Satellite Playing Cards are distinctive, not quite like any other deck. The deck takes a unique, artistic, and modern approach to play card design, featuring 56 unique different backs and faces.

The Vision

I initially encountered the idea for this deck whilst cutting out aerial perspective images of the earth for an art project. I noticed particular areas of the cuttings were intriguing and included a variety of colors, patterns, shapes, and textures; these being many elements that help to shape a successful deck of cards.

After experimenting with a handmade prototype deck, I knew that this would make a phenomenal final product. Satellite Playing Cards' artistic essence makes this deck extremely visual,  adding a refreshing new flavor to your cardistry and/or card collection.

The Back Designs

With some help from our friends over at NASA, we were able to skew satellite images of earth from space and create false color composites of interesting areas from within each image. This resulted in a fully custom deck of playing cards with 56 different backs and faces. Although every card is different, they retain the same theme. This means that all the cards still correlate, just in a unique way from your standard deck. 

Each card holds a different ambience from the next. The wide diversity of design elements such as line, shape, value, form, texture, and colour means that you can appreciate each separate card back as a piece of artwork in its own right.

All the backs are one way, however, there is no correct orientation to the designs. Turning the card around will give it an entirely new look! The direction and combination of the contrasting card backs are continually changing - every time you shuffle or fan these cards, a unique sequence of back designs manifest.

Designed by UK cardist Katie Morris and printed by the United States Playing Card Company on their premium crushed stock.