Blind Tiger Playing Cards: Delayed Delivery and Apologies from Seasons

In a recent development, the Blind Tiger playing cards, a highly anticipated deck from Seasons, have faced unexpected delays, leaving card enthusiasts customers waiting and frustrated. In an official statement released late last week, Alex Chin has issued an apology for the lack of communication and the extended wait, expressing understanding for the inconvenience caused to supporters.

Alex’s absence from the project was a result of unforeseen medical issues within their family, which impacted their ability to provide timely updates. However, Alex is determined to rectify the situation and regain the trust of their loyal customers by ensuring the completion and delivery of the Blind Tiger decks, along with a committed continuation of the NPCCD series.

Initially, the Blind Tiger deck’s preorder offered an artistic take on the concept of a “Blind Tiger” from various perspectives, including the mystery associated with blind preorders and the visual presentation of the physical deck. However, given the recent lack of communication, Alex acknowledges that uncertainty surrounding the contents of the deck may feel more like a risk than an exciting mystery. In an effort to address this concern, Alex has decided to provide additional information about the deck’s themes and artwork, allowing customers to make an informed decision about continuing with their order.

Due to unforeseen challenges in plastics manufacturing for the main series and an extended assembly time required for the bonus deck, the estimated timeline for delivery has been pushed back to around October. This means customers will have waited a full year since placing their initial orders. Alex acknowledges the inconvenience caused by this delay and sincerely apologizes for any frustration it may have caused. In light of these circumstances, Alex is offering customers two options:

1. Those who feel the timeline or project no longer aligns with their expectations can request a full refund.
2. Customers who wish to continue with their order need not take any further action. Their orders will be maintained, and the decks will be shipped as soon as they are ready.

Alex aims to use his past work and commitment to delivery as evidence of his dedication and integrity in completing this project. He determined to make amends for the delays and regain the trust of his valued customers.

Limbo Playing Cards by Seasons Playing Cards

Check out this fascinating release by Seasons Playing Cards. Limbo playing cards explore the first Circle of Hell. Limbo, according to mythology, is a realm where wandering souls are trapped, awaiting judgment either to be placed in Heaven or Hell. It is a state where one is trapped in between.

Taking the theme literally in this deck design, the cards featured artworks that are intentionally placed offset. The back and face of the cards featured two different states (light color scheme and dark color scheme) that are placed on the left and right side, leaving white space in between.

The courts featured windows to a foggy scene with ghostly shadows – possibly the trapped souls. The Jokers featured the same artwork but with different objects within the fog and the text for Joker is trimmed by the border of the card.

The cards will be boxed inside five different boxes with different designs. It features the text typography shifting in the space along with the artworks on the box. The five editions of Limbo are Ennui, Cage, Escape, Detachment, and Grief. The box is possibly made with premium stock with gold metallic foiling for the design accents.

The first release of Limbo was sold out quickly on October 31, 2022. V1 comes with a numbered seal, with each edition only making 52 decks, totaling up to 260. The V2 Limbo is called Dante’s Redux – this version is reprinted and unnumbered.

Each deck will be priced at $65 and you may be able to choose which design you like the most OR you may get all of five editions for $314 on seasonsplayingcards.com. The Pre-Order ends on November 4, 2022 at 8am CDT

Deck View: NPCCD 2019 Playing Cards

Culture. Beauty. Architecture.

In anticipation of the National Playing Card Collection Day (NPCCD) this month, we've decided to feature the NPCCD 2019 deck this week. The beautiiful deck is inspired by the beauty of Morocco, commonly known for its mesmerizing architecture and its labyrinth-esque marketplaces. Designer Alex Chin meticulously encapsulated the culture and architecture design into the deck.

The tuck box exterior is where the journey begins. The 2-piece box is printed on premium linen and pearlescent stocks featuring golden and silver intaglio engravings inside and out. The tuck also showcases an intricate geometry mimicking the detailed plasterwork and textiles of Morocco.

Inside, the face cards feature 4 indices to allow reading right to left connected by the archways Morocco is known for. Interestingly, the court cards are not represented, and instead, a custom plasterwork pattern featuring all the pips was created embedded in the background. Ace of Clubs is the featured ace of NPCCD. The Jokers are lights on and light off. The lights on feature the keyhole silhouette turning into a lantern exposing a genie inside.

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Deck View: Verana Virtues Playing Cards

Beautiful. Floral. Summer.

