Cardistry: Anyone Worldwide's Checkerboard Playing Cards is Coming in Red

[Updated] As expected, 5000 Red Checkerboard was sold out in 4 hours!

Anyone Worldwide’s (Instagram: @anyoneww) highly anticipated flagship deck, Checkerboard Playing Cards will be available in red colorway. The deck features a red chequered pattern throughout, from the card backs, dressing elements of the standard courts, spot cards and Ace of Spades.

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Also, every brick of Red Checkerboard purchased will come with one free deck of Purple Logo cards. Printed by the United States Playing Card Co, the deck will be released on April 7th 4pm CET for $18. We expect these cards to sell out fast.

[Updated] As expected, 5000 Red Checkerboard was sold out in 4 hours!

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Cardistry: Anyone Worldwide's Checkerboard Playing Cards Sold Out in 2 Hours!

With little surprise, Anyone Worldwide's inaugural deck the Checkerboard Playing Cards was sold out in just 2 hours! The cardistry group thanked their fans on Instagram for the support and announced that the deck will start shipping next week.

Checkerboard Cards sold out in 2 hours! Thank you for the support. Cards will begin shipping next week.

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The deck features a chequered pattern back with a single distinct red square. The courts are standard but updated to include the chequered pattern into some of the dressing elements. Also, the same chequered pattern can be found on the pip cards and the Ace of Spades.

The deck was priced at an above average $18 and printed by the United States Playing Card Co.

Anyone's Checkerboard in TWO New Colorways.

Anyone Worldwide's flagship deck, Checkerboard Playing Cards, now comes in a stunning new holographic rose and mellow colorway.

This unique design showcases the signature checkerboard pattern in soft, iridescent tones, featured throughout the deck from the card backs to subtle accents on the standard court cards, spot cards, and Ace of Spades.

Packaged in a black matte tuck box prominently showcasing the Anyone's 6006 logo. Printed by Legends Playing Card Co., each deck is crafted with the exceptional quality that collectors and card enthusiasts have come to expect. 

Available now for $24 on Anyone Worldwide.

Cardistry: Anyone Worldwide Announces Release Date for Checkerboard Playing Cards

Anyone Worldwide, headed by duo Tobias Levin and Nikolaj Pedersen, both recognized for their incredible cardistry skills, unveiled a new deck, the Checkerboard Playing Cards.

After leaving Dealersgrip in March, Tobias and Nikolaj have been busy promoting their new brand, Anyone Worldwide (@anyoneworldwide). They have been teasing the deck since April as part of the promotion.



From the teasers, the deck spots a chequered pattern back with a single distinct red square. The courts are standard but updated to include the chequered pattern into some of the dressing elements. Also, the same chequered pattern can be found on the pip cards and the Ace of Spades.

🏎 @anyoneworldwide

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Printed by the USPCC, Checkerboard Playing Cards will launch Friday, June 16th at anyoneworldwide.com. Orders are limited to a maximum of 3 bricks per customer.

Cardistry: New Anyone Worldwide Releases in July/August

The team at Anyone Worldwide is set to release a slew of decks and limited edition merchs in the next 2 weeks at anyoneworldwide.com.

Forever Checkerboard 
First off the rank, the Forever Checbouards Run 01 is set to release this Friday (20th July) at 4pm. The unlimited edition of the Checkerboard now sports a blue colorway and will be priced at $14/€14 depending on the shipping region.

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Souvenir playing cards
Also releasing this Friday are Souvenir playing cards. This is a series featuring flags of different countries on the card backs. These will be limited to 400 sets per featured location design. To get your hands on a World Map 8-pack, order any variation of 8 sets of Souvenir playing cards.

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Bomb Playing Cards
Finally on August 4th, Anyone Worldwide collaborated with As Is NYC (a modern craft beer bar) will be releasing some merchandise including a deck of playing cards and a limited teku designed by tattoo artist Sölvi Dúnn. Sales of Bomb Playing Cards will be made available at 11am and the team from Anyone Worldwide will be flying out for the event as well.

