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Each guide answers one question and names a handful of products rather than forty. Every pick says who it is for and what it gives up.
The best playing cards for poker
Plastic or paper, jumbo index, and why a regular game should own two decks.
The best card games for two people
Games built for exactly two, plus what to play tonight with a standard deck.
The best waterproof playing cards
Waterproof means 100% plastic. What survives a pool, and what only claims to.
The best cards for cardistry
Decks chosen for how they move, and how to break one in without ruining it.
The best cards for magic tricks
A magic deck has to look ordinary. Why that usually means Bicycle Rider Back.
Sleeves, boxes and binders that protect a collection
The three failure modes that damage cards, and the gear that prevents them.
Still to come: best card games for families, games for three, four and five players, and cheap decks worth buying in bulk.