SCP Foundation Playing Cards in Creative Commons

[GavrielDiscordia327]

OBJECT CLASS: SAFE
SPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES: NONE
DESCRIPTION: SCP Foundation - Playing Card Deck V01

Art by Kaneres - w/ Special Thanks to: Far2 for the original SCP Logo & The Volgun for the original Object Class Logos. Concept & (Re)Designs by Gavriel Discordia. Produced by Discordia Merchandising and YOU!

Includes: 52 Standard Sized 2.5 x 3.5 inch Poker Style Cards. With 2 'Joker' Cards. In Standard Smooth Full Color printing, packaged in a Custom Box with Matte Finish. And all in Creative Commons 3.0 - CC BY 3.0 US.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/psyind/scp-foundation-playing-cards-v01-secure-contain-protect

THE DESIGN

SCP Playing Cards V01 have been deigned by Gavriel Discordia with a standard playing card deck in mind (in Ascending Alphabetical Order). The four suits being here replaced by the Foundation Logo, for Foundation Staff, taking the place of Spades. And the primary SCP Object Classes; SAFE - EUCLID - KETER ( Hearts - Diamonds - Clubs). With Anomalies on the Suit Cards matching the SCP Class they respectively belong to. We aim to respect the lore as much as possible.

Featuring: An alternate version of the SCP Logo, with original design elements for the playing card back. AND FOR STYLE, there are 'Anomalous' Cards randomly inserted cards with various states of simulated 'Damage and Decay'. The amount of which increases as you move from Foundation to SAFE to EUCLID to KETER Class cards.

Our approach to this Projects design elements is based on the idea that Foundation Staff in training would likely have these sort of cards to pass the time, and to better familiarize themselves with the Object Class System. Of course, any lab accidents, containment breeches, etc, would result in various mishaps with these cards, giving them a 'well-handled look' that we have simulated here. Expect around a dozen or so cards to have these 'Anomalies'.

Finding them and imagining what happened to them is part of the allure of this deck of cards. We won't spoil all the surprises included in the design of these cards here, so you have something to look forward to when they reach your hands.

[Don Boyer]

The artwork is interesting and would certainly have some appeal for people into manga and anime.

I'd recommend you try making the faces with at least some bordering, and perhaps the backs as well.  You might want to look into making a radially-symmetrical design, one that looks the same if you rotate the card 180 degrees - more commonly called a "two-way design."

The two-way design is important - some card players won't even consider using a one-way design like yours because it can be used for cheating at cards.

The border is important as well - if the faces aren't identical at the edges, you can actually see the differences at the card's edge, meaning you can, if you're good and have a good memory, identify cards in a stack simply by looking at the edges.  For the backs, it's better to have some bordering because many card makers will come close to perfectly centering a card when it's die-cut, but some aren't so good, meaning that your cards will look different from the backs at the edge as well, allowing for identification while in a stack.  Trust me, I've seen decks where I was able to do this.