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Deck View: Checkerboard Playing Cards

A1. Worldwide. Chequered.

Anyone Worldwide, headed by cardistry duo Tobias Levin and Nikolaj Pedersen, unveiled the Checkerboard Playing Cards back in June this year and was quickly sold out in 2 hours! The deck spots a chequered pattern back with a single distinct red square.

The courts are standard but updated to include the chequered pattern into some of the dressing elements. Also, the same chequered pattern can be found on the pip cards and the Ace of Spades, keeping it consistent with the overall theme. The deck was printed by the United States Playing Card Co.

For more cool playing cards, check out JP Playing Cards.

Cardistry: Ben Edgar Playing Cards

Cardistry brand Anyone Worldwide has collaborated with Chicago-based industrial designer Benjamin Edgar. Together, they created a conceptual deck of cards fit for the art of flourishing, Anyone Ben Edgar Playing Cards.

The tuck box is a standard glossy classic stock featuring a black and white checkerboard pattern all over. On the sides of the box are the two names who created the deck: “Anyone” and “Ben Edgar”

The card back design features a borderless checkerboard pattern of red and white. It creates a great visual on card fanning. The pips are classic, yet it has a slight modification. The Ace of Spades features an enlarged pip with the sushi 6006 logo of Anyone on the center.

The courts are blocked out with either black or red based on their suits, only leaving their faces shown. In the center of the color-blocked courts, there is the ad information – making them subtle one-way courts.

What makes this deck interesting is the indices. Instead of four sets of Ace to King, all the cards are numbered in order from 1 to 52, with 1 being A (as in “Ace”).

Still available on anyoneworldwide for $18. Get the deck while stocks last!

Detailed Look: Black Dot Playing Cards

The team at Anyone released Black Dot Playing Cards mid-February 2020 and they were quickly sold out. The Black Dot is the follow-up to the highly successful Red Dot Playing Cards, released back in 2017. Initially, Black Dot was never released for individual sale and only released in limited quantities with every brick of Checkerboard by Anyone. The deck features an off-centered black dot on a solid grey colorway back with standard face cards with the exception of the Ace of Spades and Jokers.

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Revealed: Karnival Delirium First Look

Early this Monday morning Big Blind Media's playing card division, Karnival, has released images of their upcoming deck called Karnival Delirium.

The artwork, which was posted early Monday morning US time, features trippy design work by Sam Hayles. Hayles is primarily Big Blind Media/Karnival's artist. The centerpiece on the tuck case includes a plague doctor wrapped in spiraling checkerboard, skulls and a faint color palette that screams a certain psychedelic darkness.

While there is no release date officially released for Delirium, we do know that Big Blind Media usually and in the past has teased their releases at least a month in advance. However, this is not a definite account of the release date. Strictly, prediction.

News: Download the First Issue of Kardify Magazine FREE!

Kardify is pleased and proud to introduce the first issue of its own MAGAZINE. We at Kardify values continuous improvement and to always create an inspiring place for collectors, creators, aspiring designers. As such, we are always finding new ways to connect and communicate, which is why we put together this magazine. The aim is to offer an overview to help you stay on top of playing card news. The monthly magazine will be a compilation of selected articles we’ve published.

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.

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+ Mahdi Gilbert: a look at Mahdi's upcoming deck of playing cards, Hidden Leaves.

+ Magic Orthodoxy: we have the EDC of Magic Orthodoxy, our favorite playing card reviewer on YouTube.

+ Anyone Worldwide: unveiled a new deck, the Checkerboard Playing Cards.

+ Annette Abolins: Q&A with designer of the fun and dynamic VIZAĜO Playing Cards

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Deck View: My Turn Mixtape Vol. 2 Playing Cards

Hype. Cardistry. Mashup.

The My Turn Mixtape is a collection of Hype Decks rolled into one avant-garde design created by the popular cardistry personality, Michael "My Turn" Stern. This deck may not be for everyone due to the seemingly chaotic design elements. However, cardists will be able to appreciate and quickly identify the various streetwear-inspired playing cards featuring minimalistic, bold, and trendy geometric designs showcased.

