Dive Into The History of Playing Cards with Imported Playing Cards

From A. Haines Playing Cards, this vintage-style deck is a modern take on a traditional theme, an homage to the Golden Era of classic playing cards; a fully custom deck of Poker size playing cards with classical faces and backs featuring 2 Jokers and an extra card, all drawn from scratch in an eye-catching retro colour-way using absolutely no stock elements or themes.

Some of you may recall the Imported Playing Cards Kickstarter campaign. Despite a positive response from the playing card community and several thousand pounds raised on Kickstarter, the project did not meet its funding goal and so the designer decided to self-fund the project, sparing no expense in using Legends Playing Card Co. to produce the decks to the highest standards on Viper Finish with a soft card matte tuck printed inside and out and finished with a custom sticker seal.

In designing this deck the artist, A. Haines, has strived to strike the perfect balance between fun and serious; between authentic and original; between the old and the new. This is a timeless deck with instantly recognisable features that can be used to perform Magic and Cardistry, play games such as Poker, or just to be used as a Collector’s item because of all the authentic historical features and rich traditional style.

The project was inspired by the vintage playing cards of a golden age that were imported and exported all over the world and the faces, backs, tuck-boxes, tax bands and import stamps to be found on these wonderful old decks.

The deck features all custom elements, the Ace of Spades sports the Mercury motif wrapped in a cluster of tobacco leaves while the other Aces have been adorned with an import duty stamp. The Jokers feature a dancing figure of Mercury as the trickster, the backs are a classic 4-way symmetrical design with a white border and the tuck is a closely observed design finished in the style of old tax wrappers on antique paper. The backs are a deep British Racing Green in colour.

There are discounted prices for bricks and half-bricks and free shipping is now available on orders over $50. Kardify readers can also qualify for a 10% discount code valid until 31st August 2023 by using the code KARDIFY10 at checkout.

The cards can now be purchased directly from A. Haines Playing Cards by visiting their online store.