Exactly one year ago, Graham Blair, a graphic designer with extensive experience in woodcuts using traditional methods, stepped onto the stage of playing card production with Newfoundland, a beautiful, simple and charming deck. After selling more than 8000 units of his first creation, Graham has decided to launch his new work: NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE EDITION. After the […]
The creative mind of Gary Ljamin (Gamble Art) brought us the futuristic fantasy of Cybernude last year. He has just launched his new campaign: TRICKS. Tricks is an elegant deck, with a casual design on the cards and a luxurious finish on the case. The court cards represent a racial spectrum of beautiful women ready […]
After finishing the fulfillment of their first deck, Eve The untold story, the guys from FC Designs have just released their new campaign: GHOST STORIES. The work of these young artists is characterized by detailed illustrations with careful design and well-documented inspiration. In this case, the ghost novels create the common thread of the entire […]
The master of animated decks, Stephen W. Brandt (Swabbed Decks) has just released his latest creation: KALEIDOSCOPE. Unlike his previous creations in which the inspiration came from culture, architecture or entertainment, this deck is straight and simple and brings us back to the beautiful memory of childhood looking through those artifacts made with mirrors and filled […]
Beautiful playing cards, unique designs, maximum customization, quality materials, magic and artistic talent… these cards have it all but the most important thing is the story behind them: BATTLE OF THE GODS.. Max and Nick are two brothers who, like many others in the world, grew up with gaps in mutual understanding. However, after a […]
I bring you today a colorful new direct release by Will Roya (PlayingCardsDecks.com), illustrated by Juniardi Satyanagara: BICYCLE BALLOON JUNGLE. This fun proposal finds its originality in the use of balloons as a decorative element to create a whole fantasy of jungle animals and vegetation to illustrate the cards in a completely custom deck. The aces […]
The prolific Collectable Playing Cards is going to offer several releases this year with a new strategy. The decks will be produced and offered for pre-sale or sale exclusively through its official website at least 30 days before making them available to any wholesaler or store. CPC will be producing new decks and limited reprints […]
Rescuing cards from the past is a magnificent work of dissemination and love for collecting. After finishing the Cotta’s Almanac series, Will Roya (PlayingCardsDecks.com) begins a new adventure of restoration of historical playing cards: NEW ROYAL. NEW ROYAL are inspired by those originally published in 1927-28 by Charles Hodges, a London bookseller who made engraved playing […]
It is a real joy to be able to write about different, original decks, in which their creators have put all the effort to offer something really special. This is the case of the VITRUM. Stained glass windows are decorative as well as practical elements especially popular in medieval constructions but with a much older […]