Exit Playing Cards by TCC Fashion

Taking inspiration from the iconic “Little Green Man” of emergency exit signs, TCC Fashion's Exit Playing Cards reimagine this universal symbol as a striking new design language for cardistry, magic, and play. The running figure, urgent and unmistakable, brings instant recognition and bold visual impact to the deck.

Inside, the cards themselves blaze with a vivid neon green that bursts under UV light, making every flourish or shuffle feel alive. Indices are bold and functional for smooth gameplay, while the pips feature the running figure in motion. 

When fanned, riffled or cuts, these animated pips create a surprising sense of movement, adding a dynamic element to every performance.

The tuck case shimmers with shifting green foil, glowing at different angles like a beacon in the dark. Available for $9 from TCC Online Store.

Final Days on Kickstarter, Hotel Fur Elise Playing Cards

Anti-Faro's Hotel Fur Elise Playing Cards is a haunting tribute to lost souls and forgotten tragedies, inviting players into a hotel frozen at the moment of its destruction. Once a place of luxury, Hotel Fur Elise now exists in perpetual twilight, a fractured space where time falters and spirits remain trapped in the echoes of their final night.

Inspired by classic haunted-house tales, the deck blends early-century elegance with unsettling stillness. Ornate patterns frame fragments of catastrophe, transforming every card into part of a grand and terrible spectacle that continues to haunt the hotel’s halls. This is not just a deck of playing cards, but a narrative experience built around mystery, atmosphere, and discovery.

Like most of their previous releases, a puzzle is hidden  throughout the artwork. Room numbers, secret messages, and cryptic symbols form a fragmented cipher that can only be fully solved by combining both Special Editions and a UV light. Together, they reveal the complete path forward, offering a chance to set the lost souls free and claim the prize they guard. 

This Kickstarter project includes four editions: Mano Destra and Mano Sinistra in both Special and Standard forms. The Special Editions arrive in elaborate feature tuck boxes that elevate the experience beyond traditional packaging. 

The Infinity Mirror Tuck Box reveals endless spectral hallways at the press of a concealed button, while the Spectral Elevator Tuck Box uses lenticular printing to bring a ghostly elevator attendant flickering into existence, his unfinished duty eternally bound to the control lever.

The card backs across all editions depict a solitary, ornate hotel door. When viewed together, they form a disorienting hallway that appears to rearrange itself, with perspective slipping just out of reach. The court cards deepen the narrative further. In the Special Editions, each keyhole reveals the grim final moments of the hotel’s guests, depicted as haunting post-mortems frozen in time. 

The Standard Editions instead feature traditional two-way courts, offering smoother gameplay while retaining the hotel’s eerie visual language. An animated elevator indicator appears across the card backs of all four editions, glitching between floors that no longer exist, like a ghost trapped in a mechanical loop.

For collectors and puzzle-solvers, dedicated box sets unlock the full experience. The Collector’s Set includes all four editions, granting access to every clue, while the Half-Brick Set focuses on preservation and display. 

Printed by Room One Cards and pledge starts at $22 on Kickstarter.

Deck View: One Piece (Luffy Edition) Playing Cards

Bold. Immersive. Iconic.

Our first Deck View of the year! The One Piece (Luffy Edition) Playing Cards by Card Mafia brings the world of One Piece to the card table with fully custom artwork and officially licensed by Toei Animations,

Inside, each suit has been reimagined with One Piece motifs, and the court cards showcase the full Straw Hat crew... Luffy, Zoro, Chopper, Nami, and others, all illustrated with sharp, character-driven detail. The embossed tuck case features detailed series artwork and an anti-counterfeit label, ensuring authenticity.

Printed by the Taiwan Playing Card Company with their legendary, casino-grade finish. Available on Card Mafia for $12.

Fulton’s Arcade GameBoy Edition

Fulton’s returns with one of its most nostalgic concepts yet: the Arcade GameBoy Edition, the latest addition to Fulton's Arcade series designed to transport collectors straight back to the era of monochrome green screens and late-night handheld gaming.

This release leans fully into the retro fantasy. The tuck box features a period-accurate long flap, embossed grid detailing, and a color palette pulled directly from the classic grey-and-green handheld devices of the 1980s and early ’90s. 

The moment you slide the green-backed cards from the grey case, the effect is instant... pure childhood dejavu.

The back design carries the theme even further, echoing the distinctive green glow of those early screens, the kind many 90's kids stared at for hours in the backseat of the family minivan. Every tone, texture, and printed detail has been tuned to recreate that tactile memory.

Fulton’s has always excelled at capturing mood and place, but the Arcade GameBoy Edition might be its most affectionate time machine yet. Available now for $20 on Fulton's Playing Cards.