With our fourth deck we wanted to take a different approach in art style to keep everyone guessing. We decided to continue with the pharmacy theme, but present it in a silly and creative way. Back in the early to mid 1900's, pharmacies were not only a place to buy medications, they also sold all types of items from milk to birdseed. I found an old pharmacy Almanac from 1926 and quickly showed it to Elettra. I tossed the idea to her for a pharmacy Almanac deck of cards with different advertisements and she instantly loved the idea. She tried a few art styles and quickly found the perfect one to portray the proper era as well as giving it her own personal feel. We spent many months coming up with various ideas for advertising and having everything feel cohesive. We have left many little gems to find that represent our quirky sense of humor, so we hope that you find new treasures each time you pick up the deck. Elettra spent SO much time creating this work of art and made sure that the uncut version was cohesive and had interplay. If you don't end up with an uncut sheet, then I encourage you to lay out the cards in order and see which cards interconnect with each other. Since the deck was inspired by an Almanac booklet, and since Elettra and I LOVE books (see our Sweet Tooth Chronicles), we decided to make a special version where the cards are tucked inside a Pharmacy Almanac book! We hope that you enjoy our creation. Have a wonderful day!

It doesn’t take the skill of Harry Houdini or David Copperfield to make a child smile! As a non-profit organization, Abrakidabra RX provides hospitals with the equipment and know-how to transform hospital volunteers into volunteer magicians. We were founded in partnership with Children’s Hospital Colorado and are currently focused on building a world-class magic program here in Colorado. For those contributing to the program - either financially or with their time - we’re excited to extend a token of our appreciation with the customized Abrakidabra Rx playing card deck, that was built in collaboration with Bicycle Playing Cards!

Gilded edition features all gold metallic ink on box, a gold tear band and custom numbered foil seal. Introducing a precisely digitally hand-recreated reproduction of the first published complete transformation playing card deck in the world! The blue "Joan of Arc" deck is the first in a series of six famous decks we plan to release. The very first transformation deck issued by Cotta is from 1805. This deck is probably the most famous of all six, and is incredibly scarce. Original illustrations were fiddling artworks done by hand, on copper plates that were manually engraved with stipple and etching, and the cards were printed on linen period stock that was 97 mm x 69 mm in size, with blank card backs and squared corners at that time. Only the court cards were hand-colored, while the number cards used red stencils. Cotta’s transformation cards were very successful and became a role model for later transformation decks from other publishers. And since the card backs were blank, individual cards were sometimes used by the nobility as visit cards and for leaving messages, so these playing cards often became multi-purpose items. The images on the court cards are characters inspired by Schiller's play "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" ("Joan of Arc"). The central figure of Joan of Arc is depicted as the Queen of Spades, the Maid of Orleans who inspired the French army to victory, but was later burned at the stake. The court cards were designated with the words "Valet", "Dame", and "Roi", which are the French terms corresponding to the Jack, Queen, and King. In the first deck, beside Joan of Arc depicted as the Queen of Spades, other individuals closely associated with Joan include Etienne de Vignolles or La Hire (Jack of Hearts), who helped Joan to victory in the battle of Patay in 1429; and Raymond (Jack of Diamonds), a peasant who was Joan's page. Key political leaders who figured prominently in the events surrounding Joan's life are also represented, including King Charles VII (King of Hearts), the French monarch who relied on Joan's help to reach the Rhiems, the traditional place of coronation; Charles' mother Isabeau (Queen of Hearts), who was in league with Charles' enemy; Charles' mistress Agnes Sorel (Queen of Diamonds); Charles' opponent Philippe the Good (King of Diamonds), an ally of England; and the king of Naples, René d'Anjou (King of Clubs), who lost the kingdom after defeat in battle. General Talbot (King of Spades) was the English commander of the outpost of Orleans at Saint Loup, who was wounded in battle, captured, and was part of a prisoner exchange. Both Joan's "sister" Louison (Queen of Clubs) and Montgomery (Jack of Clubs) are fictional creations of Schiller, while the fictional Lionel (Jack of Spades) is the character who holds up Joan's sword in a location revealed by the voices that she supposedly heard telling her to help.

Gilded edition features all gold metallic ink on box, a gold tear band and custom numbered foil seal. Introducing a precisely digitally hand-recreated reproduction of the first published complete transformation playing card deck in the world! The blue "Joan of Arc" deck is the first in a series of six famous decks we plan to release. The very first transformation deck issued by Cotta is from 1805. This deck is probably the most famous of all six, and is incredibly scarce. Original illustrations were fiddling artworks done by hand, on copper plates that were manually engraved with stipple and etching, and the cards were printed on linen period stock that was 97 mm x 69 mm in size, with blank card backs and squared corners at that time. Only the court cards were hand-colored, while the number cards used red stencils. Cotta’s transformation cards were very successful and became a role model for later transformation decks from other publishers. And since the card backs were blank, individual cards were sometimes used by the nobility as visit cards and for leaving messages, so these playing cards often became multi-purpose items. The images on the court cards are characters inspired by Schiller's play "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" ("Joan of Arc"). The central figure of Joan of Arc is depicted as the Queen of Spades, the Maid of Orleans who inspired the French army to victory, but was later burned at the stake. The court cards were designated with the words "Valet", "Dame", and "Roi", which are the French terms corresponding to the Jack, Queen, and King. In the first deck, beside Joan of Arc depicted as the Queen of Spades, other individuals closely associated with Joan include Etienne de Vignolles or La Hire (Jack of Hearts), who helped Joan to victory in the battle of Patay in 1429; and Raymond (Jack of Diamonds), a peasant who was Joan's page. Key political leaders who figured prominently in the events surrounding Joan's life are also represented, including King Charles VII (King of Hearts), the French monarch who relied on Joan's help to reach the Rhiems, the traditional place of coronation; Charles' mother Isabeau (Queen of Hearts), who was in league with Charles' enemy; Charles' mistress Agnes Sorel (Queen of Diamonds); Charles' opponent Philippe the Good (King of Diamonds), an ally of England; and the king of Naples, René d'Anjou (King of Clubs), who lost the kingdom after defeat in battle. General Talbot (King of Spades) was the English commander of the outpost of Orleans at Saint Loup, who was wounded in battle, captured, and was part of a prisoner exchange. Both Joan's "sister" Louison (Queen of Clubs) and Montgomery (Jack of Clubs) are fictional creations of Schiller, while the fictional Lionel (Jack of Spades) is the character who holds up Joan's sword in a location revealed by the voices that she supposedly heard telling her to help.