Satire bodes poorly in text, it has long been said.

So, a cleverly-dealt jab is best drawn as a likeness instead!

Meet ROYAL PULP, the subversive new deck from Gambler’s Warehouse.

Deep mineral blues and vintage blood-tones saturate a marble-cream-parchment backdrop, while comic court characters pose pompously for portraits, utterly betrayed.

Featuring artwork from Brad Foster and Blackout Brother, ROYAL PULP goes to print in Summer, 2015.

From the twisted minds at Gambler’s Warehouse comes this hilarious new deck that blends the sensibilities of classic pulp comics with a traditional 54-card deck. Artists Brad Foster and Blackout Brother have skewered – sometimes literally – the images of the standard court cards into buffoonish caricatures, complete with a leering joker. The custom Ace of Spades is a riotous splash of color. Each card appears against a cream-parchment coloring that suggests the “pulp” printing process that gave the deck its name.