Mix n Match: Natural World Playing Card Collection

cardlady22

No, the backs are different. I know that's a deal-breaker for some people, but I've picked up a roll of contact paper that looks like a lovely, cool marble. :angel: Need to check out a store with a larger selection than Walmart though!

ETA: Since many of those rolls advertize being re-positionable, I wonder if I should look into some kind of light adhesive I can swipe on with a paint brush.
 

Bernice

There are lots of illustrated 52 card decks at Playingcard sales. These are some I like;

A la Carte Playing Cards by Worldwide Co., 2002
http://www.playingcardsales.com/cards/morepics/13660_8_a_la_carte.jpg

African Animals Playing Cards publ. by Heritage Playing Card Company, 2001
http://www.playingcardsales.com/cards/morepics/13609_5_african_animals.jpg

Ancient Egypt Playing Cards (GB) by Green Board Game Co.(I prefer these to the LS egypt deck.)
http://www.playingcardsales.com/cards/morepics/13899_8_ancient_egypt.jpg

Butterflies of the World (Heritage) by Heritage PC Co., 2005 (These have added leaves, flowers, stalks etc)
http://www.playingcardsales.com/cards/morepics/14269_8_butterflies_otw.jpg

Bee :)
 

cardlady22

Oh, thank you, Bee! That A La Carte deck is too much!
 

Bernice

I like the A La Carte deck 'cos ithe images are so clear and crisp!

I don't know what fish it is for the King Diamonds.... but I fancy it might be a 'king' of fish = Sturgeon, or one that's expensive. :)

I love the chocolate on the Ace Hearts - mmmm....comfort food, a real treat.

Bee :)
 

rif

Aerin said:
I love the 'Under the Sea' transformation pack.

Some of those cards are rather nice... I like the Goethe pack also!
 

cardlady22

Wildflowers, Insects and Freshwater Fish decks are on their way! (thanks to a Trade deal with Wendywu!) I'll post specifics when they arrive.

ETA: Went ahead and ordered these too!
Reptiles, Birds of Prey, Aquarium Fish, Endangered Species
 

cardlady22

Aquarium Fish ~ Tomas Markevicius

I don't know anything about these types of fish, so I'm just listing alphabetically by how they titled/named them.

bearded corydoras
black pearlfish
blue discus
blue-girdled angelfish
blue-lined triggerfish
blue-spotted boxfish
bubble-eyed goldfish
butterflyfish
Catalina goby
Chinese sailfin sucker
clown knifefish
clown triggerfish
comet
comet shubunkin
common goldfish
emperor angelfish
emperor tetra
French angelfish
gardneri
gold marbled veiltail angelfish
goldfin metallic marble sailfin molly
harlequin rasbora
Indian damselfish
jewel moray eel
kribensis
leopard danio
lionfish
longnosed hawkfish
mandarinfish
marbled hatchetfish
moor
powder blue surgeon
purple firefish
purple sailfin tang
rec varitail guppy
red oscar
red wag lyre swordtail
red-bellied piranha
red-tailed black shark
royal gramma
sea horse
sergeant major
sharpnosed pufferfish
Siamese fighting fish
six barred distichodus
striped anostomus
suckermouth catfish
sunset marigold hi-fin platy
tailbar lionfish
ticto barb
tomato clownfish
twinspot wrasse
wimplefish
zebra loach

1996, US Games Systems
ISBN: 0-88079-968-4

printed in Belgium
 

cardlady22

Endangered Species of the World ~ Meskauskas & Poshkus

This deck is crediting 2 artists: Gintaras Meskauskus and Virginijus Poshkus.

addax
African elephant
Arabian oryx
aye-aye
black-footed ferret
blue whale
bowhead whale
California condor
cheetah
Congo peacock
cougar
dalmatian pelican
dugong
European bison
European otter
Fiji banded iguana
Florida manatee
Galapagos giant tortoise
Galapagos penguin
giant armadillo
giant panda
golden lion tamarin
Grevy's zebra
Haitian solenodon
helmeted hornbill
hermit ibis
humpback whale
indris
ivory-billed woodpecker
jaguar
Janan rhinoceros
Kemp's ridley sea turtle
koala
Madagascar fish eagle
Mediterranean monk seal
mountain gorilla
Nile crocodile
northern spotted owl
ocelot
orangutan
pigmy hippopotamus
polar bear
red wolf
red-kneed tarantula
resplendent quetzal
Santa Cruz long-toed salamander
snow leopard
Stephen's kangaroo rat
takahe
thylacine
tiger
toucan barbet
volcano rabbit
whooping crane

1998, US Games Systems
ISBN: 1-57281-137-4

printed in Switzerland