The design phase started with drawings by George Sikes and Eric Siddall who agreed to help do the art work for the project.  What we've brought to you is a deck of playing cards with custom backs, faces, pips, and tuck box that can be used to play chess. We've also created a custom game board that is made to be used with playing cards. This is final design that we are very proud to share with you

Kickstarter project: 513 backers pledged £10,561 to help bring this project to life.

The Paragon Aces

Each ace was intricatly designed from scratch and captures the essence of paragon in every detail.

The court cards are immediately recognizable, but with an added 20th century twist. Paying attention to one eyed jacks and the position of all the faces, keeping the cards suitable for all your favourite games.

For scans of each image 

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

The SEASONS Set is a limited set of playing cards that visually captures the changing seasons. Unique from other deck sets, these cards embrace two different illustrated artworks while still maintaining a consistency for the set. The back designs incorporate intricate flourishing to entrance any spectator. The cards are produced by The United States Playing Card Company to ensure the quality and craftsmanship that playing card collector's have come to expect. The SEASONS Set is the first card set in the world to display the culmination of the following features: 100% custom artwork Subtle one-way court card design The New "Magic Finish" Aristocrat Stock Platinum Metallic Ink Platinum Foil Embossing Asymmetrical Wrap-Around Box Design

V1 has Gold foil on tuck box

This rummy deck can be found wrapped or unwrapped depending on the release and also included in a set produced in 2010. You can see the double box in https://www.portfolio52.com/deck/23518/view Unlike previous sets, there is no red deck in the set so no matching red deck is known.

The Bicycle Phoenix Deck was Diavoli Productions third deck produced. Designed by Steve Rooks from the United Kingdom.

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 1,500 limited edition Bicycle branded Cotton Club deck. They featured the same cards as the standard gold/silver decks, but were in a different tuckbox (tuck swap) and also came with a similar themed coin which were also numbered and signed. Like the other limited decks in this series, they also used serialized seals on the decks. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crookedkings/get-made-mob-themed-uspcc-bicycle-playing-card-dec/

Nightfall is a mirror of the original, with much the same art and layout. We designed the original to be as if you were in the tropical rainforest, peering up at the sun through the natural habitat. Nightfall is that same view, but time-shifted to the evening, when the moon is glowing and the light is cool and dark. We subtly refined many aspects of the original design and added some visual texture and detail. Nightfall is the perfect companion to the original Tendril deck.

The box features deep blue metallic foil, debossed accents and vibrant color artwork. This deck was printed by USPCC in a limited run of 5,000 and will never be reprinted.

scans of every card can be seen at 

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

The deck is about the dichotomy of a life at sea. The Red side of the deck; hearts and diamonds; explores famous sailors, explorers, pirates, and privateers of the age of sail. The court cards focus on the actual historical figures of the time and the cards ranked 2-10 of the hearts and diamonds feature different types of ships. The dark side of the deck explores the dangers sailors would face; be them real or fantasy. Court cards for the spades and clubs explore the monstrous creatures thought to lurk below the waves, while the ranked 2-10 cards focus more on superstitions and ghost ships.

Exclusively from The United States Playing Card Company, the proprietary MetalLuxe™ technology gives these cards ideal flexibility and durability equal to a standard Rider Back card. Stamped with real metal to achieve a dazzling shine, each MetalLuxe™ card showcases brilliant luminescence and color. Printed on premium cardstock, this deck features the brand’s classic Air-Cushion™ finish to ensure long-lasting, flake-free performance.

The Verana Deck represents Summer in the beautiful 4-deck Seasons series. The back displays a gorgeous illustration of in full bloom accented with metallic ink. The summer collection displays elegance with gold foiling and embossing throughout the tuck box. The cards are produced by The United States Playing Card Company to ensure the quality and craftsmanship that playing card collector's have come to expect.