I'll be resuming the Series description of Thirdway Industries deck on a seperate thread since the last one is really long down. This seperate thread should at least covers up to next 10 series before a new thread again.
Tales
This series is heavily based on fairy tales and classic stories of all time. All the court cards and the jokers will feature iconic characters throughout the stories made by famous authors of all time. The characters selection is based on the heroism, magical, legends, or simply wicked. There are six editions in this series:
HEROIC – ARCANE – LEGENDARY – WICKED – CHARMING - NEFARIOUS. All of the cards are printed by United States Playing Cards Company – the artworks are heavily laced with metallic ink. All of the tuckbox are glossy, except for Legendary Tales, in which the tuckbox is made of premium pearlescent card stock with metallic foil and complete with numbered seal. Each edition consisted of 52 standard playing cards, 2 jokers, and 2 extra variant court cards.
Heroic Tales
Heroic Tales covers fairy tales’ characters that are heroic. They are brave and heroic. You got valiant kings, brave knights, smart children, and even a cunning cat! The main colour of the deck is red, featuring a sword oriented diagonally to the left.
Joker A – The Blonde Girl and the Three Bears, a blonde girl who got lost in the forest, stumbles upon a house to eat the porridge, sit on the chairs, and sleep on the beds. Unknowingly, the house belongs to a family of three bears: Big Papa Bear, Medium Mama Bear, and Small Bear Cub. The bears were furious about her ransacking the place, so they chased her out from their home.
[Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Robert Southey]
Joker B - Tortoise and Hare, the tortoise who keeps getting ridiculed by the hare, grew tired of it and challenged the hare to a race. Knowing the hare will absolutely sure will win the race, he accepts. During the race, the hare runs as fast as he could, but then stops by for a nap. When he wakes up, he realized too late that he got a race to win, and eventually, the tortoise rises victorious.
[The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop]
Jack of Spades – Prince Charming, the prince who always saves the day and rescue the damsels in distress throughout the Kingdom, but then, will he be able to satisfy all the Princesses? He needs to choose which woman that would be his companion for life.
[Most fairy tales, but prominently in Cinderella]
Queen of Spades – Brave Princess, the princess who wants to seek honour for her family, brave herself to enter the battlefield and become the first female warrior. She doesn’t need saving, as she herself is already a mighty fighter!
[possibly inspired from Mulan]
King of Spades – Noble King, a king who ruled the kingdom with his wisdom and riches.
[most fairy tales have Kings in the story]
Jack of Hearts – The Prince with His Cat, he was just a peasant in the kingdom, but after owning the cat who desires to have boots, his life turned into an unexpected surprise and now lived like a royal.
[Puss in Boots by Giovanni Straparola]
Queen of Hearts – Rose Princess, a beautiful girl of a merchant who desires a beautiful rose from his journey. Then, the quest will eventually meet her with someone unexpected. Her name is Bella.
[Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve; abridged and rewritten by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont]
King of Hearts – Valiant King, a king who is ready to do under orders and brave himself through any perils in order to save the king’s daughter, and potentially marrying her after the daring quest. He was destined to be king, after he pulled out a sword from the stone.
[The Legend of King Arthur, Britain legend]
Jack of Clubs – Siblings, a boy and a girl of a poor family that hard to reach end’s meet. The father and mother intend to leave them behind in the forest. For twice, the children Hansel and Gretel eventually managed to get back, but on the third time, the both are not lucky. The birds ate the trails of breadcrumbs, leaving them no way back home. Later, they found a house made of candy, and a witch greeted them to stay – not knowing that the witch wants to eat them.
[Hansel and Gretel by Brothers Grimm]
Queen of Clubs – Snow White, a beautiful woman whose skin is as white as snow. She becomes the envy of her own Stepmother. She stayed with the 7 dwarves in the forest, waiting for the troubles and manhunt for her is over…
[Snow White by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm]
King of Clubs – The Hunter, a hermit who lives by the cabin in the woods, chopping wood and live life. But one day, he helped out a girl and her grandma from a beast, saving the day!
[The Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault]
Jack of Diamonds – The Girl and the Wolf, a little girl is tasked by her mother to bring food to her grandma and given a red velvet cloth to cover herself during the travels. But, during the walk in the forest, she meets with a cunning Wolf who is up to no good!
[The Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault]
Queen of Diamonds – The Maid, a poor girl left under the cruel life with stepmother and annoying two sisters after her father died. She is forced to do house chores, especially cleaning the cinders in the fireplace. Thus, she is named Cinderella. She is at the point of breaking down, until one night, everthing changed for her!
[Cinderella by Charles Perrault]
King of Diamonds – The Emperor, a mighty emperor who has a lot of fancy clothes in his wardrobe. But when he heard there are tailors that claims to be able to make a one-of-a-kind clothing, he won’t refuse that offer!
[Emperor’s New Clothes by Hand Christian Andersen]
Extra Queen of Diamonds – The Princess, Ella is left out with a lot of house chores while the stepmother and the sisters attend the kingdom’s royal party. Eventually, a Fairy Godmother arrives to help her out, transforming her to a beautiful woman, arriving at the party and stunning the Prince.
[Cinderella by Charles Perrault]
Extra Jack of Hearts – The Miller, the boy is a gifted a cat. He though it is an injustice, since he worked hard in the family. But eventually, he learned that the cat is very special, and it desires a pair of boots!
[Puss in Boots by Giovanni Straparola]
Arcane Tales
Arcane Tales covers fairy tales’ characters that delve into the mystical world of magic. You got a frog turned into a prince, princess who turned into a swan, a boy that can fly, a powerful wizard who aids the future king, and many more. The main colour of the deck is blue, featuring a magic staff oriented diagonally to the right.
Joker A – Swan Princess, the beautiful princess named Odette was once a bright white swan swimming in the lake. Under the full moon, the white swan transformed into a beautiful princess!
[Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]
Joker B – Frog Prince, the handsome prince who got bewitched into a frog. One day, she befriends with a spoiled princess in the Kingdom, and both are not really that comfortable, especially the princess has to maintain the friendship after the Frog help her retrieved her Golden Ball. Either get throwed to the wall or kissed, the Frog eventually transformed back into a man – a handsome prince!
[The Frog Prince by Brothers Grimm]
Jack of Spades – The Farmer Boy, Jack traded the family’s cows for magic beans. The beans eventually grow into a beanstalk that leads to a Kingdom inhabited by Giants. He keeps on climbing and descent, pillaging treasures.
[Jack and the Beanstalk, English Fairy Tales]
Queen of Spades – Fairy Godmother, the good kind-hearted fairy who comes to the people who are desperate to give them hope. She comes to Ella and uses her magic to make a beautiful white dress and glass slippers, transforming a pumpkin into a carriage, a lizard into a coach guy, and mice as horses.
[Cinderella by Charles Perrault]
King of Spades – The Wizard, a mighty wizard who mastered the art of magic. Merlin is the wizard in Camelot, and he guides the future king Arthur to fulfil his destiny as the King of England. He guides Arthur to the Lake to meet with Nimueh, the Lady of the Lake, to retrieve Excalibur.
[The Legend of King Arthur, Britain legend]
Jack of Hearts – The Pied Piper, a flutist who got invited to Hamelin by the Mayor of the town in request of removing their rat infestation. With his flute, he played a hypnotic song that drives all the rats and lead them to their demise out of town and drowned into the river. But, after the job is done, the Mayor backstabbed him and not wanting to pay a penny. In revenge, he played his hypnotic song to lure children out and never to be seen again.
