We celebrate the legacy of Wild Bill Hickok and the gambling lore of the Wild West with The Dead Man's Deck. This beautiful deck is filled with details surrounding Wild Bill and his storied past. The deck's design is true to the time period, with an ornate, grey pattern and old-style faces. And of course, the Aces and Eights are, well, bloody.

The defining feature of this deck, though, is that it has a bullet hole shot right through the middle of it, along with a commemorative musket ball lodged in the hole. Every deck comes with this musket ball and a scorched bullet hole through the entire deck.

Printed by the Expert Playing Card Company. Featuring a custom seal.

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/283-the_dead_man_s_deck

The Green Monarch box is uniquely composed of two layers - it’s the most durable tuck case we’ve ever made. Monarch playing cards are Made in the USA on FSC-certified paper derived from sustainable forests. The cards themselves are printed with vegetable-based inks.

Gold thread around tuck box marks v2 and clear thread is v1

In 2011, we released the original Monarchs. They quickly became our best-selling deck, and they ushered in a new standard for luxury playing cards. Soon after, we dressed them in red. Monarchs are back in a new print edition, with a much more vivid, vibrant red box.

Red Monarchs are Made in the USA on FSC-certified paper derived from sustainable forests. Printed on Q1 quality stock with our signature Premium 909 Finish.

We spent time refining the world’s finest deck. It turned out better than we could ever imagine. We treated the back design with a vibrant, dramatic shade of red. For the tuck case, we worked alongside our print team to take an existing soft-touch paper and then darkened the tone while maintaining the vibrance of the red color.

The goal was to make playing cards fit for a king. The world’s finest. Regal. We feel one step closer to accomplishing that mission than ever before. We know you’re going to love them. In stock and available for immediate shipping.

These playing cards were created based on the famous artist Hans Holbein the Younger. "Dance of Death", 1524-1526

60 poker sized cards (52+2 jokers)

3 cards from the new deck

2 cards are empty

1 the back (sample)

100% custom design of cards, pips and tucks

Everything was drawn by hand

FSC Casino Classic 300 Matt Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/805-dance_of_death_series_1

Killer Bees are the mutant hybrid of timid European honey bees and their African cousins.  Like all superhero stories, the Killers were introduced to Brazil by mad scientists to help re-populate their diminishing Bee population.  But no-one could contain them... In 1957, 26 swarms escaped quarantine and declared war on the western hemisphere.  Danger lurking in the skies, these villains will stalk their victims for up to 1/2 a mile..  We wanted to capture the darker bodies of these cold-face killers in our deck. Creating a harsh black back with toxic-waste yellow honeycomb spilt on the back.  The black faces display custom pips and hold a sinister simplicity. Like something you'd expect to see on a discarded barrel of methylamine.  Killer Bees are the result of an unsanctioned lab experiment when toxic-waste spilled into a delicate hive of Honey Bees. 

scans of every card can be seen at http://www.marytcusack.com/maryc/decks/html/Cards/KillerBee.html​

We wanted to make a deck that captured our favorite season and what better way to do that than apples! Freshly picked from the Organic Orchard, slicers feel crisp and smooth just like a Granny Smith apple. We also gave the courts our favorite fall treats like caramel apples and apple cider.

Printed by USPC on Bee Stock with a premium finish, this deck is perfect for a nice fall day. Limited Edition of 3000. With this launch we have, what we think is, our best half brick box yet. If you purchase a half brick you get them in a special SCENTED picnic basket.

We also have fun little details hidden in the boxes. Including Nibbler and a note from Grandma. Grab some friends, pack your baskets, and have a card filled picnic.

The WILD WEST: The Black Hills Deck is printed by Legends Playing Card Co., with their Taiwan printer, and utilizes their exceptional Classic Finish. The Tuck Box utilizes a premium Matte paper stock, 4-Color Process graphics, Gold FOIL, White PANTONE Ink, clear UV Spot Ink and Embossing. The Back-Card Design is featured on the Tuck Back, and a Native American Village pencil drawing and WILD WEST: The Black Hills Logo are prominent on the Tuck Front. The Tuck Interior includes a 4-Color Process map of the Black Hills region in the late 1800s. The Back-Card features hand-drawn decorative elements in gun metal grey with brown accents. The Court Cards include historic characters such as Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock, Annie Oakley, General Custer, Sitting Bull, Buffalo Bill Cody, Crazy Horse and more. The Sepia Tone Courts contrast beautifully against the light grey background colors. Similar to the Courts, the Aces, Jokers, Backgrounds and PIPs were all hand-drawn in pencil. The Jokers feature a full-body drawing of Wild Bill Hickok. And each Suit incorporates a different background drawing to match with the Courts' focus - Saloon Interior for Spades, Deadwood Main Street for Clubs, Native American Village for Hearts and The Needles of Custer State Park for Diamonds. Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/42-wild_west_black_hills

For this project, the beginnings were a little bit different. Many times between projects I will spend a few days just gathering reference and pouring over tons of beautiful images of art and other things that I might find inspiration from.

As I was searching for a creative direction for a new project, a song began to play on my playlist that really caught my attention. My wife sometimes calls me a nerd in my choice of music. I enjoy listening to all types of music but when I am working I seem to find the most focus listening to instrumental music from cinema, games, and other types of media.

This song captivated me, and it was the catalyst for the entire project. I put it on repeat and listened to it to all day while creating a completely new set of court cards from the images of, what I would describe as a mixture of Sci-Fi and Fantasy. The designs that transpired over the course of the day were promising to me, and most of very different from any of my previous work.

The title of the deck was actually derived from the title of the song that sparked it, Invocation.

The Copper Editions will be printed by The United States Playing Card Company on Premium Stock with Air Cushioned Finish. The cards and artwork will feature brilliant Copper metallic inks.

The tuck box will be printed by Clover St Press featuring hot foil stamped with Copper and Black Foil. Embossed to enhance the look and feel of the tuck case.

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingswildproject/the-invocation-exquisite-hand-illustrated-playing Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/366-invocation_bronze

Full card scans available at: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/1340-animal_kingdom

The Shark Playing Card is the third deck of our animal series. Limited to 2500 Decks. No reprints. Printed by United States Playing Card Co with Premium Bee Casino Stock.

The backs are two-way with a white border, showing the shark on the tuck-box and the word 'SHARK' horizontal in red, all on a white background. There are two identical jokers showing a central image of the same shark with the word 'JOKER' horizontal in red. There is a double-backed card, and an extra card with the face showing the Riffle Shuffle logo in the same colours as the shark. Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/176-shark

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