Olympia is an original set of American playing cards designed by Steve Minty and produced by the United States Playing Card Company (USPCC). The deck is inspired by the fascinating stories of Greek Gods and their deeds. Olympia blends the classical beauty of Greek Sculptures with the elegant and sleek lines of modern design.

I spent countless hours as a child devouring their stories about love, betrayal, death, vengeance and the heroic deeds within Greek Mythology. I couldn't help but be fascinated by the these stories and it is something that I am very proud of being exposed to.

My goal when creating the Olympia Deck was to capture the beauty of Greek sculptures in a new medium of playing cards while simultaneously updating it with a graphic twist. I aim to make this deck worthwhile enough to be given as an offering to the altars of the Gods.

for scans of each card see

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

for scans of each card see

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

Olympia is an original set of American playing cards designed by Steve Minty and produced by the United States Playing Card Company (USPCC). The deck is inspired by the fascinating stories of Greek Gods and their deeds. Olympia blends the classical beauty of Greek Sculptures with the elegant and sleek lines of modern design.

I spent countless hours as a child devouring their stories about love, betrayal, death, vengeance and the heroic deeds within Greek Mythology. I couldn't help but be fascinated by the these stories and it is something that I am very proud of being exposed to.

My goal when creating the Olympia Deck was to capture the beauty of Greek sculptures in a new medium of playing cards while simultaneously updating it with a graphic twist. I aim to make this deck worthwhile enough to be given as an offering to the altars of the Gods.  

Funded as a Kickstarter project on July 22, 2015 with $15,159 pledged from 742 backers, this was a single deck project. This deck features the world-renown dragon art of Kerem Beyit and the inspired graphic design of Andre Garcia. Manufactured for GreyFox & Robert Burke Games

In Junior Hanafuda, mōn for each suit are placed in the corners as indices, while the kind of the card is depicted with the color and pattern surrounding the mōn in the center.

Junior Hanafuda is poker size and the card back design feels both classic and entirely new, exhibiting plants and animals similar in theme but not typically found in hanafuda. It features bamboo along the edges, sparrows in the corners, and Mt. Fuji in the center.

The result is a hanafuda deck unlike any other. Each deck includes 56 cards. In every deck, there are 48 standard cards along with some bonus cards that allow you to play with up to 4 players. While no instructions are included with the deck itself, rules for various games can be viewed on and printed from the Junior website: junior.cards

In Junior Hanafuda, mōn for each suit are placed in the corners as indices, while the kind of the card is depicted with the color and pattern surrounding the mōn in the center.

Junior Hanafuda is poker size and the card back design feels both classic and entirely new, exhibiting plants and animals similar in theme but not typically found in hanafuda. It features bamboo along the edges, sparrows in the corners, and Mt. Fuji in the center.

The result is a hanafuda deck unlike any other. Each deck includes 56 cards. In every deck, there are 48 standard cards along with some bonus cards that allow you to play with up to 4 players. While no instructions are included with the deck itself, rules for various games can be viewed on and printed from the Junior website: junior.cards

The rare UNBROKEN series was launched by Seasons Playing Cards in a unique mystery deck sale. This was an experimental launch based around the premise that each deck would be unique in its own way. Only 250 “experiments” were produced in this extremely labor intensive project. Each piece is signified by a holographic seal featuring the Seasons logo featuring an ‘X’ indicating the eXperimental series along with a ‘1 of 1’.

This deck is printed with a unique soft non-gloss finish showcasing the design below along with a shimmering gold foil that showcases the cracks and repairs of the deck. The cards inside feature an animated blooming back design that when flipped will show the logo flowering and closing with the different seasons. The deck gilding is made to match the tuck. The two piece Jokers showcase a piece of the card falling off with the repair paint revealing a ‘J’ to complete the Joker titling. The AoS follows similar in suit with a “broken” face revealing the spade shape with a custom pattern to match the back design and the ‘Experimental Series’ tag below.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steveminty/ascension-playing-cards-vol-2

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steveminty/ascension-playing-cards-vol-2

Full deck scan here: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/13-ascension_blue

Steve Minty: "For the Dark Abyss, I approached the design with crystalline elegance and delicate peril like the sharpest sword made of ice. I designed it so some would be able to see it as ice while not being obvious. The characters are lead by the 3 generals (represented by spades) and the rest are the army of characters who have been 'converted'."

Full deck scan here: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/322-ascension_red

Steve Minty: "I approached the Blood Dragons design with heavy looking thick scale like motifs. I felt it invoked the essence of a powerful dragon without being obvious. This is reflected in the characters in terms of what they wear with and additional slight Asian influence."

Logo Deck for Black Cat Fireworks.

