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Tails of Mischief is a limited-edition, full-bleed, art poker playing card deck that uses the canvas to tell a story. Inspired by Japanese ukiyoe wood-block printing, historical culture, and Buddhist and Taoist philosophies, it tells the story of four mischiefs of mice that each approach nature from a different perspective.

Each of the four versions has its own custom tuck box and custom back. The faces depict the same scene, but from each mischief's differing perspective, with different seasonal details, special court colouring, and completely unique tens and jokers.

The Whey of the Woods is rooted in acceptance - that there is a natural flow and it is our own nature to scuttle and fall with it. The spirits of the forest guide their scouts, the flow of the whey pulls their hunters’ bow-strings.

The wood mice dance with the winds of autumn. Buried deep within the forest Burrow, an underground labyrinthian village, pups and elders nestle away stockpiles of acorns - assuming the Jays don't pinch them first.

But persistent field mice cut into their borders at the behest of the arrogant house, and Ryuku mice travel and hunt unfettered.

The Burrow must rise, will you help protect the forest?

Details

• Four versions: The Whey of the Woods, The Whey of the House, The Whey of the Fields, and The Whey of the Islands
• Limited Edition print run
• 52 playing cards / 2 jokers
• Printed by the Legends Playing Card Company
• Premium ViperTM Finish
• Intricate laser cutting and clear holographic foiling with emboss effect on tuck box
• Each of the four tuck boxes interact to create a side-display when stood together
• Each version features different edge printed artwork.

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Tails of Mischief is a limited-edition, full-bleed, art poker playing card deck that uses the canvas to tell a story. Inspired by Japanese ukiyoe wood-block printing, historical culture, and Buddhist and Taoist philosophies, it tells the story of four mischiefs of mice that each approach nature from a different perspective.

Each of the four versions has its own custom tuck box and custom back. The faces depict the same scene, but from each mischief's differing perspective, with different seasonal details, special court colouring, and completely unique tens and jokers.

The Whey of the House has its foundation in order. The house mice, living beneath the floorboards of the Nazo Nazo guest house and dreaded Nenya cats, need structure for the safety of all, and the command of nature itself.

The house mice huddle up in winter. Their infrastructures and commerce working like clockwork. Huge maruda dolls celebrate the coming of new years and opportunities for improvement. (Story heavily inspired by a whimsical interpretation of Japanese culture, such as Daruma dolls).

However, the uncompromising wood mice hold all mice-kind back, and revolts in the fields threatens the delicate order.

The house is on the move, will you see order restored?

Details

• Four versions: The Whey of the Woods, The Whey of the House, The Whey of the Fields, and The Whey of the Islands
• Limited Edition print run
• 52 playing cards / 2 jokers
• Printed by the Legends Playing Card Company
• Premium ViperTM Finish
• Intricate laser cutting and clear holographic foiling with emboss effect on tuck box
• Each of the four tuck boxes interact to create a side-display when stood together
• Each version features different edge printed artwork.

Kickstarter Campaign Page

Tails of Mischief is a limited-edition, full-bleed, art poker playing card deck that uses the canvas to tell a story. Inspired by Japanese ukiyoe wood-block printing, historical culture, and Buddhist and Taoist philosophies, it tells the story of four mischiefs of mice that each approach nature from a different perspective.

Each of the four versions has its own custom tuck box and custom back. The faces depict the same scene, but from each mischief's differing perspective, with different seasonal details, special court colouring, and completely unique tens and jokers.

The Whey of the Fields stems from adaptation. The field mice understand, live together with and shape the fields. They grow cotton bolls to dye clothes and pad roofing, and clovers for tiling, but only when the season permits.

The field mice thrive in spring, as flowers bloom. Cherry petals litter the turned soil, and the field mice celebrate the doll festival and butsuse with ogre masks and throwing beans.

But under the paws of the house mice, and constant threat from the woods, tensions are rising and squeaky whispers fill tavern corners.

