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MystiqueDeck

The Mystique Deck is a "three-dimensional" deck of cards with three colors of four suits in five ranks for a total of 3 x 4 x 5 = 60 cards. The suits (Sun, Moon, Arms, Crowns) were explicitly designed to be compatible with the piecepack, and there is already a hybrid Mystique/piecepack game called RummyRunners.

The main difference between the Mystique Deck's configuration and the piecepack's is that the Mystique Deck's suits do not have a null rank, and all suits are available in all colors (Red Suns, but also Blue Suns and Yellow Suns, Red Moons, etc.).

It would be interesting to create a print and play deck of piecepack cards that were even better suited for the piecepack (but not as attractive), with, for example, suits with null ranks and four colors instead of three. The deck would then have 4 colors x 4 suits x 6 ranks = 96 cards. This could be done by simply expanding the existing PiecepackDiceCards so that every suit came in every color.

nestorgames was kind enough to donate a Mystique Deck as a prize for the Where No One Has Gamed Before contest in 2018. Néstor Romeral Andrés remarked, "I think it's also interesting that each Piecepack colour corresponds with a Mystique colour except for black, with one suit being the 'king' for that colour (Suns for red, Crowns for yellow, Blue for Arms). I'd love to see a game that exploits this feature."

For more information, or to order a Mystique Deck, see