[The Pied Piper, English Fairy Tales]
Queen of Hearts – The Narcoleptic Princess, she falls into a deep slumber as soon as she pricked her finger on a spindle – sadly the kingdom missed one of it to be destroyed.
[The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault]
King of Hearts – The Beast, once a handsome prince, but now he is cursed by an enchantress because of his arrogance. He is given an enchanted rose which acts as a timer that he must find someone who loves him without judging his looks. Each petal will fall slowly…
[Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve; abridged and rewritten by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont]
Jack of Clubs – The Flying Boy, a boy who never grows up that can fly and accompanied by a fairy, he comes from an island called Neverland. It is said that island is where the inhabitants will never grow old.
[Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie]
Queen of Clubs – Fairy, a small magical being with wings of an insect. Its dust can help you fly high. Peter Pan is accompanied by a fairy, and her name is Tinkerbelle.
[Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie]
King of Clubs – The Elf King, the ruler of the elves that resides within the forest, ready to protect nature against dangerous threats!
Jack of Diamonds – The Dwarf, small being that loves going to the caves and mine for rocks and minerals. There are seven dwarves who lived together in the forest, and every day they are doing their jobs and rest at night. Though one day, they have an unexpected guest, a beautiful princess.
[Snow White by Brothers Grimm]
Queen of Diamonds – The Singing Princess, a beautiful woman who lives in a tall tower, only able to just watch by the window and dream of what if out there. She was a bargain by the witch from a family who is caught stealing her flowers. Now, Rapunzel is still living up there, combing her very long hair, waiting for someone to rescue her.
[Rapunzel by Brothers Grimm]
King of Diamonds – The Giant, a large creature who is incredibly large and tall. Although he might be big, but he is kind… not all big boys are ugly and mean.
[Jack and the Beanstalks, English Fairy Tales]
Extra King of Hearts – The Prince, before he is a grizzly Beast, and now after founding a woman who loves him, the curse is broken and he transformed back to himself, a handsome prince. He marries Bella and lived happily ever after.
[Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve; abridged and rewritten by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont]
Extra Queen of Hearts – The Awaken Princess, Aurora falls into a deep sleep after fulfilling that curse. Only a true lover’s kiss can wake her up. Thus, that leads to a prince comes to the rescue and gives her a kiss, and she awakes!
[Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault]
Wicked Tales - Nefarious Tales
Wicked Tales covers fairy tales’ characters that are nasty and evil in nature. They are the opposing character to the heroes of the stories. You got a hungry wolf preying on the weak, envious queen, cruel king, dark knight, and more nasty individuals. The main colour of the deck is purple, featuring a wicked skull-headed magic staff oriented upward.
Nefarious Tales is an extra addition to the series - dubbed "Eternal Edition", Patreon exclusive deck: tuck box created by Boschiero & Newton and the cards are gilded with green evil magic color through "Lacquered Edge Printing", experimental gilding process by Doliberg.
Joker A – Three Little Piggies, there are three pigs who build homes for each of themselves, one by straw, one by wood, and one by brick. The wolf is after them, and managed to destroy the house made by straw and wood by his powerful wind blows.
[Story by James Halliwell Phillips]
Joker B – The Fox and the Cat, two animals who tricked Pinocchio into some mishaps and plan the killed the wood boy. The fox’s name is J. Worthington Foulfellow, or simply Honest John – The cat’s name is Gideon.
[Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi]
Jack of Spades – Dark Knight, he who roams the kingdom to do evil deeds.
Queen of Spades – Evil Godmother, a fairy who practiced evil dark magic.
King of Spades – Wicked King, a ruler who brings pain and suffering, fear and terror on his subjects. Fear always works, and eventually the subjects will surrender their control for their security.
HAIL HYDRA
Jack of Hearts – Lusty Prince, a prince who is driven by lust, wanting to claim every beautiful woman he can find throughout the kingdom.
Queen of Hearts – Evil Queen, the mother of Snow White. She lives in the castle alone with her magical mirror. “Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?” she keeps asking the magic mirror, wanting to be the only beautiful woman in the kingdom.
[Snow White by Brothers Grimm]
King of Hearts – Pirate King, the pirate whose right hand is a hook, and lead a crew of pirates on the seas around Neverland. He is Captain Hook, and he hates Peter Pan, but fears of the Tickling Crocodile.
[Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie]
Jack of Clubs – The Imp, a creature who helps a woman to weave straws into gold in exchange for valuable stuffs. His name is revealed to be Rumpelstiltskin.
[Rumpelstiltskin by Brothers Grimm]
Queen of Clubs – Evil Fairy, an evil fairy who got jealous of not invited to christening ceremony, curse the infant princess that she will die when she pricked her finger on a spindle.
[Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault]
King of Clubs – The Wolf, the canine who preys on the Little Red Riding Hood for an easy meal.
[Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault]
Jack of Diamonds – The Orc, ugly creature that roams in the forest. The sole enemy of the Elves.
Queen of Diamonds – The Witch, a ugly hag who have a house made of candy to lure children in. She had been successful a few times, but not for Hansel and Gretel, the sibling who managed to kill her by fire.
[Hansel and Gretel by Brothers Grimm]
King of Diamonds – The Evil Giant, possibly the Giant who resides in the Sky Kingdom that stores a lot of treasures, until a few got stolen by Jack.
[Jack and the Beanstalk, English Fairy Tales]
Extra King of Clubs – The Wolf, now the canine disguises as an old lady after devouring the granny. [Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault]
Extra Queen of Hearts – The Ugly Hag, the disguised wicked queen who wants to kill Snow White, and she finally succeeded with a poisoned apple.
[Snow White by Brothers Grimm]
Legendary Tales [LTD] – Charming Tales [LTD]
Legendary Tales covers both fairy tales’ heroes and villains, and from the famous stories! The courts are one-way, in which different sides of each court are connected in the lore of the characters – like how the Sleeping Beauty was awake and she is cursed to deep slumber after pricking her finger on a spindle OR the Beast who turned into a handsome prince after finding true love and breaking the curse. The main colour of the deck is metallic gold, featuring a sword and a crown oriented upward.
Charming Tales will have the same card as the Legendary Tales, but it is in the standard glossy tuckbox. This is basically an edition made from the expected overprint of the cards. The deck was sold in cheap price during the pre-order period, and it is in extremely high price when it is released in public (it would be cheaper if it’s obtained through bundle).
Joker A – Swan Princess Odette wearing a jester costume with two swans, a frog, and a red bird. There is an Ace of Diamonds and Ace of Clubs.
Joker B – The Frog Prince wearing a jester costume with two fairies, a tortoise, and a blue bird. There is an Ace of Spades and Ace of Hearts.
Jack of Spades – Conflicting Knights, there is the concept of Yin and Yang – when there is good, there is evil; where there is black, there is white. The black Dark knight versus the white Light knight.
Queen of Spades – Double-Life Princess, sometimes a princess doesn’t want to just stick around in the castle; she wants a bit of action!
King of Spades – A True King, a king never seeks out war, but always be prepared for it!
[wise words from Odin All-Father from Marvel’s Thor]
Jack of Hearts – The Girl and the Wolf, The Little Red Riding Hood suddenly meets up with the Wolf. He appears to be a friendly creature, just asking her how she is doing and where she is going. Hearing about the Girl wanted to see her Grandma, he knows he had found his meal. So, the Wolf tricked the Girl into picking some flowers or taking the ‘shortcut’, while the Wolf rushes to devour the Grandma.
Queen of Hearts – The Sleeping Beauty, Princess Aurora is a sweet and beautiful princess. During infancy, she was christened by fairies, but cursed by one wicked fairy that she will fall into a deep slumber after pricking her finger on a spindle.
