Awesome Playing Cards

These playing cards made by the USPCC have been cut down to half the width of normal decks, so you can fit two of them in the space of a single deck. Great for double-deck Blackjack, natch. Available to order soon.

Dan and Dave collaborated with design agency Stranger & Stranger to create this gorgeous playing card deck. Each its 54 cards is a unique work of art. Comes packed in a cool embossed and foiled box, sealed with a retro tax stamp.

Want to make it rain a little harder at your Friday night poker games? Check out Jackson Robinson’s Federal 52, a good looking deck of cards inspired by the engravings on US bank notes and currency. (Thanks Greg!)

Casino-quality playing cards illustrated with the likenesses of America’s most influential founders by The Department of Design. Though we do find it ironic that Washington is King. (Thanks Tyler!)

It’s hard to launch cards fast enough to do your salad prep work but a set of these sharpened steel-edged throwing cards ought to make things easier. No word on glowing explosive cards yet, mon ami.

Notebooks made from 52 specially-printed playing cards, left blank on one side for writing, then bound together on one edge. The outer cover has the Queen of Hearts and the Ace of Spades.

We already have more decks of cards than a Vegas Blackjack table, but we’re going to have to grow our collection with these all-black PVC cards, decorated with creepy polygonal royals and a skeleton Joker.

A beautiful and unique deck of cards from Theory11 and illustrated by Hatch Design. The face cards each feature animal royalty, and $1 from each deck purchased goes to the World Wildlife Fund.

Designed by Simon Prades for Card Experiment, these edgy playing cards are inspired by the story of the Tower of Babel, with the cards themselves symbolizing the conflict between social classes.

While they might be tricky to shuffle, these engraved wood playing cards are sure to be a conversation starter for your next pickup game of poker or go fish. Includes a leather carrying case.

Designed by MollaSpace and Balance Wu, this deck has one-way see-through face cards which let you envision your friends as King, Queen, Jack, or even the Joker. Made from sturdy PVC.

An impressive display of cardistry from Singapore card-manipulating trio The Virts, as they twirl Virtuoso’s elegant playing cards with style, grace and a little magic. (Thanks Huron!)

Handcrafted cards designed by Simon Frouws, elegantly boxed with gold foil details and sealed with a dated tax stamp. The collectors edition comes with four decks in a laser-etched wood box.