All About Cards

Decks in the Halls 2021

We’re not sure if that’s what the classic song meant with “deck the halls”, but another card deck always makes for a great gift – especially around Christmas. We’re about to bring another year to a close, and what’s better to end the year on than an article about some great Christmas-themed card decks to …

A Sweet Jackpot: Candy for your card table

If you’re not sure what to get someone for an upcoming birthday or holiday, you’ll never go wrong with candy. Here’s our list of the coolest card-related candy sources we could find online.

6 Excellent Resources to Learn the Tarot (for Free!) 

The internet makes it easier to access a professional tarot reading within minutes, but that’s not all you can choose to do. Professional readers and tarot teachers have been kind enough to share some of their best lessons, courses, and tarot learning resources online.

So, You Want To Enter A Yu-Gi Oh! Tournament?

Yu-Gi-Oh! is one of the world's most popular card games, with regional and international tournaments. Tournaments are where some of the best players meet to show off their skill so, if you think that you have what it takes to take on a Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament, consider constructing your best deck and heading to the tables. …

Card Tricks (& Where to Get Them)

The standard playing card deck can be used for thousands of individual card tricks. But every magician or cardist’s kit will eventually grow to include several types of trick decks. Trick decks allow cards to do different (and often specific) things. For many recognizable card tricks, the type of deck is the secret.

A Beginner’s Guide to Texas Holdem Poker

Poker is one of the world’s most popular and widely enjoyed card games. Casual games, poker rooms, and online poker attracts millions of card players every year. Celebrities and pop-culture icons are also known to love the game, with fans like Matt Damon, Jennifer Tilly, and Tobey Macguire a regular sight at tournaments. If you’ve …

A brief history of playing card games

The journey to develop the deck of 52 cards that we know and love today took hundreds of years, and if you were to go back in time to show somebody these cards, it would be something completely unknown to them. 

Have You Heard Of HOOL?

Hool is bridge-lite. It contains a kernel of the traditional game, but it breaks down the bidding into two phases: information sharing followed by selecting a contract. In HOOL, players are allowed to give two clues about their hands – high-card points, pattern or length in one suit – after which the contract is selected. …

Studying Cards: Where To Find Courses & Tutors

For millions of people around the world, cards are a lifestyle, a long-term interest, and can become a career. As well, recent studies have shown that playing cards prevents dementia! Do you want to get more serious about your card playing skills? Here’s a look at where to find the best bridge, poker, and general …