The My Turn Mixtape, Vol. 2 was unveiled during Cardistry-Con HK and the card back features design elements from the CC2017 deck, Red Dot, and Checkerboard by Anyone Worldwide and Dealergrip's Brush. The face cards are pretty much standard with the exception of the Ace of Spades and Jokers.

I personally think the Mixtape is brilliant, especially what it stands for- to celebrate the hype cardistry decks released over the past year in intriguing mashup back design. The deck is packaged in a stunning rose gold foil tuck case sealed with a micro-perforated rose gold foil seal. Printed by the USPCC on crushed stock with Air-cushion finish.

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Cardistry-Con NOC Deck Released!

This eye-catching deck was released over the weekend during Cardistry-Con. This is a very limited release of a NOC deck designed, printed in collaboration with the event.

The Cardistry-Con NOC is different from any other NOC decks released to-date. The deck sports a gradient lime green tile back, giving a unique pixelated look. The face card is standard but comes with an exclusive custom Ace of Spades and Joker with updated colorway.

The tuck features an eye-catching holographic package on the exterior and an interior checkerboard design. Definitely a very well produced NOC deck with a refreshing design update from the previous releases. The holo tuck is definitely a nice touch to give the deck a retro-style feel.

Printed by The United States Playing Cards Company on thin crushed stock. Only 2,019 Decks Printed. Available now for $15 at houseofplayingcards.com.

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Cardistry: ANYONE To Release Black Dot Playing Cards

The team at Anyone will be releasing the Black Dot Playing Cards on 12th February, 19:00 CET online. The Black Dot is the sequel to the highly successful Red Dot Playing Cards, released back in 2017. Red Dot won the Sybil Award at Cardistry-Con 2018 in Hong Kong for 'Cardistry Deck of the Year'.

The new deck features an off-centered black dot on a solid grey colorway back. The deck was never released for individual sale and only released in limited quantities with every brick of Checkerboard by Anyone. Check out the performance video by Anyone featuring the Black Dot Playing Cards. The video was filmed in Tokyo, Japan.


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News: Issue Eleven of Kardify Magazine Now Available!

The April issue (#11) of Kardify magazine is now available to our Patrons who pledge $3 or more on our Patreon page. The monthly magazine compiles selected articles we’ve published from mid-March to mid-April. Our goal is to help you stay on top of playing card news.

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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:

+ The E Deck: Find out more about Ellusionist's elusive deck made available to the public for a limited time.

+ Devastation Silver Edition: An elegant deck based on Black Ink's most successfully crowdfunded deck.

+ DIVA Playing Cards: 5 things you didn't know about the vibrant geometric deck designed for cardistry.

+ Jetsetter Premier Edition: A detailed look at the two decks by Jetsetter Playing Cards.

+ House of the Rising Spades: Stockholm17 has done it again! Find out more about this EPIC deck.

+ Mahdi Gilbert's Hidden Leaves: A look at the vintage-inspired deck currently funding on Kickstarter.

+ Outlaw Playing Cards: From the team at Scam School, the deck is themed around the old west and modern tech.

+ Red Checkerboard Playing Cards: This highly anticipated deck by Anyone Worldwide was sold out in 4 hours!

… and more! 39 pages of articles and deck images. Enjoy!

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DIVA VS Palette Playing Cards

Welcome to our first VS article by @decknowledgy. In this article, we will find out more about these two unique decks with seemingly similar designs but with an unexpected story about brotherhood.

Alex Matencio, the designer of DIVA Playing Cards, launched the deck on Kickstarter in 2018. Prior to the launch, he occasionally came across the Palette deck by ITS on Instagram and decided to push the reveal one day earlier, fearing that they would be called out for copying the artwork.

