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55 Mucha Paintings on Playing Cards

55 Mucha Paintings on Playing Cards

Fully illustrated pack featuring a large selection of Mucha’s works.

Gustav Klimt playing cards

Gustav Klimt playing cards

Gustav Klimt playing cards featuring familiar elements of Klimt’s work.

The Bush House of Cards

The Bush House of Cards

“The Bush House of Cards” with artwork by John G. Doherty, 2004.

Rosina Wachtmeister playing cards

Rosina Wachtmeister playing cards

Cats, cats and more cats in Wachtmeister’s inimitable style.

Cyberpunk Playing Cards by Elephant

Cyberpunk Playing Cards by Elephant

Cyberpunk playing cards, combining themes of lowlife and high tech. Created by Ben Jones, produced by Elephant Playing Cards, 2019.

American Drummer

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

“Liberated: America's Most Unwanted” playing cards published in support of the Iraqi War, c.2003.

Nipponia Playing Cards

Nipponia Playing Cards

Nipponia Playing Cards are a Japanese-themed playing cards featuring samurai, kunoichi and oiran. Designed by Kieran Alexander.

War Profiteers playing cards

War Profiteers playing cards

“War Profiteers” playing cards, USA, c. 2004.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween

Spooky designs such as black cats, pumpkins, bats, spiders and ghosts for Halloween.

Mucha Playing Cards

Mucha Playing Cards

Mucha Playing Cards, a deck of playing cards that pays tribute to the artwork of Alphonse Mucha.

United Nations of Weasels

United Nations of Weasels

“United Nations of Weasels” anti-war political playing cards, USA, 2003.

Bicycle Tragic Royalty

Bicycle Tragic Royalty

Modified courts rendered tragic and somewhat scary.

Try’em playing cards

Try’em playing cards

Try’em: the U.S. Regime Change, or “52 Most Wanted Criminals” c. 2003.

Art Quilt playing cards

Art Quilt playing cards

A pack showcasing the work of 54 of America’s finest quilt artists.

War Party playing cards

War Party playing cards

War Party playing cards, in opposition to the Iraq War, USA, 2003.

Republican Chickenhawks of America

Republican Chickenhawks of America

“Republican Chickenhawks of America” playing cards by Jerry A. Vasilatos, USA, 2003.

Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards

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

Trappola cards from Prague

15 Trappola playing cards possibly made by Johann Ziser of Prague, c1760.

Agatha Christie Playing Cards

Agatha Christie Playing Cards

Agatha Christie playing cards produced by Planet Three Collection, United Kingdom, c. 2004.

Copies of Wüst House pattern playing cards

Copies of Wüst House pattern playing cards

both by Christian Heinrich Reuter of Nuremberg, Germany

The Lord of the Rings Tarot Deck & Card Game

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.

Wall Street Most Wanted

Wall Street Most Wanted

“Wall Street Most Wanted” playing cards, USA, 2003.

Library Lovers

Library Lovers

Library Lovers playing cards published by Word Nerd Games, 2016.

Sixty Penguin Years Playing Cards

Sixty Penguin Years Playing Cards

In celebration of 60 years of publishing Penguin Books Ltd, 1995.

Goldfish

Goldfish

Playing cards advertising the Goldfish credit card brand, c.1996.

The Deck of Cards

The Deck of Cards

‘The Deck of Cards ’ by Ben Yates, United Kingdom, 2011.

Alien Arcana Tarot

Alien Arcana Tarot

A series of three tarot decks inspired by the Alien film franchise, created by Roy Huteson Stewart.

Playing Cards and Calendars

Playing Cards and Calendars

In this video Ana Cortez examines the relationship between ordinary playing cards and the calendar.

Hip Hop Tarot

Hip Hop Tarot

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

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

“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

“52 ways to stop smoking”, offering positive help for anyone who wants to give up smoking.

Goodall’s modernised Wüst House pattern playing cards

Goodall’s modernised Wüst House pattern playing cards

A remodelled version of the first Wüst house pattern.

The Green Pack: Salisbury Plain

The Green Pack: Salisbury Plain

The Green Pack: Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom, 2004.

