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2020 DOTY Award Nominee: 'Best Joker'

This is the March 2020 deck offered to Kings Wild Shorts subscribers. Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/142-postage_paid

The legendary Arthurian Playing Cards return!

The Arthurian Holy Grail Edition playing cards are hand-illustrated, medieval playing cards celebrating the story and legend of King Arthur and many characters that have surrounded his court for hundreds of years. This medieval playing card deck is illustrated in the style of The Book of Kells that is believed to have originated in the same geographical area around the same time as the legend of King Arthur.

Jackson has redesigned one of his early Kickstarter decks to feature some of the most advanced design, printing & manufacturing techniques of modern time. Every card of the Arthurian Holy Grail Edition features new and vibrant artwork that stays true to the era and legend of King Arthur. With texture-layered, multi-colored foiling on each card, Jackson has embodied the legends-and-tales theme in one beautifully crafted luxury playing card deck.

Deck The Halls originally released in 2018 taking inspiration from those horrifically ugly sweaters your dad wore to Christmas parties and bragged about. The knitted texture design around the tuck case is 100% real and literally woven into the tuck case. With a new color scheme that includes gold thread in the exterior fabric design and gold foil on the card backs, the new Deck The Halls is of the utmost ugly sweater deliciousness, inside and out.

This deck was manufactured by the Expert Playing Card Company in the PRC. Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/812-deck_the_hall

Funded as a Kickstarter project on March 19, 2015 with kr462,035 (Swedish Krona, which is about $57k USD) pledged from 1,015 backers, this was the Kickstarter attempt at funding this project after the failed CardLauncher (cardlauncher.com) platform attempt, where that platform has since been abandoned.  In that process an earlier protoype (V.01) was created as a prototype and also as a promotional deck for CardLauncher itself which had 55 cards with black and white courts, different tuck-box, different aces, and was printed by MakePlayingCards in 525 units. 

For this project the deck was revised with new and modified face cards, back and tuck and was available in Bicycle branded, unbranded, plus a special Crown Edition hand created tuckcase with the same size and face cards.  It was printed by USPCC on Bicycle Stock with 56 cars including 3 jokers and a gaff card with a custom seal and embossed tuck used on both decks.  The deck as also available as an add-on in uncut format.  In addition, mini and micro formats were available as gifts with larger sized tiers which were printed by MPC (MakePlayingCards.com).

There is no specific theme in this deck, it´s quite eclectic and I let my fantasy run when I illustrated the courts. The diamonds have clearly an Egyptian resemblance, but overall they belong to a parallel world. There is a thing that connects all the court cards: the text circling the background is a part of the Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. 

The exclusive artworks of this deck of playing cards pay tribute to the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. One of the “Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature” and a household name in China until today, the story is set in the turbulent years from 169 to 280 AD, during which the country split into three power blocs: the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu (the Three Kingdoms period, 220~280 AD). The novel not only depicts the incessant battling of the three states over dominance but also romanticizes the personal lives of historical figures, introducing close to a thousand heroic characters, 13 of which are featured in this deck. Historical as well as mythical, the legendary Romance has inspired countless artistic renditions including the one we now present.

This deck is limited to 3288 and is a part of the Kingstar Dream World 2022 Mystery Deck series. A Saintess is someone who has achieved a high understanding of Dao and Martial Arts . She follows Righteous Cultivation and is the hope of her Sect . She is one of the most powerful person in the Dream World (Murim) and has a Phoenix as her Spirit Beast .

After having created several modern original decks of playing cards I have recently been inspired from playing cards from the past. And in this campaign I will present you 2 amazing examples of semi-transformation playing cards from the late 19th century. By supporting this campaign you will be helping bring back a piece of playing card history. All of the art was painstakingly recreated digitally from scratch.

Special thanks to "the World of Playing Cards" for providing a source of information on these and many other historical decks. Also special thanks to Josh Blaker for providing additional reference material.

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/399-hustling_joe_green_frog_back

POSSIBLE FEVER DREAMS DECKS:

CGI EDITION - 1 of 4000 Decks printed at USPCC.

1993 EDITION - 1 of 4000 decks printed at USPCC.

HACKER EDITION - 1 of 3000 decks printed at USPCC.

DECODER EDITION - 1 of 3000 decks printed at USPCC

RAVE EDITION - 1 of 2000 decks printed at USPCC

CHARACTERS EDITION - 1 of 1000 decks printed on full foil at Legends Playing Card Co in PRC.

From the Kickstarter campaign: With our fourth deck we wanted to take a different approach in art style to keep everyone guessing. We decided to continue with the pharmacy theme, but present it in a silly and creative way. Back in the early to mid 1900's, pharmacies were not only a place to buy medications, they also sold all types of items from milk to birdseed. I found an old pharmacy Almanac from 1926 and quickly showed it to Elettra. I tossed the idea to her for a pharmacy Almanac deck of cards with different advertisements and she instantly loved the idea. She tried a few art styles and quickly found the perfect one to portray the proper era as well as giving it her own personal feel. We spent many months coming up with various ideas for advertising and having everything feel cohesive. We have left many little gems to find that represent our quirky sense of humor, so we hope that you find new treasures each time you pick up the deck. Elettra spent SO much time creating this work of art and made sure that the uncut version was cohesive and had interplay. If you don't end up with an uncut sheet, then I encourage you to lay out the cards in order and see which cards interconnect with each other. Since the deck was inspired by an Almanac booklet, and since Elettra and I LOVE books (see our Sweet Tooth Chronicles), we decided to make a special version where the cards are tucked inside a Pharmacy Almanac book! We hope that you enjoy our creation. Have a wonderful day!

In Aztec mythology, Huitzilopochtli is the deity of the sun, and war. Also known as the Turquoise Prince (Xiuhpilli), Huitzilopochtli was represented in Aztec art as either a hummingbird or an Eagle. The Aztecs worshipped Huitzilopochtli by sacrificing human hearts and blood to ensure that the sun would rise each day. As a god of war, he was also the deity who helped the Aztecs to expand their influence and empire throughout most of modern day Mexico and Central America. This colorful and intricately hand drawn deck honors ancient Aztec traditions by bringing their past back to the present. Makes a fantastic addition to any card collection and adds an element of interest and design to any card game.

This deck is unlike others similar to it as it has a "UP TO $4 In Savings Inside" coupon inside as advertised on the yellow sticker on the Tuck Box. This deck was produced in 2018. Deck features custom, uni-directional card back design. The stripes on the card back are full bleed and can be seen from the side of the deck when stacked. Court cards are modified standard, using the corporate colors of 7-Eleven (green/red/orange). Jokers are Bicycle Standard (one colored, one black-and-white). The deck MAY contain ad cards for discounted snack foods. Available at 7-Eleven stores

7-Eleven 2022 Collector's Edition Pink