headquarters, where attendees can enjoy food, entertainment, skate ramps, and, of course, shopping.