Winter Star Playing Cards Winter is a wonderous season and the perfect time of year to share the fun of magic games with the ones you love. Winter Star playing cards bring the seasonal joy with their 100% custom artwork. Designed by Gabriel Costache, the back design features an optical illusion gift box background with an 8-pointed central star. Finely detailed linework gives the back design a classic, timeless feel. The faces are customized with vintage-style courts, but remain highly playable. Each of the aces has an enlarged center pip, and two jokers are included for use as wild cards. A double-backed and blank-faced card are included as well. Winter Star marks the debut of Penguin's new UltraLux XT? Finish. Printed on high-grade European paper, this new card stock is thinner and softer than our standard UltraLux?, making certain moves that much easier straight out of the box. Of course, the cards are just as durable as classic UltraLux? decks and offer terrific longevity. The cards also feature AquaFlow? Coating, our water-based coating that gives the cards excellent glide without being too slippery. The cards are traditionally-cut for easy table faro shuffles and are printed using vegetable-based inks. The deck is packaged in a durable custom tuck box with inside outside printing, and topped off with an individually-numbered sticker seal. Only 3,000 decks have been printed. Spread the joy all winter long with Winter Star playing cards! ?One-time limited printing of 3,000 decks ?100% custom artwork by Gabriel Costache ?Debut of UltraLux XT? Finish ?AquaFlow? water-based coating ?Printed with vegetable-based inks ?Traditionally-cut ?Includes 2 gaff cards ?Custom tuck with inside outside printing ?Individually-numbered sticker seal