Transhumanism Project produced the "Transhumanism: The Prediction" Act for the Taipei Arts Festival in 2019 and unveiled it for the first time. This ongoing three-year project was co-created by magician Sean Chou, director Yu Dian Chen, and visual art designer Wei Wang, in an attempt to explore genuine and extraordinary abilities in areas other than magic. Sean Chou develops a variety of superpowers through a series training, body modification, developing, awakening and cyborg organism. This is to respond to significant topics such as: human, society, and psychology, and to discover the true meaning of humanity to this world.

Transhumanism Shuriken

This deck of cards is designed specifically for Transhumanism Project. One specific part of the act, "sleight," was inspired by and described a random killing spree incident that happened in Taiwan back in 2014. As a magician, Sean Chou thought about the possibility of playing cards being used as a destructive weapon if he encounters the same incident, which inspired him to start training for card throwing. In addition to games and performing magic, Sean tries to make playing cards become an extension of his body and explore the possibility of them becoming a weapon.

Words from designer Wei Wang

Since the beginning of the project, Transhumanism had made its attempt to "deflesh" itself, leaving only the body shell. Thus, we decided to start from zero: typography, color coordination, suits, numbers, lines on the card back, and we even designed the court cards to exist in a formless style.

We started from the magic that we are most familiar with, the space that blends both reality and illusion. We tried to develop the state of zero to the extreme, fusing Genesis Myth and the meaningful astrological symbols into the totem design, metallic ink reflection represents reflexive reflection, black and silver foil on premium black cardboard stock, and finally processed it with a braille embosser. There are countless details and codes for you to enjoy, or you could simply enjoy the texture of vintage stock and the smooth legendary finish that has the perfect resilience for you to handle.

Printed in Taiwan by Hanson Chien Production Co. Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/888-transhumanism

This is an artistic deck for the love of cards and the art from the bible, not for a gambling aid. Gambling is considered a sin among Christian and many religions, the concept of using the images of saints and biblical characters - and one could say double so of the family of Jesus and Abraham - in order to act out such a sin could be considered blasphemous and insulting to the religion. This was a significant consideration whilst building this deck, but my mind was settled when conducting my research; I found the Catholic Church of England & Wales themselves use the image of Jesus as the King of Hearts and using cards to help the youth to reflect on their relationships. Ethnicity was another consideration, and has been discussed in some length with religious and scholarly experts. I decided to stay in line with traditional western interpretations of the Bible characters as I have based my cards on my own experiences of the Bible. Some of the best art in the world is inspired by, or directly taken from the bible, and whilst this deck may not be up there with the masters, I hereby present you with my deck: Testament, a classic styled deck for the collector. For the love of cards and art of the bible. Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/125-testament_classic

The Day of the Dolls playing cards are the perfect combination of classic vintage pin-ups and the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The art is inspired by classic pin-up artists such as Alberto Vargas and Gil Elvgren. This deck was designed by Stephen Lewis and illustrated by Michael J. Axt of Custom Gambler Playing Cards.

In addition to playing cards we will also be offering uncut sheets, high quality prints, and stickers. All of the artwork has been created in vector format and will retain excellent image quality throughout all mediums.

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Custom back design, court cards, aces, jokers, pips, and tuck.

15 illustrations in each deck!

The Burlesque Edition draws inspiration from classic American Burlesque which is an offset of Victorian Burlesque. It has a lunar theme on the back of the deck. Pin-ups are in gray scale. This edition features bright blue accents. This deck contains 16 different pin-up illustrations and a unique two way back design. Most of the pin-ups will be the same as the Purple Bombshell Edition deck. The Queen of Diamonds and Fan card will have different pin-ups. The company card will have an additional pin-up in the Blue Burlesque deck. This is the second edition of the Blue Burlesque deck with the main difference being a new seal and updated queen of diamonds. LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 2,500 DECKS!

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/customgambler/day-of-dolls-playing-playing-cards-reprint

The Day of the Dolls playing cards are the perfect combination of classic vintage pin-ups and the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The art is inspired by classic pin-up artists such as Alberto Vargas and Gil Elvgren. This deck was designed by Stephen Lewis and illustrated by Michael J. Axt of Custom Gambler Playing Cards.

In addition to playing cards we will also be offering uncut sheets, high quality prints, and stickers. All of the artwork has been created in vector format and will retain excellent image quality throughout all mediums.

QUICK OVERVIEW:

The Highest quality products made in the USA!

Custom back design, court cards, aces, jokers, pips, and tuck.

15 illustrations in each deck!

The NEW Purple Bombshell Edition draws inspiration from WW2 and the popularity of pin-ups in G.I. locker rooms. It has a stars and stripes theme on the back of the deck. Pin-ups are in gray scale. This edition features vibrant purple accents. This deck contains 15 different pin-up illustrations and a unique two way back design. LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 2,500 DECKS!

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/customgambler/day-of-dolls-playing-playing-cards-reprint Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/530-day_of_the_dolls_bombshell

Just to get an idea of the importance of these cards. This deck is the deck that started it all six years ago. Without this deck maybe none of the cards that I've designed later on would exist. A nice little "what if" thought. To appreciate this fact, my goal was it to print these cards with every relevant playing card company / factory. After USPCC in the USA and Cartamundi in Belgium, Hanson Chien is my first choice for decks from Taiwan.

Since the dawn of time, man has felt drawn to the sea and its infinite mysteries. We try to understand it in many ways: exploring, inventing stories, immersing ourselves in its crystal waters or simply through dreaming. To celebrate this fascination with the ocean Jocu has created ONDA, a deck of cards depicting a fantastical marine mythology. Twelve colourful characters that incorporate the necessary characteristics to live and survive the azure depths, where life assumes surprising forms and colours and humans are permitted to see only a small part. ONDA, the fourth project by Jocu Playing Cards, is a colourful, visual exploration of this world and its both real and imagined creatures.

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This is a deck released for C.C. 2019 1000 were printed and numbered, although some got dents and never were sold. To make up for that, some unnumbered ones were also sold later on. Decks are the same except the seal. Don't mistaken them for the V1, these have a mate finish and the OG is glossy. These also have thinner borders