52 Aces

52Aces is a deck consisting of 52 extremely different cards. The basic idea was to have each of these cards individually designed by an international designer or illustrator in their distinct style. Then the unique ensemble, in which a variety of illustrations in many styles come together to form an interesting compendium, was to be presented in high-quality packaging and sold in a limited edition of 999 copies.

I’m starting to collect different unique decks of playing cards. First up, 52 Aces1. I haven’t played with them yet, but they are amazing to look at.

Single gripe: The packaging is really nice, but I’d also really like a standard deck box so I can stack the deck nicely with all the other deck boxes I plan to acquire in the future.

Atelier Playing Cards was my very first purcahse, but at that time I didn’t know I was going to start collecting.

  1. Well, not strictly true.