Holiday Card Theme Novelties 2021

Hand painted Christmas Playing Cards
We had so much fun putting this page together. What better gift than a deck of holiday-them playing cards, wrapped in a suit symbol gift bag. Do you have a tree in your game room? Here are tree ornaments and tree skirts. And don't forget to wear your Santa hat when you're giving out the gifts.  
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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 make for a great just-before-Christmas gift.
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6 Excellent Resources to Learn the Tarot (for Free!) 

6 Excellent Resources to Learn the Tarot (for Free!)  - Gifts for Card Players
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.
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So, You Want To Enter A Yu-Gi Oh! Tournament?

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.

How do you enter a Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament? Where can you download the official tournament schedule? Are face-to-face tournaments still continuing in 2021? 

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17 Spectacular Tarot Decks Every Tarot Lover Should See

17 Spectacular Tarot Decks Every Tarot Lover Should See - Gifts for Card Players
Building your collection of cool tarot card decks, or buying a gift for the favourite tarot fan in your life? Here are 17 spectacular tarot decks every tarot lover should see.
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Card Tricks (& Where to Get Them)

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.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Texas Holdem Poker

A Beginner's Guide to Texas Holdem Poker - Gifts for Card Players
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 never played poker before, now is one of the best times to learn how!
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A brief history of playing card games

A brief history of playing card games - Gifts for Card Players
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. 
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Have You Heard Of HOOL?

HOOL board game card game
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. Play follows just like in the traditional version.
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Studying Cards: Where To Find Courses & Tutors

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 card playing courses & tutors online.
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Into the Abyss: Exploring Some Darker Card Decks, Board Games & TCGs

Into the Abyss: Exploring Some Darker Card Decks, Board Games - Gifts for card Players

It’s always fun to explore the darker side of things. That’s why we have horror movies, real-life escape room games, survival video games and entire festivals, events and genres dedicated to looking into the abyss. Here’s a list of the best card decks, board games & trading card games that are to be played with creepy background music and dim lighting.

Card Decks

Whether your poison of choice is poker, bridge or blackjack,

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5 Ways Playing Cards Reduces Stress

5 Ways Playing Cards Reduces Stress - Gifts for Card Players

5 Ways Playing Cards Reduces Stress

Today, stress is one of the major issues that lots of people go through, and unfortunately when it persists over a long period, it leads to health issues and sometimes unprecedented death.

If you are always stressed; first, you need to understand that it is normal to be stressed. Second, you need to reduce your stress level and one great way to do that is to play card games.

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Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Playing Cards Set Review

Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Playing Cards Set Review

Since its launch in 1988, Final Fantasy has become one of the most successful video game franchises of all time. The series is still going strong, and a recent remake of arguably the most popular game in the franchise, Final Fantasy VII achieved record sales. However, one of the most in-demand pieces of memorabilia comes from 2012 and is a deck of playing cards celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the game.

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Madame Moustache and Mayme Stocker

Madame Moustache and Mayme Stocker - Gifts for Card Players

Madame Moustache and Mayme Stocker

Which famous females spring to mind when you think about card games? Maybe its Barbara Enright or Vanessa Selbst? You’d be right, both are prominent and successful women in poker, but what about the females further back in time? Back when it was hardly acceptable for a woman to play card games, let alone be involved in running a casino. 

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Gift Ideas for Poker Fans in 2020

Gift Ideas for Poker Fans in 2020 - Gifts for Card Players
Buying presents, even for close family is never easy and you want to try and get something you know they are going to love. The best advice is to try and focus on something you know they enjoy, such as a hobby. For those who play or watch poker, there are some great products available. Let's take a look at some of the gift ideas for poker fans in 2020.
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Theory11, JJ Abrams and the Mystery Puzzle Box

JJ Abrams Puzzle Box - Gifts or Card Players
Puzzle boxes are a pretty good metaphor for human curiosity: We all want to know, what's in the box? We can't help but look as a stop to our curious nature - and it'll usually bother us until we know. Overall, puzzle boxes can be a lot of fun. So much so that film director JJ Abrams collaborated with one of the world's largest playing card manufacturers to bring the JJ Abrams Mystery Box to life. Check it out.
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5 interesting playing card facts you want to know

5 interesting playing card facts you want to know
We’ve all picked up a deck of playing cards in our lifetime, most likely playing leisure or casino games such as Rummy, Bridge, Blackjack and Poker. But how many of us know the history of the humble deck, or the myths and superstitions that surround those small coated sheets of paper? Here are some of the most interesting facts we can find – how many have you heard of before?
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Card Player Christmas – What to Buy for a Blackjack Lover

gifts for blackjack players
Christmas time is right around the corner, and it means deciding on some thoughtful gifts that are going to fill your friends and family with joy. Chances are that someone you are close to is keen on blackjack, as it is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. For this person, it should be fairly easy to buy a blackjack-related present which is going to help enhance their games at home.
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