Sentinels

What way to promote a deck of cards. Theory 11 has created the Sentinels card deck, far superior to any other because of it’s design and it’s production. “The first mainstream deck in magic that is composed 100% of original art – the faces, the backs, the box. And yes – even the court cards. Every single design element has a meaning behind it. The deck represents magic, the industry of deception, and the allied arts.” ... Read More

Typographic Playing Cards

A wonderful new project that I saw on Veer, Typographic Playing Cards by Jim Sutherland of Hat-Trick Design. Each card uses a different typeface (equaling 52+ typefaces folks) and he also designed the two jokers and cover. It’s a pretty fun project and a unique play on the playing cards, wouldn’t you say? Via Veer  Read More

Decks of Inspiration

Sometimes I am amazed at the things that are available online. I recently found a site filled with tarot cards and some of the graphics, lettering and patterns are just stunning. TrionFi, History and Origin of Tarot is now a permanent bookmarked site and will continue to look – if you have LOTS of time on your hand – you too can browse through. Below I’ve put up some enticing images from their extensive library of images. I really... Read More