This is an artistic deck for the love of cards and the art from the bible, not for a gambling aid. Gambling is considered a sin among Christian and many religions, the concept of using the images of saints and biblical characters - and one could say double so of the family of Jesus and Abraham - in order to act out such a sin could be considered blasphemous and insulting to the religion. This was a significant consideration whilst building this deck, but my mind was settled when conducting my research; I found the Catholic Church of England & Wales themselves use the image of Jesus as the King of Hearts and using cards to help the youth to reflect on their relationships. Ethnicity was another consideration, and has been discussed in some length with religious and scholarly experts. I decided to stay in line with traditional western interpretations of the Bible characters as I have based my cards on my own experiences of the Bible. Some of the best art in the world is inspired by, or directly taken from the bible, and whilst this deck may not be up there with the masters, I hereby present you with my deck: Testament, a classic styled deck for the collector. For the love of cards and art of the bible. This is the very first Testament deck For the re-released deck in a game-friendly playing cards, go here: https://www.portfolio52.com/deck/11546/view Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/475-testament_art_edition

The first Art deck kickstarter sold out, down to a few decks. That print run will not be reproduced. However, during that campaign the manufacturers WJPCC did print a full run of decks full frame without any of the stretch goals for me; ART 2. The special two layer tuck box, custom numbered seals and Gold Gilding will not be recreated, but I am happy to offer the full frame decks, ungilded and in a simple, but elegant, embossed tuck, in the style of the original deck's sleeve.

NOTE: This is a different deck than https://www.portfolio52.com/deck/9620/view These are the decks which arrived to the artist before he proceeds with the production of the main original Testament deck.

This is an artistic deck for the love of cards and the art from the bible, not for a gambling aid. Gambling is considered a sin among Christian and many religions, the concept of using the images of saints and biblical characters - and one could say double so of the family of Jesus and Abraham - in order to act out such a sin could be considered blasphemous and insulting to the religion. This was a significant consideration whilst building this deck, but my mind was settled when conducting my research; I found the Catholic Church of England & Wales themselves use the image of Jesus as the King of Hearts and using cards to help the youth to reflect on their relationships. Ethnicity was another consideration, and has been discussed in some length with religious and scholarly experts. I decided to stay in line with traditional western interpretations of the Bible characters as I have based my cards on my own experiences of the Bible. Some of the best art in the world is inspired by, or directly taken from the bible, and whilst this deck may not be up there with the masters, I hereby present you with my deck: Testament, a classic styled deck for the collector. For the love of cards and art of the bible. Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/125-testament_classic

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