I am working on a custom 112 card deck of cards which would primarily be useful for playing a new variation of Double Deck Pinochle, but can also be used to play interesting variations of other card games.  It would be Bicycle branded with the card faces having a variation of the standard Bicycle card faces.  The card backs would be custom.

The main purpose of the deck is to add a new level of strategy to card games by adding 4 Color Suits to the standard 4 standard suits.  When playing Pinochle with this deck the 4 Color Suits can be used to make melds as well as the standard suits, for example a Run of a Blue Jack, a Blue Queen, and a Blue King.  When playing tricks in Pinochle, the Color Suit of a card can be followed as well as the standard suit.  This applies to other meld forming games like Rummy, and trick-taking games like Bridge.

The deck would consist of 4 stripped decks with the Ranks of 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace in the 4 standard suits (a Euchre deck of 24 cards), each in a different color.  In other words a Blue, Red, Green, and Purple Euchre deck, all with the same backs.  There would also be 4 Jokers, 1 in each color.  The set would use 2 uncut sheets for printing.

The deck would include Game Rules cards or a booklet with rules for playing Double Deck Pinochle, Pinochle, Euchre, Poker, and other games using the custom set.  There would also be a website with rules for variations of most popular card games.

The cards would have metallic gold ink on the front and back and possibly foil and embossing on the tuck box.  The artwork would be of a quality consistent with professionally designed decks.  The Tuck Box would be twice the thickness of a standard deck.  The Kickstarter Reward and retail price would be around $15.

I have seen other posts here where decks with more than the 4 standard suits are considered kind of amateur, but the extra suits in this deck have a purpose.

My question here would be, would the fact that it is not a standard deck of 52 cards plus jokers, and thicker than a standard deck, make it undesirable to custom card collectors or would it just be an interesting new type of custom deck?

I’ve designed a playing cards and dice set that may be of interest to the viewers of this forum.  It’s called the Multitude Game Set.

It contains custom playing cards, but they are designed for function, not for artistic, themed, or historic purposes like most of the custom playing card decks featured on this forum.  The influence for the game set did come from a custom playing card set though, one I designed called the Bicycle MYRIAD Playing Card Set.

The Multitude Game Set will be available on Kickstarter July 1st through July 30th.

The website for the game set is MultitudeGameSet.com.  http://multitudegameset.com

I welcome any comments regarding the game set.



Here is the basic information for the game set:


Introducing the Multitude Game Set. The Strategy of Cards. The Excitement of Dice.

Bring 50 games with you anywhere.

The Multitude Game Set features 50 different games.  All 50 games use BOTH cards and dice.

The box is small and easy to bring with you to game nights, poker nights, parties, camping, family gatherings, or just hanging out with friends. Most of the games are short, so you can play a few to several different games in the time it takes to play one typical board game.

Many of the games in this set are variations of popular card games which have been adapted to integrate dice into the game. There are also some variations of popular dice games which have been adapted to integrate cards.  There are also original Cards and Dice games.

This Game Set also includes Board Games which use cards and dice.  Some of the board games are inspired by classic board games and some are original. There are also some games that use dice rolling skills where accuracy is used to score points.

The Game Set includes a 2 piece cardboard game box, 72 Poker Size Cards, 8 large Game Board Cards, 50 12 millimeter Dice, and Game Rules booklet with 50 games.

The box and cards will be printed by MPC, MakePlayingCards.com, and the dice will be supplied by Chessex.

The website with information on the set, photos and illustrations, and game rules is MultitudeGameSet.com. The website also has links to the Twitter site and Facebook page.

Introducing the Bicycle Myriad Playing Card Set.

This new product is a special 4 deck set of custom Bicycle Playing Cards in blue, purple, green, and red, all with the same backs. The 4 decks used together form a unique mega deck of 208 unique cards with 16 different suits. The 4 standard suits in 4 different colors.

With this original playing card set you can play fun variations of your favorite card games or create new ones.

The custom aspect of this playing card set is in the unique game playing elements, the artwork is the standard Bicycle art with some small additional game elements. Playing card collectors may want to add this set to their collection though, because it has unique colors (including metallic gold and silver inks) and elements not found in any other Bicycle® playing card design.

I began designing this set almost a year ago and have been working on it on and off. I am just now beginning to promote the set through Twitter, Facebook, and blogs, etc.

I hope to put it on Kickstarter by midyear. Because it is a 4 deck set, it will have a large funding goal. When I think it has had enough promotion and support, I will announce the launch date.

For much more info on the set, visit the website at http://myriadcards.com.

I welcome your comments as collectors, and as card players.


Here are some photos from the website:


Myriad box with tuck cases


Myriad box as 2 trays


Tuck cases with Aces


Card backs fanned


Myriad kings


Myriad Jokers


Myriad cut cards


Myriad blank cards


Myriad custom game elements


Myriad Poker hand ranks


Full Set

Do any designers or others know the advantages and disadvantages of selling your design through Gamblers Warehouse or Collectors Playing Cards? It does seem that a custom deck is more likely to meet the Kickstarter goal when promoted through these retailers.

I am working on a Bicycle branded custom deck and would like some information on using these retailers versus publishing a deck yourself.

Gamblers Warehouse does give some credit to the designer on Kickstarter, CPC seems to offer no credit to the designer.

Are there other custom playing card retailers/publishers like Gamblers or CPC who offer custom decks through Kickstarter then retail?

Hi everyone,

Here is a new deck I am working on. It features interweaving gold and silver bands. The ink colors are red, black, metallic gold and metallic silver.

The court cards are custom illustrations that are a hybrid between the traditional English designs like the classic Bicycle face cards and a semi-realistic depiction of royalty.

The numbers cards use the same design elements as the court cards and the card back.

I am still deciding on the name of the deck.

It will be on Kickstarter with a limited edition of 1,000.

Any suggestions, or votes on which versions you like, would be welcome.