The Corrupted Playing Cards

After successfully funding Groundskeeper Playing Cards a few months ago, Wyrmwood is back with another playing cards project on Kickstarter. Under creative direction from The Gentleman Wake and designed by Xia Hunt, the Corrupted Playing Cards is a Halloween-themed deck based on their tarot deck.

There are two main editions on the Kickstarter campaign: Twilight and Chaotic Night. Twilight Edition has two variants: Teal and Violet. Both of them will have a white background on the face of the cards, while Chaotic Night will have a black background on the face of the cards. All cards will have gold foiling on the details as well as gold gilding on the edges. The very exclusive edition will be the Prismatic, which includes holographic foil.

The card back design features the artwork of snakes slithering to form the shape of an hourglass. In the center is the stabbing bloody sword with the wicked tree. On the background is the duality of day and night complete with the merged sun and moon.

The deck of cards will have elements of a Tarot deck, with symbolisms and illustrations merged into the classic layout of a deck of playing cards. The Number Cards, from Ace to Ten, are made into Transformation Cards – the customized pips interact with the illustrations in the background. Each suit represents each of the Four Elements and each of the items found on the Tarot deck. All the golden details on the cards are done with cold foiling.

The court cards are two-way illustrations of royal courts in two different states. The main side is them wearing their royal clothes and in their human form. The alternate side is their “corrupted” side, demonic forms that are imbued with the 12 Zodiacs.

The tuck box is made with premium matte stock with beautiful metallic foiling and embossing. The front side shows the title of the deck with the logo of Wyrmwood transformed into the seasonal spooky Halloween theme – a wicked tree expanding from the shield logo.

Pledge starts from $30 for a single deck on Kickstarter.