Kickstarter project: 513 backers pledged £10,561 to help bring this project to life.

The Paragon Aces

Each ace was intricatly designed from scratch and captures the essence of paragon in every detail.

The court cards are immediately recognizable, but with an added 20th century twist. Paying attention to one eyed jacks and the position of all the faces, keeping the cards suitable for all your favourite games.

For scans of each image 

http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/Paragon.html

Póstumo is the creation of Obsidian Abnormal and Darren J. Gendron, mixing playing cards with zombie inspirations. It's printed on Bicycle-grade paper from the USPC. We remixed the suits into spades, clubs, hearts and brains, taking literal representations of each. Spades are now actual shovels, while clubs are shown as bats and other blunt objects. Hearts take on a fleshy connotation. Diamonds are replaced by the most valuable thing to a zombie - BRAINS. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dernjg/postumo-the-deck-of-the-dead/description

Created specifically for backers of the original Asylum deck project.  Only 200 copies were printed and distributed to these backers from the project sponsored by Ed Nash which fell through and did not deliver (until years later after subsequent lawsuit).  The artist, Roman Kotiv, and NoirArts later recreated the deck and fullfiled to those backers on their own. They were hand wrapped into newspaper manually by workers and included a real red fingerprint on the back.

NOTE - this was confirmed by Roman Kotiv that only 200 copies were printed, not the original 810 as initially listed in this entry.

Funded as a Kickstarter project on 05/29/15 with $32,331 pledged from 769 backers, this is the Second Edition of these playing cards based on the art and tradition of Dia de los Muertos, designed by Edgy Brothers and printed by USPCC. 

View all cards here: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/394-black_arcane

This is the Limited Edition of this deck which uses a lenticular lens on the tuck to have the image change/morph when viewing from different angles, showing a man turning into a werewolf and back again.  The changing image on the Limted Edition differs from the Special Edition and includes silver foil stamping.

The deck as also available in a Special Edition (also with lenticular lens) and a Standard Edition.

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/412-bicycle_1800

The Blue Crown information: In 2010 stories and artwork were discovered in a book from the early 1700’s that appear to provide evidence about a secret society of magicians. Formed to protect magicians during the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600’s, the Order of the Owl was founded in the Northeastern US. We have painstakingly restored and recreated the artwork we found in order to put this deck into the hands of modern magicians and keep the memory of this society alive. Some believe that the order still exists, though we cannot be sure. Secrets are everywhere. We have printed 5,000 of these amazing decks on top-quality stock and finish. The tuck box has metallic ink, a custom seal, and other surprises. We have also created a limited run of 2,500 white Altruism decks, which we have dubbed Snow Owls. The Snow Owls have been released in limited numbers - keep an eye out for future contests and promotions! -Detailed Artwork by Hydro74 -High-Quality Stock and Finish -Secrets are Everywhere Due to a printing error made at US Playing Card, 1st edition Altruism decks have a duplicate Queen of Hearts. You will receive the Queen of Diamonds for any decks ordered in a protective envelope alongside your decks.