We have already devoted several articles to some decks produced by the Dan & Dave Playing Card Company (D&D). As it was said in the article about Fulton’s Clip Joint Playing Cards, the company generally produces playing cards; accessories for magic and card manipulations; books and videos dedicated to those fields of activity. Sometimes they take part in some big projects (“OUR MAGIC“).
This time we are going to say several words about (and to show several pictures of) another deck produced by D&D in 2011 – Fantastique Playing Cards. It is inspired by the apparatus of magic‘s golden age and the automatons of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin.
This deck was designed by the Ukrainian artist Sveta Dorosheva (currently based in Israel). She is a freelance illustrator working in the areas of narrative illustration and art for books.
Playing cards were printed by USPCC on casino cardboard (Magic Finish) and have poker size. The deck includes: 52 playing cards + 2 Jokers + 2 blank cards. The Ace of Spades, Jokers and backs are custom with unique illustrations. All other playing cards in this deck are standard (recoloured) Bicycle playing cards.
The tuck case is clickable
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Tags: art, automaton, cartes à jouer, Dan & Dave, игральные карты, Jean Robert-Houdin, magic, naipes, playing card collecting, playing cards, the Turk, United States Playing Card Company
A deck of playing cards inspired by Harry Kellar’s famous Whispering Imps, hand drawn by illustrator Mark Stutzman. These are planned to be printed by USPCC.
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Tags: art, cartes à jouer, design, игральные карты, Harry Kellar, Imps, Kickstarter, magic, Mark Stutzman, naipes, playing card collecting, playing cards, Spielkarte, United States Playing Card Company, Whispering Imps
- Ritual Premier Playing Cards [pre-order]
- The Amazing Deck [a part of successful Kickstarter project]
- The Black Book of Cards [on Kickstarter soon]
- Royal Optik Playing Cards [on Kickstarter very soon]
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Tags: art, Artisan Playing Cards, Baraja, BBM, Bicycle Cherub Playing Cards, Bicycle Cigar Playing Cards, Bicycle Deck, Bicycle Escape Deck, Bicycle Karnival Delirium Playing Cards, Bicycle Karnival Elite Playing Cards, Bicycle Playing Cards, Bicycle Pluma Playing Cards, Bicycle Skull Playing Cards, Big Blind Media, cardistry, carta, carte, carte da gioco, cartes à jouer, collecting, Dark Horse, deck, design, Domo Japanese Playing Cards, гральні карти, игральные карты, карта, коллекционирование игральных карт, Elite Playing Cards, Eric Duan, Flim Flam Films, James Randi, Karnival Playing Cards, Karte, Kickstarter, Lee Terbosic Playing Cards, magic, mazzo di carte, naipes, playing card collecting, playing cards, Pr1me Noir Playing Cards, Ritual Premier Playing Cards, Royal Optik Playing Cards, Spielkarte, The Amazing Deck, The Amazing Randi, The Black Book of Cards, Theory11, UnCommon Beat, United States Playing Card Company, USPCC, Uusi, White Artisan Playing Cards
The follow up deck to THE GRID by 4PM DESIGNS. 56 fully custom cards, printed by the USPCC on Bee paper stock with UV INK – GRID 2.0 Bicycle Playing Cards.
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Tags: 4PM DESIGNS, art, Baraja, Bicycle, Bicycle Deck, Bicycle Playing Cards, cardistry, carta, carte, carte da gioco, cartes à jouer, collecting, deck, design, гральні карти, игральные карты, карта, коллекционирование игральных карт, GRID 2.0, GRID 2.0 Bicycle Playing Cards, GRID 2.0 Playing Cards, Karte, Kickstarter, magic, mazzo di carte, naipes, playing card collecting, playing cards, Spielkarte, United States Playing Card Company, USPCC
Aurum is designed by Paul Carpenter (printed by USPCC) to be intricate, elegant and fit for the Venetian royalty that inspired it. Every card is intricately designed and features multiple metallic inks and was also carefully crafted to be “purposefully imperfect.” The court figures are all based on the familiar Bicycle court but were painstakingly redrawn to have many subtle imperfections and asymmetric features.
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We have already devoted several articles to some decks produced by the Dan & Dave Playing Card Company (D&D). As it was said in the article about Fulton’s Clip Joint Playing Cards, the company generally produces playing cards; accessories for magic and card manipulations; books and videos dedicated to those fields of activity. Sometimes they take part in some big projects (“OUR MAGIC“).
PLAYING CARDS + ART = COLLECTING 