King of Hearts – The Beast, a prince who was cursed into a beast until he can find a woman who loves him unconditionally. A beautiful red rose will be his guidance, and also to show that his time is numbered.
Jack of Clubs – Sly Boy, Jack has no regrets of trading his cows for magic beans, as it grows into a beanstalk that reached up the Giant’s castle on the sky. He managed to plunder a bag full of gold coins, a goose that can lay golden eggs, and a self-playing harp before he cut down the beanstalk when he got chased by the Giant.
Queen of Clubs – Snow White, a beautiful woman whose skin as white as snow, but later she seemingly got killed after ingesting a poisoned apple by an old hag. She is encased in a glass coffin, waiting for a prince to kiss her to wake her up.
King of Clubs – The Wolf, this cunning canine managed to trick the Little Red Riding Hood and reached to the Grandma’s house to devour her. Disguising himself as the old Granny, he plans to eat the little girl as well, swooning her to get closer to get the poor girl.
Jack of Diamonds – The Boy with his Cat, the miller received a cat as an inheritance, and the cat changed his life completely, as the cat is not your ordinary house cat.
Queen of Diamonds – Magical Princess, Ella lived a very cruel life under her Stepmother, but one night she got enchanted by a Fairy Godmother to be able to attend the dance party to dance with the Prince.
King of Diamonds – Fashionista Emperor, he enjoys new clothes and who also squanders his kingdom’s riches to commission fancy clothes. One day, when two tailors claimed they can create a special cloth for him, he accepts their offer. Unknowingly, the tailors are scammers who wants the money. They only pretend to make it and claimed that the clothes are invisible to the eyes of fools, while in reality, they only just dramatizing to sew. On the ceremony day, the Emperor is definitely naked while the scammers run with the money.
Extra Queen of Spades – The Good and Evil Godmother, remember there is good and evil; where there is good Fairy Godmother who casts good magic, there is an evil Fairy Godmother who casts evil magic.
Extra Queen of Hearts – The Evil Queen, the mother of Snow White who wants to be the only beautiful woman in the kingdom. She attempted multiple times to kill Snow White, until she had to do it herself by disguising as an old hag and offer poisoned apple to her.
Egoism
This is Thirdway Industries signature standard playing cards. Basically, it’s just like your standard French playing cards, but with Giovani’s artistic style. The deck consists of 52 standard playing cards and 4 fully illustrated jokers. The numbered cards of 2-10 of each suit are standard, with the exception of 9 cards, where the middle pip is not centred, but it’s located on upper centre – making two one-way numbered cards of each suit in the deck. All of the Aces have bigger pips with extra detailing and symbolism. The Ace of Spades incorporates the TWI logo. The Jokers feature artistic illustration to present the god and goddesses that each represent a suit [in
RUST] - The Jokers feature artistic illustration based on Tarot Cards (and also representing each suit) [in
IVORY]:
- SPADES:
- RUST: A burly and heavily bearded man with a V-shape crown wearing a red cloak is holding a sword. There is an all-seeing eye with a hypnotic red wave and there are two snakes coming out from his cloak.
- IVORY: A lady in huge black cloak holding a very large scythe. There are four skulls floating and there is a hypnotic all-seing eye. Part of her chest is visible - mature audience (based on "XIII - Death")
- HEARTS:
- RUST: A warlord with a short black hair and a beard wearing a blue cloak holding a bloodied sword. His chest has a scar. There is a slithering snake behind him. There is a crown with a red wave and a star with a blue wave, probably signify good and evil. Looking closely at his face feature, he looked like the designer Giovani himself!
- IVORY: A prisoner chained upside down, appears to be tortured with slashes and arrows. There are two pillars of snake. Part of him is covered with thick red cloth. There is a radiating light behind his head (based on "XII - The Hanged Man")
- CLUBS:
- RUST: A maiden with curly hair and a crystal crown holding a big shield and pointing her hands that sparks, who is wearing a large golden cloak. There is a coiling black snake under her hand and there are wings on the sides of her head. There is the club suit tattoo on her chest.
- IVORY: A priestess wearing a large red cloth sitting on a royal throned. There is a black snake slithering on her cloth. She is holding what appears to be a bible with the suit symbol on it (based on "II - The High Priestess")
- DIAMONDS:
- RUST: A goddess with blindfold and long straight hair wearing a crown, wearing a large red cloak. There is also a coiling black snake under her sparking hand and there are wings on the sides of her head. There is a cornucopia spewing out gold coins – possibly she is the goddess of luck.
- IVORY: A lion tamer woman who controls the lion in front of her. The lion is chained with two strings of metal. There is an infinity symbol on her forehead and there is the diamond symbol on her chest (based on "VIII or XI - Strenght")
The artworks have copper metallic ink to highlight the beautiful details on the cards. The tuckbox is standard glossy cardstock. This deck is specifically designed to be usable for gameplay and to be TWI’s flagship standard deck. The deck is produced by United States Playing Cards Company. The decks feature beautiful copper metallic ink, especially in IVORY, where the faces have copper metallic ink background. These are the available editions for this series of standard decks:
- Egoism Rust
- Egoism Peacock [LTD]
- Egoism Ivory
- Egoism Relic [LTD]
Egoism Peacock is the luxury edition of Rust. The deck has a premium leatherlike letter-pressed peacock blue box done by Clove St. Press, the cards will have holographic/petrol gilding, and it is only 500 decks available complete with numbered seal. This deck is exclusive to TWI Patreon Patrons. Egoisim Relic is the luxury edition of Ivory. The deck has a premium copper letter-pressed box done by Clove St. Press, the cards will have copper gilding - it is exclusive to TWI Patreon.
The Black Market [Project BM]
This standalone deck is a secret deck produced by Thirdway Industries. The deck was heavily teased before it was put on sale. Getting this deck is very tricky because
the deck is password protected. The only people who have the password are TWI Patrons (and later, for people who have bought the deck before). However,
the password will be reset and be shared to different group of people. And every time it was reset, the
price of the deck will increase. So, while you have the access to certain price, get as many as you can before the reset. Once you have the decks, you are part of the secret group.
A chronological order of the password reset along with the deck price (for the current password, solve simple riddle to know the password):
- Password = persefone7 – Deck price: $17
- Password = [God who has a three-headed pet] + [Age number of where girls would celebrate with big parties] – Deck price: $18
Due to the popularity of the deck, this becomes its own series, producing even more editions.
Project BM, a.k.a. The Black Market is a libertarian, secret trade company that sells extraordinary items to their members. It’s a secret society of very hidden market in the web, and possibly the way to purchase it is through use of cryptocurrencies. The deck features 52 standard playing cards and 4 fully illustrated jokers. The numbered cards of Ace to Ten feature detailed frameworks like that of a digital circuit pattern. The Aces have bigger pips, especially the Ace of Spades. The court cards are artistic version of standard French courts, only that every single court will have a censor block on their eyes. All of the artworks would have standard ink along with metallic gold ink. The tuckbox is a standard glossy box featuring digital pattern artwork and featuring the logo of the Black Market. The deck is produced by United States Playing Cards Company.
That’s not all that consists of this deck. The deck has secret UV ink elements! The box and the cards will reveal some hidden and completely invisible details that can only be revealed with a blacklight. The numbered cards will reveal a secret digital framework behind the pips and dollar symbols above the golden frame, as well to highlight symbols specially on the Aces. The court cards will reveal secret artworks of the items that comes in the possession of each court. All of these secret details tell the lore of the Black Market Secret Society. The four Joker cards feature posters promoting the Black Market. Each suit represents the product category in the market, and every court royal shown are sellers of their specialty items of each product category – their real names never to be revealed, only their codenames:
- Spades = Weapons, provides you with a range of weaponries, from firearms to handheld blades, and also including covert weapons for assassinations.