This beautiful deck will be the final deck featured on our Deck View this decade. The Verana Virtues Playing Cards are meticulously designed by Alex Chin of Seasons Playing Cards and is part of the Apothecary 2 collection. The deck is based on the idea of capturing these invisible concepts like a feeling, or an idea, and then transforming them into very real items.

The deck is fully custom and crafted from the ground-up. The court cards gorgeous with pleasant light and shade effects, which gives it a sense of depth. The back design composition has been implemented with a summer theme and incorporates a full bloom floral designed. Beautiful!

Verana Virtues is printed by the United States Playing Card Company on linen (Aristocrat) stock and coated with a premium magic finish. The deck packaged in a sculpted embossed tuck printed on exquisite linen-textured stock.

Available on seasonsplayingcards.com for $15.95.

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First Look: Check Out the 2019 NPCCD Playing Cards

This year’s 2019 National Playing Card Collection (NPCCD) was inspired by the beauty of Morocco. The country is commonly known for its mesmerizing architecture and its labyrinth-esque marketplaces- the two aspects of the culture that designer Alex Chin wanted to imbue into this series when designing it. This year’s theme was to encapsulate this culture into this year’s 2019 NPCCD Palace Edition.

On the deck design, Alex told Kardify,

I wanted the deck to feel like a journey that would adapt to the collector. The themes that came out from developing this journey were ACCESS and DISCOVERY mimicking the experience one has from getting lost in the central medina only to find something even greater. It’s a series about not just knowing where to look but also how to look. The tuck box exterior is where the journey begins. The 2-piece box is printed on premium linen and pearlescent stocks featuring golden and silver intaglio engravings inside and out. The face features intricate geometry mimicking the detailed plasterwork and textiles of Morocco. The 4 diamonds represent the 4 “gates” of the medina as an entry point for the journey.

The back features a small keyhole pattern revealing a peek towards the inside, which makes the deck really unique! Alex explains,

If you cannot look inside it represents the “locked” version while if you can see space behind the keyhole it represents an “unlocked” version. The box was made without any half-circle thumb flaps to make it difficult to open without access. To “unlock” the deck you use your thumb to slide out the inner box in the keyhole to reveal the gate. The inner box reveals the beautiful gate. The sides feature a SPADE (blue) and CLUB (copper) representing the spade and club gates. There are 3 completely separate decks that were printed to help better represent the 3 variations of each gate.

Inside, the face cards feature 4 indices to allow reading right to left connected by the archways Morocco is known for. Alex describes,

It was only because of the creative constraint of being unable to illustrate people that their complex architectural geometry was invented and embraced as a method of expression throughout culture. As an homage to that court cards are not represented and instead a custom plasterwork pattern featuring all the pips was created to be embedded in the background of all the cards. Based on the value of the card the pattern would “reveal” the appropriate pips in the plasterwork. The Palace Gate features the textured effect on the faces of the pips so that you can also feel the architecture as well.

Ace of Clubs is the featured ace of NPCCD. The Jokers are lights on and light off. The lights on feature the keyhole silhouette turning into a lantern exposing a genie inside. Lights off show the glimmer of the texture of the walls. Each joker is custom to their respective deck.

There are 6 decks in the series. 3 variations for both locked and unlocked gates versions of the deck. The decks are available in singles as well as in (3-Pack) Palace Packs or Secret Kingdom Set (6-Pack). The sixth deck features the cards gilded in gold and is ONLY available in the Secret Kingdom Set. It is numbered out of 250. All other decks are numbered out of 499. The sticker seal represents the oriental rug that you will see in the hidden corridor being repeated. Alex concludes,

This deck is hands down the most costly deck I’ve ever had to produce from the mirrors, to the secondary tuck, to the finish, to the gloss. But I hope people will enjoy the experience.

There will be a Special Supporter pricing for the first 48 hours. Head to NationalCardCollectionDay.com on October 17th to cop these stunning decks. Don't miss out!

Deck View: NPCCD (2018 Edition) Playing Cards

In anticipation of the National Playing Card Collection Day (NPCCD) this month, we thought it be awesome to feature the 2018 Official NPCCD Deck designed by Alex Chin of Seasons Playing Cards The theme of the deck series is about perspective and what we see. The deck is fully custom and meticulously designed.

The back design features a mobius strip that reveals a sphere of 2 heads. Inside the head of one person is the exterior head of another represented by different colors. Small suit symbols hide in them and are revealed to show what they are thinking about which change based on which “reality box” you use. The Aces is meant to blend the lines where the box stops and the cards begin. It shows through the front facing window. The red filter tuck show the King.

