Ankh Playing Cards by ARK Playing Cards (Kickstarter)https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cardcollection/ankh-playing-cards-by-arkCurrent funding level: already funded
Kickstarter ends: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
ARK Playing Cards is one of the foremost creators of luxury playing cards in recent years, and they are highly regarded for their lavish production and creative tuck boxes. Their newest project is
Ankh Playing Cards and is currently being funded on Kickstarter.
This deck is named after the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol
ankh, which represents
life. Ancient Egyptian religion was fixated on their ideas about life and about the afterlife, and these provide the inspiration for this new deck.
An elaborate tuck case immediately captures this Egyptian theme. ARK's previous project, Apollo Playing Cards, was inspired by the Greek sun god Apollo, and featured a unique tuck case with a pop-out feature that could unfold and rotate to form a complete circle to depict the sun which the god Apollo was all about. In a similar way, Ankh Playing Cards has an ideal and unique tuck case, because it unfolds to create a pyramid structure, which perfectly matches the Egyptian theme that inspired this deck. This animated gif does a good job of showing what this effect looks like:
The pyramid is immediately recognizable as an Egyptian icon, and the case opens up to create this triangular structure. The mechanism relies on a nested structure of six layers, with hidden sliding tracks and pivots that ensure it opens and closes smoothly.
The artwork on the cards combines handdrawn and digital techniques, drawing upon Egyptian mythology and historical murals, in a distinctly classical Egyptian style.
The card faces depict the different gods of ancient Egypt, and various aspects of their mythology and religion, with illustations and motifs found throughout all aspects of the deck.
Much like we've seen with previous ARK projects, this project is available with different levels and styles of luxury packaging:
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Standard Deck (limited edition of 3333): single deck, including the creative pop-out pyramid tuck case (US$30)
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Artist Boxset (limited edition of 999): holographic foil deck & monochromatic deck, in a gift box with a book (US$75)
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Walnut Boxset (limited edition of 333): holographic foil gold deck with gilded edges, plus a collectible coin, in a walnut gift box (US$185)
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Luxury Black (limited edition of 99): black-edged deck, plus an embossed metal plate (US$150, only available as part of the "All-In" reward)
Extra add-ons like uncut sheets and coins are also available separately. Here's a preview of how each of the above four packaging and deck options look.
1. Standard DeckThis is a limited edition of 3333 decks, all with individually numbered seals, and is the base level deck, but includes the creative pyramid themed tuck case.
Tuck case
Cards
2. Artist Box setThese 999 box sets (again individually numbered) consist of a special gift box that includes a book, and two decks: a holo deck with the special pyramid tuck case, and a second special deck which is more monochromatic in colour and style.
Box
Holo deck
Special deck
Book
3. Walnut Box setThe Walnut Box set is limited to 333 copies, all individually numbered, and in a stunning wooden display box with a pyramid shape. The deck included is a gold deck with holographic foil and gilded edges, and there's also a collectible coin.
Box
Gold deck
Coin
4. Luxury Black setOnly 99 individually numbered Luxury Black sets are available, and you can only get this with the "all in" option. This is a black deck (with black edges) that has white artwork and design, and comes with a numbered embossed metal plate.
Black deck
Metal plate
Head over to the project page for more pictures of these extravagant collectors pieces.
Kickstarter link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cardcollection/ankh-playing-cards-by-ark
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