Byzantine Figures Playing Cards

Play all your favorite card games with these unique and beautifully illustrated cards depiction portraits of figures from the Byzantine Empire. Enjoy the deck and 1000 years of history.

 

54 unique hand illustrated designs. Medieval Byzantine (Eastern Roman) imperial figures, churchmen, military commanders and other historical characters are depicted in these hand-drawn and hand-painted playing cards by Powee Celdran, the young Byzantine history enthusiast and content creator. Traveling back in time to the thousand-plus year era that began in the 4th century AD, the artist attempts to view that same world through a medieval Byzantine artisan’s eyes to capture the people and material culture of the world’s longest-lived empire.