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Playing Cards and Literature: Hogwarts Staff Wizarding Playing Cards by Roman Shemayev

This deck consists of 54 poker playing cards. It’s inspired by the staff and faculty of Harry Potter. Less than 60 decks were printed on high-quality 300 GSM cardstock as the first edition. Decks come in clear hard plastic boxes.

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The novels describe the adventures of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends (Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger). They all are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry’s quest to overcome the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort. The Dark wizard aims to become immortal, conquer the wizarding world and subjugate non-magical people.

Playing cards designed by Roman Shemayev. All court cards are custom and feature images of such characters as Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, McGonagall, Umbridge, Sprout, etc.

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Posted by Collector on 06.04.2013 in Deck of Playing Cards, Playing Cards and Literature

Tags: Albus Dumbledore, cartes à jouer, игральные карты, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Joanne Rowling, literature, naipes, playing card collecting, playing cards, Severus Snape, Spielkarte, Sprout

Fournier: Crystal Time Playing Cards

06 Apr

These “Crystal Time” playing cards were printed by Fournier in 1994.

The deck designed by Violeta Monreal. The artist was born in Oviedo (Spain). She graduated in Fine Arts. She is an illustrator and an author of more than a hundred books. Violeta helped to U.N. in the illustration of various projects. Her books are continuously published in major Spanish publishers. Many of her books have been published also in the U.S., Japan, Korea, France, Portugal, Italy, Greece and in several Latin American countries. She also designed several tarot decks.

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Posted by Collector on 06.04.2013 in Deck of Playing Cards, Fournier

Tags: art, Baraja, cartes à jouer, collecting, Crystal Time Playing Cards, design, игральные карты, Fournier, naipes, playing card collecting, playing cards, Spain, Spielkarte, Violeta Monreal

Tactical Field Deck All Weather Playing Cards by Maxpedition

05 Apr

This deck designed by Maxpedition from ground up combining their unique aesthetics with traditional playing card features.

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Posted by Collector on 05.04.2013 in Deck of Playing Cards

Tags: art, Baraja, cartes à jouer, collecting, deck, design, гральні карти, игральные карты, карта, коллекционирование игральных карт, Karte, Maxpedition, mazzo di carte, naipes, playing card collecting, playing cards, Spielkarte, Tactical Field Deck, Tactical Field Playing Cards

Playing Card Art: Tiki Playing Cards by Michael L. Marland

04 Apr

Tiki Series of digital art prints by Michael L. Marland. Digitally-colored drawings using a combination of tiki images and playing card art.

Tiki are large wood and stone carvings which have humanoid forms and take special place in Central Eastern Polynesian cultures of the Pacific Ocean. This term is also used in Māori mythology. In accordance with this mythology Tiki was the first man created by either Tūmatauenga or Tāne.