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October 1st, as the Harvest Moon Rise, pranks are pulled by those in guise. Fulton returns back from the dead, new ideas spring from his head. He brings life to our favorite time of year, with 52 spirits for you to fear. The frightfully fun and whimsically illustrated artwork of Steven Noble will send shivers down your spine. Packaged inside the box you will find one tricked out deck of playing cards. Everything from the back design, ace of spades, jokers, and court cards were customized. Be warned for they might just take on a life of their own. Limited Release.

Scans of each card can be seen at www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/Inferno.html

Dante Alighieri is the most prominent Italian poet and "La Divina Commedia" (the Divine Comedy) is his masterpiece, representing his vision of afterlife, divided in three reigns: Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purgatory) and Paradiso (heaven). “La Divina Commedia” also marks the beginning of the Italian language, used in an important piece of literature, replacing the official Latin language. The court cards and the aces represent characters that Dante and Virgilio (the Jokers in Inferno - Dite), his guide, meet during the journey, until they find Lucifer (the Joker in Inferno - Cocito).

The red cards show sinner who are damned for passion-related sins, while the black cards portray sinners who used their intelligence to betray and deceive (Dante places the latter much deeper in hell).

Here you can find a list of all the characters: Dante, Virgilio, Paolo e F

rancesca, Ulisse e Diomede, Cerbero, Erinni, Minosse, Semiramide, Minotauro, Malacoda, Taide, Conte Ugolino, Pluto, Cleopatra, Gerione, Arpie, Giasone.

Printed on Black stock, features a flaming red foil for the back and silver metallic ink for the faces.

Tuck case will have a dark black stock, stamped with red foil and having a deep embossing. The inner side of the box will also have red velvet.

• 54 poker-sized cards
• Printed by Half Moon Playing cards
• Black stock
• Red foil on the back
• Red and silver metallic inks for the faces
• Red and silver foil embellishments on the faces
• Strictly Limited edition to the number of decks sold during the campaign.
• Each deck numbered and discretely signed

• Printed by the United States Playing Card Company.
• Bee paper.
• Custom Tuck Box.
• Two Joker Cards with my "No Way Out Sculpture" as the main design face.
• One Promo Card (Facebook, twitter...etc..)
• One custom Ace of Spades Card.
• One COA (Certificate Of Authenticity) card with the edition number of your deck printed on it.
• Tuck printed on Black Matte stock and possibly a Red Matt on the inside of the Tuck Box.
• Embossing and Foil.
• 3D Metal card face mechanism attached to deck.
• 52 STANDARD poker playing cards. (This deck is all about the Tuck Box and it's accessories.)

The deck will be printed by HalfMoonPlayingCards in Greece and will be ready to ship in December, just in time for Christmas! Printed on special stock with very shiny inks, it will be a piece of sheer beauty, despite its dark theme. Strictly Limited Edition of 606 decks in total, all of them hand numbered and discretely signed. The tuck case will be black foil on black stock. Absolute, shiny darkness!

Silver and Red Metallic inks printed on BLACK STOCK with air-pocket embossing!

Grotesk Macabre is the evolution of "Grotesque", which was the UC2014 annual deck. Taking this deck as a starting point, I tried to create my own vision of the Underworld. Although a joyful and positive person myself, I had always been attracted to dark themed artwork. I find fascinating how artists throughout the centuries have imagined the world of the dead and how they dealt with the greatest fear of mankind. In Grotesk Macabre I tried to combine the darkest of all themes with the heavy elegance of baroque and the pointy, flamboyant Gothic art.

• Printed by EPCC
• 54 cards
• Master finish
• 2 Editions: Original and Limited
• Tuck cases will be printed by me in Greece, all hand numbered and signed.
• Original edition tuck case printed with special inks on a matte black stock, foiled andembossed.
• Animated Edition tuck case  will be printed on a gold stock, foiled and embossed .
• Both editions' print run will be determined by the demand during KS campaign but theAnimated Edition will be NEVER printed again. The Original Edition may be reprinted but the tuck case of any future reprints will be basic and less elaborate in production compared to the KS Original Edition

What are Pipmen?  

Pips are the suit symbols on the card face - the spade, heart, diamond or club indicators. In addition to this standard element each Pipmen card has little stickmen figures interacting with the pips to create a unique scene. So Pipmen are the Pip-men! Get it?

• Printed with Legends Playing Card Company on their Diamond Finish
• 3 separate decks; Black, Red and limited Shadow editions!
• Custom Silver Foil Deck Seal (Numbered for the Shadow deck: #1-1000)
• Interior printing in the interesting Pipmen theme
• 56 Custom and Unique playing cards (different Jokers for each edition)
• Unique back designs for each deck.
• Shiny UV Gloss printing on the SHADOW tuckbox!
• The Shadow Deck has a bonus 57th card – the final Joker!

Scans of each card can be seen at

http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/htmlCards/Metal.html