Branded Tarot Decks and Modern Mystic Lifestyle

Branded Tarot Decks and Modern Mystic Lifestyle

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

House of Commons playing cards designed to serve as a civic guide to the UK Parliament.

Alice in Wonderland by Prospero Art

Alice in Wonderland by Prospero Art

Alice in Wonderland deck published by Prospero Art, USA, 2008.

Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures version)

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

Goodall’s Wüst house pattern playing cards

Goodall’s Wüst house pattern playing cards with scenic aces of Brazil.

Alice in Wonderland (Macmillan version)

Alice in Wonderland (Macmillan version)

Playing cards devoted to Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, published by Macmillan in 2016.

Alice in Wonderland by Dominic Murphy

Alice in Wonderland by Dominic Murphy

Alice in Wonderland playing cards produced by Dominic Murphy.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, 1999.

Alice in Wonderland by Cultzilla

Alice in Wonderland by Cultzilla

Alice in Wonderland 'Curious' playing cards by Cultzilla.

Schott's sporting gaming & idling miscellany

Schott's sporting gaming & idling miscellany

Schott's sporting gaming & idling miscellany, United Kingdom, 2004.

Dickens Character Collection

Dickens Character Collection

Dickens Character Collection published for a London Casino as a promotional gift.

Liberal Democrats Playing Cards

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

“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

“Even More Trial and Error” produced by the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, United Kingdom, 2016.

Trial and Error

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

Cyberpunk 2077 Tarot Cards

Polish cartoonist Jakub Rebelka created this set of tarot cards for the Cyberpunk 2077 video game.

Anti-Fascist cards, 1943

Anti-Fascist cards, 1943

Satirical Anti-Fascist cards designed in 1943 by Ivan Ivanovich Kharkevich.

Wüst Costumes Suisses No.93

Wüst Costumes Suisses No.93

Two version of a Swiss souvenir pack by C.L.Wúst

Russian Playing Cards

Russian Playing Cards

Playing cards were known in Muscovy as early as the last quarter of the sixteenth century.

Souvenir of Panama

Souvenir of Panama

A photographic souvenir of Panama consisting of 52 cards and 2 jokers.

Belarus Souvenir Cards

Belarus Souvenir Cards

Souvenir cards, Belarus, 1993

GAI GIBDD

GAI GIBDD

The State Automobile Inspection of Russian Federal Road Safety Service.

Wüst Oval Patience Playing Cards No.240

Wüst Oval Patience Playing Cards No.240

A review of all three known versions

Petrovskie

Petrovskie

Petrovskie, politicheskie karty Rossii (Russian political cards), 1997.

Moscow Poker

Moscow Poker

“Moscow” - from the Soviet series produced by Sprint, Ivanovo, 2013.

Detskie

Detskie

‘Detskie’ children’s cards produced in Russia, 2001.

Soldaty Udachi

Soldaty Udachi

“Soldaty Udachi” (Soldiers of Fortune) Army and Police humour playing cards, Russia, 2001.

Karty Derzhavnye

Karty Derzhavnye

Karty Derzhavnye (Sovereign cards) with artwork by S. Zaitsev, Russia, 1997.

Karty Lyubvi

Karty Lyubvi

Karty lyubvi Slavyanskie (Slavonic love cards) and Karty lyubvi Starinnye (Ancient love cards).

Souvenir playing cards

Souvenir playing cards

“Souvenir Playing Cards” featuring drawings and sketches of late 18th century Riga by Johann Christoph Brotze.

Everest playing cards

Everest playing cards

Everest playing cards, Nepal

Russian Dumpling Club

Russian Dumpling Club

Russkii Pel'mennyi Klub (Russian Dumpling Club) playing cards designed by Evgenia Alexandrovna Belyakova.

Fabergé playing cards

Fabergé playing cards

Kollektsiya Faberzhe karty igral’nye (Fabergé playing cards), Russia, 2005.

Sea Myths Playing Cards

Sea Myths Playing Cards

Morskie mify (Sea myths) designed by Lev Liberman, Russia, 2005.

Centaurus

Centaurus

Centaurus: karty igral’nye suvenirnye, Russia, 2005.