The fields are being called to hand, will you help them answer?

Details

• Four versions: The Whey of the Woods, The Whey of the House, The Whey of the Fields, and The Whey of the Islands
• Limited Edition print run
• 52 playing cards / 2 jokers
• Printed by the Legends Playing Card Company
• Premium ViperTM Finish
• Intricate laser cutting and clear holographic foiling with emboss effect on tuck box
• Each of the four tuck boxes interact to create a side-display when stood together
• Each version features different edge printed artwork.

Kickstarter Campaign Page

Tails of Mischief is a limited-edition, full-bleed, art poker playing card deck that uses the canvas to tell a story. Inspired by Japanese ukiyoe wood-block printing, historical culture, and Buddhist and Taoist philosophies, it tells the story of four mischiefs of mice that each approach nature from a different perspective.

Each of the four versions has its own custom tuck box and custom back. The faces depict the same scene, but from each mischief's differing perspective, with different seasonal details, special court colouring, and completely unique tens and jokers.

The Whey of the Islands flows from knowledge. The Ryukyu mice have travelled further than any other, merchants and sailors all, and know that there is a natural ebb and flow to both nature and order.

The Ryukyu mice, from the Ryukyu islands, set sail in summer. Flags and kites of flying fish thrash in the winds as they make land and their caravans parade the less-trodden trails. Their turquoise body-paint is brushed across the hills.

Alas! Laws of the house restrict their movements, and the woods protest their merchant caravans. Aye, tides need be changing.

The Ryukyu have set sail, will you ensure they find fair winds?

Details

• Four versions: The Whey of the Woods, The Whey of the House, The Whey of the Fields, and The Whey of the Islands
• Limited Edition print run
• 52 playing cards / 2 jokers
• Printed by the Legends Playing Card Company
• Premium ViperTM Finish
• Intricate laser cutting and clear holographic foiling with emboss effect on tuck box
• Each of the four tuck boxes interact to create a side-display when stood together
• Each version features different edge printed artwork.

Kickstarter Campaign Page

Tails of Mischief is a limited-edition, full-bleed, art poker playing card deck that uses the canvas to tell a story. Inspired by Japanese ukiyoe wood-block printing, historical culture, and Buddhist and Taoist philosophies, it tells the story of four mischiefs of mice that each approach nature from a different perspective.

Hidden under a bed of crispy leaves is a mini deck of wood mice playing cards, made perfectly for the mice themselves. - Interactive mini art poker playing cards. - Limited print run.

The Whey of the Woods is rooted in acceptance - that there is a natural flow and it is our own nature to scuttle and fall with it. The spirits of the forest guide their scouts, the flow of the whey pulls their hunters’ bow-strings.

The wood mice dance with the winds of autumn. Buried deep within the forest Burrow, an underground labyrinthian village, pups and elders nestle away stockpiles of acorns - assuming the Jays don't pinch them first.

But persistent field mice cut into their borders at the behest of the arrogant house, and Ryuku mice travel and hunt unfettered.

The Burrow must rise, will you help protect the forest?

Details

• Mini edition of The Whey of the Woods
• Limited Edition print run
• 52 playing cards / 2 jokers
• Printed by the WJPC

Portfolio52 proudly presents the P52 Deck of 2022 - Nazo Nazo by Jack Brutus Penny.

This is the second official Portfolio52 deck released. The goal of the P52 deck is to collaborate with artists to create wonderful playing card experiences. This year, in addition to helping keep the site running 10% of profits also go towards ARK, a Japanese based animal charity.

We invite you into a magical world that intersects puzzles, animals, and Japanese culture. The Nazo Nazo features whimsical hand-illustrated art, depicting anthropomorphised animals integrated into a large scale puzzle mural. Word puns, stories, and visual scavenger hunts abound in this absolutely puzzle packed deck series. For the curious cat, this world is certainly yours for the taking...

