This is a Russian Decktet, the same extraordinary artifact as any other Decktet but with all the card text in Russian.

The Decktet is the kind of tarot deck they use in the alternate universe where Charlemagne was a badger, if you can imagine such a thing. It is a deck of cards with suits, ranks, and named images. It is structurally unlike an ordinary pack of cards, meaning that you can do different things with it. There are literally dozens of original games that you can play only with the Decktet.

Why you want this

Maybe you are Russian and want a Decktet. That would be an easy answer.

Since it has the same symbols and numbers as an ordinary Decktet, however, you don't need to know any Russian to play games with it. It adds an extra layer of exoticism to an already mysterious and wonderful deck of cards.

What people are saying

The Decktet was deemed best card game in Games Magazine's 2013 Traditional Games 100: "The result is a plethora of innovative games that might lead keen card players to abandon the traditional 52-card deck."

Nate Straight writes: "Decktet... exists in a[n] other-worldly place, one that mixes Richard Scarry with Disney's Robin Hood with Tarot with Narnia with a million other weird and wonderful things."

Cyrus Kirby, Father Geek, calls it "an invaluable tool and an endless source of enjoyment."

What's for sale

This is the complete 45-card extended Decktet with the classic deck illustrations and Russian-language card names. Translation assistance was provided by Danila "MyOtheHedgeFox" Evstifeev.

Rules for dozens of games can be found at The Decktet Wiki (in several languages) and in The Decktet Book (in English).