AKHETON Playing Cards : A Unique Sci-Fi Egypt Mythology Deck

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created by Juan Solorzano

Why Steampunk in Wonderland? The original Wonderland story was written and set in the late 1800's Victorian era. The genre of Steampunk derives from that same era so it ties in nicely with the Wonderland theme. However, my deck of Wonderland playing cards is part of a larger picture, one that tells the story of the continuing adventures of Alice. In this more mature setting, Alice is now a young lady and the world she remembers from Wonderland has changed, everything is now Steampunk - but still Wonderland. The 4 main kingdoms of Hearts, Clubs, Spades, and Diamonds, rule Wonderland. I am including Alice, the Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the White Rabbit as the Joker playing cards illustrated in full pose and in the same black and white line art as the royal face cards.

The Pyramid symbolizes the Gods' power above all. And so its illustrious golden luster is depicted in a playing card that ranked above all - the Ace of Spade. At the card's back winged scarabs make its design. They're a common charm sewn to mummy to protect the dead's passing to Afterlife. On the other hand, the colorless and borderless card's face illustrates Ancient Egypt's creation myth: that the universe began as a lifeless void.

Until the Great Ennead descended from Ra and gifted the world Four Seasons and Nature's Law. Just as the creator of the playing cards had given them Diamond, Club, Spade, and Heart and Playing Cards Standard. It's only because the Pyramid was built can a lost civilization's mystery be unpeeled layer by layer by modern human. And it's only because the Egypt Playing Cards was designed can the same mystery see the light of day again, in a novel way - on a magician's path.

Thus, ultimately, we magicians can make history that belongs to no other on this novel path we walk, with the Old Egypt's conviction inherited through this deck.

Features of Ancient Egypt:

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With a certain personally beloved series broadcasting its final season this year, I was inspired to create these decks as an homage while giving it a spin in my style and interpretation. To me, the aspect I wanted to focus on were the diverse "families" depicted in the series as opposed to individual heroes, villains and so forth. Each house has their own agendas and values that they live (or die, a lot) by and I couldn't help but find that intriguing. I thought to myself, how could I represent each family visually and voila, "Ascension Playing Cards" came into existence.

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