Artwork inspired by the 18th century novel A Dream of Red Mansions, also translated as Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone, by Cao Xueqin. 1 way faces, art repeats across the suits. The English version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" is the first classical novel translated and published by Foreign Languages Press. The translation and editing work began in the early 1960s and lasted for nearly 14 years until the first volume of its English version was published in 1978. As the book's editor, I get emotional whenever I recall that journey. However, this difficult period also taught me what I needed to learn about foreign publishing, and turned a young college graduate into a competent editor.

Born from a long forgotten prototyped sheet, the Red Arcane deck was produced to bring a little extra colour to the regular Ellusionist Holiday Giveaway. When Ellusionist released the Red Arcane sheets at the beginning of 2013, their Facebook page and Email boxes were inundated with comments begging for the red deck to be made. Not ones to ignore the voices of their customers - so Ellusionist set out to manufacture this limited edition deck and it was originally only given away free to Black Club members as a surprise bonus - then made available exclusively in their 2013 Holiday Giveaway. The Arcane Red Edition is now a Very Rare collectable deck, no more Red Arcane decks will ever be printed again.

From the site: \"This is the Black Arcane deck strategically laced with metallic GOLD ink. The Gold Arcane Deck will be the first casino-grade deck from USPC specifically engineered for those who adore the glint of GOLD appearing to emanate from each and every card. Even at a glance