- Jack of Spades = Codename: APOLLO, sells light weaponries such as pistols/handguns and small handheld weapons like knifes and knucles.
- Queen of Spades = Codename: JUNO, sell covert weapons, mainly poisons. It can be as simple as poison darts or poisonous gas grenade or completely discrete like poison fingernails, poison rings, or secret weapon hidden in a watch.
- King of Spades = Codename: JUPITER, sell heavy weaponries, like big guns! It can be assault rifles, deadly sniper rifles, grenade launchers, missiles blaster, or maybe even worse – nukes! But, the most powerful weapon would be the lightning bolt produced by the seller himself.
- Hearts = Love, provides you with your lustful needs to fulfil your sexual desires. You pay for sexual service of want them to strip in front of you or used their bodies for your wildest dreams. [if the description is TOO MUCH, I try to tone it down]
- Jack of Hearts = Codename: ADONIS, sells men for sexual needs. You may get them for pleasures of women, and more possibly, for gay homosexual kinky desires.
- Queen of Hearts = Codename: VENUS, sells women for lustful needs. You can get them to do intimate private dances to deep romance in the private rooms. It may also provide for lesbian homosexual dreams.
- King of Hearts = Codename: HADES, the puppet master of the men and woman listed in the love market. He is the owner of lustful nightclubs and secret online sexual service. He handles it all like a powerful master over love slaves.
- Clubs = Medicine, provides you with a range of powerful or even crazy medicines. It can be health and mental enhancements, superpower gifts, or even…. A way to live forever!
- Jack of Clubs = Codename: MERCURY, sells potions to provide strength and skills enhancements. Oh, don’t forget about the special items: superpowers. There are lots of superpowers you can choose from!
- Queen of Clubs = Codename: MINERVA, sells elixirs of health and mental. These elixirs are described to cure any diseases that are hardly curable to incurable in modern medicines. Get these elixirs and all your life worries are solved, and guaranteed there won’t be side effects.
- King of Clubs = Codename: CHRONOS, sells the only item that every member of the black market society sought after: the secret of immortality. He is your Fountain of Youth, the living soul of Philosopher Stone, the Master of Death. Get one bottle of this liquid, and you will never die.
- Diamonds = Money, provides you with a range of money-based operations. It can be an ownership of a business tycoon, or be hitmen to kill for hire, or simply you get an unlimited supply of money in your pockets!
- Jack of Diamonds = Codename: ARES, provides with hitman services. You give them the targets to kill for your personal needs OR be the hitman to get money by killing targeted individuals to get payment from clients.
- Queen of Diamonds = Codename: FORTUNA, provides you with gambling entertainment. You can try your luck to win a lot of money in the society’s very own casino, or simply get charms that can help you win fair [or cheat] in modern casinos! But she won’t be responsible if you are caught cheating, or maybe there are three chances for getting caught. Who knows? She can be fickle.
- King of Diamonds = Codename: MIDAS, he is like your bank in the society. Every amount you need; he can cover. You are in lot of debts; he can help you out. You are in need of emergency insurances; he would be your angel of salvation. First time always free, but in the next services, he demands things in return.
- Jokers = Black Market Posters, featuring the important aspects of the Black Market Secret Society.
- Presenting the enigmatic and welcoming important figure of the Black Market – the Salesman. The Salesman is the owner of the secret market society. He wears a fancy tuxedo suit with a smiley face pin and wears a mask to keep his identity a secret. He welcomes you to the Black Market with a thumbs up. Would you trust him? Would you be a member?
- The famous event in the Love Market, the Twin Queen Show – featuring the lustful twins. You can’t barely tell any difference between the two! Service available as online webcam shows or you want something much more intimate and closer! Their number is ‘1704831717GG’.
- Promoting the item sought after in the Medicine Market, Panacea Blanc, the elixir of immortality. The price of it is equal to an aircraft carrier!
- Directing you to the society’s very own casino: DarkMoon Casino. Enjoy multiple entertainments in the casino, as well as playing variety of games. Your luck will be tested in here. Will you come out the place with a lot of money OR suffer a major loss of your money?
Black Market Crypto [LTD]
Black Market Crypto is an edition exclusive to TWI Patrons on Patreon, dubbed “Eternal Edition” - the gilded edition of Black Market. The tuckbox is in premium black matte with black UV spot and red metallic foiling. The cards will be gilded with experimental red pixel and holographic foiling.
Black Market Digital
Black Market Digital is the sequel to the successful Black Market deck. For this deck, All of the cards will have a slight modifications on the artwork and the change of the ink used: the details of the artworks will be shown as neon green ink, so it will flash bright under the UV light along with the hidden UV elements. The deck features four new Jokers presenting different posters of the Internet: such as an antivirus software - it's made like the counter attack to the dark natured black market of the previous deck.
Jokers = Black Market Digital Posters, featuring the important aspects of the Black Market Digital Society.
- The King of Spades promotes the cyber attack onto the plaguing black market on the internet. It is time to unleash the storm upon the wicked.
- The Queen of Hearts is naked, censored on the chest, with the iconography of GPS location with houses within the radar, suggesting a Tindr-like vibe - searching for dating partners. Even the caption promotes: "Hot Queens in your Area".
- Promotion of a virus killer that is guaraanteed to remove any malwares that are infecting the digital device. It will work on any device, so just sit tight and let the program do its work to keep your devices save from any harmful attacks.
- Spambot, an AI generated entity that is made to just spam the hell out of your email inbox. You will be stormed with a lot of discount promotions, very big offers, and many more - things that you just might won't refuse!
Black Market Nexus [LTD]
Black Market Nexus is an edition exclusive to TWI Patrons on Patreon, dubbed “Eternal Edition” - the gilded edition of Black Market Digital. The tuckbox is in premium silver matte with silver metallic foiling along on outside and inside with letterpressed graphics. The cards will be gilded with experimental silver pixel and holographic foiling.
Black Market Mainframe [LTD]
Another of gilded edition of BM Digital and it is also the exclusive "Eternal Edition" TWI Patreon deck. This tuckbox is in premium dark navy blue matte with green metallic foiling along with letterpressed graphics. The cards gilding is experimental - it is neon edge-printed, so the sides will glow if shine by blacklight.
Galaxia
Galaxia revolves around the world of science fiction, inspired from renown sci-fi series Star Trek and Star Wars, along with dystopian sci-fi novels of the 1950s and 1960s. The series is a direct sequel to the Order series, bringing the dystopian of a totalitarian government in Space. The story tells of a former totalitarian government of Earth (from ‘Order’) who in quest of a new home in outer space. They formed the “Galactic Federation” to commence on this goal. They build two spaceships – SSC Promessa and SSC Domina, to contain a lot of people to reach the new planet, Terra-2. A space travel is long and dangerous, so the Federation will do anything in their power to reach their destination safely and colonize their new home. The deck of cards is said to be made by the Galactic Federation, meant for the People who remained on Earth. The story of the series can be further discovered from the “Rebel Chronicles”. There are five editions of the series:
- Galaxia Promessa
- Galaxia Altezza
- Galaxia Domina [LTD]
- Galaxia Integra [LTD]
- Galaxia Superba [LTD]
All of the cards featured full colour background with sci-fi patterns design. All of the editions are printed by United States Playing Cards Company, except for Superba, which is printed by Expert Playing Cards Company. Galaxia Domina and Galaxia Superba has both full colour background on both faces. Galaxia Integra is as same as Galaxia Domina, as this edition is to overcome USPCC’s overprint – The cards for Domina boxed in matte premium tuckbox with yellow matte pigment embossing, while the cards for Integra boxed in normal standard glossy tuckbox.
