for scans of each card 

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

In January 2014, I partnered again with illustrator Mark Stutzman, and we began designing the second deck in the Whispering Imps® series: The Gamesters.

In January 2015, the Standard Edition Gamesters were completely funded by over 500 backers on Kickstarter!  The Limited Edition Gamesters are the ultra-luxury version of that very same design and incorporates what very few decks have achieved...a revolutionary new technique of stamping Gold & Silver foils directly on to the backs of each playing card, a milestone set by the Expert Playing Card Co. last year. 

The Limited Edition Gamesters will be available in two versions:

BLACK & GOLD EDITION (Key Features)

• Black Back with Gold Foil "WI" Logos
• Traditionally Cut (preferred by professionals)
• Embossed Paper Stock with Premium Master Finish (for long lasting play)
• 2 Embossed Layers of Foil on the Tuck Box (Gold Foil & Black Foil)
• Limited to only 1000 Decks

RED & SILVER EDITION (Key Features)

• Red Back with Silver Foil "WI" Logos
• Traditionally Cut (preferred by professionals)
• Embossed Paper Stock with Premium Master Finish (for long lasting play)
• 2 Embossed Layers of Foil on the Tuck Box (Silver Foil & Black Foil)
• Limited to only 1000 Decks

In January 2014, I partnered again with illustrator Mark Stutzman, and we began designing the second deck in the Whispering Imps® series: The Gamesters.

In January 2015, the Standard Edition Gamesters were completely funded by over 500 backers on Kickstarter!  The Limited Edition Gamesters are the ultra-luxury version of that very same design and incorporates what very few decks have achieved...a revolutionary new technique of stamping Gold & Silver foils directly on to the backs of each playing card, a milestone set by the Expert Playing Card Co. last year. 

The Limited Edition Gamesters will be available in two versions:

BLACK & GOLD EDITION (Key Features)

• Black Back with Gold Foil "WI" Logos
• Traditionally Cut (preferred by professionals)
• Embossed Paper Stock with Premium Master Finish (for long lasting play)
• 2 Embossed Layers of Foil on the Tuck Box (Gold Foil & Black Foil)
• Limited to only 1000 Decks

RED & SILVER EDITION (Key Features)

• Red Back with Silver Foil "WI" Logos
• Traditionally Cut (preferred by professionals)
• Embossed Paper Stock with Premium Master Finish (for long lasting play)
• 2 Embossed Layers of Foil on the Tuck Box (Silver Foil & Black Foil)
• Limited to only 1000 Decks

In 2013, I successfully Kickstarted the Whispering Imps®, a deck of cards for magicians that was inspired by Harry Kellar’s famous portrait poster from 1894. After a very successful campaign, 5 different versions of the original design and thousands of shipped decks, it was time for a brand new deck of Whispering Imps®. In January 2014, I partnered again with illustrator Mark Stutzman, and we began designing the second deck in the Whispering Imps® series: The Gamesters.

Designed for card players, the Gamesters are two new decks inspired by classic Las Vegas casinos including Jerry’s Nugget, the Golden Nugget, and The Wynn. The clean, simplistic back design allows players to be focused on what’s most important – the game.

Additionally, I wanted to make it easier for both left and right handed card players to peek at their hand while at the same reducing the amount of card exposed to prying eyes, so the pips are placed just 2.5mm from the edge in all four corners.  The top right and bottom left indices are rotated 90°, allowing players another unique opportunity to quickly peek at their hand when cards are in a horizontal position.  

Lastly, it was important to set this deck apart from the original while maintaining elegance. The original Whispering Imps® sported a very intricate back design and were housed within a very simple, iconic tuck box. The Gamesters incorporate just the opposite - a very simple and iconic back design and an intricate, elaborate tuck box.

Zenneth Kok and the Coterie of Prestidigitation Artists (www.coterie1902.com) information: \\\'We designed the Coterie Bee Gold Edition in year 2011 with its color variations and themes, the original Gold Edition was considered by many as the most elegant Bee playing cards ever conceived. 900 decks out of the initial 5200 decks run were sealed and reserved for Artiste and higher classes members of Coterie of Prestidigitation Artists. After Coterie Bee Gold Edition was sold out, we planned to proceed with new edition of Coterie Bee. However, after over a year of correspondence and negotiation, USPCC informed us that they will not print Coterie Bee anymore nevertheless. We had to discontinue the Coterie Bee series and subsequently decided to abandon the Gold Seal Coterie Bee playing cards as part of the Artiste membership package. 650 decks of Gold Seal Coterie Bee playing cards will now be made available for purchase, after they were gone, the remaining stock will become part of our special promotion offer.\\\'

scans of each cards can be seen at http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/Cards/Hive2.html

The Hive 2 is the next playing card deck in The Hive series designed and illustrated by artistBrendan Hong and produced in collaboration with Kings Wild Project. With a completely new set of court cards and tuck design, the HIVE 2 will make a great addition to The HIVE series.

The Hive 2 will be printed by the Expert Playing Card Company and will be printed in 2 editions.

Hive 2 Standard Edition

• Unlimited print run to match the demand needed for this campaign
• Matte stock tuckcase embellished with foil and interior artwork
• Fully embossed
• Silver Foil
• Full 54 custom cards
  • Unique custom court cards
  • Unique pips and indices
  • Unique Jokers (with one Joker reveal)
  • Unique Ace of Spades
  • Finished using the new EPCC Classic Finish

For scans of every card:

www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/BowlaramaBlack.html

1,000 printed per update from artist in this thread at United Cardists

For scans of every card:

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

1,000 printed per update from artist in this thread at United Cardists

GLOW-IN-THE-DARK Playing Cards: Cosmic Lanes Deck

for scans of every card

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

Who's up for some GLOW-IN-THE-DARK Playing Cards that also includes some subtle Stop-Motion Animation?!!!

