Pekelna Horugva” (Пекельна хоругва in Ukranian which means Hell banner or flag of Hell) is the second deck designed by Ukrainian illustrator Vladislav Erko, manufactured by Nage Cards, Saint-Petersburg, 2012. Vladislav Erko is noted for his beautiful artwork in children’s fairy tale books, as well as his earlier deck for “Taras Bulba” the Moscow restaurant which serves traditional national cuisine. In this second deck, which also contains some culinary references, the imagery has turned rather grim and appears to be based on the mystical works of Nikolai Gogol expressing ethnic and nationalist themes, including death.

This entry is for the original printing of the deck printed by Nage Cards (http://www.nage-cards.ru/) that is a larger size (2.767 X 4.130) and features the original card back and thumb slot tuck compared to the reprints that were made after which had a modified tuck, standard bridge size and a new simpler back  (from the artist’s Alice in Wonderland work for some strange reason).

http://www.wopc.co.uk/russia/pekelna-horugva.html

http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks15/d13217/d13217.htm