This is the 6th campaign in the "Lunar & Zodiac" series. This campaign introduces the Year of the Dragon and the deck will include features of this zodiac.

All decks are illustrated by hand painting and different interesting themed illustrations of Zodiac animals with their features. The history behind the series of decks was told in the first campaign.

This time, the deck discloses all features, related to the Zodiac of Dragon (1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000,2012 and 2024), like matches, worst enemies, lucky numbers, colours and unlucky things, etc. Eastern astrologers say that the most of people, born under this zodiac, are having confident nature. They are intelligent, have courage and ambitions for life. You can learn other features of the Dragons from this deck.

We have released the series in 2 versions as Limited and Standard versions. Both look gorgeous with 3 foils, selective glossy varnish, embossing, coloured cardstock. Both editions feature closure seals and LE deck feature numbered seal.

Features:

Embossing for tuck boxes for both editions

2 and 3 foils (Gold, Silver, Green, Violet) for tuck boxes for both editions

German premium black soft-touch cardstock for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Italian pearlescent coloured cardstock for STANDARD EDITION tuck box

Spot UV glossy varnish for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Numbered seals for LIMITED EDITION decks

High-quality German card stock for cards

Pantone metallic ink for card backs

All courts are drawn by hand

56 pokers sized playing cards (52 cards+4 jokers)

Printed by NPCC with premium linen finish

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nomadscard/lunar-and-zodiac-year-of-the-dragon-playing-cards

This is the 6th campaign in the "Lunar & Zodiac" series. This campaign introduces the Year of the Dragon and the deck will include features of this zodiac.

All decks are illustrated by hand painting and different interesting themed illustrations of Zodiac animals with their features. The history behind the series of decks was told in the first campaign.

This time, the deck discloses all features, related to the Zodiac of Dragon (1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000,2012 and 2024), like matches, worst enemies, lucky numbers, colours and unlucky things, etc. Eastern astrologers say that the most of people, born under this zodiac, are having confident nature. They are intelligent, have courage and ambitions for life. You can learn other features of the Dragons from this deck.

We have released the series in 2 versions as Limited and Standard versions. Both look gorgeous with 3 foils, selective glossy varnish, embossing, coloured cardstock. Both editions feature closure seals and LE deck feature numbered seal.

Features:

Embossing for tuck boxes for both editions

2 and 3 foils (Gold, Silver, Green, Violet) for tuck boxes for both editions

German premium black soft-touch cardstock for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Italian pearlescent coloured cardstock for STANDARD EDITION tuck box

Spot UV glossy varnish for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Numbered seals for LIMITED EDITION decks

High-quality German card stock for cards

Pantone metallic ink for card backs

All courts are drawn by hand

56 pokers sized playing cards (52 cards+4 jokers)

Printed by NPCC with premium linen finish

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nomadscard/lunar-and-zodiac-year-of-the-dragon-playing-cards Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/567-year_of_the_dragon

This series takes as reference the relationship between the nomads of Xiongnu in ancient Northern Asia and the well-known Chinese lunar calendar represented by 12 animals. In this calendar each animal is related to the lunar year of birth and also marks, according to its beliefs, the destiny of each person.

Since a series of 12 decks would be too ambitious for a single project, we decided to launch the first deck dedicated to the PIG year (2019) and then to continue within a year.

About the Deck: Cards have been beautifully illustrated combining ancestral and modern techniques. The original drawings have been created with a Buddhist painting technique called “nagtan”. This technique uses dark backgrounds and luminous brush strokes. The digital treatment of these illustrations eliminates the dark backgrounds to achieve cleaner and more colorful cards.

Each deck has been customized according to the animal it represents. Thus, the court cards show animals with human aspect and dressed in colorful period costumes. The faces are full of details.

Each deck also includes texts with relevant aspects for each sign such as positive and negative colors, lucky numbers, matching signs and enemies, etc…

In addition, each deck will have four jokers for joker collectors.

Features:

Embossing for tuck boxes for both editions

2 and 3 foils (Gold, Silver, Orange) for tuck boxes for both editions

German premium black soft-touch cardstock for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Italian pearlescent coloured cardstock for STANDARD EDITION tuck box

Spot UV glossy varnish for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Numbered seals for LIMITED EDITION decks

High-quality German card stock for cards

Pantone metallic ink for card backs

All courts are drawn by hand

56 pokers sized playing cards (52 cards+4 jokers)

Printed by NPCC with premium linen finish

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nomadscard/year-of-the-tiger-playing-card-in-series-lunar-and-zodiac/description

This series takes as reference the relationship between the nomads of Xiongnu in ancient Northern Asia and the well-known Chinese lunar calendar represented by 12 animals. In this calendar each animal is related to the lunar year of birth and also marks, according to its beliefs, the destiny of each person.

