Gifts and Gadgets: For the Card Player Who Has Everything
By Alex J. Coyne © Great Bridge Links
We all know that one card player who has everything you could possibly think of: The latest issue of all the greatest card magazines, every card deck that was ever created – yes, including the one you thought of buying them last week. Or maybe that one card player happens to be you. Here are our recommendations for gifts and gadgets to buy the player who has everything…
For the Bridge Player
You can never go wrong with a subscription to a great bridge magazine. For newer players, Audrey Grant’s Better Bridge Magazine is wonderful. And for the advancing and expert players, The Bridge World is a must. For our friends overseas, there are other options to. This article on Great Bridge Links lists magazines and more.
Card Apps
Weird and fun apps make a great gift companion, and some of these are free! Take a look at Card Playing Apps on Google Play, Bicycle’s How to Play app . If you’re looking for a great bridge app, our sister site Great Bridge Links has a page of contract and duplicate bridge apps, click here.
A Course in Card Throwing
In our humble opinion, card throwing is one of the most bad-ass skills a cardistry ninja can pick up. Rick Smith Jr. is the current Guinness World Record for card throwing, and you can purchase his course “Velocity: High-Caliber Card Throwing” from Amazon.
Golden Playing Cards
For serious high-stakes players, you can buy 24 karat gold foil playing cards – for less than you’d think – from Amazon. Of course, ensure you’re buying the real deal and insist on a certificate with your purchase.
Customized Playing Cards
Customized playing cards are available to order from PlayingCardsNow through Amazon: The decks are poker-sized and these make a perfect gift for a special occasion – and you can be one hundred percent sure the player won’t have a similar deck in their collection already!
Richmond Bridge offers beautiful card sets that you can personalize with a recipients name, initials or a message. Cards are available in burgundy, black, navy, green and white and the printing is in gold.
And while you’re personalizing things, personalizationmall.com offers personalized wooden card boxes.
The Classic Card Tricks Decks Set
For your magician wannabes, here are some excellent decks to get them started. Simple but effective classic card magic set with 31 stunning card tricks and a deck of cards to amaze your friends and family. Or, AbbracadabraYC offers this Phantom Deck of Magical cards that lets you vanish cards, transform their suits, and reappear ’em in the blink of an eye. Even better, it comes equipped with an embossed metal case to keep your cards from disappearing… that is, unless you want them to.
Really, really giant playing cards
We’ve all seen large-print playing cards, but for those who are thinking of going a little bit larger, check out these huge A4-sized playing cards
Card Table Accessories
The list of accessories for card tables runs from card motif snack dishes to card shufflers and dealing shoes. You can find a lot of these on our Playing Card Accessories page but here we thought we’d share one of our favourite ‘gadgets’ the Card Table Snack Caddy. These fun card table add-ons will hold your drink and your snacks away from the playing area of the table.
What do you get the card player who seems to have everything? Of course, this website has many ideas – check out our Novelty, Wearables and Jewelry sections.
