Forged on the bank of the Hudson River in New York, Hudson Playing Cards were inspired by a historic factory dating back to 1856. It was the pinnacle of playing card quality.

With unrivaled quality, snap, feel, and finish, Hudson Playing Cards were the gold standard for poker players and family games alike. Thousands of decks once crossed this mythical assembly line - and then, as quickly as it emerged, it vanished in 1871 with the rise of the New York Consolidated Card Company.

A legend lost to history - until today. theory11 proudly reimagines Hudson Playing Cards, with an all-new deck designed and manufactured in the USA with relentless attention to detail.

The design is breathtaking, intricate, detailed, and timeless - with a custom Ace of Spades, Joker, back design, and tuck case packaging.

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!

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• Three Different Foils on Each Tuck Case
• Fully Embossed Tuck Case with shiny Pearl Foils
• Both edition tuck cases are made with a Premium Matte Finish Paper
• The intricate artwork and easter eggs will show you everything about the future
• Sophisticated illustrations with foils in the Inner Tuck Case

The Notorious Gambling Frog Playing Cards - Orange Variant

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.

Specs:

• Cards Printed by WJPCC
• 56 cards poker size
• Redesigned Standard Court Cards
• Classic look / Standard faces
• Indices on the 4 corners
• 3 Frogs as 3 Jokers
• gaff card: 17 of hearts
• Tuckbox with embossing, inner print in green, and custom seal.
• Wrapped in Cellophane

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/1093-aop_dinosaur

The Joker and the Thief return with a striking and luxurious colour way – White and Gold.

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All the features you want, know and love!

• Thinner Borders
• 100% Custom Pips, Fonts, Court Cards and Art Work
• Updated Colour Scheme
• Gold and Silver Metallic Inks (Faces and Backs)
• Interior Tuck Case Gold Foil Stamping 
• Exterior Tuck Case Embossing + Hot Stamped Gold Foil Coverage
• Dramatic Ink Saturation Reduction 
• CLASSIC Stock and Finish for Improved Handling
• Matte Finish Tuck Case Paper
• Traditionally Cut for Smooth Edges
• Perforated Blood Red Tax Stamp Style Seal now with Gold Foil

After 5 years this classic returns with some major upgrades! In this new edition of Maidens Playing Cards, tendrils of copper foil are stamped into the back design. This process is called cold foil stamping. Unlike metallic ink, which only shimmers because of metallic particles, cold foil is completely shiny, as if metal has been stamped into the back design.

Witness the gorgeous custom court cards illustrated by Kentaro Yoshida. Maidens features 12 original kings, queens and jacks. The court cards are completely custom - illustrated by hand, from scratch. Each card is unrestricted by borders, allowing us to take full advantage of the space of the card, and all featuring cold stamped copper foil. Maidens features foil on the exterior and interior of the boxes, special dyed paper, and now embossing all over.

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For those who seek Victory, in any endeavour. Joker and the Thief presents a limited edition deck that is an homage to our founder James Milaras’ family.

The name Victory is a direct tribute to the efforts of James’ grandparents, who were Greek immigrants and owned and operated a fish and chips shop in Far North Queensland, Australia in the 80s through to the late 90s. The name of the shop was Victory and became an institution in the small port town of Cairns - known for quality food and customer service. Victory playing cards pays tribute in name to their immigrant spirit of hard work, of which we as a family are grateful to be inspired by and benefit from.

Introducing Joker and the Thief: Crown Edition playing cards! This new series of luxury playing cards is where practicality and aesthetics meet in perfect harmony. Hand illustrated by our long-term collaborator, world-renowned artist, and friend Pedro Oyarbide. Crown Playing Cards explores a relationship with life and a stoic approach to death, expanding upon the themes established in the original Joker and the Thief decks.

Standard Red and Blue Decks:

Choose from our classic Standard Red and Standard Blue decks. These playing cards emphasise practicality - featuring minimalist court cards that are designed in-house, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in your card games and magic tricks without distractions.

Made with premium paper stock, and a finish that allows the cards to effortlessly glide. All housed in a beautiful tuck box with heavy embossing on the design elements. Sealed with our foil, Joker and the Thief Manufacturer Seal.

Exquisite Artistry: Immerse yourself in captivating designs that seamlessly blend tradition with modern aesthetics, all masterfully illustrated by our in-house designer Pedro Oyarbide.

Stoic Themes: Embrace the stoic philosophy and theme behind Crown Playing Cards. A deck with a story, developed while travelling through the home of stoic philosophy - Greece!

Collector's Delight: Beyond their utility, these cards are a collector's treasure, an artistic marvel that will be the highlight of any collection.

Luxurious Finishing: Crown playing cards feature premium card stock and finish to meet your ultimate standard of play. Durability for ongoing game play. Not only that, Crown playing cards feature premium finishings such as gilding, foil stamping, and embossing to make these decks a stand out in your collection.

Limited Editions: Round out your collection with limited edition gilded versions, all uniquely numbered - unique to you!

Crown Playing Cards are more than just a deck of cards; they're a statement of style and sophistication, a bridge between tradition and modernity. Elevate your card game, capture the spirit of stoicism, and own a piece of cardistry artistry today with the Crown Playing Cards series.

Created by Lorenzo and produced by Stockholm17 Playing Cards

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A new character is joining the Odd Fellows family; Cpt Spindel Webber with his itsy bitsy concoction will make you glow under UV light.

This Odd Fellow features new court cards, new tuckbox, and 219 new tiny illustrations printed with invisible UV sensitive ink, reacting to UV light (works with 365nm wavelength UV light).

The cards are printed by Cartamundi on their B9 Slimline stock, and the tuckbox is printed by Boschiero&Newton with orange fluo foil on a gray paper stock. The foil reacts to any UV light.

• 56 cards 100% custom
• Paper stock: B9 Slimline
• UV-reactive ink on number cards (works with 365nm wavelength UV light)
• Illustrated court cards, jokers, ace of spades
• Tuckbox with embossing, debossing, 2 foils, inner foil, custom cutouts
• Wrapped in cellophane

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.

Portfolio52 proudly presents a series of custom poker size decks of playing cards designed with a touch of oddity by Stockholm17. The Odd Fellows are a care-free crew, unbothered by the norms of "functioning members of society". Come aboard and meet a couple of supremely odd characters, each with their own blend of cards and art packaged in personality that's almost too much for your eyes to handle. This project is the first official P52-branded project created as an ode to our love of playing cards. Join our crew in a celebration of the odd and reckless.

The Uncle Tibia deck features pearlescent purple and cerulean foil across the barrel embossed case. 17 marks scratch across the top signifying the date of the launch and the number of Stockholm17. On the face of the deck is Uncle Tibia himself with a custom diecut of his skull to show a peek of what is inside.

The custom illustrated court cards feature a wildly intoxicated bunch with custom illustrations for each individual pip. The back designs are also 100% custom to each deck in the Odd Fellows series while still maintaining a cohesive design to maintain integrity throughout.