Galaxia Promessa
SSC Promessa is the Ark of Humanity. An immense, glorious Mothership designed to carry mankind beyond the stars. This is a big spaceship that contains most of the population of Earth, a vessel to carry them to their new home on the other planet. The Space Eden of Humanity, the promised land of the People. It’s safer, warmer, and superior to our current homeland in every way. Their destination of the Galaxia Initiative is Terra-2, a superhabitable planet in the far reaches of the galaxy. It’s similar to Earth, but larger, with a spectacular ring system to rivel Saturn’s
- Ace of Spades - Super Space Carrier “Promessa”
- Spades – Security, the vast regions of unexplored space are dangerous, but our valiant Heroes will keep us safe. Terra-2 is hundreds of light years away, surrounded by the unknown. In order to protect its precious Citizens, the Federation has trained an elite force of Space Heroes to face any menace, from asteroids to aliens. These highly-specialized Heroes bear advanced weapons – lasers, plasma guns, and flame cannons. Even with the ability to control human minds, the Aliens don’t stand a chance. The heroes are ranked just like that of a military regiment.
- Hearts – Spaceship Crew, The most comfortable trip of your life. Hostesses are key members of the hospitality staff; their sole purpose is to make the passengers’ lives easier. Flawlessly pretty and always cheerful, a hostess is trained to provide her passengers with whatever they might want or need. Also, the ship is accompanied by male hosts as well, although most of them would work as the navigators of the ship and other jobs. There are captains as well to lead the team of crews on the ship.
- Clubs – Passengers, For many, hundreds of years will seem to pass in a single second. The main population will spend their voyage in cryogenic sleep, frozen, dreaming of adventure. All of the people will sleep in their respective capsules, awaiting to be awaken once they reached their destination. The onboard medical staff is equipped to take care of any health problem with the most advanced healing technology available.
- Diamonds – Maintenance, Their lives are devoted to keeping out Ark safe and in perfect operating condition. Several generations of scientists, technicians, and mechanical engineers will ensure that the Promessa remains functional during The Journey. Why sweat? The most difficult and tedious tasks on our glorious spaceship will be carried out by out reliable Tetrabot-9000.
- Jokers – SSC Promessa Posters, featuring some of the important aspects of the Ark:
- GALACTIC FEDERATION – This is the government body that operates the Galaxia Initiative. The poster shows a man in a big black coat titled the Leader of the Galaxy.
- BEWARE! – The Ark encountered hostile lifeforms on the way, thus deeming the Journey dangerous. The Aliens have the ability to Mind Control, thus the Security team will develop a counter-measure to it.
- OUR SPACE EDEN – Terra-2 will be the new home of the People from Earth. This poster is a promise of the future of the Passengers and Crews.
- TETRABOT 9000 – This is an all-purpose robot developed by the Maintenance team. This robot is guaranteed able to do almost anything, and the team creates hundreds of them just to ease of the work in the Ark.
Galaxia Altezza
The crown jewel of our new Homeland! Magnificently tall and beautiful. Altezza is the first human outpost on Terra-2. The flagship city itself is primarily made of the SSC Promessa, which was landed, secured, and reconfigured as a land-based city. The city is developed vertically, comprised of several skyscrapers and a vast central Tower which reaches the cooler upper atmosphere. Despite Terra-2’s stiffing yellow atmosphere, unexpectedly hot temperature, and challenging breathing conditions, there is no reason we cannot terraform it into the beautiful paradise we promised to our Citizens.
- Ace of Spades - Altezza City
- Spades – Federation Army, A Paradise can be just as dangerous as it is beautiful, but the Federation will always have your back. The Ground Trooper [Jack of Spades] is a fearless soldier, equipped with a compact flamethrower to burn any threats. Altezza Assassin [Queen of Spades] sightings are rare – and never pleasant. These deadly ghosts keep the Unique City safe from inner threats, like anarchiests and terrorists. Each agent wields a Thunder Sabre, an electrified blade that is said to be capable of killing Gods. The Defender [King of Spades] is the ground-air defence against threats from the Sky. The story goes that their heavy Pulse Canon is capable of destroying spaceships.
- Hearts – Royal Family, Benevolent Demi-Gods among Humans, they will rule the Galaxy with wisdom and a steady hand – [Jack of Hearts]. The Queen of the Galaxy is the beautiful Goddess of the Universe. She’s gentle and fair, a blessing to all Citizens – [Queen of Hearts]. Our noble king is enthroned atop the Federation Tower, the rightful sovereign of the Planet – and the whole Galaxy – [King of Hearts]. This royal family is on the top of the society in the city of Altezza.
- Clubs – People, Power Workers [Jack of Clubs] construct, repair, and manufacture everything in Altezza City. Enhanced by technology, they’re not just humans anymore. Lifegivers [Queen of Clubs] are in charge of flora, fauna, and human life on Terra-2. Like Earth’s legendary Eve, they’re both mothers and farmers, dedicated to developing and nurturing as much life as possible. Priest [King of Clubs] teaches and preaches about religion, making sure that the Citizens keep on believing that God had saved them and will always protect them. He is also the acting mayor of the Altezza City.
- Diamonds – Colony Support, Aero Engineers [Jack of Diamonds] are skilled workers who build and maintain the highest level of Altezza City. Scientists and Geologists [Queen of Clubs] are working around the clock to invent terraforming solutions for the planet. Soon, Terra-2 will be even better than our original Homeland. They developed the most popular meal of the Galaxy, Forza Protein – Forza Protein is the most popular meal of the Galaxy! It’s nutritious, natural, and DELICIOUS! Communicators [King of Diamonds] are developing interstellar communication in the Galaxy, hoping to establish connections in the vast space.
- Jokers – Altezza City Posters, featuring some of the best parts of the city:
- REBEL CHRONICLES – It is called the best book of the galaxy; it chronicles the adventurous stories all happened in the Galaxy.
- KILL THE MONSTER – A propaganda poster inviting people to join the military and security division in order to protect the City against any threats, such as Mind-Control Aliens.
- POWER FOR THE PEOPLE – Scientists develop special food for the People. It is called Forza Protein. Using only natural ingredients, it tastes delicious and it is nutritious!
- A NEW HOME – A promise by the Galactic Federation to terraform Terra-2 to become a suitable home for the people from Earth. The planet is currently had hazardous environment, but through people’s support, the Federation will fulfil that promise.
Galaxia Domina [LTD]
We’re the Space Aristocracy, owners of the Galaxy! The secrets of the Galactic Federation are revealed here, showing the dark kept-secrets of the organization that founded the Galaxia Initiative. There are actually two space ships that carries people from Earth to Terra-2. One is SSC Promessa that we know. The other one is SSC Domina, a smaller ship yet much more luxurious. The ship carries most important people, as well as people with deep pockets. There might be people from the totalitarian government in the ship, thus they will continue their reign in the Galaxy.
- Ace of Spades - Super Space Carrier “Domina”
- Spades – Control, The people designated here are those who are in control of order of the people in SSC Domina. If the Passengers rebels in any way, they will take care of the problems. Domina Assassins [Jack of Spades] are specially equipped to terminate any threat to the Galactic Federation – even threats that come from within their own ranks. Galactic Police Officers [Queen of Spades] are stunning, powerful, and efficient = the perfect agents to keep order on spaceships and colonies. Domina Commander [King of Spades] is who in charge of all the control operations throughout the spaceship.