The beautiful tuck box features gold intaglio engraving onto astral pearl stock that exudes a feeling of luxury. The tuck box contains 2 large die-cut windows featurin a red “worldview” that shows the deck inside. The tuck flap is a side loading custom die that is shaped like the famous ribbon face. It is part of the innovative “kinetic diecut window” Alex designed which allows the diecut to change shape through layering. The opened window shows more information on the cards. When closed it completes the illusion of a pawn chess piece between the faces.

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Contest: WIN a Gilded 2-Deck NPCCD Collector’s Set!

To celebrate the National Playing Card Collection Day (NPCCD) today (October 17th), we are giving you a chance to WIN a gilded 2-deck collector’s set of the 2018 NPCCD series from Alex Chin of Seasons Playing Cards! Find out more about the STUNNING deck on our first look article.

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Head over to our Instagram account (@kardify) and make your pick for a chance to WIN! Contest closes 19th October. As a special promotion for the 2018 NPCCD deck release, Alex is also holding a contest on Instagram (@seasonsplayingcards).  Check it out!

The decks are available NOW from NationalCardCollectionDay.com.

First Look: Check Out the Stunning 2018 NPCCD Playing Cards

For those of you who didn't know, it's National Playing Card Collection Day (NPCCD) today (October 17th)! NPCCD celebrates the collection of one of the oldest forms of portable art (circa 1200s). Playing cards are literal galleries of art and inspiration, showing and communicating the intentions of an artist to the public while also archiving the cultural values of their time. Collecting these art pieces allow us to be curators of our own galleries to display representing different checkpoints in time. These collections can be seen as extensions of the collector and this day is a time to celebrate and share their collections to the public.

To celebrate this special day, Alex Chin has released the 2018 Official NPCCD Deck. The deck was first unveiled during the 52 Plus Joker Convention in Cleaveland, Ohio. On the design inspiration, Alex said,

The design started with the initial sketches that led me to play around with the classic Vase or Face illusion that deals with foreground and background perception. From there the design theme got further entrenched into the idea of playing with perspective on a level that we have not yet seen before in the card world. I wanted to create something TRULY special that others haven’t seen before and ended up creating the 2018 NPCCD series featuring the world’s first light filter deck that literally changes design based on the box that you receive.

The theme of the series is about PERSPECTIVE and what we see. Since the holiday is about sharing with the world how we see cards as art, Alex created a piece that displayed that sentiment. The result is a truly remarkable deck that literally changes your perspective based on the filter each person sees noting that we can see the same design differently based on these filters.

The deck is fully custom and meticulously designed. The back design features a mobius strip that reveals a sphere of 2 heads. Inside the head of one person is the exterior head of another represented by different colors. Small suit symbols hide in them and are revealed to show what they are thinking about which change based on which “reality box” you use. There is a crown above each head and a line of chess pieces that head the top and bottom of the card. They are interspliced with one another to mimic columns.

The Aces is meant to blend the lines where the box stops and the cards begin. It shows through the front facing window. Each bulb of the club holds a different chess piece. In total it holds 6 different chess pieces but will only show specific ones based on which reality it is in. The red filter boxes will show the King while the blue filter boxes feature the Queen.

The beautiful tuck box features gold and silver intaglio engraving onto astral pearl stock that exudes a feeling of luxury. Each box contains 2 large die-cut windows featuring either a red or blue “worldview” that shows the deck inside. According to Alex,

The color of this window is what determines the design of your deck. The tuck flap is a side loading custom die that is shaped like the famous ribbon face. It is part of the innovative “kinetic diecut window” I designed which allows the diecut to change shape through layering. The opened window shows more information on the cards. When closed it completes the illusion of a pawn chess piece between the faces.

There are 6 different decks! Each one represented by a different chess piece shown on the back. 2 decks feature all red filter box. 2 decks feature all blue filter box. 2 decks feature a mix of one red and one blue filter on the box.

The white and black decks are hand gilded in red, blue, and holographic. Only 500 of each deck is run. Orders are mystery deck. You don’t know what color you will get. There will be a Special Supporter pricing for the first 48 hours. Head to NationalCardCollectionDay.com on October 17th to cop these stunning decks. Don't miss out!

The Elixir Deck by Seasons Playing Cards Funded in 2 Minutes on Kickstarter!

