It has been an age and a half since I uploaded any kind of #PlayingCards, #Chinese or #western. So I decided to share a set I picked up yesterday.
The cards are a routine #poker deck: 52 cards (French suit), two jokers (black and red), and a "certificate of authenticity". (I'll get into that later.)
The cards are made of PVC with a light texture which makes them waterproof and nearly indestructible. The ace of spades is a very colourful design, while the face cards are the very standard images we've all come to know and love. The jokers are simple illustrations of a seated fool with an owl(?) perched on his feet, differentiated by size (black is smaller) and by the colour of the text that reads "JOKER".
PVC cards, especially the textured ones, are quite slippy in comparison to those made from card stock, so it takes a couple of minutes to acclimatize when you're unfamiliar with them. (Be prepared to have them spray out of your hands when shuffling until you get the feel.)
So what's the "certificate of authenticity" about?
The cards are made with gold foil inside the PVC, and apparently, despite gold foil being cheap like borscht (ask any crafter friends!) there's apparently enough fraud around this that they actually have a report number you can look up on a government cite to check the bona fides.
The card back is termed "彩金 游龙戏凤" (cǎi jīn yóu lóng xì fèng) on the site I bought the cards from, but I'm not actually sure what it means. The first two characters can mean a lot of things but the literal translation is likely best: "coloured gold". The rest is ... less clear. Literally it means "swimming Dragon playing with Phoenix" but ... ugh. This is probably some weird idiom or other. [A quick hit on Baike](https://baike.baidu.com/item/游龙戏凤/17640) says that it's an idiom with a historical allusion, but isn't clear on what its intended meaning is. [There are a lot of entries](https://baike.baidu.com/item/游龙戏凤/11102037) however, too many to look up.
Mini decks are available for each of the 2 playing card decks I’m currently funding on Kickstarter. I love these little creatures, especially the teeny ones. 💚 (links in bio)
I can’t get over how adorable these mini playing card decks are. In about 2 weeks I launch a Kickstarter campaign to fund 2 sets of decks in standard & mini sizes. Scroll back a little bit to see photos of the other deck!
A deck with orange sun and teal solid color back. Contains 52 cards + 2 additional cards. Orders over 72 or duplicated orders will be canceled. Printed in Taiwan, Edition of 500.
@Passamezzo@histodons@histodon@earlymusic@earlymodern it's interesting to see how some words are different than how French is now (as someone who learns french at school). Elles se nomment sounds more latin than modern french.
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Ellusionist has Queen Bee reloads, Bicycle Blue Legacy Masters, and Discord Deck on discount, with Bicycle Red Legacy Masters already at a low price. All decks except the reloads are $5, and the reloads are $2. This deal is good with Ellusionist's "Buy 12 get 50% off" deal. So you can get a brick for $25 (that's insane!)
The players version of the upcoming Royal Silk deck, with different back design, beautiful gilding and very bright gold metallic ink on both back and faces.Tuck case printed with letterpress, gold foil and embossing...
