Don’t Mess With Texas Playing Cards

Celebrate the legendary environmental campaign with these officially licensed playing cards by Fulton's Playing Cards, designed to honor Texas pride and the fight to "Keep Texas Beautiful."

Featuring an iconic back design, this deck embodies the spirit of the Don’t Mess With Texas™ movement. With the exception of the Ace of Spades and Jokers, the face cards are pretty much standard and recolored to match the theme of the deck.

Each deck comes in a premium embossed tuck case and includes 56 Texas Hold ’Em-sized cards. Printed on Cardistry thin stock for a smooth, high-performance feel. 

Available now for $19 on Fulton's Playing Cards.

PHENEX REBORN: Heat-Sensitive Playing Cards

PHENEX REBORN: Heat-Sensitive Playing Cards by Charmie bring the legend of the Phoenix to life, capturing its essence of rebirth, resilience, and immortality. Inspired by Phenex, the fallen angel and commander of the 37th demon army who seeks redemption, this deck embodies transformation and renewal.

Two editions are on offer during the Kickstarter campaign, REBITH and ASHES. The REBIRTH deck celebrates the Phoenix’s resurgence with a 3D-embossed copper plate adorned with holographic red foil. The heat-sensitive Phenex plate reacts to warmth, revealing the reborn king before your eyes. Its double-sided tuck box illustrates ancestors honoring the Phoenix, while the full foiled Phenex Codex and burning-foiled gilding enhance its elegance.

Inside, each face card is decorated with 12 legendary creatures—Unicorns, Harpies, Chimeras, Hydras, and more—finished in full cold foil. The card back, designed with fiery symmetry, ensures a smooth shuffling experience for cardists. Number cards hide a secret Codex of Phenex that is unlocked by heat, revealing a hidden rebirth message.

Meanwhile, the ASHES deck rises from the embers with an intricately carbon-carved tuck featuring 3D-embossed Phoenix flames, alchemical symbols, and the Philosopher's Stone. The lenticular fire effect makes the flames flicker as you move the box, while the cracked-lava interior and ruby flame-foiled gilding add a dramatic touch.

Face cards are finished in cold-foiled silver, showcasing dark mythical creatures in a classic engraving art style. The card back is detailed with a charcoal-engraved Phenex ornament, black foils, and an embossed Philosopher's Stone. Number cards conceal 36 Elemental Circles, revealed through heat, making every game an alchemical experience.

Encased in a 3D-embossed golden relic, the ELEMENTAL CHEST collector’s box holds both Rebirth and Ashes decks, along with a Ruby Translucent Phenex’s Circle Necklace. Heat-sensitive element icons on the box unlock the secret of immortality, while a floating display stand transforms it into a mystical artifact. Blending fire, alchemy, and magic, the Phenex Reborn Playing Cards are a stunning tribute to transformation and legend.

Printed on premium black-core card with linen texture and Cardistry-graded coating varnished. Pledge starts at $24 on Kickstarter.

Deck View: The Different Deck White Edition

Creative. Art. Symbolism.

The Different Deck is a reinvention of traditional playing cards, where each card is inverted—a club of 3s instead of a 3 of clubs, a diamond of 5s instead of a 5 of diamonds. Crowdfunded by Teach By Magic in 2014, the deck is a fusion of art, symbolism, and hidden elements, featuring over 100 languages and numeric systems, along with references to science, math, history, and mythology.

Inside, the deck is fully custom. Every dot, swirl, and hidden item was placed with intention. The Queen of Spades, for example, features “queen” in multiple languages, a queen chess piece, and Queen Elizabeth’s signature.

More than just a deck, Different Deck blends creativity, cultural exploration, and the love of magic into a truly one-of-a-kind collectible. Printed by the USPCC.

Obsession Playing Cards by Thirdway Industries

Obsession Playing Cards are an artistic exploration of desire, dreams, and the fine line between fantasy and nightmare. Designed by Giovanni Meroni of Thirdway Industries, this series delves into the theme of obsession, crafting a collection that blends elegance, passion, and mystery.

Two decks are on offer during the Kickstarter campaign, Obsession Yearn and Obsession Rapture. The Yearn edition is the foundation of the series, embodying refinement with a striking color palette and a luxurious tuckbox. 

The design balances classic playing card elements with the distinctive Thirdway Industries aesthetic, ensuring a deck that is both functional and captivating.

Obsession Rapture edition elevates the theme with a more opulent approach. This exclusive edition features hot foil on both the faces and back of the cards, with pink and magenta foil for Hearts and Diamonds, and green foil for Clubs and Spades.

The deck is further enhanced with green metallic gilding, adding a layer of sophistication. Limited to just 777 copies, Rapture is a rare collector’s piece, housed in a luxury Italian paper tuckbox with shimmering green hot foil accents.

Inside, both decks feature fully custom elements, including aces, pips, and backs, while maintaining a familiar structure for ease of play. The four unique jokers combine the pink and green foil elements, creating a visually stunning addition to the set.

The decks are printed by Kingstar PCC and pledge starts at $15 on Kickstarter.