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Whiskey is as American as apple pie. The oak tree on the front of the tuck box and seal - a symbol of the aging process for fine bourbon, matured in charred oak barrels to develop the distinct smoky flavour. This oak motif continues throughout the cards, from the Ace of Spades right around to the back design.

 

While bars before prohibition were predominantly male domains, in the 1920's many women flocked to speakeasies in their best flapper attire. We've taken inspiration from images of the era to design the court cards, the art-deco was very in-vogue at the time.

Part of the Prohibition collection from Ellusionist

 

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/93-bicycle_52_proof

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

Apothecary 2

From the award-winning card design company of the world's first color changing cards, SEASONS returns with more interactive curiosities from the other side.

The Apothecary is an elaborate art project that captures the intangible concepts of ideas and thoughts and transforms them into physical totems that you can hold. Represented through the medium of playing cards, these ethereal concepts are captured to deliver an inspiring and awe-provoking experience that you've never felt before with regular handheld art. The Apothecary is an homage to all things handcrafted and inspiring featuring intaglio printed sleeves, patented responsive inks, and fantastical illustrations & design.

Features of Seronda Sentiments

• Elegant silver foil highlights the deck.
• Premium sculpted emboss tuck cases printed on exquisite linen-textured stock.
• Mysterious "Ingredient Logs" and "Directions of Use" wrap each pack.
• Cards printed with the United States Playing Card Company with our winning combo of linen (Aristocrat) stock and premium magic finish for professional grade handling.

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

Apothecary 2

From the award-winning card design company of the world's first color changing cards, SEASONS returns with more interactive curiosities from the other side.

The Apothecary is an elaborate art project that captures the intangible concepts of ideas and thoughts and transforms them into physical totems that you can hold. Represented through the medium of playing cards, these ethereal concepts are captured to deliver an inspiring and awe-provoking experience that you've never felt before with regular handheld art. The Apothecary is an homage to all things handcrafted and inspiring featuring intaglio printed sleeves, patented responsive inks, and fantastical illustrations & design.

Features of the Seronda Virtues

• Gorgeous gold hot foil stamp highlights the deck.
• Upgraded sculpted embossed tuck cases printed on exquisite linen-textured stock.
• Cards printed with our winning combo of linen (Aristocrat) stock and coated with premium magic finish for professional grade handling.
• Mysterious "Ingredient Logs" and "Directions of Use" on each pack.
• Cards printed with the United States Playing Card Company

Three years in the making...Our biggest original release EVER. Okay... BE COOL, because this is the biggest moment we've ever had in Scam Stuff history. (And I need at least one of us to remain calm, because I am personally freaking-the-hell-out.) Since the day we launched Scam Stuff, people have been HOWLING for us to develop an original deck of cards... And today, I couldn't be prouder to announce our original ARCANA decks: ALPHA and OMEGA. Oh, man, it's been an adventure creating these things. We worked with top quality artists to create something classy, mysterious and haunting...something that feels like an artifact stolen from a secret society... a relic from another world. This deck oozes character and backstory. It feels somehow... alive in your hands. Every time I look at it, I discover new hints about its world. We worked directly with our friends at Theory11 and the US Playing Card company when designing ARCANA, so you know you're getting a no-holds-barred, top-of-the-line quality deck of premium playing cards. These cards are exquisite, and you're going to love them.

Not to be confused with the Arcana Tarot decks, these were made for Scam Stuff in collaboration with Theory11 & USPCC.

Three years in the making...Our biggest original release EVER. Okay... BE COOL, because this is the biggest moment we've ever had in Scam Stuff history. (And I need at least one of us to remain calm, because I am personally freaking-the-hell-out.) Since the day we launched Scam Stuff, people have been HOWLING for us to develop an original deck of cards... And today, I couldn't be prouder to announce our original ARCANA decks: ALPHA and OMEGA. Oh, man, it's been an adventure creating these things. We worked with top quality artists to create something classy, mysterious and haunting...something that feels like an artifact stolen from a secret society... a relic from another world. This deck oozes character and backstory. It feels somehow... alive in your hands. Every time I look at it, I discover new hints about its world. We worked directly with our friends at Theory11 and the US Playing Card company when designing ARCANA, so you know you're getting a no-holds-barred, top-of-the-line quality deck of premium playing cards. These cards are exquisite, and you're going to love them.

Not to be confused with the Arcana Tarot decks, these were made for Scam Stuff in collaboration with Theory11 & USPC.

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Born from a long forgotten prototyped sheet, the Red Arcane deck was produced to bring a little extra colour to the regular Ellusionist Holiday Giveaway. When Ellusionist released the Red Arcane sheets at the beginning of 2013, their Facebook page and Email boxes were inundated with comments begging for the red deck to be made. Not ones to ignore the voices of their customers - so Ellusionist set out to manufacture this limited edition deck and it was originally only given away free to Black Club members as a surprise bonus - then made available exclusively in their 2013 Holiday Giveaway. The Arcane Red Edition is now a Very Rare collectable deck, no more Red Arcane decks will ever be printed again.

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Manufactured by USPCC, this unbranded deck reportedly was in development for 5 years with 3 designers working together before Ellusionist released it in 2009 as the first in their new line of signature playing cards. This is the white version of the Arcane deck, but there was also a black version, as well as a rare red and gold ones (variations of the black). The deck was designed for magic and cardistry use by the use of the unique back design and custom jokers plus gaff card, in addition to standard game play. Many may consider the unique jokers the most interesting component from a collector perspective. The courts feature variations of standard courts with modified outfits and smokey/faded look. The tuck also claims to feature the first use of a wraparound design. Per playingcards.wikidot.com, they are printed on \\\\\\\"Aurora\\\\\\\"" stock

The Second Edition of Artifice added a functional border on the back to improve upon the deceptiveness of sleights requiring the alignment of cards, such as a Push Off Double or Elmsley count.

• Exclusive Performance Coating provides exceptional handling • True-metallic silver line art • Prime casino-grade stock for control and durability • Stylized border, maintaining the aesthetics of the original design • Built-in reveal on jokers • Consulted with a dozen card pros including Asher, Fisher and Madison • Designed by top Ellusionist designers, Jason Brumbalow, Lee McKenzii and Carlos Batlló  • Printed at the US Playing Card Company, with the highest quality control available

Also available in a white version which was released later (May 2013), this deck from Theory 11 was released near the end of 2012, was illustrated by hand in South Africa and designed by Simon Frouws. They featured elegant gold foil stamped onto ultra-lux black paper derived from sustainable forests. Produced by USPCC, the stock is from FSC-certified papers derived from sustainable forests, vegetable-based inks and starch-based laminates. Sealed with a red tax-stamp, vintage sticker seal marked with the exact month and year of print. Containing largely standard face cards, the emphasis is on the premium foil tuck, card back artwork and stock quality that also was environmentally conscious.

Also available in the earlier black version, this deck from Theory 11 was released in 2013, was illustrated by hand in South Africa and designed by Simon Frouws. They featured elegant gold foil stamped onto ultra-lux black paper derived from sustainable forests. Produced by USPCC, the stock is from FSC-certified papers derived from sustainable forests, vegetable-based inks and starch-based laminates. Sealed with a red tax-stamp, vintage sticker seal marked with the exact month and year of print. Containing largely standard face cards, the emphasis is on the premium foil tuck, card back artwork and stock quality that also was environmentally conscious.

The original Black Tiger RED PIPS deck released by Ellusionist and printed in Ohio. Several editions of this deck exist with slight differences in tuck case due to the huge print runs along the years.

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/543-black_ghost

Ellusionist's mystery deck.