Funded as a Kickstarter project on February 22, 2014 with $69,452 NZD (just over $50k USD) pledged from 1,109 backers, this was a set of two decks consisting of the First Edition (standard blue tuck unlimited deck) and Grail (white tuck limited edition of 2,500 decks), plus 20 very limited commemorative sets in wooden boxes and an uncut version. Both tucks were embossed and hot stamped with gold foil with a custom seal and featured the intricately designed card back image on the back of the tuck.

A number of additional add-ons including shirts, prints, collector box, coin, poster, etc were also available.

Designed by Rick Davidson of New Zealand, this deck featured a re-interpretation of the original 15th century face cards from Rouen, France that was the basis for the current standard courts now used on so many common playing card decks. Rick carefully studied many historic cards and prints from this time period (http://originscards.com/archive/) to create his new interpretations, but also occasionally brought in modern day inspirations for facial features, including Charlize Theron for the Queen of Clubs.

The cards were printed on casino quality Bee stock with a magic finish from USPCC with special Q1 quality production. In addition, magician Lee Asher, helped design the gaff card included with the deck that featured the King of Spades and Queen of Hearts. This PCDB Entry is for the Grail Edition which was limited to a maximum of 2,500 decks and in the Pearlesque Natural Pearl colored tuck. The Grail cards feature a subtly different silver accented metallic color scheme to the First Edition. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rickdavidson/origins-playing-cards-inspired-by-history

The Origins decks also won 7 out of 17 categories from UnitedCardists 2014 Deck of the Year awards as voted by 59 members: Best Back Design, Best Court Cards, Best Gaff Card, Best Tuck Box, Best Coin, Overall Best Deck of 2014 http://unitedcardists.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6448

Funded as a Kickstarter project on November 9, 2014 with $33,851  pledged from 1,017 backers, this was a selective 3 deck project. Each of the 3 decks were designed by different artists: Jessica Hische (cat theme), Frank Chimero (line art), & Alonzo Felix (space theme) and was created by Fictive Kin.  The decks were printed by Expert Playing Card Company.  

This PCDB Entry is for the Amigos - Frank Chimero

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/realfictivekin/amigos-playing-cards

This USPCC printed deck, via House of Playing Cards, features a variety of themes and of course 54 fully custom cards (including 2 jokers) and the custom back in a semi-transformation style. Every element of this breathtaking deck was created entirely by hand, he did not use digital software, or pen and ink. Every design was painstakingly crafted out of paper. Emmanuel created 1 card per week for an entire year to finish the complete deck! The back design features scissors, hinting at the method used to create this masterwork. The entire deck has a black, white, and red color scheme, which extends to the striking tuck box. http://houseofplayingcards.com/playing-cards/curator-deck.html http://emmanueljose.com/

Kickstarter project funded on July 25, 2013 with 2,705 backers that pledged $188,005.

The Limited Edition Baker Street Edition is the perfect deck for any Sherlock Holmes fan. The Baker Street Edition features the same intricate back design, as the Baker Street Edition, that includes iconic elements from many of the beloved stories. The court cards for the Baker Street Edition are identical to those in the Baker Street Edition an are inspired by the original late 19th & 20th century engravings and illustrations that were released with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novels and short stories. The Limited Edition Baker Street Edition tuck case features premium paper stock with embossing and Gold foiling. The tuck case is printed both on the inside and out. The playing cards inside are USPC Aristocrat Paper Stock with an embossed magic finish. The Baker Street Edition will also come with a custom 221B Tuck Seal in honor of Sherlock Holmes' home in London.

This deck is identical to the very limited official 52 Plus Joker Club edition for 2014 (of which there were 500). The difference with this deck is that the cards have gold foil instead of silver, and this was printed in much larger quantities. Also, the tuck case on this deck is side loading, whereas the very limited deck had a thick cardboard clamshell tuck.

Designed by Ake Arenhill for Offason of Sweden.

Designed by Ake Arenhill for Offason of Sweden.

Little known fact - Hi My Name Is Mark is a deck by Mark from the band Blink 182.