Note that this deck is a prototype and this is the cryptic edition. Hidden details will not be shown throughout these cards that will be present in the print of the final product.

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Portfolio52 proudly presents the P52 Deck of 2022 - Nazo Nazo by Jack Brutus Penny.

This is the second official Portfolio52 deck released. The goal of the P52 deck is to collaborate with artists to create wonderful playing card experiences. This year, in addition to helping keep the site running 10% of profits also go towards ARK, a Japanese based animal charity.

We invite you into a magical world that intersects puzzles, animals, and Japanese culture. The Nazo Nazo features whimsical hand-illustrated art, depicting anthropomorphised animals integrated into a large scale puzzle mural. Word puns, stories, and visual scavenger hunts abound in this absolutely puzzle packed deck series. For the curious cat, this world is certainly yours for the taking...

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Who Art in Heaven is a limited-edition, full-bleed, deck of art poker playing cards. Inspired by medieval astrology such as their understanding of the seven classical planets (luminaries): the Sun, the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Saturn. It tells the story of a young scribe who is questioning a cleric on the cosmos. I would be over the moon if, with your help, we could bring these art pieces to life.

The narrative artwork is the next window into my whimsical world of English Coney rabbits. The Coney live in deep, steamy warrens, spending their cycles solemnly preaching on Lord Heswe of the Meadows. Our story follows a young wistful scribe, trying to distract his strict cleric with ponderings and youthful imaginings of their scripture and what the heavenly cosmos truly is. As such, invisible UV ink is perfect to depict the scribes playful musings, hidden in the dark.

The hidden UV was designed in collaboration with my 5-year-old Arthur and a select group of fantastic children to truly capture a youth's imaginings of the stars. The aces puzzle together to reveal the black hole in space and knowledge, and from which all our scribe's fancies and fantasies explode.

The pip cards are also fully custom, following my innovative fan concept from Sensu. Each set of four numbers reveal one scene behind the tilted pips, and turn them around to see that each suit run reveals another scene - both in daylight, and hidden in the dark.

The Tuck box is a full wrap-around image star-gazing into the heavens. Printed with radiant, glitter foiling and covered with hidden activity using invisible ink.

Features

• Hand-illustrated, fully-custom art poker playing cards
• Limited Edition print run of 1,000
• Printed by King Star Playing Cards
• Premium pearlescent box stock with vibrant foiling
• Hidden invisible UV ink
• Glittering card edge gilding

Portfolio52 proudly presents the P52 Deck of 2022 - Nazo Nazo by Jack Brutus Penny.

This is the second official Portfolio52 deck released. The goal of the P52 deck is to collaborate with artists to create wonderful playing card experiences. This year, in addition to helping keep the site running 10% of profits also go towards ARK, a Japanese based animal charity.

We invite you into a magical world that intersects puzzles, animals, and Japanese culture. The Nazo Nazo features whimsical hand-illustrated art, depicting anthropomorphised animals integrated into a large scale puzzle mural. Word puns, stories, and visual scavenger hunts abound in this absolutely puzzle packed deck series. For the curious cat, this world is certainly yours for the taking...

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Portfolio52 proudly presents the P52 Deck of 2022 - Nazo Nazo by Jack Brutus Penny.

This is the second official Portfolio52 deck released. The goal of the P52 deck is to collaborate with artists to create wonderful playing card experiences. This year, in addition to helping keep the site running 10% of profits also go towards ARK, a Japanese based animal charity.

We invite you into a magical world that intersects puzzles, animals, and Japanese culture. The Nazo Nazo features whimsical hand-illustrated art, depicting anthropomorphised animals integrated into a large scale puzzle mural. Word puns, stories, and visual scavenger hunts abound in this absolutely puzzle packed deck series. For the curious cat, this world is certainly yours for the taking...

Note that this deck is a prototype and this is the cryptic edition. Hidden details will not be shown throughout these cards that will be present in the print of the final product.

PLEDGE NOW!