Ascend XIX Playing Cards by Unique

140,00 DKK

Stock status: In stock

About the deck

Ascend XIX by Unique combines nineteenth-century influences, including art nouveau and Impressionism, with steampunk references and a modern graphic style. Tony Aranda designed the faces, backs and box.

Design and packaging

Black backgrounds and gold-coloured patterns give the artwork a period-inspired appearance. Metallic inks are used on the cards; the matte-paper tuck box has detailed foil work and interior printing.

Cards and contents

Printed by TCC Playing Cards with M23 finish. The poker-size cards measure 63 × 88 mm. The deck contains 52 cards, two jokers and two advertising cards.

Mnemonica order

The deck is supplied in Juan Tamariz's Mnemonica stack order, ready for performers who work with that memorised-deck system.

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