For the past two years, Candice & Torres, the team behind Room One Decks has created a series of playing cards, their first one being Oppenheimer Playing Cards, a deck based on Christopher Nolan’s latest biography film. The deck won the best “Rookie Deck” in UC’s DOTY 2023. For this latest playing cards project, Room One Decks has collaborated with TOHO and Legendary Pictures to produce officially licensed Godzilla X Kong Playing Cards!
As the title suggests, the deck is based on the titular gigantic monsters: Godzilla the titan lizard and Kong the titan gorilla. They each have their respective deck. Kong Playing Cards shows a light color palette, while Godzilla Playing Cards comes in a darker colorway.
The back design features a two-way illustration of a bordered design framing the monsters. You can notice the logo of Monarch, a research organization founded to research and study these giants.
The Number cards feature slight customization: while the arrangement of pips are standard, one of the pips for each number features the silhouette of the Titans. The court cards feature two-way illustrations of the titans featured in the latest movie they’re based on: the main titular titans Godzilla and Kong as Spades and Hearts courts respectively, along with the opposing titans Skar King and Shimo as Clubs and Diamonds courts respectively.
There are two editions available during the Kickstarter campaign: Standard and Special Editions. The Standard Edition tuck box comes with embossed artwork along with hot foiling. The Special Edition features tuck box with the same features, with a signature design from Room One: Accordion Tuck Box which the front of the box features a window showcasing the layered artwork of each respective titan.
This layered accordion artwork can be removed from the box. Also, the cards for the Special Editions will have special add-ons: metallic foil accents on the back design and gilding on the edge – gold foil for Kong and magenta foil for Godzilla.
Pledge starts from $17 on Kickstarter.
