#runner cards

Here are some of the promo images I was sent, and a few words about each. Forgive the heavy compression, I did get these over email.

The tuck cases. Oh man, the tuck cases. Of course they do the usual connecting thing that Virts tucks do, but this time the SS25 Spring and Summer tuck cases connect with each other as well as with themselves, forming different designs each time. Check it out:

I absolutely love the idea and the fact that they managed to pull this off. The Spring deck looks like the tuck case from the SS15 except starting to break open, and the Summer case looks like it has already blown up.

All this yapping and I haven't even shown you the cards themselves. Here you go!

SS25 Summer on the left, SS25 Spring on the right. The Summer deck is reminiscent of the P1/P1 Foundations/P1FX in its style, which I'm pretty happy with. The partial border was kind of a hit for me when I first saw it.

The Spring deck looks a LOT like the SS15, just with slight adjustments, the red and blue swapped, and a black internal ring to replace the previous red one:

It's basically a remaster, and in a way as much as I'm a little sad that I got into cardistry after the SS15 was already out of production, I'm glad I'll be getting my hands on this new 2025 Spring variant instead. It's not at all an original design, but it's a decent homage.

Finally, the face designs - These are taken directly from the P1 and P1 Foundations style for both decks, with the Summer deck not being numbered at all:

My opinion? I dig the Summer design. I love non-numbered faces, on Virts decks or otherwise. I love my Virts P1FX and Sea Glass, I love my Touch Origin, I love my Bicycle NEON, and this looks just as pretty to me. It does make the deck much harder to play with, but for a cardistry-oriented deck, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Hell, the aforementioned Bicycle NEON and Touch Origin decks are completely impossible to play with as all the faces are the same, and they look absolutely gorgeous.