Since a series of 12 decks would be too ambitious for a single project, we decided to launch the first deck dedicated to the PIG year (2019) and then to continue within a year.

About the Deck: Cards have been beautifully illustrated combining ancestral and modern techniques. The original drawings have been created with a Buddhist painting technique called “nagtan”. This technique uses dark backgrounds and luminous brush strokes. The digital treatment of these illustrations eliminates the dark backgrounds to achieve cleaner and more colorful cards.

Each deck has been customized according to the animal it represents. Thus, the court cards show animals with human aspect and dressed in colorful period costumes. The faces are full of details.

Each deck also includes texts with relevant aspects for each sign such as positive and negative colors, lucky numbers, matching signs and enemies, etc…

In addition, each deck will have four jokers for joker collectors.

Features:

Embossing for tuck boxes for both editions

2 and 3 foils (Gold, Silver, Orange) for tuck boxes for both editions

German premium black soft-touch cardstock for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Italian pearlescent coloured cardstock for STANDARD EDITION tuck box

Spot UV glossy varnish for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Numbered seals for LIMITED EDITION decks

High-quality German card stock for cards

Pantone metallic ink for card backs

All courts are drawn by hand

56 pokers sized playing cards (52 cards+4 jokers)

Printed by NPCC with premium linen finish

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nomadscard/year-of-the-tiger-playing-card-in-series-lunar-and-zodiac/description

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/1083-year_of_the_tiger

This is the 7th campaign in the "Lunar & Zodiac" series. This campaign introduces the Year of the Snake and the deck will include features of this zodiac.

All decks are illustrated by hand painting and different interesting themed illustrations of Zodiac animals with their features. The history behind the series of decks was told in the first campaign

This time, the deck discloses all features, related to the Zodiac of Snake (1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989 2001,2013 and 2025), like matches, worst enemies, lucky numbers, colours and unlucky things, etc. In Oriental culture, the Snake is the most enigmatic animal among the 12 zodiac animals. People born in a year of the Snake are supposed to be the most intuitive.

Snakes tend to act according to their own judgments while remaining private and reticent. They are determined to accomplish their goals and hate to fail. You can learn other features of the Snakes from this deck.

Features:

Embossing for tuck boxes for both editions

2 and 3 foils (Gold, Silver, Violet) for tuck boxes for both editions

German premium black soft-touch cardstock for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Italian pearlescent coloured cardstock for STANDARD EDITION tuck box

Spot UV glossy varnish for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Numbered seals for LIMITED EDITION decks

High-quality German card stock for cards

Pantone metallic ink for card backs

All courts are drawn by hand

56 pokers sized playing cards (52 cards+4 jokers)

Printed by NPCC with premium linen finish

A Double-deck jacket will be followed each half brick and brick free (included in stretch goal)

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nomadscard/lunar-and-zodiac-year-of-the-snake

This is the 7th campaign in the "Lunar & Zodiac" series. This campaign introduces the Year of the Snake and the deck will include features of this zodiac.

All decks are illustrated by hand painting and different interesting themed illustrations of Zodiac animals with their features. The history behind the series of decks was told in the first campaign

This time, the deck discloses all features, related to the Zodiac of Snake (1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989 2001,2013 and 2025), like matches, worst enemies, lucky numbers, colours and unlucky things, etc. In Oriental culture, the Snake is the most enigmatic animal among the 12 zodiac animals. People born in a year of the Snake are supposed to be the most intuitive.

Snakes tend to act according to their own judgments while remaining private and reticent. They are determined to accomplish their goals and hate to fail. You can learn other features of the Snakes from this deck.

Features:

Embossing for tuck boxes for both editions

2 and 3 foils (Gold, Silver, Violet) for tuck boxes for both editions

German premium black soft-touch cardstock for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Italian pearlescent coloured cardstock for STANDARD EDITION tuck box

Spot UV glossy varnish for LIMITED EDITION tuck box

Numbered seals for LIMITED EDITION decks

High-quality German card stock for cards

Pantone metallic ink for card backs

All courts are drawn by hand

56 pokers sized playing cards (52 cards+4 jokers)

Printed by NPCC with premium linen finish

A Double-deck jacket will be followed each half brick and brick free (included in stretch goal)

KickStarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nomadscard/lunar-and-zodiac-year-of-the-snake

Full Deck Scan: https://cardscans.piwigo.com/index?/category/913-year_of_the_snake

Funded through a Kickstarter campaign https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/566817149/a-pack-of-cats-playing-cards-designed-by-viviane-s

The suits have been replaced with mice, laser dots, boxes and catnip.