Llod's Carnival Playing Cards USPCC

From what I can find online, it appears that Terry Doll is creating here not just playing cards but an interlocking universe of storytelling and graphic art. The art itself is very nicely done, sharp and sexy with a nice sense of design. The circular interplay of the Joker art (edge to edge to edge, etc.) is clever indeed. Pip and font design are nicely integrated with all the other elements. Feel and finish is nice, and the tuck box, while unembossed, is nicely designed.

While the personal artistic accomplishment is impressive and laudable, I don't want to sound too negative while stating that the scary steampunk carnival idea is derivative of so much other popular creative work that it seems a little stale. While I understand that the history of the playing card shares aspects of both violent monarchial culture clashes and dark occult magic and belief, am I the only one who finds all the death and zombie decay on so many decks tiresome?

The artwork on these cards is stunning, to say the least. Light and dark reflecting each other perfectly on the face cards, and subtly on the card backs. Definitely a showpiece deck, but it may be distracting in game situations, as the players might pay more attention to the art on the cards than the game! I can see it being hard to use this deck for magic where a card could be damaged, as you just don't want to hurt them.

If you're a collector, grab these, you'll be glad you did.

From what I can find online, it appears that Terry Doll is creating here not just playing cards but an interlocking universe of storytelling and graphic art. The art itself is very nicely done, sharp and sexy with a nice sense of design. The circular interplay of the Joker art (edge to edge to edge, etc.) is clever indeed. Pip and font design are nicely integrated with all the other elements. Feel and finish is nice, and the tuck box, while unembossed, is nicely designed.

While the personal artistic accomplishment is impressive and laudable, I don't want to sound too negative while stating that the scary steampunk carnival idea is derivative of so much other popular creative work that it seems a little stale. While I understand that the history of the playing card shares aspects of both violent monarchial culture clashes and dark occult magic and belief, am I the only one who finds all the death and zombie decay on so many decks tiresome?

The artwork on these cards is stunning, to say the least. Light and dark reflecting each other perfectly on the face cards, and subtly on the card backs. Definitely a showpiece deck, but it may be distracting in game situations, as the players might pay more attention to the art on the cards than the game! I can see it being hard to use this deck for magic where a card could be damaged, as you just don't want to hurt them.

If you're a collector, grab these, you'll be glad you did.

From what I can find online, it appears that Terry Doll is creating here not just playing cards but an interlocking universe of storytelling and graphic art. The art itself is very nicely done, sharp and sexy with a nice sense of design. The circular interplay of the Joker art (edge to edge to edge, etc.) is clever indeed. Pip and font design are nicely integrated with all the other elements. Feel and finish is nice, and the tuck box, while unembossed, is nicely designed.

While the personal artistic accomplishment is impressive and laudable, I don't want to sound too negative while stating that the scary steampunk carnival idea is derivative of so much other popular creative work that it seems a little stale. While I understand that the history of the playing card shares aspects of both violent monarchial culture clashes and dark occult magic and belief, am I the only one who finds all the death and zombie decay on so many decks tiresome?

The artwork on these cards is stunning, to say the least. Light and dark reflecting each other perfectly on the face cards, and subtly on the card backs. Definitely a showpiece deck, but it may be distracting in game situations, as the players might pay more attention to the art on the cards than the game! I can see it being hard to use this deck for magic where a card could be damaged, as you just don't want to hurt them.

If you're a collector, grab these, you'll be glad you did.

From what I can find online, it appears that Terry Doll is creating here not just playing cards but an interlocking universe of storytelling and graphic art. The art itself is very nicely done, sharp and sexy with a nice sense of design. The circular interplay of the Joker art (edge to edge to edge, etc.) is clever indeed. Pip and font design are nicely integrated with all the other elements. Feel and finish is nice, and the tuck box, while unembossed, is nicely designed.

