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2022 • October
55 Mucha Paintings on Playing Cards
Fully illustrated pack featuring a large selection of Mucha’s works.
Cyberpunk Playing Cards by Elephant
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by Adam Wintle
Cyberpunk playing cards, combining themes of lowlife and high tech. Created by Ben Jones, produced by Elephant Playing Cards, 2019.
American Drummer
American Drummer Playing Cards celebrating famous Americans involved in the fight for American independence.
Liberated: America's Most Unwanted
“Liberated: America's Most Unwanted” playing cards published in support of the Iraqi War, c.2003.
Nipponia Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
Nipponia Playing Cards are a Japanese-themed playing cards featuring samurai, kunoichi and oiran. Designed by Kieran Alexander.
Happy Halloween
Spooky designs such as black cats, pumpkins, bats, spiders and ghosts for Halloween.
Mucha Playing Cards
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by Adam Wintle
Mucha Playing Cards, a deck of playing cards that pays tribute to the artwork of Alphonse Mucha.
Republican Chickenhawks of America
“Republican Chickenhawks of America” playing cards by Jerry A. Vasilatos, USA, 2003.
Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards
Playing cards used to help troops identify the most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein's government. 2003.
Trappola cards from Prague
15 Trappola playing cards possibly made by Johann Ziser of Prague, c1760.
Agatha Christie Playing Cards
Agatha Christie playing cards produced by Planet Three Collection, United Kingdom, c. 2004.
Copies of Wüst House pattern playing cards
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by Paul Symons
both by Christian Heinrich Reuter of Nuremberg, Germany
The Lord of the Rings Tarot Deck & Card Game
The Lord of the Rings Tarot Pack by Terry Donaldson and artist Peter Pracownik. Published 1997 by U.S. Games Systems.
Alien Arcana Tarot
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by Adam Wintle
A series of three tarot decks inspired by the Alien film franchise, created by Roy Huteson Stewart.
Playing Cards and Calendars
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by Ana Cortez
In this video Ana Cortez examines the relationship between ordinary playing cards and the calendar.
Hip Hop Tarot
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by Adam Wintle
Hip Hop Tarot designed by Ben Gore and produced by Blue Monday Press brings a rap twist to a deck of tarot cards.
Sky News Politipack
Cartoons of British political figures on playing cards published to promote Sky News' coverage of Election Night 2005.
Coffinnails: Smoking Kills
“Coffinnails: Smoking Kills” playing cards highlighting the impact smoking has on life and health, 2004.
52 ways to stop smoking
“52 ways to stop smoking”, offering positive help for anyone who wants to give up smoking.
Goodall’s modernised Wüst House pattern playing cards
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by Paul Symons
A remodelled version of the first Wüst house pattern.
Branded Tarot Decks and Modern Mystic Lifestyle
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by Adam Wintle
Taking a closer look at the rise of media tie-in branded tarot deck and esoteric lifestyle of younger generations.
House of Commons Playing Cards
House of Commons playing cards designed to serve as a civic guide to the UK Parliament.
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures version)
Alice in Wonderland playing cards produced in association with the film Alice in Wonderland by Walt Disney Pictures in 2010.
Goodall’s Wüst house pattern playing cards
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by Paul Symons
Goodall’s Wüst house pattern playing cards with scenic aces of Brazil.
Alice in Wonderland (Macmillan version)
Playing cards devoted to Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, published by Macmillan in 2016.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, 1999.
Schott's sporting gaming & idling miscellany
Schott's sporting gaming & idling miscellany, United Kingdom, 2004.
Dickens Character Collection
Dickens Character Collection published for a London Casino as a promotional gift.
Liberal Democrats Playing Cards
Liberal Democrat MPs shown on playing cards at the time of the annual Party Conference in September 2003.
Jonathan Swift and his World
“Jonathan Swift and his World” playing cards designed by Dan Sperrin and produced by David Westnedge Ltd. 2017.
Even More Trial and Error
“Even More Trial and Error” produced by the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, United Kingdom, 2016.
Trial and Error
Trial and Error produced by Lance Whitehouse, Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, 2015
Cyberpunk 2077 Tarot Cards
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by Adam Wintle
Polish cartoonist Jakub Rebelka created this set of tarot cards for the Cyberpunk 2077 video game.
Anti-Fascist cards, 1943
Satirical Anti-Fascist cards designed in 1943 by Ivan Ivanovich Kharkevich.
Russian Playing Cards
Playing cards were known in Muscovy as early as the last quarter of the sixteenth century.
Soldaty Udachi
“Soldaty Udachi” (Soldiers of Fortune) Army and Police humour playing cards, Russia, 2001.
Karty Lyubvi
Karty lyubvi Slavyanskie (Slavonic love cards) and Karty lyubvi Starinnye (Ancient love cards).
Souvenir playing cards
“Souvenir Playing Cards” featuring drawings and sketches of late 18th century Riga by Johann Christoph Brotze.
Russian Dumpling Club
Russkii Pel'mennyi Klub (Russian Dumpling Club) playing cards designed by Evgenia Alexandrovna Belyakova.
