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A collaborative archive of playing cards and their makers.

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The Château des Avenières Tarot — The Tarot as a pathway between the earthly and heavenly realms. — wopc.co.uk/tarot/the-chateau… By Simon Wintle
The Château des Avenières Tarot — The World of Playing Cards

The Château des Avenières Tarot — The World of Playing Cards

The Tarot as a pathway between the earthly and heavenly realms.

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Indiana & Purdue University playing cards — Kings, queens, and jacks suit up for the game. — wopc.co.uk/usa/indiana-purdu… By Lev Golinkin
Indiana & Purdue University playing cards — The World of Playing Cards

Indiana & Purdue University playing cards — The World of Playing Cards

Kings, queens, and jacks suit up for the game.

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Good Neighbor Inca & Maya playing cards — Incan and Mayan culture represented in striking designs by Ariel Baynes. — wopc.co.uk/usa/brown-and-big… By Roddy Somerville
Good Neighbor Inca & Maya playing cards — The World of Playing Cards

Good Neighbor Inca & Maya playing cards — The World of Playing Cards

Incan and Mayan culture represented in striking designs by Ariel Baynes.

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Mughal Ganjifa by Tab Creations — Tab Creations brings Mughal Ganjifa to new audiences with a printed deck, explored in this review and an interview with co-founder Matthew Pennell. — wopc.co.uk/india/tab-creatio… By Lev Golinkin
Mughal Ganjifa by Tab Creations — The World of Playing Cards

Mughal Ganjifa by Tab Creations — The World of Playing Cards

Explore Tab Creations’ Mughal Ganjifa deck, with eight 12-card suits, animal-mounted viziers and rajas beneath ceremonial canopies.

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A Russian Patience Pack of the Four Continents — How a BnF curio reveals an uncatalogued masterpiece attributable to Adolf Charlemagne. — wopc.co.uk/russia/imperial-p… By Simon Wintle
A Russian Patience Pack of the Four Continents — The World of Playing Cards

A Russian Patience Pack of the Four Continents — The World of Playing Cards

How a BnF curio reveals an uncatalogued masterpiece attributable to Adolf Charlemagne.

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Wiener Veduten Tarock — Austrian Tarock by C. Titze & Schinkay with late 19th century views of Vienna. — wopc.co.uk/austria/tarok/wie… By Roddy Somerville
Wiener Veduten Tarock — The World of Playing Cards

Wiener Veduten Tarock — The World of Playing Cards

Austrian Tarock by C. Titze & Schinkay with late 19th century views of Vienna.

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Rockfish of Alaska — A charmingly fishy deck, courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. — wopc.co.uk/usa/the-united-st… By Lev Golinkin
Rockfish of Alaska — The World of Playing Cards

Rockfish of Alaska — The World of Playing Cards

A charmingly fishy deck, courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

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DOT-Chain Defence Procurement — Unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare equipment and ground-based robotic systems. — wopc.co.uk/ukraine/dot-chain… By Peter Burnett
DOT-Chain Defence Procurement — The World of Playing Cards

DOT-Chain Defence Procurement — The World of Playing Cards

Unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare equipment and ground-based robotic systems.

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The National Gallery Playing Cards — Details from 54 famous artworks in The National Gallery, London. — wopc.co.uk/uk/the-national-g… By Roddy Somerville
The National Gallery Playing Cards — The World of Playing Cards

The National Gallery Playing Cards — The World of Playing Cards

Details from 54 famous artworks in The National Gallery, London.

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The Emperors of Russia — Three decks celebrating the House of Romanov. — wopc.co.uk/russia/the-empero… By Lev Golinkin
The Emperors of Russia — The World of Playing Cards

The Emperors of Russia — The World of Playing Cards

Three decks celebrating the House of Romanov.

