Check this project out! Finally, a deck that is dedicated to tea that actually will be made! The creator of this deck have consulted and got helped from the creator of Bastet Playing Cards. The artworks are infographics telling about how to meditate using tea. Each suit represents types of tea. The Aces show the principles of tea meditation. The courts show cute animals that formed the Chinese Zodiac. Tuckbox will have those metallic foils. The cards will be gilded, BUT here's the catch: they're PVC cards.
MEDCHA Playing Cards
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Card and Tuckbox
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Tuckbox Design
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Orange Gilding on PVC cards
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Tea Manual
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Principles of Tea Meditation
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Animal Zodiac Courts
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Collector Tin Set
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a little late to the party on this but i just opened this deck and it is really nice! i am not sure what i expected from plastic playing cards, obviously something not as good as paper, but these handle and look really good. i am not one that really cares about handling. these seem to have a nice glide and slip to them. the printing works really well and there is almost a matte finish which looks really good. i am sure they have no finish at all probably. the gilding worked out really well. none of the details are lost or distorted due to any kind of aircushion embossed pattern on paper. i think the stiffness is great. not stiff but not too floppy.
i kind of wish more playing cards were produced with this plastic this deck used. im really impressed. you could play a poker night and not work about spills or setting the cards down on a condensation ring left by a beer can.
Photos that I take for this deck. Took me quite a while to arrange everything. I definitely so happy this deck is made, the community do need a few more decks about tea
Not a fan of tea, and the faces are slightly busy for my taste (heh), although I do occasionally pick up the educational-style decks that this one evokes.
But, while I pass on this one, I gotta say the design is quite good, the integration of the bling is expertly handled, and the font choice and index design is truly inspired. It's a large part of why the overall design works: the keen eye for fontography. Well executed.
Adamthinks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:25 pm
That turned out pretty great. I kinda wish I had backed it now. How do they handle?
Well, since it is pure PVC plastic, it can’t really fan out so well, and they are really bendy. BUT, you don’t have to worry the cards get stained with liquid, as it is waterproof
But that is a very nice-looking tuck 
Gilding a plastic deck, seriously? 
@playingcardophile