The two teams eventually got to know each other, one from France and the other from South Korea, and they realized that they had the similar vision to incorporate the Bauhaus art style into a deck of cards. Coincidentally, they even planned to launch their decks around the same time in 2018. What were the odds? “In Bauhaus We Trust, I guess?” said Alex.

DIVA
By definition, “diva” in Italian and Latin is the term for “goddess.” In English, it represents “the leading female singer in an opera” as well as “one who demands that attention be paid to his or her needs.” DIVA Playing Cards does just about everything listed above, no doubt.

The deck fully adopts the Bauhaus art style, giving the tuck a bright, flashy, and colorful demeanor. The back of the tuck features a feathery spread of all color schemes, elegant in the most audacious way. The feathery emblem repeats itself on a smaller scale on the tongue flap. The contrast between the complexity of the front with the subtleness of the back lends the tuck a very balanced smoothness to the eye. The ad copy on the bottom is listed as a chart, well-placed and cleans up the traditionally unappealing ad copy of other decks. Hence, the ad copy becomes a part of the overall aesthetics.

The cards themselves are smooth and buttery with the Cartamundi’s famous B9 finish. Design-wise, all aces consist of color patches, but the ace of spades stands out due to its full deployment of the blues, red, yellow, and gray. The aces of the clubs, diamonds, and hearts are reduced to blue, red, and white. The court cards are designed to be abstract outlines of kings, queens, and jacks. A single suit index is placed right above their heads. All kings, queens, jacks have the same design from suit to suit, but the color patterns show the difference between them. As for the pip design, I especially love the diamond which is rounded like an oval on the left and right. After all, the overall design of the artwork is always sharp on one edge but rounded on the others. Thus, the diamonds are a great touch to add to the consistency.

The back design is a colorful two-way design that pops while performing spreads and fans. The right-to-left thumb fan is especially catchy with all four colorways contrasting sharply from top to bottom: navy blue→yellow→red→sky blue. It is a perfect deck for display and flourishing.

Palette
There are two types of playing card designs that I love especially: fully custom art- oriented decks and semi-custom bold colored cardistry decks. The Palette Playing Cards is definitely the latter, and the key to their perfection is bold colors with clean, distinguishable borders that do not mess with readability. Oftentimes, cardistry deck designs venture too far into the WTF realm… And that’s why this deck is exceptional within that category. The whole theme of the deck is asymmetrical through abstraction.

The ace of spades consists of the four color patches that are used throughout, and through precision, forming a slanted spade leaning towards the abstract but still gentle, soothing, and readable. The stem of the spade is a simple dot, adding to the cleanness of the design. The same dot could be found on the top and bottom borders of the back design, bringing a focus to the seemingly random array of color patches. As much as the back consists of striped, squared, quarter circle, and triangular shapes, the checkerboard 4x5 composition makes it catchy, attractive, and pleasing. Finally, two thick black bands on the top and bottom encase this scene of abstract messiness between them, finished with a perfectly centered white dot on the band as mentioned before.

Red suits with dark wine red lend substance to the overall aesthetic, making the deck feel luxurious yet playful, not superficial and floaty. The deck handles perfectly, perfect for cardistry of course, but the gameplay capability is spot-on with the standard face layouts. The asymmetrical back design lends the deck the capability to perform four different thumb fans in the four orientations.

Overall
Both DIVA and Palette are great decks for cardistry given the flashy color patches in the display. In terms of the colorway, DIVA presents itself as the bright, playground type of spirit while Palette is subtler with the darker shades. What Palette lacks in brightness it redeems with the upper hand in gameplay, where the standard faces are definitely more readable and custom for players. In terms of fans, both decks have their advantages: DIVA bombards you with its array of colors although it only has two difference fans (left to right/right to left) while Palette boasts of variety with four fans although the colors are toned down a bit.

There is no win or lose in this competition as both decks stand well beside (not against) one another. After all, the Bauhaus blood and genes run deep within these two decks as if they were meant as a set even when created by different teams in different countries. In Bauhaus they trust, and therefore, they bond in brotherhood in the making.

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