A Haines Patreon Year 3 Playing Cards

A Haines Playing Cards Patreon- Year 3 June marks the start of the third annual cycle of the A. Haines Playing Cards on Patreon. The small family brand from Manchester, England, creates premium quality, vintage-inspired playing cards using only hand-drawn artwork.

Through their Patreon, they bring to life their most exclusive and collectable decks... only available to members. Year 2 saw the creation of the Red Lion deck in both red and blue colourways, originally inspired by old British pub signage and iconography (Red Lion is one of the most popular pub names in the UK). 

The deck is an integration of the mythical Norwood 85 faces- reworked with all original artwork on the tuck, ace of spades, card backs and jokers.

Each year they also create an antique restoration deck for members, the Year 2 restoration was a Chas. Goodall medley featuring some of the most beautiful and iconic designs from the famed British card manufacturer.

Each deck is limited to only 100x units and signed and individually numbered on the tuck by the artist.

If you like what you see, A. Haines is currently welcoming new members for Year 3 (membership having been closed since December 2025) on Patreon where a new set of reward decks will be created and drawn from scratch for members to follow along and receive in their annual reward packs next June. 

Liminal Playing Cards by Thirdway Industries

Liminal, a new playing card series that exists beyond the door, suspended in a world that is both hidden and ever-present. This new Thirdway Industries' release will feature two versions of the deck, with final names still to be revealed. The red box edition, adorned with the Two-Faced creature, will feature metallic gilded edges and will be available exclusively to Patreon supporters of Thirdway Industries. 

The foil is luminous, and richly detailed, giving the cards a striking presence in hand. Both versions of the deck will be housed in tuck boxes made with custom specialty paper, enhanced by hot foil stamping and 3D sculpted embossing. This time, the embossing was designed specifically around the architectural form of the box itself, making it an integral part of the design rather than a surface embellishment.

From a design perspective, Liminal represents an experiment in a slightly different direction than Gio's usual work. It leans into surrealism, built on symbolic forms such as Betrayers and Order, but with greater detail and a structure that feels more traditionally “standard” for a deck of playing cards. Much of the visual language draws inspiration from classic French card design, while remaining fully custom throughout. 

The lore of Liminal is intentionally incomplete. It is not meant to be fully explained, only suggested. This ambiguity is central to how Gio approaches storytelling through playing cards. The Liminal World exists beyond the threshold, metaphysical in nature and hidden in plain sight. Within it rule four Genii... Hatred, Insight, Gold, and Blood- figures that serve as kings, sometimes benevolent and sometimes cruel, their true nature never fully fixed.

Alongside them are four Sirens, the queens of this world, whose voices shape its rhythm and tone. They are known as Devout, Serene, Majestic, and Alluring, each singing a different kind of truth. Standing at the threshold are four Guardians: Wise, Bestial, Favored, and Silent. Whether they exist to prevent entry into the Liminal World or to stop something from escaping it remains unclear.

The Jokers take the form of four beings known as the Wanderers, described as gods made flesh... strange, powerful, and incomplete. Only one is revealed for now: the Two-Faced One, a clever and opportunistic figure who shifts with the wind and survives by constant change.

Liminal wee be printed by Kingstar using gold cold foil, a process chosen for its ability to cover large foil areas while preserving extreme precision and fine detail.