Find the deck that suits the table.
Poker decks that survive a weekly game. Card games that work with two. Sleeves and binders that actually protect a collection. We pick a small number of things and say plainly who each one is for.
Poker & casino
Plastic and paper decks judged on how they handle after a hundred hands.
Card games
What to play with two, four, or a group that will not read a rulebook.
Collectors
Sleeves, deck boxes and binders for Magic, Pokémon and prized decks.
Rules & how-to
Clear rules for the games worth learning, written to be read at the table.
Start here
The best playing cards for poker
Buying guideThe best card games for two people
RecommendationsThe best waterproof playing cards
Buying guideThe best cards for cardistry
Buying guideThe best cards for magic tricks
Buying guideSleeves, boxes and binders that protect a collection
Buying guideHow to play Euchre
RulesHow to play Hearts
RulesHow to play Spades
RulesHow to play Gin Rummy
RulesHow to play Cribbage
RulesHow to play Whist
RulesHow to play Rummy 500
Rules
More guides are being written — waterproof decks, cardistry decks, magic decks, and games for three, four and five players.
A short list, and the reason for each one
Every guide names a handful of products, not forty. Each pick says who it is for and what it gives up — a deck that lasts is rarely the deck that fans best, and the cheapest sleeves are cheapest for a reason.
Where we have not used something ourselves, we say so rather than inventing an opinion. More about how this site works.