Mage & Fool are custom French-suited, English Pattern playing cards. (Most people know this variety more simply as “playing cards.”) Both editions have 52 standard cards. There are four suits (Spades, Diamonds, Clubs, and Hearts) with 13 cards each, plus four extra cards: 2 Jokers and 2 Flags. These decks are proudly printed by The United States Playing Card Company, world-famous for Bee® and Bicycle® decks. Mage & Fool will be printed on premium card stock with their classic embossed finish.

Mage & Fool are custom French-suited, English Pattern playing cards. (Most people know this variety more simply as “playing cards.”) Both editions have 52 standard cards. There are four suits (Spades, Diamonds, Clubs, and Hearts) with 13 cards each, plus four extra cards: 2 Jokers and 2 Flags. These decks are proudly printed by The United States Playing Card Company, world-famous for Bee® and Bicycle® decks. Mage & Fool will be printed on premium card stock with their classic embossed finish.

The idea for this deck, The Lepidopterist, started as just that: an idea — one that I wasn't sure would ever come to fruition. Between jobs, I would work on it and, after many months, it was finally ready to bring to you! The real inspiration for this deck came from two main things:

• Art Nouveau design and architecture, specifically conservatories/sun rooms

• The incredibly beautiful Chrysiridia rhipheus, better known as the Madagascan Sunset Moth

Both are so unique and so beautiful. Art Nouveau brought an elegant, almost psychedelic, look to the end of the Victoria era and the Sunset Moth has such vibrant, iridescent colors, it almost doesn't seem real. Their special appeal combined to inspire this project.

Thus, The Lepidopterist playing cards were born— a deck of cards inspired by elegant architecture and nature, bringing elements of both into the creation of something I hope you will be proud to be a part of.

Kickstarter: Lepidopterist Playing Cards