The Cosmic Lanes Deck is inspired from the unique experience of Cosmic Bowling, with a hefty dose of an '80s vibe

the three Light Rings that are in constant motion throughout each Face Card. Starting at the Ace of Spades and ending at the Green Joker will result in a riffle that shows the complete Animation in sequence!

This is a Limited Edition of 1000 Decks from The One Entertainment, primarily designed for the use of The One Entertainment magic artists. Printed with emerald finish with stiff and durable paper stock, this deck offers a similar hand feel to all the LPCC Decks. Only a few hundreds of these decks are made available through us.

436 backers pledged $14,760 on April 17, 2015 to fund this Kickstarter project consisting of 2 different tucks with artwork from Nam Tibon as produced by Lux Playing Cards.  Per update from producer, there were 2,598 Tally Ho decks printed.

This was a KickStarter funded deck with £12,081 (apx $18,800 USD) pledged from 793 backers and was funded on January 31, 2015.  It features a dark witchcraft theme geared to macabre & horror elements. The Coven Playing card deck features an all female cast of court cards. The kings and Jacks wear masks while the queens reveal their faces. It also keeps some traditions like the one eyed jacks and the suicide kings. The tuck box features inside printing of ravens that appear as if they are trying to escape the box.  The deck was printed by Expert Playing Card Company.

Per update from producer Kirk, the final print run was 1800 and the only uncut sheet is the test print he received.

Funded as a Kickstarter project on March 19, 2015 with kr462,035 (Swedish Krona, which is about $57k USD) pledged from 1,015 backers, this was the Kickstarter attempt at funding this project after the failed CardLauncher (cardlauncher.com) platform attempt, where that platform has since been abandoned.  In that process an earlier protoype (V.01) was created as a prototype and also as a promotional deck for CardLauncher itself which had 55 cards with black and white courts, different tuck-box, different aces, and was printed by MakePlayingCards in 525 units. 

For this project the deck was revised with new and modified face cards, back and tuck and was available in Bicycle branded, unbranded, plus a special Crown Edition hand created tuckcase with the same size and face cards.  It was printed by USPCC on Bicycle Stock with 56 cars including 3 jokers and a gaff card with a custom seal and embossed tuck used on both decks.  The deck as also available as an add-on in uncut format.  In addition, mini and micro formats were available as gifts with larger sized tiers which were printed by MPC (MakePlayingCards.com).

There is no specific theme in this deck, it´s quite eclectic and I let my fantasy run when I illustrated the courts. The diamonds have clearly an Egyptian resemblance, but overall they belong to a parallel world. There is a thing that connects all the court cards: the text circling the background is a part of the Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. 

Funded as a Kickstarter project on March 19, 2015 with kr462,035 (Swedish Krona, which is about $57k USD) pledged from 1,015 backers, this was the Kickstarter attempt at funding this project after the failed CardLauncher (cardlauncher.com) platform attempt, where that platform has since been abandoned.  In that process an earlier protoype (V.01) was created as a prototype and also as a promotional deck for CardLauncher itself which had 55 cards with black and white courts, different tuck-box, different aces, and was printed by MakePlayingCards in 525 units. 

For this project the deck was revised with new and modified face cards, back and tuck and was available in Bicycle branded, unbranded, plus a special Crown Edition hand created tuckcase with the same size and face cards.  It was printed by USPCC on Bicycle Stock with 56 cars including 3 jokers and a gaff card with a custom seal and embossed tuck used on both decks.  The deck as also available as an add-on in uncut format.  In addition, mini and micro formats were available as gifts with larger sized tiers which were printed by MPC (MakePlayingCards.com).

There is no specific theme in this deck, it´s quite eclectic and I let my fantasy run when I illustrated the courts. The diamonds have clearly an Egyptian resemblance, but overall they belong to a parallel world. There is a thing that connects all the court cards: the text circling the background is a part of the Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. 

for scans of each card

http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/httml/Cards/No17.html

436 backers pledged $14,760 on April 17, 2015 to fund this Kickstarter project consisting of 2 different tucks with artwork from Nam Tibon as produced by Lux Playing Cards.  Per update from producer, there were 524 decks requested of the King Henry VII tuck, although with overages (which always happens during printing) it was closer to 550, but only the 524 are planned to be released.

Funded as a Kickstarter project on February 13, 2015 with $21,692 USD pledged from 589 backers, this was the first in a series of decks featuring the US military.  This deck had a US Army theme and was designed by Jackson Robinson through Kings Wild Project through a collaboration with Nomades Collection (license holder for 'US Army'), with a total of 3,000 decks printed. The tuck was printed with 4 color process, inside and out, on premium vellum stock by the United States Playing Card Company.  The cards were also printed by USPCC, using the same 4 color process on Bicycle Paper Stock with a Embossed finish, with each face card depicting a servicemen or servicewoman in a period correct uniform, helicopters as Aces (with exception of special tribute AoS) and tanks as Jokers. Unique to this deck was instead of using famous military heros, the court cards featured relatives of the Kickstarter backers, or backers themselves, who served in the US Army.  Name of persons featured:

• Jack of Hearts - Gary Lee Steffenhagen
• Jack of Diamonds - LTC William Lee Nichols
• Jack of Clubs - Abid Islas
• Jack of Spades - Richard Hill
• Queen of Hearts - Jane Pride Moore
• Queen of Diamonds - Ellis Moore
• Queen of Clubs - Mary T. Finnerty
• Queen of Spades - Janelle Cordova
• King of Hearts - J. C. Roberts
• King of Diamonds - Colonel Hollis Bowling
• King of Clubs - Frank A. Chelko
• King of Spades - Truett Mayes (Grandfather to artist Jackson Robinson)