Working from his studio in Jamaica Street Studios, Bristol, Mead creates artwork for folk tales, album covers, posters and large scale works. Mead uses the traditional drawing technique of dip pen and ink to blend the animal, human and mechanic into a super species he nicknames Bio-Mechanical Anthropomorphism. Finally the v4 in 3 print runs of 100 each using the foxhead logo, also known as the 'artist edition'. This was followed by another 100 printing as v3 using the Voxman (AoC) on the tuckbox. Shortly after a 2nd version was printed using the Diving Bull (AoD) on the tuckbox with 100 more decks. Initially released in April 2011 as v1 with 100 decks using a tuckbox featuring a rat head and Antlers Gallery 'A' logo on the back, as they were sold by only or at the gallery reception event. Each version uses the same cards, but a different tuck for each version. A total of 4 versions were printed in 6 runs of 100 each.

The characters are grouped by family into the four suits, Birds for the Hearts, Horned Beasts the Diamonds, Cats the Spades and Foxes the Clubs. Mead who channeled his childhood fear and obsession with anthropomorphism. It comes in Juan Tamariz’s Mnemonica stack.This deck features weirdly wonderful bio-mechanical anthropomorphic creatures from English artist Mr.Fully custom court cards by Tomas Hlavaty.The optical illusion back specially designed for both magic and cardistry.The intention has been to keep the design as simple as possible for magic and yet enhance the motion when performing cardistry.

Is Mirage designed for magic or cardistry?īoth. The Mirage Hyper Card can be shown completely on both sides and even given out as an impossible souvenir for your friends. The Hyper Card plot has been around for many years but nothing comes close to this version designed by Patrick Kun. Since USPCC offers two extra cards, it was decided to include a double facer for your magic routine and to bring back the original Mirage Hyper Card that was originally introduced in the 1st edition of Mirage. Just like before, every court cards are completely custom along with the jokers, and Ace of Spades.Īs we all know, the United States Playing Cards has always been the preferred option for cardist and magicians around the world, and this provides the best card handling we can for this edition of Mirage. The overall design has been simplified and minimized for a modern aesthetic look. The fourth installment of the Mirage playing cards is back and it’s the best one ever produced!įor the first time in the Mirage series, the Midnight Blue edition is printed on the premium Bee crush stock with United States Playing Cards (USPCC).įrom the tuck case, V4 features an embossed blue dye tuck case stamped with white foil.

1st v4 playing cards