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I wanted to start a thread that isn't about types of readings with playing cards, but about favourite playing card decks.
There didn't seem to be a visual thread in the Oracle Decks section for this and there are so many other threads on bits and pieces about playing cards, and picture URLs on the Internet change frequently, so I thought I'd start a fresh thread.
I have a number of illustrated playing cards, including my favourite Transformation decks, and ones on the Saints with statuary and art from churches and other odd things.
Lately I've been gathering some plainer ones for readings. "Plainer" meaning without illustrations unless on the Courts and Aces. I'm putting a photo of this particular one up because the tiny pictures on the Internet don't really show it off. This is the Civil War Illuminated Poker Deck by US Games. The illumination is shiny gold rather than irridescent gold ink, and it is slightly embossed which shows up best on the Ace of Hearts in the photo. Also, the courts are single-ended--I think I prefer this old-fashioned approach to single-ended courts.
I really liked the simplicity of it and then to have this extra bling was elegant. I haven't seen another deck like this.
Those of us who have gold foil decks know how hard it is to get the gold to show up in scans or photos, but I've tried for this.
There didn't seem to be a visual thread in the Oracle Decks section for this and there are so many other threads on bits and pieces about playing cards, and picture URLs on the Internet change frequently, so I thought I'd start a fresh thread.
I have a number of illustrated playing cards, including my favourite Transformation decks, and ones on the Saints with statuary and art from churches and other odd things.
Lately I've been gathering some plainer ones for readings. "Plainer" meaning without illustrations unless on the Courts and Aces. I'm putting a photo of this particular one up because the tiny pictures on the Internet don't really show it off. This is the Civil War Illuminated Poker Deck by US Games. The illumination is shiny gold rather than irridescent gold ink, and it is slightly embossed which shows up best on the Ace of Hearts in the photo. Also, the courts are single-ended--I think I prefer this old-fashioned approach to single-ended courts.
I really liked the simplicity of it and then to have this extra bling was elegant. I haven't seen another deck like this.
Those of us who have gold foil decks know how hard it is to get the gold to show up in scans or photos, but I've tried for this.