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Echoes in the Palace — A Court of Secrets and Intrigue. — wopc.co.uk/sweden/echoes-in-… By Peter Burnett
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More boxed sets of Bézique — More sets of Bézique by De La Rue, Goodall, Hunt, Reynolds and Willis. — wopc.co.uk/uk/more-boxed-bez… By Roddy Somerville
More boxed sets of Bézique — The World of Playing Cards

More boxed sets of Bézique — The World of Playing Cards

Browse further boxed Bézique sets by De La Rue, Goodall, Hunt, Reynolds and Willis, extending a collector’s survey of the game.

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Lviv in 1910 (Львів, 1910) — A Habsburg jewel in western Ukraine : historic views of Lviv. — wopc.co.uk/ukraine/lviv-in-1… By Lev Golinkin
Lviv in 1910 (Львів, 1910) — The World of Playing Cards

Lviv in 1910 (Львів, 1910) — The World of Playing Cards

Discover Lviv in 1910, a 36-card deck of historic city views showing churches, grand buildings and promenades.

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Bloodmoon — Oldschool style deck by Leo Scherfig, from the island of Møn. — wopc.co.uk/denmark/bloodmoon By Peter Burnett
Bloodmoon — The World of Playing Cards

Bloodmoon — The World of Playing Cards

See Bloodmoon by Danish designer Leo Scherfig, an old-school deck printed in Sweden and shared with attendees at a design event.

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City of London Birds — Wild birds which can be seen in the City of London, illustrated by Dan Sperrin. — wopc.co.uk/uk/city-of-london… By Roddy Somerville
City of London Birds — The World of Playing Cards

City of London Birds — The World of Playing Cards

Explore City of London Birds, Dan Sperrin’s illustrations of 54 wild bird species found in the Square Mile.

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Golden Ring (Zolotoye Kol’tso) Playing Cards — Russian antiquity, with imagery inspired by Russian folk tales and the tales of Pushkin. — wopc.co.uk/russia/golden-rin… By Lev Golinkin
Golden Ring (Zolotoye Kol’tso) Playing Cards — The World of Playing Cards

Golden Ring (Zolotoye Kol’tso) Playing Cards — The World of Playing Cards

Explore Golden Ring playing cards, a 2020 Russian deck by Nikolai Petrov and Printissa inspired by folklore and Pushkin’s tales.

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Bayeux tapestry — Fifty-eight different scenes from the Bayeux tapestry with appropriate accompanying text. — wopc.co.uk/uk/bayeux-tapestr… By Roddy Somerville
Bayeux tapestry — The World of Playing Cards

Bayeux tapestry — The World of Playing Cards

Explore 58 scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in this 2026 British Museum exhibition souvenir, with English captions on each card.

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Kazakh Playing Cards — A souvenir deck celebrating Kazakhstan’s history and the Kazakh Khanate, traditionally dated to 1465, with imagery inspired by the steppe, the vast grasslands that stretch across Kazakhstan. — wopc.co.uk/kazakhstan/kazakh… By Dmitriy Staroverov
Kazakh Playing Cards — The World of Playing Cards

Kazakh Playing Cards — The World of Playing Cards

Discover Kazakh Playing Cards, a souvenir deck celebrating Kazakhstan’s history and the Kazakh Khanate with steppe-inspired imagery.

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Ukrainian Playing Cards — Ukraine’s Cossack culture on the courts. — wopc.co.uk/ukraine/biletsky-… By Lev Golinkin
Ukrainian Playing Cards — The World of Playing Cards

Ukrainian Playing Cards — The World of Playing Cards

Explore Ukrainian playing cards celebrating Cossack culture, with hetmans, ceremonial bulavy and their retinues on the courts.

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Alpine Costumes — Unusual non-standard courts in Alpine costume from the Viennese maker Franz Adametz. — wopc.co.uk/austria/adametz/a… By Roddy Somerville
Alpine Costumes — The World of Playing Cards

Alpine Costumes — The World of Playing Cards

See Franz Adametz’s unusual Alpine Costumes deck from Vienna, featuring non-standard courts in regional dress.

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