Apollo and Daphne
Olympian Gods
Desire, metamorphosis, prophecy and fire. Hearts are the ancient myths in which mortals argue with gods over their fate.
A deck of playing cards where every suit and rank hides inside a painting.
54 works by Dr. Klein across four worlds — from the gods of Olympus to the celebrities of our time. There are no pips or corner marks: you read each card from its scene, and the key comes in the box.
How to read the deck
Four worlds, four suits
A classic 54-card deck — with scenes instead of pips. Ancient myth, the Middle Ages and modern culture, sorted into four suits.
Suit and rank aren’t printed on the cards; they’re encoded in the details of each painting. Below is the key — the same one you’ll find in the booklet in the box.
The Barrel-Bearer
Bearers of Secrets
Alchemists, messengers and secret orders. Diamonds belong to those who hold knowledge that is never spoken aloud.
The Templar Hunt
Templars
Crusader steel, treasure maps and the long shadow of the Order. Clubs carry medieval intrigue from vow to legend.
Michael and the Chameleon
Celebrities
The myths of our own time. Faces everyone knows, turned into archetypes: Spades ask what happens when a public mask never comes off.
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How to play Magister cards
Four worlds, 54 cards and hundreds of stories. Play, divine and discover — choose your way.
The Magister game
The rule is simple: play a card of the same rank or suit. But eight Magister cards live in two worlds at once and open unexpected moves. Be first to empty your hand — and you are… the Magister!
Magister (2 or more players)
Each player is dealt 8 face-down cards. One card from the deck is placed in the centre of the table. On your turn, play a card of the same rank or the same suit on top of it.
But eight heroes of the deck live in two worlds at once. These are the Magister cards: they match either of their suits, because they are bound to another world not by colour, but by story. Only someone who knows the plots can see that link. The first to empty their hand wins.
Rules
- If you have no matching card, draw one from the deck. If that card also does not match, you skip the turn.
- A joker can become any card: the player names its suit and rank.
- When the draw pile runs out, the played cards are shuffled and become the deck again.
- A Magister card may be played on either of its two suits, and any card of either of those suits may be played on it.
Magister cards and their second worlds
- 10♥Persephone — mistress of the mysteries♥ and ♦
- A♥Zeus and Mnemosyne — mother of the Muses, patrons of creators♥ and ♠
- A♦Diogenes — the sage who entered history♦ and ♠
- Q♦The Girl with the Jars — priestess of Demeter♦ and ♥
- Q♣Jacques de Molay — the last Grand Master, a legend of history♣ and ♠
- 8♣The Eighth Day of Rosenkreutz’s Wedding — secret knowledge♣ and ♦
- 8♠Shakespeare’s Eighth Sonnet — the author’s secret♠ and ♦
- K♠The Secret History of the Mongols — the Great Khan as Grand Master♠ and ♣
Classic games
Play the classic card games you already know — on an encrypted deck of myth and history.
Fortune cards
Ask the Magister a question: hold it in mind, draw a card, take the hint. Find your Destiny Card by birth date, or try classic readings.
History and mythology
Behind every card stands a hero or a plot — from Zeus and the sirens to Templars and Einstein. Test yourself in a quiz of the deck’s world.
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The Four Worlds
The suits and the numbers of every card are not decoration. They are a code — written into four worlds of the Magister universe. Look at the faces before you. Learn to see them.
Initiation
Each card holds more than first glance reveals. Initiation leads inward — from the stories a card tells, through the meanings hidden in them, to the secrets the Magister does not open to everyone.
Four suits — four worlds
Each with its own heroes, stories, and symbols. Open them one by one.
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Olympian Gods Hearts - Bearers of Secrets Diamonds
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Templars Clubs -
Celebrities Spades
Card ranks
Count every figure on the card. Their number is its rank.
Hover over the card to look at the details.
Tap the card to enlarge it.
Face cards
Ace, Jack, Queen, King — these are never a crowd. Each is one figure, known by face, not tallied. The sovereigns of each world are recognized, not counted.
The spread
Five minutes for the whole deck.
Name every card: first the world, then the rank. A card cannot be skipped. A miss does not dismiss it. It costs time.
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Place in the chronicle
Enter your name in the chronicle
Ask the Magister
Camp’s calendar maps each day of the year to a playing card: 52 cards for 52 weeks, four suits for the four seasons, thirteen ranks for the thirteen lunar months. Ace counts as 1, jack 11, queen 12, king 13 — the deck sums to 364. 31 December is the Joker, the 365th day. The card below is Camp’s solar card for that day. The painting and the story are Magister’s.
- Spring — feelings, relationships, love, family, childhood.
- Summer — intellect, knowledge, conversation, study.
- Autumn — value, money, the material world, business.
- Winter — work, inner growth, trials, will, wisdom.
31 December — the Joker
This is the day that brings the count to 365. Both jokers of the Magister deck are open below — pick the one that feels like yours.
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We’re finishing this game.
The Magister deck oracle
Ask the Magister
Sometimes we need a hint. What will the Magister tell you?
Press and hold the deck Press and hold the deck · or use the space bar
The deck is spread
Choose a card
Swipe through the fan · pull a card up or down to draw it
The Magister answers
This card has come to you before. Listen closely.
First Edition
Paintings you can hold in your hand.
Each deck is 54 scenes in a box, with a booklet that holds the key. Learn the symbols and play the games you already know — or simply look.
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The deck comes first. Alongside it: apparel and prints featuring its paintings. The art album is on its way.
The Deck
From €29. 54 paintings, 4 worlds, first edition.
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Apparel
Hoodies and tees with the painting you choose.
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Prints
A painting from the deck at original size — 60 × 40 cm.
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Coming soon Art Album
152 pages on the paintings and the world of Magister.
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