Heretic Playing Cards by Lorenzo Gaggiotti (Stockholm17) is based on alchemy and the hermetic world. Salt (for the Jacks), Sulfur (for the Queens) and Mercury (for the Kings) are the three basic ingredients of the alchemist. This PCDB entry is for the basic Noctis version of the deck, there also was a Lux version and uncuts of each. In addition, there was a VERY limited subset of both Lux and Noctis that were signed and wax sealed called Heretic Gran Riserva. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/requiemcards/heretic-playing-cards

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/1009-ellusionist_discord_deck

The iconic Kings Wild Tigers that first debuted on Kickstarter in 2018 now make a grand return with the Kings Wild Tigers 2nd Edition featuring new colors and new designs, but that same perfectly executed vintage matchbox look and feel. This Gilded Edition features a blue, prism gilding on the decks.

"I have always been interested and also inspired by printing methods and aesthetics of the late 1800s & early 1900s, especially the wide range of matchbook ephemera produced all over the world. I find it so interesting that so much beauty and variety can be found in material that, at the time, was produced to be "throw away". The Kings Wild Tigers are an artistic study and creation, in the form of playing cards, that pays homage to the beautiful world of matchbook printing of the late 1800s & early 1900s." - Jackson Robinson, Designer, CEO

Introducing Joker and the Thief’s SEAFARERS Playing Cards! From the darkest depths, from the furthest horizons.They come, great travellers of the sea. Sailing for eternity on strange waters. The Joker and the Thief Return.

Following the success of the Joker and the Thief reprints, we have decided we want to focus on more original designs heading into the future. Since the beginning of our brand, we have developed a list of themes that we’ve wanted to explore. Nautical is one of them, and the perfect opportunity arose when we began collaborating with Gustavo Magalhães. As a passionate artist hailing from Brazil, Gus was keen to bring the concept to life and carry the symbolism, characters and vibe over to Seafarers.

We wanted to create a classic deck of cards reminiscent of vintage United States Playing Card Co. designs. We intentionally went this route because of how classic designs survive the test of time. Gus was instrumental in striking the balance between classic design and our signature vibe.

All the features you want, know and love!

Wayfarers has all the features that you could ever possibly want or need in a deck of playing cards!

• 100% Custom Design - Illustrated from Scratch!
• Designed in Spain - Produced in Australia
• Made in America!
• Featuring Crush Paper Stock and Finish
• Incredible Handling and Outstanding Durability - Designed to Handle like a Dream!
• Thin Borders
• Speciality Tuck Case - Masterfully crafted utilising Heidelberg machines at our letterpress studio in Southern California!
• Foil. Embossing. Letterpress on both the Interior and Exterior of the Tuck
• Premium Quality Imported Dyed Paper for Tuck Case
• Perforated Custom Shaped Seal

Full Deck Scan by Cardtograher MacStrat

Infinitum Playing Cards is a deck of cards that is both functional and beautiful: 100% hand-illustrated, precision-detailed, printed on USPCC classic crushed stock and perfect for a games night, poker night or to give as a beautiful gift.

It has been designed for the games enthusiast, the casual gamer, the collector and the cardist to be a staple go-to deck in any situation.

The deck combines elements of mortality and time to produce a dystopian infinite universe where endless power and greed (embodied by the Kings, Queens and Aces) have not only figuratively but also literally consumed the very ones who dedicated their life to it's pursuit. This theme is vividly portrayed with intricate embossed foil, bright popping colors, luxurious metallic inks and superb handling.

https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/868-infinitum_white

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vostokcards/vostok-cards-animal-gangdom/description

Did you ever imagine a card where the Jack of Spades is in a tracksuit, has a ski mask on, and not to mention is a wolf!? In this deck, every suit is associated with a different gang, from a different culture and a different animal kingdom. Every character has its own personality, while still keeping the traditional, minimalistic look of a playing card. We wanted a product that could be used as a collectible, for cardistry, for magic, and for playing games.

