Pi: Plumb Edition Standard, Gilded

The first deck in the "Pi Slice" series, the Plum Pi is a fun colorful playing card deck great for both collecting and cardistry.  With the purchase of any Pi deck you will receive a holographic Pi Slice sticker. Once you fill out your Pi Slice sticker sheet, you will be able to redeem it for the Mud Pi deck!

Maduro v2 Gold Standard
https://youtu.be/gLNHIn7IkdE
Maduro Playing Cards are a collection of hand-illustrated playing cards that are designed in the colorful style of cigar band and cigar box art. Each court card is hand illustrated using uniquely original designs that set the Maduro Playing Cards apart from your everyday deck of playing cards. If you would like a deck of playing cards that is something truly unique then the Maduro Playing Cards have the perfect blend of tradition and style to make your next card game a truly unique experience. 

Kings Wild Shorts: May 2020: Solstice I
https://youtu.be/oNvM4jbjnm4
The Solstice is the third deck in a 4 deck series thematically based on the Equinox and Solstice Calendar events.  Solstice continues the series them by celebrating the Summer Solstice ushering in the beautiful colors of summer. The Solstice tuck case features a premium paper stock with three, intricately foiled color patterns. The combinations of colors on the tuck create a vibrant presentation. The Standard Edition Solstice has a sleek and simle design that makes a perfect pairing to its more elaborate Limited and Gilded Edition siblings. The completely custom court cards continue this theme with refreshing colors of summer and simple but beautiful court cards that are a refreshing change to the "same old" cards you might be used to. When playing cards or table games in the coming summer months, choosing the Solstice deck to deal out will not only freshen up your table scenery but you will find that The Solstice deck is also a highly functional, easily playable deck for all ages.

Kings Wild Shorts: March 2020: Postage Paid
https://youtu.be/EbWeHzy9gyU
The Postage Paid deck was originally inspired by a close playing card collector friend named Joseph Pierson. Joseph has one of the most extensive and diverse playing card collections in the world. On Joseph's Instagram feed, he posted images of playing cards from the early 20th century that were written on and sent as postcards. Using cast-off playing cards was a common occurrence before the post office made the minimum size of a parcel 4"x 6". This collection of playing card "postcards" sparked the idea in my brain as I wanted to see the rest of the cards in the incomplete deck Joseph had managed to piece together over the years.
Each card in my Postage Paid deck and also in Joseph's postcard collection features a stamp and also postal address of the recipient of the card.
As a special feature of the deck, I asked all of the Kings Wild Shorts subscribers to send in a fictitious address that meant something to them so that they could be immortalized within the deck in their own special way.
Each card also has a traditional style "postage paid" stamp, canceling out the postage stamp. All 50 states are present with a city representing the state.

Kings Wild Shorts: January 2020: 20/20

Inspired by the simple and graphic design of a traditional eye test chart, the 20/20 deck features a fun line up of quirky court cards, full of vibrant color and life. The 20/20 playing card decks are designed in a way that makes the cards a joy to look at and also very usable for any type of card game.

Kings Wild Shorts: December 2019: Nutcracker

The Nutcracker Limited Edition is from our 2019 December KW Shorts Subscription. Inspired by the Nutcracker.

Kings Wild Shorts: September 2019: Back to School Crayon Deck
https://youtu.be/cYnoxCXHoO4
The Back to School playing cards are a fun and a light-hearted deck of luxury playing cards. Hand-colored by artist Jackson Robinson and his two daughters Claire and Scarlett, this deck will brighten up any game or card castle!

Kings Wild Shorts: July 2019: Valley Forge: Standard, Limited and Gilded

In honor of the historic encampment of the Continental Army at Valley Forge from Dec, 19, 1777 - June 19, 1778. The Valley Forge playing cards are a Historical deck inspired by General George Washington's HQ flag that was flown in front of a John Potts Mansion's home in Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, that was converted into Washington's temporary Headquarters.

Invocation Platinum
https://youtu.be/bLrGQh2W5OI

The Inspiration for this project has been an interesting one. So many of my decks in the past have centered around a theme or a specific moment in History. Because of this, I have always had historical characters to feature in my decks depending on the theme.

For this project, the beginnings were a little bit different. Many times between projects I will spend a few days just gathering reference and pouring over tons of beautiful images of art and other things that I might find inspiration from.

As I was searching for a creative direction for a new project, a song began to play on my playlist that really caught my attention. My wife sometimes calls me a nerd in my choice of music. I enjoy listening to all types of music but when I am working I seem to find the most focus listening to instrumental music from cinema, games, and other types of media.

This song captivated me, and it was the catalyst for the entire project. I put it on repeat and listened to it to all day while creating a completely new set of court cards from the images of, what I would describe as a mixture of Sci-Fi and Fantasy. The designs that transpired over the course of the day were promising to me, and most of very different from any of my previous work.

The title of the deck was actually derived from the title of the song that sparked it, Invocation.

Equinox 1 v2 Reprint

The Equinox I - 2019 Standard Edition is a luxury reprint of the first deck of the Kings Wild Shorts Subscription service that launched a year ago in September. For the 2019 edition, both the card manufacturer and tuck case manufacturer were upgraded to EPCC (cards) and Clove St. Press (Tuck Case) to give the Equinox I the same luxurious fit and finish as the Equinox II deck had in March.

@Don

It also mentions this in all of the single standard deck tiers. Hope that clears it up.

Copied from one of the tiers:

"With this tier, you will receive one standard style set of Intaglio Playing Cards. The Blue Edition will be commercially offset printed by The Expert Playing Card Company, and feature a traditional blue on white back design."

So this is what I see (below) and why I consider this a recolor. I don't consider the first KW Tally-Ho as part of this collection, and maybe that is a mistake on my part. The decks are even named by color.

(I apologize for the crappy MS paint draft-up, but I think you get the idea. Obviously I'm not a golfer)

And I do want to stress the unbelievable respect and appreciation I have for Jackson and the entire KW brand, these decks are no exception.

Quote from: JacksonRobinson on November 19, 2015, 09:46:21 AM

... there is nothing I hate more as a card designer than a recolor. ...

I don't mean to be rude, and I hope I am not offending you.

I'm really sorry but it is useless at this point to argue about this topic any further. There are so many design elements and principals you are missing and deleting by just creating large circles over 90% of my design. I'm not offended at all. Each one of the these designs has a different design languages. The shapes and forms are different, the rithym and flow is different. The scale and size of those shapes is composed differently. They each take their shape ques from that overarching suite that represents each deck. IE Scarlett/Spades, Emerald/Clubs, Diamonds/Diamonds, ect. If you believe that my designs are in the same ball park as the 11th recolor of the madison decks then we will always disagree... and that ok. No hard feelings.