Tales from the Trade

Tales from the Trade

Custom Card Game Ultimatum

One of the new custom card games printed by Ad Magic is called Ultimatum.  Inventor and game designer Matt Gingerich worked with us on this game for several months prior to printing and releasing it.  Unlike custom board games,  this game only comes with playing cards and yellow plastic chips…

Dishonored Tarot a huge hit and a real surprise for gamers

Judging by all the videos of people opening their cool Dishonored Custom Tarot Cards it looks like the world has finally confirmed something I have known for months - these decks are something extra special.  Ad Magic was in the right place at the right time when the order came down for…

Custom game cards

Custom game cards are another part of our industry that are really getting a boost from programs like Kickstarter.  Custom game cards can be used for a stand alone game or as part of a custom board game. Game cards can come in any size - but the two most…

Ad Magic prints autograph cards for David Lee Roth of Van Halen

After my great couple of dates last year and the year before visiting my godson Dillon Brown on tour dates playing guitar onstage with Steve Miller - I got to see first hand from a celebrity tour bus what it is like to be hounded for autographs after a concert.…

Custom card decks – I guess I love my job

Sometimes I ask myself why do I blog. I guess the reason that I blog is two fold - first - I want to educate my clients and potential clients about custom card decks  in general and secondly I want to show off a little bit about some of the…

PROVECHO VALLARTA: A DECK OF A DEAL!

Watching time and time again as local businesses shuttered their doors, Ana Uribe, Karla Gonzalez and Michelle Fulfer decided to develop a creative vehicle to support the ingenuity of local entrepreneurs.  They wanted something fun, something cool, something easy to understand.  What they came up with is a deck of…

Bar Mitzvah Playing Cards make great party favors and are a lasting gift item

The only thing as stressful as planning a wedding is planning a Bar Mitzvah (or Bat Mitzvah)! Our custom playing cards for Bar Mitzvahs  are one way to ease the stress and guarantee an affordable favor that will not only last for years to come but also ARRIVE ON TIME!! Since…

Custom Educational Playing Cards are the rage for 2012

The creation of custom decks for use as educational tools can be a tedious and expensive process but at Ad Magic custom playing cards we have developed templates and systems for our clients ot make the job easier.  Ad Magic has developed intuitive systems to make card design easier for educators…

How to properly describe the order you want your custom playing cards to appear in the deck

Which is the first card in a custom deck of cards and which is the last? When clients design their playing cards they need to bear in mind which is the first and which is the last playing card in the deck. Generally when you pull custom playing card decks out of…