Alexander Chin and his Seasons Playing Cards, Ltd. have a ten-year history of making very memorable decks and a five-year history of creating releases celebrating his officially-registered holiday, National Playing Card Collection Day, using the proceeds to raise funds for his online playing card database, Portfolio52. After being a frequent nominee, last year he took home the award for Deck of the Year with his 2019 National Playing Card Collection Day release, the Palace Edition, inspired by his trip to Morocco.
The 2020 release, the Hindsight Edition, came to him during reflections on the present state of world events at the time - the pandemic, #MeToo, protests against racial injustice, ever-increasing evidence of global warming and radical increases in climatic extremes, wildfires... the list goes on. In a direct response to many of his fans being upset that the 2019 release had a deck only available at the 52+J convention, this year's release had five main decks - two ungilded (Destruction & Disease) and three gilded decks (Dissent, Disaster and Death) - and one bonus deck only available with the purchase of the limited-edition "6 Spirit" set (Hope).
As with his past designs, there are some interesting innovations he devised, pushing the envelope of playing card design and packaging. One stand-out feature is the box; not a traditional tuck box, but a box that unfolds from the face to open, revealing an interior and exterior design meant to evoke a Greek temple.
Chin is up for the Artist of the Year based on this release.
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