Funded in just 2 minutes on Kickstarter, the Elixir Deck is the 5th and final deck of the Apothecary collection from Seasons Playing Cards. Designer Alex Chin continues to surprise with yet another breathtaking design and craft one of the most sophisticated yet classy deck of playing cards.

From hand gilding to Intaglio plate engravings, the hard and patient lessons learned from the past two projects are finally presented in full form. The Elixir deck is an elegant single deck offering representing the truest tribute to traditional handcrafted products. According to Alex,

Extremely limited and available at steep discounts only on Kickstarter, this campaign is made as a thank you tribute specifically with my previous backers in mind. Your voices were heard and this campaign is the result of your requests. The result is a simple, clear cut, no fuss campaign, with all your favorites, and none of the hassles. Gilded on all cards? Check. Engraving on Box? Check. Cellophane and Numbered Seals? Definite stretch goals. 

Each deck of the collection was represented through a visual system of colors and symbolism. The Elixir deck takes these items into account and turns it into its own. The back design shows the transformation moment of the climatic orb being formed. The flowing movement of the design hints to each of the previous 4 seasons telling of the full Apothecary story.

The deck pays homage to the previous decks before it by bringing in all 4 power aces into this single deck. Court cards feature different coloring in the consistent engraving style as before. The Joker features the elixir, captured in the incense flacon of legends.

Alex mentioned that the hardest development of this deck was the integration of the extreme engraving design on the tuck box. This was the reason why this deck almost didn’t happen. Alex explained,

I designed the deck specifically with the engraving process in mind. But instead of going for only the smallest details possible, I wanted to play with movement and went for extremely high coverage (which is typically unusual for this print process). To get this “movement” effect in the design the metallic ink coverage was pushed to the utter limit to what a plate would hold creating a meniscus mound of ink so that when drying occurred, it would create an undulating texture you don’t get with smaller details. 

The results are remarkable. The final product results in a striking “moving essence” of the golden Elixir design Alex tried so hard to achieve.

The Elixir decks will be printed by USPCC on Aristocrat stock and Magic finish. Pledge starts at $36 on Kickstarter and for the collector, a limited amount of exclusive cabinets of curiosity will be available featuring a black and burlwood dual tone finish and a rare white Elixir deck with holographic gilding that glimmers in the different colors of all 4 seasons. Comes with a certificate of Authenticity.

First Look of the Elixir Deck by Seasons Playing Cards

[Update] The Elixir decks are now LIVE on Kickstarter!

Launching on Kickstarter August 8th (Project awaiting final verification. If the system does not yet verify by the 8th the Elixir launch date will be rescheduled to August 14th), the Elixir Deck is the 5th and final deck of the Apothecary collection from Seasons Playing Cards. It is the apotheosis of the art series that centralized around the focus of mastering hand craftsmanship in every sense of the word. The deck is an elegant single deck offering representing the truest tribute to traditional handcrafted products.

Beautifully designed by Alex Chin, each deck of the collection was represented through a visual system of colors and symbolism. The Elixir deck takes these items into account and turns it into its own.

The illustrations on the spines of the previous decks represented their season (bark, flower, leaf, and seed). The Elixir deck is a culmination of all seasons combined and is represented by the Elixir drop of life with 4 different rays representing the 4 seasons that made it.

Unlike the other decks represented by colors, this deck is devoid of color except for gold, referencing the rays of the sun that give life. The flowing movement of the design hints to each of the previous 4 seasons telling of the full Apothecary story. A true collectible in every right!

[Update] The Elixir decks are now LIVE on Kickstarter!

Printed by the United States Playing Card Co. on Aristocrat stock and Magic finish. The Elixir deck is scheduled to launch August 8th (Project awaiting final verification. If the system does not yet verify by the 8th the Elixir launch date will be rescheduled to August 14th), 5:00pm CST on Kickstarter.

News: Apothecary 2 by Seasons Playing Cards Now LIVE on Kickstarter!

The beautiful Apothecary 2 Playing Cards are now LIVE on Kickstarter. Meticulously designed by Alex Chin of Seasons Playing Cards, both Verana Virtues, and Seronda Sentiment playing cards are based on the idea of capturing these invisible concepts like a feeling, or an idea, and then transforming them into very real items [First Look]. According to Alex,

There's nothing like holding a physical, tangible item of some concept like an Insight, or a Virtue and then giving it to someone just to see their reactions. It's probably one of my favorite decks because of this. People are caught off guard because they just don't know what it is, but the packaging makes it look so real.