- Hearts – Power, A few selected individuals to be the ruler of the Galaxy. “I am your Queen. Salute me, Mortal.” – Queen; “No one would dare to challenge me – I am the absolute ruler of the Galaxy!” – King. The King and Queen of the Galaxy were duly elected during the long travel between Earth and Terra-2, onboard the SSC Domina. They’re the fair and powerful leaders of the Galactic Federation.
- Clubs – Production, The few people who works in the spaceship. The truth about Power Workers [Jack of Clubs] is that they’re basically slaves of the Federation. Technologically-enhanced body parts can also be used to compel, punish, or imprison disobedient workers. The Supreme Engineer [Queen of Clubs] is the glorious woman who designed the ships of Galaxia Initiative. The Prime Scientist [King of Clubs] is the head of the scientific division of the Galactic Federation.
- Diamonds – Pleasure, SSC Domina is a luxury space carrier that is luxurious that it’s sister SSC Promessa, thus it has the lavish lifestyle and entertainment. Some of the VIPs are enjoying their trips with style. “Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to my show!” – The Face [Jack of Diamonds] is the star of the Galaxia Initiative broadcast. He is a news anchor, singer, announcer, and host. Everyone loves his look and his voice. The ship is boarded by beautiful Diva [Queen of Diamonds] and the Gambler King [King of Diamonds].
- Jokers – SSC Domina Posters, featuring some of the important things aboard the VIP ship of SSC Domina:
- FIRST CLASS – SSC Domina is marked as the VIP space ship, carrying important people and deep-pocket passengers.
- DISCOVER THE GALAXY – The Galaxy is worth exploring for potential discoveries. If you are up for adventure, join the Scout Division!
- STAY AWAKE – With the help of life-lengthening serums and infusions, some Federation members are allowed to forego cyrosleep and stay awake during the entire voyage to Terra-2.
- BETRAYER FROM EARTH – There was a dangerous figure that the Galactic Federation will always remember. He is the enemy of the organization.
Galaxia Integra [LTD]
There were actually meant to be 3 space carriers that will bring people from Earth to Terra-2, one normal and two luxurious. That other luxurious Spaceship is called SSC Integra. It was supposed to leave Earth along with SSC Promessa. However, the Rebels destroyed it, forcing the Federation to build a new ship: SSC Domina. The Federation already made some playing cards with “Integra” name, but they had to tuck swap those into Domina before leave. All the Integra decks should have been destroyed, but few of them were saved and kept as a souvenir of the ship that never left the Homeland.
Galaxia Superba [LTD]
“Many, many years passed. No one remembers when Promessa landed on Terra-2. Altezza was destroyed and rebuilt several times. Humankind discovered wonders and unveiled terrible secrets. A lot of men and women lived and died under the control of the Galactic Federation. But the immortal King of the Galaxy was always there. Almost a God, now – but still furious, for the Homeland he lost long, long time ago. Pursuing vengeance, he built a gargantuan, war spaceship to get it back. That vessel was huge; a flying apocalypse forged in hellfire. He named her USC Superba. What he will find on Earth? Is the old Betrayer waiting for him? That’s another story.”
Years had passed since SSC Promessa had landed on Terra-2. The organization along the people have tried to make the planet completely inhabitable for them. Research and development continue to make breakthroughs for the livelihood of the new home. But the new monarchy that is now immortal, have a secret. He was used to rule Earth, in his totalitarian government in a dystopian world, but he is defeated by the leader of the Rebels, dubbed as “The Betrayer”. The Galactic Federation is a result of him getting away from Earth, and his organization created propaganda to get people to come along with him.
Still pursuing vengeance over his humiliating defeat, he orders the construction of a Battleship, a powerful vessel that will sure to bring down the Betrayer, and in the end, ruled over Earth and the entire Galaxy. He christens the ship: “USC Superba”. With that ship, he plans to bring Hell on Earth, and to the Galaxy.
- Ace of Spades - USC Superba
- Spades – Military, the most powerful soldiers and enforcers of the galaxy. They are trained for advanced combat and expert marksmanship.
- Hearts – Crews, there are a few people assigned to maintain the ship, such as the technicians who managed the controls on the ship, the hostess who serve the people, and the captain who oversees the tasks on the ship.
- Clubs – Production, being on the spaceship for a long time would need a lot of supplies. There are people assigned as staffs on the ship, such as the technologically enhanced Power-Workers, the earthy-hand Farmers, and the hard-working and always experimenting Scientists.
- Diamonds – Maintenance, some people are assigned to maintain the ship to remain operation, such as the powerful mechanics, the keep-on-working researchers, and the busy communicators.
- Jokers – Propaganda Posters, showing the King and Queen of the Galaxy, along with a poster showcasing a promise to rule over the Galaxy.
Galaxia Lore
Previously from the
"Order", the Betrayer/Saviour and his True Revolutio manage to overthrow the Upper Party. Getting cornered, the Upper Party executes "Galaxia Initiate", a travel to the outer space. They have spaceships and space carriers built, and a few surviving people managed to escape to Outer Space. The campaign promises the People of a better life on a planet they called "Terra-2". But, that is not what the surviving Party planned for. Eventually, after years of waiting, the Upper Party decides to fight back, by building a powerful Spaceship and heads toward Earth to confront the Betrayer. The details of this story is told in "The Rebel Chronicles"
Poison
Poison is a series of decks inspired by alchemy, pharmacy, and most specifically: poisons. It is set in a fictional America circa 1920s. The story revolves around the last Alchemist named John B. Trayer. He spends the first part of his life as a wandering Snake Oil Salesman, peddling cures with his father in western America. As civilization progresses, however, he begins to feel that there is no place for his “old magic” anymore, so he opens a pharmacy in the (fictional) small town of Eden Springs, Texas. It’s a pharmacy that sells his alchemical works, either which that can heal or kill.
There are three editions of the series:
- Poison Aspis
- Poison Belladonna [LTD]
- Poison Kingslayer [LTD]
The main design of the decks almost resembled standard playing cards, but with a vintage look and customized with hidden details and secrets. The Aces are shaped to looked like poison vials in shape of the suits. The cards don’t have white background, instead Aspis has tinted green background, while Belladona has tinted pink background. The courts represent people who used the poisons OR the victims of the poisons OR both. The Jokers are fashioned to look like vintage posters promoting drinks, but this one, is for promoting poisons offered by the “magical” pharmacy. Poison Aspis is printed by United States Playing Cards Company – both tuckbox and artwork on cards will use Pantone Premium Pantone Inks. Poison Belladone is printed by Legends Playing Cards Company [first ever TWI deck to be printed by this company] – both tuckbox and artwork on cards will use metallic inks, and the highlight feature, Holographic Mylar Foil. Poison Kingslayer is the GILDED edition of Aspis – the cards will be gilded with Emerald Green foil and the tuckbox is using premium matte paper with green foil and embossing.
Poison Guide by John B. Trayer
Here are the six main poisons that are sold in his pharmacy. Four of these poisons are featured in Poison Aspis/Kingslayer, while the other two are featured in Poison Belladonna:
- Mesmerizing Poison, Forget Everything – $6.25 : This tincture will relieve the severe pain of regret, remorse, and unrequited love by directly targeting and eradicating unwanted memories. Side effects may include: confusion, disorientation, lethargy, and total amnesia.
