Originally offered by Spicy Pickle Creative as a KickStarter project in June 2014, with a failed relaunch shortly after, the rights and artwork were purchased by Albino Dragon.  After 2 years of deliberation and almost being abandoned, it was finally successful in June 2016 with 272 backers who pledged $7,857.  

The Joker and the Thief return with a striking and luxurious colour way – White and Gold.

The Bells and Whistles 

All the features you want, know and love!

• Thinner Borders
• 100% Custom Pips, Fonts, Court Cards and Art Work
• Updated Colour Scheme
• Gold and Silver Metallic Inks (Faces and Backs)
• Interior Tuck Case Gold Foil Stamping 
• Exterior Tuck Case Embossing + Hot Stamped Gold Foil Coverage
• Dramatic Ink Saturation Reduction 
• CLASSIC Stock and Finish for Improved Handling
• Matte Finish Tuck Case Paper
• Traditionally Cut for Smooth Edges
• Perforated Blood Red Tax Stamp Style Seal now with Gold Foil

Scans of each card can be found: http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/Cards/SeaCreatures.html

View all cards here: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/398-sea_creatures_colorized

This year we teamed up with Benji Taylor of Next Exit to design an exclusive deck of playing cards just for Cardistry-Con. The result is truly unique. Printed on a premium stock with thin borders and metallic inks. The cards feature a custom back design and Ace of Spades with standard court cards in a complementary color palette, Produced by Art of Play and printed by none other than The U.S. Playing Card Company.These cards are limited and will only be available through this campaign.

The playing cards for cardists, collectors, magicians, card players, artists, enthusiasts and everyone in between.

For three years, at Joker and the Thief, we have reviewed and handled hundreds of custom designer playing cards from around the world. We have seen absolute gems and absolute rubbish, innovation and repetition, various design trends, decks that handle spectacularly and decks that handle poorly. What we have observed is a vast plethora of combinations, leading to either quality products or poor ones. We believe that a certain balance needs to be achieved in order to create a great deck of cards. Now we are delighted to introduce to you, a collaborative project with Pedro Oyarbide, 6 months in the making - Joker and the Thief Playing Cards.

Funded as a Kickstarter project on July 22, 2014 with $53,355 pledged from 756 backers, this was ultimately a set of 6 decks, some with custom cards and some tuck swaps, plus uncut sheets and varied non-deck add ons. Using the 1920s-30s mobster era as inspiration, this USPCC deck series consists of the Gold and Silver decks, later followed by limited edition Cotton Club and Stork Club decks (1,500 each) which were tuck swaps and finally the limited editions of Empire and Kingpin (1,250 each) which were fully different decks (face cards, backs and tuck). While the decks were designed, submitted and copyright 2014 they were not printed or delivered until early 2015. This PCDB Entry is for the Bicycle branded Gold deck. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crookedkings/get-made-mob-themed-uspcc-bicycle-playing-card-dec/