Deck View: Superior Brand (Black Classic Back) Playing Cards

Classic. Superior. Value.

Release by Expert Playing Card Co. as part of the highly successful Superior Brand range, the Superior Brand Classic Back Playing Cards comes in 3 different colorway, Black, Red and Blue. The beautifully crafted deck handles wonderfully and are traditionally cut for perfect faros.

The card back features Expert's Classic design and the courts are retro-style faces are drawn by hand and resembles the faces used on many standard decks today but have their own Art Nouveau style. The tuck case is made with a special synthetic paper. It is tear-resistant, resilient, and will help protect your cards from moisture.

The cards are priced inexpensively and feature all the qualities that most cardist look for in their day to day card work. Printed by the Expert Playing Card Co. on their Classic Finish card stock.

Available now from conjuringarts.org. For other cool playing cards, check out JP Playing Cards.

Cardistry: Watch How Cardistry Helps Us Understand The Way Quantum Computers Work!

Two weeks ago, IBM released a commercial to showcase IBM Q, an industry-first initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computing systems for business and science via cardistry. The mesmerising video showcases Matt Fox (@aedijux), a cardist based in New York.

The narrative and the visual nature of cardistry, helps us understand the unique way quantum computers work. Matt performed various flourishes that reflect the narrative surrounding the commercial, turning playing cards into a cool and effective visual presentation.

 

First Look: Exclusive Sneak Peek of Brendan Hong's Gorgeous New Deck, Marquis Playing Cards!

We're happy to bring our readers a sneak peek at the next project from the super talented Brendan Hong, designer of  Hive 1 & 2, Dynasty and the ICO Inaugural deck. Marquis Playing Cards will be Brendan's 2nd Kickstarter project and will be launching later this month.

The decks will be printed by the Expert Playing Card Co. on their Classic and Damask finish, Marquis will be available in 3 versions, Noble, Royal and Imperial Editions.

Stay tuned for more info!

Card Gear: Thirdway Industries

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

This month, we have the EDC of Giovanni Meroni, founder of Thirdway Industries. Giovanni is based in a small city- Lentate sul Seveso, north of Milan, Italy and also the designer of the stunning OMNIA decks. When not designing decks, Giovanni works for an e-commerce company as art director and work nights/weekend to cards.

Giovanni is currently funding SINS Playing Cards on Kickstarter. The project is seeking €17,000 and is already 303% funded with less than 5 days to go.

Giovanni's gear (Italics are Giovanni's comments):

+ Thirdway Industries business card (with a custom, gaff illustration on one side)
+ Dedalo Oracle Card
+ Omnia Oscura
+ Dedalo Alpha
+ Leather fat wallet full of silly stuff, almost destroyed
+ Keys of home
+ Ray-Ban sunglasses to look cool
+ Nexus 6P (not included it the image, but it's here since Giovanni used it for shoot)


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