Estate Playing Cards
Estate Playing Cards with five suits designed by Keith Wilson
Estate Playing Cards with five suits were designed by Keith Wilson as an augmented and modified deck of cards reflecting the modern world. The traditional royal courts (jack, queen and king) are replaced by a contemporary man and woman, called family cards. Each suit runs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Man, Woman, Ace. The suits, referred to as “Estates”, are hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades and waves which represent Church, Corporation, Community, Military and the Media. The resultant pack has 60 cards + 2 extra “Imperial” cards, the Pope and the President, which replace the joker.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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