While the personal artistic accomplishment is impressive and laudable, I don't want to sound too negative while stating that the scary steampunk carnival idea is derivative of so much other popular creative work that it seems a little stale. While I understand that the history of the playing card shares aspects of both violent monarchial culture clashes and dark occult magic and belief, am I the only one who finds all the death and zombie decay on so many decks tiresome?

The artwork on these cards is stunning, to say the least. Light and dark reflecting each other perfectly on the face cards, and subtly on the card backs. Definitely a showpiece deck, but it may be distracting in game situations, as the players might pay more attention to the art on the cards than the game! I can see it being hard to use this deck for magic where a card could be damaged, as you just don't want to hurt them.

If you're a collector, grab these, you'll be glad you did.

From what I can find online, it appears that Terry Doll is creating here not just playing cards but an interlocking universe of storytelling and graphic art. The art itself is very nicely done, sharp and sexy with a nice sense of design. The circular interplay of the Joker art (edge to edge to edge, etc.) is clever indeed. Pip and font design are nicely integrated with all the other elements. Feel and finish is nice, and the tuck box, while unembossed, is nicely designed.

While the personal artistic accomplishment is impressive and laudable, I don't want to sound too negative while stating that the scary steampunk carnival idea is derivative of so much other popular creative work that it seems a little stale. While I understand that the history of the playing card shares aspects of both violent monarchial culture clashes and dark occult magic and belief, am I the only one who finds all the death and zombie decay on so many decks tiresome?

The artwork on these cards is stunning, to say the least. Light and dark reflecting each other perfectly on the face cards, and subtly on the card backs. Definitely a showpiece deck, but it may be distracting in game situations, as the players might pay more attention to the art on the cards than the game! I can see it being hard to use this deck for magic where a card could be damaged, as you just don't want to hurt them.

If you're a collector, grab these, you'll be glad you did.

From what I can find online, it appears that Terry Doll is creating here not just playing cards but an interlocking universe of storytelling and graphic art. The art itself is very nicely done, sharp and sexy with a nice sense of design. The circular interplay of the Joker art (edge to edge to edge, etc.) is clever indeed. Pip and font design are nicely integrated with all the other elements. Feel and finish is nice, and the tuck box, while unembossed, is nicely designed.

While the personal artistic accomplishment is impressive and laudable, I don't want to sound too negative while stating that the scary steampunk carnival idea is derivative of so much other popular creative work that it seems a little stale. While I understand that the history of the playing card shares aspects of both violent monarchial culture clashes and dark occult magic and belief, am I the only one who finds all the death and zombie decay on so many decks tiresome?

The artwork on these cards is stunning, to say the least. Light and dark reflecting each other perfectly on the face cards, and subtly on the card backs. Definitely a showpiece deck, but it may be distracting in game situations, as the players might pay more attention to the art on the cards than the game! I can see it being hard to use this deck for magic where a card could be damaged, as you just don't want to hurt them.

If you're a collector, grab these, you'll be glad you did.

From what I can find online, it appears that Terry Doll is creating here not just playing cards but an interlocking universe of storytelling and graphic art. The art itself is very nicely done, sharp and sexy with a nice sense of design. The circular interplay of the Joker art (edge to edge to edge, etc.) is clever indeed. Pip and font design are nicely integrated with all the other elements. Feel and finish is nice, and the tuck box, while unembossed, is nicely designed.

While the personal artistic accomplishment is impressive and laudable, I don't want to sound too negative while stating that the scary steampunk carnival idea is derivative of so much other popular creative work that it seems a little stale. While I understand that the history of the playing card shares aspects of both violent monarchial culture clashes and dark occult magic and belief, am I the only one who finds all the death and zombie decay on so many decks tiresome?

The artwork on these cards is stunning, to say the least. Light and dark reflecting each other perfectly on the face cards, and subtly on the card backs. Definitely a showpiece deck, but it may be distracting in game situations, as the players might pay more attention to the art on the cards than the game! I can see it being hard to use this deck for magic where a card could be damaged, as you just don't want to hurt them.

If you're a collector, grab these, you'll be glad you did.