Because of the subject matter and the design prompt of making something quite literally out of nothing, Alex needed to explore new venues of printmaking to create a product that really stands out as an out of this world item. The results of upgrading and adding all these print techniques into these art packs truly elevated the level of design on these decks.

We asked Alex about the design process for Verana Virtues and Seronda Sentiments,

In terms of the design process sometimes it's easier to follow up a collection because you have a basic framework of design. In this case, however (at least in terms of the back design) it ended up being more difficult than I had expected. The Verana Virtues was a pretty straightforward back design composition given that I had to implement the diamond shape into it, but because of the theme of summer, I ended up having to incorporate some sort of item that displayed a full bloom. This central flower arrangement on paper seemed easy at first, but once I realized that it needed to be a 2-way back design, it took several iterations to get it to look natural while still being legible both ways.

On the consistency of the design across all the packs, Alex said,

The Seronda Sentiments back is probably my favorite of the Apothecary line and literally took me the longest to design. Trying to come up with a unique composition that would compliment the other 3 packs in the collection was a nightmare using the heart since it resembles too much like a spade.

The iterations ended up looking too close to the other designs. Alex continued,

It was only until maybe my 100th go around that I discovered that I could split the heart to either end to get something new. I had to add a central element to it to really bind the two halves together but it worked out well. I call the design the Broken Heart.

If you like what you’ve read here and want to support the Apothecary 2 playing cards, you can find it on Kickstarter here. Pledge starts at $14 and both decks will be printed by the US Playing Card Co.

First Look: Verana Virtues and Seronda Sentiments by Seasons Playing Cards

In a digitally connected world, Alex Chin of Seasons Playing Cards wanted to explore the non-digital by taking the intangible and making them more physical. The Verana Virtues and Seronda Sentiments playing cards are the second half of the Apothecary Series launched in 2017, based on the idea of capturing these invisible concepts like a feeling, or an idea, and then transforming them into very real items.

On the design, Alex told Kardify,

Each pack is represented by a different suit, color, season, concept, and ingredient type. The full matrix of all of this was mapped out at the beginning but the designs didn't come in for these last 2 decks until later. In this current campaign, the packs being represented is the Heart of Fall and Diamond of Summer.

Like Alex's previous campaign there will be Kickstarter exclusives including custom numbered and autographed gold and silver engraved wraps as well as a new black ebony cabinet of curiosity to house them in.

I'll also be having White Label decks that infamously color change to the touch. Each deck comes individually numbered, signed, and will be gilded by hand (no joke). They were best sellers last year so instead of waiting for a stretch goal this is my first time trying it out to offer them out the gate.

We were told that there will be some standard stretch goals as well as some exciting new stretch goal surprises as the campaign continues. Alex teased,

.. but we won't open that box until later (shhhh).

The campaign will be available on Kickstarter this January 18th, Thursday at 2:00pm CST. You can follow Seasons Playing Cards on Facebook, Instagram, and Kickstarter to get direct notifications on launch.

Designers: Designing the 52 Plus Joker 2017 Club Deck with Alex Chin Part I

It's been awhile since we had a designers series article. This month, we are honoured to have a guest post by Alex Chin, creators behind the stunning 52 Plus Joker Club deck for 2017. In part one of this two-part series, Alex shares with us the inspiration and the design process behind creating the club deck. 

I designed this year's 52 Plus Joker Club deck with the concept of pulpwood in mind. The idea of paper creation as a starting point to create playing cards always intrigued me and this deck tells the story about it.

Inspiration
The running theme throughout the deck really emphasized texture so this entire deck goes above and beyond to highlight those aspects on the deck. The box design features a Mulberry bark tree covering through 3 of the four sides so that it looks unassuming. The fourth side that faces out reveals beautiful gold foiled lattice work and a representation of the designs inside.

I liked this because it helped tell the story of how people harvested the paper from Mulberry trees back then. The box design is the first of its kind to utilize a dual layer tuck box. There have been sleeves before but this was an actual two-layer tuck box.

This was important because we were able to create two different textures without using any embossing plates. The top layer texture features a bark/wood feel that is highlighted on the face with the gold foiling. The bottom layer features the offset detail.

The back design features Expert's Perfecta Foil which allowed me to do a two color foil on the back which turned out spectacular. The gold lattice work with the green shimmering leaves really helped highlight the hierarchy of the back design.

