Madame LaVeau LTD700 the Soothsayer, released as part of Stockholm's 2023 Patron Awards.

I had in mind a new odd fellow and finally I found some inspiration and started to sketch some odd court cards based on a concept.

The way I am distributing characteristics of the characters is displayed in the black table. Long story short: I picked the number of court cards (12) and I am matching them with the 12 houses of the zodiac, the 12 months, and 12 major arcana associated to that month (like my Keymaster Tarot Calendar). Suits are associated to seasons, and this will affect the color palette difference between red and black cards.

Who is Madame Laveau? find Marie Laveau on wikipedia. I did not take everything from the original character, just the last name and the mystic aspect.

Madame LaVeau the Soothsayer, released as part of Stockholm's 2023 Patron Awards.

I had in mind a new odd fellow and finally I found some inspiration and started to sketch some odd court cards based on a concept.

The way I am distributing characteristics of the characters is displayed in the black table. Long story short: I picked the number of court cards (12) and I am matching them with the 12 houses of the zodiac, the 12 months, and 12 major arcana associated to that month (like my Keymaster Tarot Calendar). Suits are associated to seasons, and this will affect the color palette difference between red and black cards.

Who is Madame Laveau? find Marie Laveau on wikipedia. I did not take everything from the original character, just the last name and the mystic aspect.

Redemption Story Vol. VI is the Patrons deck. A limited run of 650 decks, printed exclusively for our Patrons, due to issues with the print below.

There is a little issue with the PATRONS deck that I NEED YOUR HELP for, and this is the main reason for the lack of updates for a long time: I’ve been debating with myself whether I should reprint it or not! The foil registration is stunning, the details very clear, printing is great, handling is good and I’m overall pleased, but:

• The embossed stock has left some uncovered spots on the foil. Some Patrons noticed that from the beginning. I’m not sure I don’t like that, though. It’s all over the card, so you can see it as a texture instead of seeing it as a flaw. I’m not very happy but I don’t dislike it, either.
• Another little issue is that the pressure and heat applied for the double foil on the back has caused the cards to bend. This affects handling a bit.
• None of these is enough to make me reject the print though but I’m not very happy either.

Patrons POLLED as to what they wanted Lotrek to do with the print job:

• Do you want the deck to be sent as is?
• Or should I give it a try and reprint it on a different, smooth stock?
• In case of a reprint, we will send immediately (before the rewards) one deck to every past and active Patron as a REDEMPTION Story deck FOR FREE.

Patrons voted for REPRINT!

Redemption Story Vol. V is the ICONS Celestial deck. A limited run of 450 decks, printed exclusively for Patrons. The deck features gold foil on the back against a beautiful teal background and gold gilding.

We have printed SILK PLAYERS in 2 color variants, of which one (teal/gold) will be given as a Redemption gift to all who have ordered Royal Silk and are still patiently waiting for it. What nobody knows yet is that there is a third variant, SILK PLAYERS Frost Edition which is one of the next Redemption Stories! This variant will be exclusively available to Patrons, it has a very shiny silver ink and will be silver gilded. There will also be a hand signed Ad card inside the deck: Patrons who have ordered Royal Silk will get both the Teal/Gold free deck and of course the Frost edition as a Redemption Story.

The Notorious gambling frog is a standard deck with redesigned standard court cards. It is designed to look classic with a touch of art nouveau style on the back design. The deck features high readability with its 4-corner-index, which is great for playing card games and for card tricks. This special variant has been created for Rare Playing Cards 7th anniversary.

• 56 cards poker size
• Redesigned Standard Court Cards
• Back design with golden foil
• Classic look / Standard faces
• Indices on the 4 corners
• 3 Frogs as 3 Jokers
• gaff card: 17 of diamonds
• Tuckbox with 2 foils, central cutout, inner foil with a short tale, seal.
• inner foil with a short tale of the frog and the scorpion
• Wrapped in Cellophane