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NoMad Playing Cards

NoMad Playing Cards
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Inspired by architectural elements of New York City’s NoMad Hotel, these gorgeous bespoke playing cards from Theory11 have a distressed look, and intricate line-art jokers. Each box is gold embossed and has a State of New York seal.

Cardistry: Air Time

Cardistry: Air Time

Huron Low, Kevin Ho and Daren Yeow of The Virts are back to show off their impressive card handling skills with Virtuoso’s new SS15 deck, with its vibrant and eyecatching color scheme. Sign up to get on the early bird order list.

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The Goonies Playing Cards

The Goonies Playing Cards
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Goonies never say die! After wrapping up a successful Kickstarter campaign, you can now buy Albino Dragon’s Goonies deck without the long wait. The face cards include Chunk, Mikey, One-Eyed Willie, Mouth, Sloth, Mama and more.

Fine Line Playing Cards

Fine Line Playing Cards

Created by Adam Farbiarz and Adam Thompson, each of these cards has an illustration which represents its value and suit. You’ll have as much fun trying to figure out what each cards as the card game you’re playing with them.

Gold Foil Playing Cards

Gold Foil Playing Cards
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Not only are these plastic playing cards coated with 24-carat gold foil, but they’ve got an imprint of a Benjamin on the back of each card. Packed in a wood box with a “certificate of authenticity” for what it’s worth.

Wizard Wars: Impossible Card Trick

Wizard Wars: Impossible Card Trick

Justin Flom from Wizard Wars and Blake Vogt are taking it to the diner and doing a magnificent and mystifying card trick in this vid; seriously, we’ve watched this multiple times and just get lost right after 1:50. How did they do that?

Four Point Playing Cards

Four Point Playing Cards

San Francisco-based artist Ben Vierk is putting together a beautifully detailed pack of playing cards with designs inspired by money, ancient symbols and uncommon geometry. Who knew those things could be so gorgeous together?

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X-Ray Playing Cards

X-Ray Playing Cards
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Designed by Balance Wu for Molla Space, these PVC playing cards feature creepy X-ray skulls on front and back and allow light to pass through them without giving away the cards you’re holding to other players.

Black Light Playing Cards

Black Light Playing Cards
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Next time you play a game of poker, turn the lights out and switch on some black light to play a game with Bicycle’s creepy but awesome Tragic Royalty playing cards, which glow eerily under ultraviolet light. (Image credit: Dex)

Red Deck of Cards

Red Deck of Cards
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While it may take some time to get used to all four suits being printed in the same ink color, there’s no question that these playing cards are cool. These bright red cards are embellished on back with an equally sinister dragon.

Dia de Los Muertos Playing Cards

Dia de Los Muertos Playing Cards

The Edgy Brothers‘ Bicycle playing cards are inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead. Each face card is embellished with intricate skeletons. Let’s help them get to their $50k stretch goal so those awesome painted decks get made.

J.J. Abrams x Theory 11

J.J. Abrams x Theory 11
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Inspired by a mysterious box that J.J. Abrams received from his grandpa, theory11 created this lock box from 100-year-old wood, its contents yours to discover – or swap with your own heirlooms. Proceeds benefit 826 National.

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The Blind Card Shark

The Blind Card Shark

Richard Turner calls himself a “card mechanic” but at the end of the day, he’s an master of sleight of hand who can move cards around the deck to suit his whim without the benefit of sight. And yes, he has a son named “Ace of Spades.”

Explore Playing Cards

Explore Playing Cards

Created by Harris Soetikno, these beautifully illustrated playing cards let you take a journey around the world every time you shuffle. Each card is embellished with an image of one of 52 different cities and historic sites.

Carbon Fiber Playing Cards

Carbon Fiber Playing Cards

As is evidenced by its price tag, carbon fiber isn’t exactly an inexpensive material to work with. However, if you do buy Sly Kly’s badass playing cards, you’ll be treated to a deck that will probably outlast all of us. Choose matte or gloss.

Bruce Lee Playing Cards

Bruce Lee Playing Cards
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Dan & Dave worked with Bruce Lee Enterprises to create this beautiful deck, each of which contains a philosophical quote from the martial arts master, as well as an intricate dragon motif on back. The Jokers? Lee himself in action.

Breaking Bad Playing Cards

Breaking Bad Playing Cards

These awesomely designed Breaking Bad playing cards are the start of Jeff Nichol’s project to create a full deck. He’s still got a ways to go but if the rest are as cool and appropriately illustrated as these we can’t wait to see the final result.

Utopia Playing Cards

Utopia Playing Cards
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Another amazing deck from Card Experiment, these playing cards feature imagery inspired by a utopian world that descents into dystopia. The neo-futurist styling of Tarin Yuangtrakul’s cards, box design, and backstory remind us of Bioshock.

Density Playing Cards

Density Playing Cards

These beautiful playing cards were designed by Roni Lagin & Co. and feature imagery created from repeating and intersecting geometric patterns of spades, clubs, diamonds, and hearts. Available in decks or uncut press sheets.

Giveaway: Boxes of Awesome

Giveaway: Boxes of Awesome

Three lucky readers will each win two boxes of awesome stuff, Aces – for the perfect poker game, and Café – for fixing the best cuppa tea or coffee – both from Bespoke Post’s men’s “lifestyle upgrade” service. (Ends 9/24/13)

Pixar Playing Cards

Pixar Playing Cards

UK Illustrator Chris Anderson created this custom deck of cards inspired by the animated characters of Pixar’s films. Unfortunately, they’re just fan art and not in production, but we’d certainly buy a deck if they were.

Metrodeck

Metrodeck
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Chances are that nobody you know will spend $550 on a deck of playing cards, but that doesn’t make these cards any less cool. They’re individually silkscreened by Norman Ibarra onto the backs of discarded New York MetroCards.

Asura Playing Cards

Asura Playing Cards
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The mythical Chinese and Hindu origin of the war between the Gods and the Asuras is beautifully portrayed in this 2500-deck limited edition design of Bicycle playing cards from Card Experiment. Uncut sheets here.

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