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Starting with Hugard and Braue's The Royal Road to Card Magic
A classic for learning the fundamentals of card magic by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame Overview The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue is one of the most recognizable and...
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Moving beyond Hugard and Braue's The Royal Road to Card Magic
Next steps and alternatives to a classic book for those serious about learning card magic by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGameJean Hugard and Frederick Braue's classic The Royal Road to Card Magic...
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The Best Decks of 2021: A Gallery of Award Winners
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame Almost every industry has some kind of awards. Fortunately for us, the same applies to the world of custom playing cards. Like all awards, there's always going...
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Single-Deck Builder Solitaire Games That You Should Try
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGameMost people are familiar with solitaire, and identify it with Klondike. Klondike is the classic game that everyone is familiar with from Microsoft Windows, where...
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Single-Deck Non-Builder Solitaire Games That You Should Try
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGameWhen most people think of solitaire card games, they think of the classic game Klondike, which has become synonymous with solitaire itself. Klondike Solitaire is the...
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The Best Factory Printed Marked Bicycle Decks
Marked Decks for Magicians, Part 3 by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame Introduction For working magicians who are serious about card magic, a marked deck is not a novelty. Instead, it's a valuable...
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Powerful Marked Bicycle Decks That Use a Stack
Marked Decks for Magicians, Part 4 by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame Introduction Today we are not just living in a golden era of custom playing cards, with a massive range of new releases coming...
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Recommended Marked Decks Besides Factory Printed Bicycle Decks
Marked Decks for Magicians, Part 5 by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame Introduction In previous articles I've been covering the best and most popular marked decks preferred by magicians for card...
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10 Top Information Videos About Playing Cards
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame So you like playing cards. So do I. But how much do you actually know about them? When I first started getting interested in playing cards, and started learning...
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10 Top Decks Produced by PlayingCardDecks
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame I'm writing a number of Top 10 lists to help celebrate the 5th anniversary of PlayingCardDecks, so of course I also had to do a list about the custom decks that...
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25 Things to Love About PlayingCardDecks.com: A Fifth Anniversary...
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGameSo PlayingCardDecks.com is celebrating its fifth anniversary. The official date is 20 April 2022, which marks the exact day five years ago when the very first sale...
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10 Top Articles on Playing Cards at PlayingCardDecks
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame I've always enjoyed playing cards. I have loved card games ever since I was a kid. And already in my teens I had a fascination with card magic. So when I discovered...
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10 Top Playing Card Designers
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame To help celebrate the 5th anniversary of PlayingCardDecks, I'm writing a few articles with Top 10 lists. This time around, let's take a look at ten top playing card...
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10 Top "How To" Videos For Getting More Out Of Your Playing Cards
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame PlayingCardDecks is celebrating its 5th anniversary. So to help celebrate, I'm writing some Top 10 lists, and I thought it would be fun to come up with some great...
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Solitaire Games You've Never Heard of Before Which You Should Try
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGameAlmost everyone is familiar with solitaire. Klondike is the most played game of them all, but other solitaire games like Spider, FreeCell, Golf, and Pyramid are also...
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Diamond Award winner Stockholm17 and his Notorious Gambling Frogs
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGameLorenzo Gaggiotti, better known to most of us as Stockholm17, is a rock-star in the world of modern playing cards. As evidence, you only need to consider the most...
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5 Great Tips for Hosting an Awesome Poker Night
by Brandi Marcene Card games are simply a great source of entertainment, and everyone familiar with these games loves to play them with friends and family. The rise in card games’ popularity is mainly...
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10 "Must See" Card Magic Videos from 10 Top Magicians
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGameIt may come as a surprise to learn that collectors are not the biggest consumers of playing cards. In actual fact, the biggest market share of playing cards goes to...
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Interview with Magician and Creator Kellar O'Neil about his Marvelous Cards
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame Who is Kellar O'Neil? Arguably the single most prestigious award in the playing card community is 52 Plus Joker's Diamond Award. So what better way to introduce...
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How Playing Card Improvements Have Helped Card Magic
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGameThe relationship between playing cards and card magicPlaying cards and card magic have always enjoyed a close relationship. The original spread of playing cards was...
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About Shuffled Ink's Playing Cards
Playing cards have been around since the late 1300's and were a luxury game that was mainly used by the wealthy. They were used as a way to gamble or as a way to keep busy during the day. As time went...
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The History Of Rummy Games
by Brandi Marcene Card game lovers around the world are familiar with the rummy games. The popularity of card games is due to the entertainment and refreshment they bring to your mind. Card games can...
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The Casino Range from Mechanic Industries
The Casino Range from Mechanic Industries Marked decks with flip-book animation, perfect for gambling-themed card magic by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame Mechanic Industries I absolutely love custom...
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The Best 2 Player Card Games With a Standard Deck
by BoardGameGeek reviewer EndersGame Top Traditional Card Games For Just Two Players Playing cards have always been synonymous with card games. Since their arrival in Europe in the late 14th century,...
View ArticleWhen The Stakes Were High: Poker's Pivotal Role in the Old West
In the dusty, bustling saloons of the Old West, amidst the clinking of whiskey glasses and the occasional scuffle, a game of wit and chance was being played that would become synonymous with the era:...
View ArticleThe Perfect Valentine's Day Gift: Playing Cards
The Perfect Valentine's Day Gift: Playing Cards Valentine's Day can be a conundrum when it comes to finding the perfect gift for your significant other. Chocolates and flowers are classic, but if...
View ArticleHow a California Middle School Uses Playing Cards to Teach Their Students...
Dr. James Prager of Painted Hills Middle School in Desert Hot Springs, California recently reached out to PCD to see if we would be willing to donate playing cards to the school. With about 10 tons...
View ArticleSoldier Soldier General Card Game Rules
Soldier-Soldier-General Introducing "Soldier-Soldier-General," a fun and engaging card game designed to help kids enhance their math skills, particularly in addition involving positive and negative...
View ArticleCard Game Rules
In this section you will find rules on how to play many popular card games. This page is in progress and feel free to contact us with any suggestions. Great place to start if you are not sure what you...
View ArticlePlaying Card Articles
We love all things Playing Cards here at PCD and love to share it with our customers or anyone who is just curious. Here you will find our collection for various articles on playing card history,...
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