Pre-orders have now opened for the exclusive 2020 National Playing Card Collection Day decks here:
https://nationalcardcollectionday.com/donateThese are selling out fast, so buyers have to be quick! Here's the official product info:
2020 NPCCD SERIES - HINDSIGHT EDITIONExplore the ancient ruins and discover a golden frieze with stories to tell. As you go deeper you'll discover gorgeous fresco paintings of classic Greek mythology that line the courts in an absolutely stunning foiled and gilded series.
Last year's NPCCD just won the 2020 Deck of the Year from the 52 Plus Joker Diamond Awards. If you missed out on last year's deck you won't want to miss out on this year's series.
Don't Miss Out On This Year's Series: Why?
● Intaglio golden engraved telescoping box case
● Double Foiled on both faces and backs of cards
● Limited Edition Run of 666
● 100% of proceeds go towards helping Portfolio52 stay running
These decks represent how we see the art of card collection - beautifully unique, consistently dynamic, and authentically yours. The decks are designed to compel and test the boundaries of the playing card world to keep our art consistently growing. They?re kept at small runs not because of artificial limits, but because they are crafted by hand, choosing to side step the industrial world of automation in favor of a more authentic handmade piece of art for your collection.
The 2020 NPCCD Hindsight series was designed as a direct response for the events of this year through the classical aesthetics of Greek architecture and mythology. A specifically poignant card to highlight is the Queen of Hearts, representing Hope left behind in Pandora?s box - her isolation and entrapment becoming an allegory for many of us today.
Official video trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI8m9JK21A0Note:
This year?s deck is pre-order. Artwork is completed and final color swatches are being chosen. Photos and video colors may differ from final product in favor of matching aesthetics across paper, gilding, and cards.There are several completely different print runs involved in this project. Mixed back designs and fresco court textures you see are shown to display the variety in the series. Each box contains a different spirit and specific singular color scheme.
2020 NPCCD Single SpiritThis year?s deck is HINDSIGHT, based around the tragedies of classic Greek mythology that have seemingly bled into our world today, turning fiction into fact. The stories relate in particular to Pandora and her husband Epimetheus.
Each box is a transforming enclosure that expands from box into a larger temple to reveal a classical golden frieze wrapping each side. Trapped in each box is one of Pandora?s spirits. Sealing each box is a large and purposeful warning, Intaglio engraved, telling you not to open the box.
The cards feature fully custom fresco-style painted courts made to feel as if they were discovered from ancient ruins. The backs of each card features beautiful foil colored textiles (based on actual Roman patterns) that breed authenticity into the story. Decks are available gilded and ungilded.
This is the perfect add-on for any collector that wants an extra single to open without touching their full set or for the initial dabbler that wants a piece of history.
- from $34.95 - Deck Features:
● Gorgeous foiling on both front and back of cards
● Handcrafted Intaglio Engraved Expanding Temple Box
● Intaglio Engraved Box Seal
● Each deck is individually numbered out of 666
2020 NPCCD Spirit SetsExpand your collection and support with a pair or triplet spirit set. Each set will have a different deck and spirit.
Each pair has (1) ungilded + (1) gilded.
Each triplet has (1) ungilded + (2) gilded.
Mixed sets or additional add-on decks will always attempt to match your existing numbers if possible. Hope deck not eligible in this tier. -
from $83.95 -
Deck Features:
● Eye-catching gilded shine that foils the edges.
● Gorgeous foiling on both front and back of cards
● Handcrafted Intaglio Engraved Expanding Temple Box
● Intaglio Engraved Box Seal
● Each deck is individually numbered out of 666
2020 NPCCD 5-Spirit SetWith this many spirits it?s as if Zeus himself handed you Pandora?s box. This tier contains ALL 5 Evil Spirits in the collection. According to legend, when Pandora was given her gift and opened her jar, all the evils of the world came rushing out. However right when she was finally able to close the jar there remained one last spirit inside, Elpis (Hope). -
$275.00 -
Includes (5) Decks Featuring:
● Gorgeous foiling on both front and back of cards
● (2) Ungilded Spirits (Destruction & Disease)
● (3) Gilded Spirits (Dissent, Disaster, and Death)
● Handcrafted Intaglio Engraved Expanding Temple Boxes
● Intaglio Engraved Box Seals
● Each deck is individually numbered out of 666
● Matching numbers guaranteed.
100% of NPCCD deck proceeds are donated to Portfolio52, the world's largest playing card databaseNot just beautiful, these cards also help support the arts.
Portfolio52 is a completely FREE service that helps you discover new decks, manage your collections, and trade with others. Tools like these help make card collecting easier, more informed, and of course a lot more enjoyable. However running and maintaining these services cost money.
In order to keep these tools free for everyone these decks are offered for sale once a year as a way to help gain these donations from the community while still giving back something that collectors would truly want. They're our way of asking for donations while still giving amazing value back to the community. So when you purchase a NPCCD deck you know it?s going towards a good cause!
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To us the NPCCD deck acts as a badge of honor in our card collections and acts a sign that we helped support the art of card collecting."
So what are you waiting for? Get yourself a gorgeous card collection while helping the card community at the same time! It?s a win-win! Go! Go! Go!
Available here for a limited time only: https://nationalcardcollectionday.com/donate