- Kingslayer Poison, Thirst for Freedom - $37.75 : A powerful snake venom designed to be applied on sharp weapons, such as arrows, spears, daggers, or sword blades. Best friend of the oppressed man, this will provide effective relief from the tyranny of powerful rulers. Symptoms may include: convulsion, acute respiratory failure, sudden death.
- Delightful Poison, At Least the Taste is Good - $8.22 : [This toxin has a fruity, sweet taste – similar to wine. Symptoms often show after 3-4 hours after ingestion, and may include: acute abdominal pain, severe sweating, death.]
- Green Aspis Poison, Straight to Heaven - $917.17 : [This mysterious venom is one of the strongest ever known. If even a single drop is assumed, it will kill any human in 17 minutes. This substance is very rare and, therefore, expensive.]
- Belladonna Poison, Dangerous Beauty - $17.04 : [This toxin is obtained by Atropa Belladonna. One of the most toxic plants known. Symptoms include: tachycardia, loss of balance, hallucinations, delirium, and convulsions. The antidote is also available!]
- Fragrance Poison, All You Need is a Flower - $22.30 : [WARNING – This poison is effective even through inhalation. It takes several hours to be effective, but if untreated, it’s lethal. Symptoms include staggering, headache, rash.]
Memoria
Memoria is a story of the protagonist (who is YOU) who wishes to know who YOU really are. The protagonist meets with a Witch who grants you three wishes. The first wish was to know who you really are, BUT the second wish was to remove all of your memories. You only have one wish left, and you found it hard to decide what you will wish for? Let the shards of the memories reveal the answer to your soul, and by browsing through those shards, shall you decide what you wish to be. These are the decks in the series:
- Memoria Entropia
- Memoria Ancestrale
- Memoria Entropia Argentea [LTD]
- Memoria Ancestrale Aurea [LTD]
All of the cards will be printed by Cartamundi. The cards will have full cold foiling on the back - Entropia has the silver cold foil on blue background color, while Ancestrale has the gold cold foil on red background color. The numbered cards have circular layouts with different color schemes - Diamonds and Hearts have red background with gold and azure accents, while Spades and Clubs have blue background with red and gold accents. The court cards and Jokers are full-scale illustration on a thin white border - artwork varies based on editions. The tuckboxes for the series will be produced by Boschiero & Newton (first TWI decks to employ that company in deck productions). The tuckbox for Entropia and Ancestrale are made of premium matte paper with two layers of foil, embossing, and interior artwork metallic ink. As for the Entropia Argentea and Ancestrale Aurea, the tuckbox will be made of mirror paper, an experimental material that is highly reflective like that of a mirror - complete with interior artwork with metallic ink.
Memory Shards
Your memories are now shattered in the void, thanks to your second wish of wanting everything to be forgotten. Your third wish is waiting to be told and granted, as you are now floating in the empty vast space, looking at crystal shards that plays short scenes of the contained memories within. Now, journey into your own mind and view these memories. The Memories of each edition are different.
Memoria Entropia - Memoria Argentea [LTD]
- Jack of Spades - Memory of An Enemy (XX): "I am your Nemesis. The challenge that has shaped your life. After we met, everything changed."; A faceless knight wearing a heavy armour that swings his sword to break your shield. This Memory represent someone or something that is your nemesis, the one that you need to face in life.
- Queen of Spades - Memory of Lost Things (II): " I am Nostalgia. I represent all the things you have lost; swallowed up in the coils of the past."; A witch with a conical hat who is surrounded with sinister tentacles. This Memory represents things that you loved and lost forever - like a bittersweet longing.
- King of Spades - Memory of Inner Demon (XXII): "I am your last, only defense."; A bearded man is wearing a full-enclosed helmet with big wings. This Memory represents the inner struggles that you are keeping within yourself - a troubling part in yourself that you are struggling from within, things that might hold you back in life.
- Jack of Hearts - Memory of Hate (VII): "I have sworn to destroy you."; A horned man with wings is weilding sword, all bloody and hurted. This Memory represents the thing you hate, whether it is a person you once met and the event you don't want it to repeat - things that represent something that you need to bring justice with your own hands.
- Queen of Hearts - Goddess (XXI): "Worship me, mortal. And never dare to forget me again."l A beautiful winged woman with a shield. She is the deity you would have to worship to restore your memories. She represents your life's true purpose and/or goals.
- King of Hearts - Memory of Sacrifice (VI): "I have sacrificed everything, even myself."; A bearded king thrusting his sword across his head. This Memory represents you act of selflessness to think of others first other than yours. As well as, it's imagery presented the classic design of King of Hearts.
- Jack of Clubs - Memory of Protection (V): "I cannot safeguard you from every evil in the world, but I can shield you from this."; A well-equipped soldier holding up a shield. This Memory represents someone who would be always there to protect you, although you might feel remorse because seeing those protection take the pain for you.
- Queen of Clubs - Memory of Secrets (XVIII): "I am the Knowledge you hide from others, and sometimes from yourself."; A sorceress wearing a turban who stands by a door with a puzzle lock, holding a key from afar. This Memory represents the secrets that you would not let others to find out, even including some hidden things that you might just never discover for yourself.
- King of Clubs - Memory of Experience (IX): "I am the harsh Master who taught you all the things you didn't want to learn."; An old man hidden by the shade of his pointed cloak who holds up high of his lantern while holding a staff - like a hermit. This Memory represents your life experiences, may it be good ones for you to remember or bad ones that you are trying to forget. Just as people said: Experience is a harsh teacher.
- Jack of Diamonds - Memory of A Feast (0): "You don't have to be ashamed, if you had fun."; A tattooed young man toasting up a chalice full of wine, celebrating a heathy feast. This Memory represents a carefree life, where you just abandoned everything and simply just have fun.
- Queen of Diamonds - Memory of Joy (XIX): "I am the instant when you experienced pure happiness."; A beautiful woman with a welcoming smile. This Memory represents someone or something that gives you pure Joy, something that you can cling onto whenever you are in a dark moment or trying to escape from sorrow.
- King of Diamonds - Memory of Power (IV): "I am you, at your apex"; A majestic emperor who is pridefuly wearing a big crown that covers his face and holding a scepter. This Memory represent authority and power, moments when you had everything under control. But beware: Power is Ephemeral.
- Joker A - Witch: She is the one who gives you the three wishes to you, the one who have turned back. You have used up first and second wish, and she is waiting for your third wish. The Witch grants your wish of having back those memories in form of Memory Shards for you to sift through and reflect on yourself.
- Joker B - Forgetful: A seeker who have lost his past, hence now he has no guidance of what to do next. He is you when the Witch had granted your second wish to forget everything.
- Joker C - Goddess of Obsession: She is the goddess of obsession, a deity that induced you to be obssessed with something. She is actually the same Goddess that represent life's ultimate goal, but this is the dark side of her.
- Joker D - Devil: He is the embodiment of Evil who perched on your left shoulder. He who whispers sense of egoism, pride, and doing bad deeds.
Memoria Ancestrale - Memoria Aurea [LTD]
- Jack of Spades - Memory of Fracture (XVI): "I am both Trauma and Epiphany-once I have passed through your life, nothing will ever be the same."; A knight whose stone armour fractured, revealing himself to be vulnerable. This Memory represents changes that happened in your life.
- Queen of Spades - Memory of Sorrow (XIII): "Life is pain and tears. You cannot escape from me."; A woman who wears a cloak made of tears and holding a big deadly scythe, shed tear on her face covered by a pointed cloak. This Memory represents the deep sadness that ever happened in your life, may it be the passing of loved ones, or disasters that might changed your llife.