The tuck box has a smooth black matte finish, with gold foil and embossing. From the front to the back, the sides, and the opening flaps, the surface of the box is embroidered with intricate designs of the animal kingdom and the gang world

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/1013-animal_gangdom

2020 DOTY Award Nominee: 'Best Ace', Best Rookie Deck'

Full deck scan by macstrat @ https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/90-the_planets_mercury

The Planets is a collection of decks representing the planets in our solar system, starting closest to the sun and moving outwards into the surrounding universe. The first deck of this series is Mercury, featuring creatures with stone-like heat-resistant skin.

The tuckboxes are printed by Clove St. Press, producers of gorgeous letterpress printing. The decks will be printed by the United States Playing Card Company (USPC), makers of Bicycle & Bee brand decks and supplier to casinos around the world.

Tucks: 2 foils, embossing, interior foil, black/blue paper stocks

Cards: USPC Bicycle stock, Embossed finish

Excerpt from Come and Sleep by the monk Kyoukai, 9th century AD

Sumi Playing Cards – Kitsune is Card Experiment's 2nd collaboration with ToKMR Graphics following our highly successful

In Kitsune, we continue to translate and transform the traditional Japanese tattoo art form of Wabori into playing card style, retaining as well as enhancing many of the interesting and delightful features we had in Sumi Playing Cards. The focus of Kitsune centers around the fox spirit, a staple in Japanese folklore. We scoured many different sources of folktales, stories and myths about fox spirits and selected a few well-known ones as sources of inspiration for the characters in the court cards. Kistune continues to serve as a homage to Wabori and faithfully represents the visual nuances and quality that is the hallmark of Japanese traditional tattoo once again, creating a visual playing card masterpiece like no other, a masterpiece that weaves fantastical stories of begone time with modern playing card aesthetics.

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cardexperiment/sumi-playing-cards-kitsune

Empire is a limited edition, bold, commanding, obsessively intricate and empowering design with the finest finishing, to be printed by United States Playing Cards Company for unrivalled quality. It's a deck that represent what it means to stand up and fight for what's important to you, your dreams. To follow them no matter how challenging and strive to make your own dent in this world. 

• The sharp-eyed magicians and hustlers among you may notice that because both the back design and faces have that centre edging detail, having any reversed cards in the deck is no problem. They'll still be very difficult to identify at a glance, should you need to ;)
• The edge detail also holds an incredibly subtle one-way feature that a trained eye will have at their disposal.
• The mischievous Jokers can also be used as a creative revealing tool for magicians.
• Empire will also come with a utility card ('DB') useful for card magic or even as a cut card for poker, bridge or any other games.

These built-in features do not have any impact on the normal functionality of the deck for use in any kind of game play and merriment you desire.

The Empire deck also won 3 out of 18 categories from UnitedCardists 2013 Deck of the Year awards: Best Back Design, Best Pips, Best Deck for Fanning.

Scans of each card can be seen at HERE

Symbology about the backs and the decks The backs of SINS represents Eden, the place where the first Sin happened. In SINS Mentis, Eve was planning to eat the Apple of Knowledge, but she didn't actually do that - so Eden was bright. In SINS Corpus, Eve ate the Apple and she was banned. Without her and Adam, an eternal night fell on Eden. This means, chronologically, that SINS Corpus happened after SINS Mentis. In SINS Anima, Adam and Eve realized they're the first two humans in the world. They are banned, frail and mortal. But after they ate the Apple, they also are full of self-knowledge. They became the first two dreamers. Eden is now empty and is red. Red like blood and hell fire - but also red like the heart, passion and life. The three decks also represents the philosophy behind the name Thirdway Industries: thesis, antithesis, synthesis.

2020 DOTY Award Nominee: 'Best Tuck'

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thirdwayind/apocalisse-playing-cards

for scans of every card 

http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/Pagan.html