From Zach Mueller Kickstarter :
What are Black Fontaines?
Fontaines are a deck of cards I designed one night in photoshop for fun. I made one prototype deck, started using it in my videos, and people couldn't stop asking to buy them! I made an indiegogo campaign for the Red Fontaines on Feb 15, 2013. Within 18 hours, we met our $10,000 goal. Before the end of the month, we made over $21k. The Red Fontaines sold out.
The original Red Fontaines now go for $50-60 EACH. I wish I would've kept more! In December of 2013, I launched the Blue Fontaines right here on Kickstarter. I cleared my goal of $20k in 12 hours, and raised $67,390 at the campaigns end. The Blue Fontaines sold out on our website in November. Already they are going for DOUBLE what I sold them for!
Ever since that first Fontaine deck was released, I've been asked CONSTANTLY by hundreds of people around the globe begging for a black edition of Fontaines.
The Deck
Fontaines started with just a back design. Now, every deck will come printed on classic bicycle stock with linen finish, perfect for cardists and magicians alike.
The Ace of Spaces is simple, streamlined and elegant, featuring the Fontaine box logo running through the center of the Spade.
The Jokers also sport the blue box logo with the fontaine F for pips. A Blank Faced card is included for magicians - to use in various effects. Seal? You mean the lint magnets and tuck box killers of the world? No seal, my friend. Not today.
The Box has a utility device for magicians built right into the design. My friend Michael Stern and I developed a concept called The Vintage Holdout that is a slight alteration you make to a card box that opens the doors to TONS of amazing tricks - the downside is it only works with these Vintage Series bicycle decks. Until now. I built the same method right into the box design.