- King of Spades - Memory of Egoism (XV): "You've helped others enough. Now it's your turn to be happy."; A handsome, winged demon who is seductive and narcissitic, carelessly spilling gold coins. This Memory represents a sense of narcissm, egoism, and selfishness - traits for you to only care for yourself and don't care about others (for instance if they got hurt for your act).
- Jack of Hearts - Memory of Betrayal (VIII): "Trust is a double-edged sword."; A grinning man with an unsheated dagger laced with poison. This Memory represents someone or a group that had gained your trust and then decide to betray you when you needed them. It's an event that will cloud your future judgement. 'Assume everyone will betray you and you will never be dissapointed." - Tobias Beckett, Star Wars: SOLO.
- Queen of Hearts - Goddess (XXI): "Worship me, mortal. And never dare to forget me again."l A beautiful winged woman with a shield. She is the deity you would have to worship to restore your memories. She represents your life's true purpose and/or goals.
- King of Hearts - Memory of Confinement (XII): "I am surrounded by obstacles. Where do I go from here?"; A prisoner whose head is locked inside a cage with a key to release the chains is just a few inch away from his hands. This Memory represents things that might be on your way, that withheld you to do something that you like.
- Jack of Clubs - Memory of Dedication (XIV): "A door that cannot be opened must be destroyed."; A fierce, young warrior holding a Sword which holds the key to unlocking the secrets of the labyrinth. This Memory represents the moment you used discipline and willpower to achieve a seemingly impossible task.
- Queen of Clubs - Memory of Innocence (XVII): "Life was simple, once. Do you remember?"; A young, beautiful female Angel with one wing, with one eye covered by her hair. Her symbol is a white dove. This Memory represents your lost innocence, when everything was serene and easy. It's a positive, but ephemeral Memory. Life is fighting, and back then you were naive and harmless, innocent and clean.
- King of Clubs - Memory of Education (I): "With time and dedication, I made you."; An old man surrounded by paper scrolls; his eyes obscured by a halo. Education represents the knowledge and skills you purposely acquired, through study and practice. It may also represent an important teacher or mentor, and your chosen profession.
- Jack of Diamonds - Memory of Opportunity (X): "A magnificent victory - or a spectacular failure."; A man blinded by his own halo, sporting a cornucopia of Luck. This Memory represents the moment when you risked most. It represents bravery and stupidity in equal measure, all or nothing, heaven or hell. Despite the unknown outcome of the hazard, this card is usually generally benevolent, as Lady Luck favors the bold.
- Queen of Diamonds - Memory of Home (III): "I am your sanctuary, the warm, safe place where you sought refuge in difficult times."; This Memory represents the place or person that is your true Home. She is a warm, safe place--a pleasant, ancestral Memory where you can escape when you're weary with the cares of the World.
- King of Diamonds - Memory of Strength (XI): "Get up and fight, pal. You can do it."; A bearded, armored warrior in full-plate armor, wielding an ax. This card represents your personal strength, the moment when you bravely fought for yourself or something you love. This memory summons self-confidence, courage and power. It's not important if the strength led you to a victory or a defeat - the important thing is that you fought with all you had.
- Joker A - Angel: She is the embodiment of Good who perched on your right shoulder. She would whisper you the need to help others, do good deeds, and stay on the right path and don't go astray.
- Joker B - Champion: A famous warrior that have slain many enemies, who have achieved his goals in life. He is dedicated to the Goddess, who he will worship till the end.
- Joker C - Fortuna: The Goddess of Luck, may she favours fortune and glory to you, and luck to be on your side. She would grant your with a sense of invicibility and hope for those brave enough to take the leap of faith. As they always said, fortune favors the bold.
- Joker D - Intellect: An old wise man who is surrounded with scrolls and books. He represents the character that depends on knowledge and intuition, that you have to take actions based on analysis from what you have learned and/or what you have experienced. As they always said, knowledge is power.
Memoria Lore
You are walking around in the woods, when you see a beautiful woman collecting herbs, see her on the eyes. While you walking pass by her, she transformed into an eldery witch. You turned around and noticed her true look. Because you turned around to look, she will grant you three wishes. Your first wish is to know who you are. She guided you to a mountain where you will find the answer to your question, embarking on a long journey that filled with sacrifices, struggles, and endurance. You have reached the top of the Mountain and meet with the Goddess - you realized that you are the Champion for the Goddess. You are trying to converse with the Goddess, but she disregarded you, harmed you, and then throw you into the valley. Feeling hurt for the betrayal, you go back to the Witch who grants your second wish: forget everything. Because of the second wish, You can't remember anything, and hence you are requesting to get your memories back and ask the same question: Who are You? The Witch does grant you that final wish, although she can't do it like she had done in the first wish, so she instead gives you the remnants of those destroyed memories for you to keep. She send you away with a message that in order to discover who you are, simply look at those shards and introspect yourself.
Heartless
Heartless is the series that tells about an alternate version of Hell. The Hell we always know is a place of eternal damnation: people who were condemed to extreme torture that is always repeated. Monsters, demons, and inhuman beings will be there to make sure those souls to keep on suffering. But, in this alternate Hell, the demons have lost their hearts. In other words, these demons simply just won't care about their duties to bring suffering. They instead will party hard in the underworld and just have fun!
There are four editions of the series:
- Heartless Abyss
- Heartless Nether [LTD]
- Heartless Gehenna [LTD]
- Heartless Elysium [LTD]
The main design for this series is fashioned to looked like standard design, yet is it customized based to fit with the theme. The courts and the Jokers are inhabitants of this alternate Hell: foolish imps, attractive succubus, dashing demons, and more. There is a lot usage of metallic ink on the faces of the cards. The background color for Abyss is White, while Nether and Gehenna will use bright red color for the background. On the back of the cards, the finish are varies based on the edition. In Heartless Abyss, the card back will be done with two layers of metallic cold foil and they will be printed with Cartamundi. In Heartless Nether and Gehenna, the card back will be done with two colors of hot foil, metallic foil gilded [purple for Nether and red for Gehenna], and they will be produced by Legends. All of the tuckboxes for the series will be produced by Boschiero and Newton: premium matte stock with detailed metallic hot foiling. In Heartless Elysium, the cards feature gold foil on the black background complete with gold foil gilding - exclusive edition for TWI Patrons and can also be obtained during Black Friday.
Devotion
Devotion is a story of four cults that worshiped the same god. This god has four faces, with each face is what the respective cult sees. Outsiders may only see the beauty of the outside, admiring the intricacy of the symbols, yet ONLY the Devotees that can see the inside of it. This deck is a test of loyalty of the followers: they may only share photos of the tuckbox and the back side of the cards, yet they
CANNOT share photos of the faces of the cards. There are two editions for this deck: GOLD [TWI "Eternal Edition" - for TWI Patrons] and RED [TWI Black Friday].
- Devotion Gold [LTD]
- Devotion Red [LTD]
The tuckbox feature premium black matte stock with embossing on the artworks and metallic hot foil on the exterior and interior. The box is completed with custom perforated numbered seal. The cards back will have metallic hot foil stamping, while the cards front will have metallic ink. Also, the cards will gilded with metallic foil.
Devotion Factions
- Spades - Killing Moon: Moon, Night, Boldness, Strenght, Discipline
- Diamonds - Radiant Sun: Sun, Day, Celebration, Leisure, Feasting
- Clubs - Dea Mater: Community, Tranquility, Holiness
- Hearts - The Snake God: Egoism, Chaos, Anarchy
These are the only infos you can get about the story of the deck - Because artwork can't be shared, so as the written description of the artworks.