The officially-licensed Red Rising Decks are designed by Randy Butterfield of Midnight Cards and feature character illustrations by Briana Crotinger (Instagram: @pb.doodles). Everything within is based on the first trilogy of Red Rising books from author Pierce Brown.
Utilizing Briana’s beautiful character drawings as the centerpiece, the design for the Red Rising Decks is meant to let them shine and to complement PB’s drawing style. The 12 Court characters depict the following characters:
HEARTS: Darrow / The Reaper, Virginia / Mustang and Sevro / Goblin
SPADES: Ragnar Volarus, Aja / Protean Knight and Cassius / Morning Knight
DIAMONDS: Nero au Augustus, Octavia / The Sovereign and Roque au Fabii
CLUBS: Fitchner au Barca, Victa au Julii, and Adrius / The Jackal
Each Court lists the character’s name in a location that doesn’t detract from the rest of the design. The Jokers feature Darrow O’ Lykos and Eo of Lykos.
The corners for each Face Card contain either Red or Gold imagery. Both sets of corner coloring subtly fade to Black at the edges, which means gameplay will not be compromised.
The pips each feature some of the Red Rising iconography: House Mars for the Hearts, Gold Sigil for the Spades, Red Sigil for the Diamonds, and The Society for the Clubs.
The card back for the Red Rising Deck features the black wings from the Tuck Box and also utilizes a combination of the Gold, Red, and House Mars sigils.
The tuck box for the Red Rising Deck is an inverse of the original Red Rising book cover. Black wings are featured over the red textured background. The top, right, and bottom panels are designed to look like the edges of a book. The left panel is the book’s spine. When assembled together, the Red Rising Tuck Box will look like a mini version of a book.
The tuck will be printed on a premium paper stock. The Exterior will be printed with 4-Color Process + Silver FOIL. The Interior pattern design will be printed in 4-Color Process.
Meanwhile, the House Mars edition deck prominently features the House Mars sigil on both the tuck and the card backs. It has rough texture imagery within the wolf head and is set off nicely with the contrast of the black rock texture background. Scattered throughout the Tuck Box and Back Card are elements of gold leaf designs. They symbolize an Iron Rain.
The tuck will be printed on a premium paper stock. The Exterior will be printed with 4-Color Process + Silver FOIL + Clear UV Spot Ink on the House Mars and Red sigils. The Interior will be flood-coated in PANTONE Black and the pattern will be stamped in Red FOIL. It will be extremely luxurious.
The Red Rising Decks will be printed by Legends Playing Card Co., with their China printer (and with Classic Finish) and pledge starts at $20 on Kickstarter.