Design
Composition Study: I typically start with the back design and start out with sketching.  This is the composition item that I ended up using.

Depth Testing/ Contrast Models: The important part to note here is that this was based on landscape architecture- a bird's eye view. The idea is that you're looking down at a garden that supports the Mulberry Tree that is going to provide us with this paper. I'm playing for balance here because typically I'll do contrast models of what looks correct.  What is going to be light, what is going to be dark. Because we have plants, growth is a thing so depth became a big focus.

Join us next week for the second part of the designer series with Alex where we look at textures, vectorizing, face cards design and the tuck box of the 52 Plus Joker Club deck.


This exclusive guest post is written by Alex Chin for Kardify. No part of this article can be reproduced without written permission from the author. You can check out Alex's work at Seasons Playing Cards.

News: 5 Things You Should Know About The 2017 NPCCD Playing Cards

For those of you who didn't know, it's National Playing Card Collection Day (NPCCD) today (October 17th)! NPCCD celebrates the collection of one of the oldest forms of portable art (circa 1200s). Playing cards are literal galleries of art and inspiration, showing and communicating the intentions of an artist to the public while also archiving the cultural values of their time. Collecting these art pieces allow us to be curators of our own galleries to display representing different checkpoints in time. These collections can be seen as extensions of the collector and this day is a time to celebrate and share their collections to the public.

To celebrate this special day, Alex Chin has released the highly anticipated 2017 Official NPCCD Deck. This limited edition deck is printed with USPCC on premium Bicycle stock and Magic finish. Available for sale now at NationalCardCollectionDay.com. Here are 5 things you should know about the deck:

1. Features a never before seen 2-part box design.
To celebrate the Second Annual National Playing Card Collection Day Alex wanted to focus on the idea of twos and engineered a completely new deck just for this holiday. Alex told Kardify, "The deck features two different layers (inside/outside) as well as two different pieces (top/bottom) to play with this design theme. The exterior acts as a friction sleeve which is why it lines the sides from top to bottom, but also exposes the box itself highlighting the thumb tab where you pluck the box open. I call it a Pluck Tuck."

2. Pearl Sleeve Colors are random and extremely limited. 
According to Alex, "I wanted to play with our ideas of limited edition and embrace variety." There are two different editions of the deck (Hand-gilded Black Sleeve and Pearl Sleeves). Both editions are run out of 499 decks making them extremely rare. But of the pearl editions, there are a variety of colors featured within that 499 with some colors being rarer than others. So there might be 150 of one color, 25 of another color and 75 another color all within the pearl sleeve numbering system. "I liked the mystery of not knowing what color you might get when you order them but still having them rare making it a lot of fun to collect. If you order more than one though I'll guarantee you that you won't get the same colors in the same package so you're not stuck with duplicates."

3. The design aesthetic comes from the quatrefoil "the fanciest shape" 
"I stumbled on this fascinating podcast about the origins of the quatrefoil symbol in America. It actually came about during the peak of the Industrial Revolution when designers were seeking "simpler times" and so they referenced pattern books that featured this quatrefoil. It unintentionally became a symbol that represented handcraftsmanship and uniqueness away from the factories. Eventually, it got culturally adapted into a symbol of luxury. But I loved it because it sort of represents where the market is right now and also reflects the nature of the box as well. Each box is assembled and packed by hand referencing this era of craftsmanship the quatrefoil used to represent."

4. There's a limited 48-hour launch sale going on NOW. 
For only 48 hours the decks will be set at a special launch release pricing and be raised after October 19th midnight. I wanted to reward people who were actually celebrating the event itself since this deck is about bringing more awareness to the holiday.

5. 100% of deck profits go towards a good cause, Portfolio52, the world's largest playing card database. 
All of the profits from NPCCD deck sales go towards helping maintain and build Portfolio52.com. It's a completely free tool to help discover new playing cards, trade with others, and make managing your collection easier. "It's something I wished I had when I first started collecting! Unfortunately running a site this big costs a lot of money and time. Instead of asking directly for donations which felt a bit weird, I wanted to give back to the community by creating a unique deck they could display in their collection as a badge of support for the website and the art of card collecting in general."


Celebrate National Playing Card Collection Day by showing off your collections on social media! As a special promotion for the 2017 NPCCD deck release, Alex will be holding a photo contest on Instagram (@seasonsplayingcards). Share a photo of your collection today with #CardCollectionDay for a chance to win your very own deck! To learn more visit the website NationalCardCollectionDay.com