Last year, Lun Zi, the lead designer for ARK and a cardist, established his own cardistry brand called SmoothWriting. On Kickstarter, he launched his first deck, Room52 Playing Cards. After its success, the next addition to the brand will be released on TCC Web Store – Childhood Playing Cards.
The decks are heavily inspired by “Alice in Wonderland”. There are two main editions of the deck: Standard and Special edition. The back design for the two editions is completely different, with the face design having a slight difference. The Special Edition also will have the gilding upgrade, but it is only available in the Half Brick bundle.
The tuck box for the Standard edition features green foliage surrounding the area, with the card soldier poking out from the bushes. It is made with premium matte stock with embossing. The tuck box for the Special edition is made of lenticular lens, with the artwork showing the animation of the tricky cat and smiling moon appearing and hiding – inspired from Cheshire Cat character. It also comes with a special long perforated seal.
The back design for the Standard edition features a bordered design with the foliage patch showing the card soldier in it. The back design for the Special edition features the iconic Cheshire Cat with the smiling moon.
The faces, in spirit of the theme, are all featuring card people – they have wooden heads and hands, and they are holding weapons. Their body represents what card it is, complete with the oversized indices.
As the deck is based on “Alice in Wonderland”, the Queen of Hearts received a special treatment – her expression is drawn as angry based on her titular character. The faces for Special edition will be the same as Standard, but with visible foliage background on every face.
The Standard Edition is priced $8.50. Available NOW on TCC Playing Card Web Store. Use code CHILDHOOD for 10% off.
