Sherlock Holmes by Jackson Robinson

Jackson Robinson's Sherlock Holmes packs were officially licensed by the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Estate and released in 2013 as three distinct editions. The project was funded through Kickstarter, where 1,499 backers pledged $100,288 to help bring it to life, and the campaign still provides a useful reference point for the wider presentation and additional images. Each one takes a different route through the same source material, with the most detail concentrated in the card faces, backs, and tuck cases rather than in any broad reinterpretation of Holmes.

The Baker Street Edition

The Baker Street Edition is the most immediately recognisable of the three. Its back design borrows familiar motifs from the stories, while the courts lean on late 19th and early 20th century engravings and illustrations linked to Conan Doyle's fiction.

The tuck case uses embossing and gold foiling on both the outside and inside, and the cards are printed on USPC Aristocrat stock with an embossed finish. A 221B tuck seal ties the edition back to Holmes' London address.

The Holmes Edition

The Holmes Edition keeps the same overall structure but shifts the tone. The courts are more stylised and theatrical, and the red metallic ink gives the faces more presence without pushing them into novelty.

The Moriarty Edition

The Moriarty Edition follows the same layout but pushes the palette in a colder direction. Silver foiling and metallic silver ink give it a darker finish, which suits the character better than the description on the box suggests.