Transformation Playing Cards

[John B.]

I was reminded of my favorite deck of playing cards this weekend, and thought I would share this link with the forum. I bought this deck back in 1996. It was packaged with a book of poetry/nursery rhymes and even included a contest. A riddle was supplied with the deck and book and the cards were used to decipher the riddle.

The deck is known as a Transformation Deck, whose origins trace back to the early 1800s. The pips are incorporated into images on the face of the playing card. The link below shows the cards from the deck:

The Key to the Kingdom Deck
http://www.dxpo-playingcards.com/xpo/art/xpokey01.htm

[SimonC]

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[Roberto B.]

Awesome!!: my favorite: 3 of diamonds.

[JohnM]

They are all cool. I like the 8 of spades.

[SimonC]

Ok now here's an idea...
A tenyo transformation deck! There must be 54 Tenyo's we can use...

[SimonC]

Ok got a bit obsessed.. Those in CAPITALS already go with the number of the card those which aren't would need some creative thinking.

Instead of Hearts Clubs Spades Diamonds we have...
Orbs, Cubes, Blades, Coins...

Orbs:
2-MINI MORPHOSIS
3-MYSTERY CHINA BOX
4-SUPER SPONGE BALLS
5-BILLIARD BALLS
6- burglar ball
7- parabox
8- telesphere
9- dragon altar
10-MYSTERY POODLE
J - alpha tunnel
Q- pop-up card
K - 4d Trunk
A- vanishing point

Cubes:
2-CONFINED CUBES
3-BARE BONES
4-SPACE TOWERS
5- FOUR CHANCE GAME
6- FLASH DICE
7- NOSTRADAMUS CLOCK (in box pointed to 7)
8- TOWER OF DICE
9- CRASH DICE
10- CHARISMA
J- UNDERCOVER CUBE
Q- TUNNEL OF DICE
K- ULTRATUBE
A- CUBIO

Blades:
2- BALLOON ILLUSION
3- credit surprise
4- money cutter
5- wild wallet
6- cutting edge
7- impossible pen
8- trisector
9- credit slasher
10- crystal cleaver
J- coin of Dracula
Q- knife of the ninja
K- Lancelot
A- Excalibur
(These could be in any order to be honest)

Coins:
2- crystal pyramid
3- SOFT COINS
4- ECLIPSE
5- QUICKSILVER
6- memo pad
7- MILLIONAIRES DREAM
8- vault vision
9- dynamic coins
10- Moonspinner
J- metal matrimony
Q- zone infinity
K- Money splash
A- silver express
(A lot of these could be switched around)

Jokers: China surprise & illusion truck

[John B.]

I just bought another transformation deck. This one is called the Curator Deck.

http://curatordeck.tumblr.com

The cards are really cool, and I a like this deck a lot. The spades and clubs are nicely done.

[JohnM]

I like them.

[SimonC]

Some of them almost remind me of banksy, very nice.
I'm inspired now, sketchbook out!