Mystery Box, First Edition Playing Cards

Each deck of Mystery Box Playing Cards is sealed with a kraft paper, letterpress wrap that inspires intrigueand endless wonder. Keep it closed, tear it open, or share the experience with a friend. The choice is yours.

Printing Process

The playing cards, the outer
wrapping, and the wooden lockbox
are Made in the USA. Each deck uses
FSC-certified paper derived fromsustainable forests, vegetable-based inks,
and starch-based laminates.

Each deck is individually wrapped in letterpressed kraft paper, with the Mystery Box question mark emblem printed on the front. Art direction by J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Bayme.

Bad Robot will donate $1 per deck purchased to 826 National, a non-profit dedicated to promoting creative writing in schools and workshops around the USA. Help us share the wonder.

The choice to open the box, or not, is yours.

Mystery Box Playing Cards were designed and developed as a monument to mystery: a tribute to our love of magic, wonder, and infinite possibility. What’s inside the box?

"Maybe there are times when mystery is more important than knowledge."— J.J. Abrams