Maxim Hurwicz drew a deck of illustrated playing cards more than 30 years ago. The cards were quite popular in Renaissance Festivals so he decided to print a new set of two decks using the same original face card designs and with two new color backs: Reinaissance Playing Cards. Every card has […]
Just a few days ago, CardLauncher, the new Playing Cards crowdfunding platform, was launched. Cardlauncher has been founded by Mike Ratledge and a group of people “Passionate about playing cards” in order to give the creators a new alternative to produce their decks and the community a new crowdfunding place specialized in Playing Cards. I […]
Three months ago I wrote about the Refined deck by Dean Liu . The young designer couldn’t see his project funded and after some changes he has relaunched a new campaign: Bicycle Refined Twins. Like in the previous project, this is, as you can see in the images, a reinterpretation of the traditional Bicycle deck. Nice black and […]
After some licensed products that became successful playing cards projects, Albino Dragon strikes back with a deck created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the most popular and ectoplasmic film saga: Ghostbusters. The deck is cool and its cartoon style perfectly fits with the spirit of the film. Fully customized, it will be printed […]
This is the last deck produced by Collectable Playing Cards: Bicycle Panthera. With a low funding goals already reached, this deck, designed by Juniardi Satyanagara, is ready for printing by the USPCC. Hand-drawn illustrations of big felines decorate the court cards and the whole deck is customized, from pips to back, to fit with the […]
Alex Chin is the creator of one of the most elegant designs in the story of playing cards, the Seasons series. After the original edition and the platinum edition of the nice Seronda and Primavera (Autumn and Spring) decks, he launches the new decks with the pending seasons: Seasons Verana and Inverno (Summer and Winter). “I […]
After the master piece of restoration, Triplicate, Michael Scott faces a new challenge and creates Mauger Quadruplicate Playing Cards. The design is based on the deck created by Victor E. Mauger in 1876 to commemorate the world’s fair in Philadelphia and the US declaration of Independence. This deck was something new and […]
The great magician Michael “Six” Muldoon (System 6 Magic), creator of Believe Playing Cards, strikes back with a new deck of cards: MALAM. Malam deck gets it name from the Malamtepupi, the area where the Native American people used to play their games. And it is this Native American culture which inspire this playing cards design. […]
When art becomes playing cards, there is no much to say but spend some time enjoying the design and the illustrations. This is the case of this nice deck: Four point. Designed by Ben Vierk, Four Point is inspired by many things, including ancient symbols, impossible geometry, designs on money and yoga mudras. The […]