This deck features weirdly wonderful bio-mechanical anthropomorphic creatures from English artist Mr. Mead who channeled his childhood fear and obsession with anthropomorphism. The characters are grouped by family into the four suits, Birds for the Hearts, Horned Beasts the Diamonds, Cats the Spades and Foxes the Clubs. A total of 4 versions were printed in 6 runs of 100 each.  Each version uses the same cards, but a different tuck for each version.  Initially released in April 2011 as v1 with 100 decks using a tuckbox featuring a rat head and Antlers Gallery 'A' logo on the back, as they were sold by antlersgallery.com only or at the gallery reception event.  Shortly after a 2nd version was printed using the Diving Bull (AoD) on the tuckbox with 100 more decks.  This was followed by another 100 printing as v3 using the Voxman (AoC) on the tuckbox.  Finally the v4 in 3 print runs of 100 each using the foxhead logo, also known as the 'artist edition'.

Mr. Mead uses the traditional drawing technique of dip pen and ink to blend the animal, human and mechanic into a super species he nicknames Bio-Mechanical Anthropomorphism. Working from his studio in Jamaica Street Studios, Bristol, Mead creates artwork for folk tales, album covers, posters and large scale works. He has exhibited far and wide, from London to New York and Melbourne.

Note - details regarding the versions and printings were received directly from the artist via message exchange in early June 2015

Tomski and Polanski created a limited edition set of playing cards that tell the stories of incredible men. This was self funded deck features 32 cards plus 1 reserve card (Central European Version).

by No Reply Designs

The Cheetah Playing Card Brand was designed by Akemi Yoshida for the exclusive use of Gambling Incorporated and MyMagic for their video productions, web content and live demonstrations. Only 250, black backed, decks were manufactured by Gemaco on their Casino Pro card stock which is widely used in casinos around the world.

Designed by Penn and Teller. There exist different versions of this deck with different gaff cards, like a card featuring Penn on the 3 of clubs or a card featuring a "14 of clubs".

The Solemn Oath Deck of Playing Cards is the result of a year-long project from our family here at Solemn Oath Brewery that began as an idea to share our unique style of illustration. We found ourselves becoming students of the history of playing cards, which we strove to respect at every turn. We hope you enjoy what we have created and that you share it with those that you find most important in your life. For this project we were able to work with Bicycle® Brand cards and The United States Playing Card Company of Erlanger, Kentucky. The global leader in playing card production and the standard bearer of quality, our deck was produced with an air cushion finish in line with the finest quality decks. http://solemnoathbrewery.com/playingcards/

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 - Jessica Hische

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

Now available! Justin’s brand new Joyriders: The Journey Fearlessly Deck. Several built in features within the JF Deck: -Access to private video lesson detailing deck’s special features -Special gimmicked Cards for a Wild Card routine -2 built in “dups” for your favorite effect -A “hidden card reveal” within a queen -Stacked Tamariz

Make new friends over a game of cards, wherever you are in the world. These Emirates playing cards were uniquely created by our in-house design team and produced by the US based Bicycle Playing Cards. Each face card features intricate details representing the different nationalities of our cosmopolitan pilots and crew, and the background of the cards are designed to match their iconic uniform. Illustrations on the ace cards celebrate aviation, our modern fleet and global network across six continents. If you love collecting playing cards, this travel-themed pack will make an original addition to your collection.

Scans of each card can be seen at www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/FabelIII.html

“Fable III” playing cards created by Lionhead Studios depicting characters in the role-playing video game published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2010. The story focuses on the player character's struggle to overthrow the King of Albion by forming alliances and building support for a revolution. The cards are completely original. Each ace, court card and joker features an image connected with the game. The pip cards are plain. The cards have been printed to look play-worn and aged, but are actually high quality cards with a 'linen finish'.

This is the entry for the boxed format (separate top and bottom style box, non-tuckbox). A facsimile deck published by Merrimack Publishing Corp. c.1973, called Antique Playing Cards that is based upon the set of Cotta transformation cards titled, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, made by Cotta c.1805. The deck has 52 cards, plus 2 Jokers that would not have been in the original Cotta deck.

Deck based on a suite of etchings published by Jacques Callot in 1622. This site has more information about the art (http://www.garyschwartzarthistorian.nl/222-the-captain-of-the-barony/). I have not found any information on the deck itself other than it appears to have been created / printed in Italy.

Gobbi di Jacopo Callot. Circa 1616. Florence. Italy. 2002

The MAD DECK is a series of playing cards which feature stunning illustrations by Ozlem Olcer. The deck was created for PAG, an Istanbul based design company developing projects and manufacturing products in collaboration with graphic artists and illustrators. The name Mad Deck - short for ‘Magicians, Astronauts & Dancers’ - is given after the first 3 dream jobs of the designer as a child. The deck is a reflection of unusual and edgy designs with an innocent feeling, much like the designer herself. This combination shows itself both on the one by one hand drawn shapes of spades, clubs, hearts and diamonds and also on the expressions of the characters in J, Q and K. The Joker of the deck is King Puhu, the famous and beloved drawing of Özlem Ölçer.