The Serpent, Green Snake Playing Cards, printed by Cartamundi using True Linen B9 Finish. Designed by Jason Cheng of Deckidea, Hong Kong. Ouroboros, snake swallowing its tail, emblem of infinity. Out of Print. Brand new, sealed, instocks

Description

-✴️ – Price is high because this deck is now Out of Print, please check availability before payment!
– Playing Cards are printed in batches of 1000, 5000, etc. It is a limited resource. – For example, for a design with 1000 decks,
300 buyers may collect and open for Cardistry,
300 buyers collect & keep them sealed,
400 are kept by retailers as stocks.
– When limited edition collectible cards go Out of Print, that’s when the price jumps significantly.
– We now enter the Wild Wild West cowboy territory. The price is set by the resale companies, not by me.
– Each deck that’s sold means it becomes rarer & rarer to find a deck that is still brand new, sealed with cellophane, unopened and undented.
– I do not deal with cheap decks from individual sellers on eBay as I go through too much volume to do QC myself.
– The resale companies guarantee authenticity, provenance & quality control as they only purchase from retailers who have gone out of business.
– Decks are protected as they send cartons of 50 to 100 each time. The price reflects this superhuman effort & increased global shipping, GST & custom fees.
– There is no need to collect rare decks at all. Please search for regular decks which I get directly from wholesaler under “Murphy’s Magic”.
– You are also very welcome to use my research to find other alternatives. Enjoy the wonderfully bizarre world of card collecting! 🙂
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– This was launched on Kickstarter on 29 Jan 2020. Within 32 days, 340 backers had contributed HKD$155,565, or SGD$26,470 to bring this project to life.
– Check out the YouTube review by The Card Guy

– Available editions:
1. Serpent (Green)
2. Serpent (White)
3. Serpent (Purple) Cobra – Limited edition of 250, unnumbered.
4. Serpent (Orange) Cobra – Limited edition of 200, numbered sticker seal, signed.
5. Serpent (Black) Rainbow, limited edition of 200, numbered sticker seal, signed.

🌟 The Design
The Design originated from the desire to give extra meaning to a deck of cards when it is fanned or spread. Jason (Founder of Deckidea) found the shape of a deck of fanned cards resembles a snake up really well. He used that as a concept, and 100+ hours of work later, “the Serpent” was born.🐍

🌟 Features of the “The Serpent” include:
– Best Back fanning design, great for flourishing
– Stylish illustration for the Snake Enthusiasts & card collectors 🐍
– Printed by Cartamundi (they will be printing their decks with Cartamundi TRUE LINEN B9 FINISH with SlimLine paper stock.)
– Highly Collectable tuck box
– 3 Colourways

🌟 Joker
Each deck will include 2 Joker Cards that allows you to form an ouroboros. An ouroboros being a circular symbol depicting a snake swallowing its tail, as an emblem of wholeness or infinity.

🌟 The Court cards are also designed, so you can interchange the stance of the Snake when forming a fan/ spread. There are 12 Stances to choose from.