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Can You Kill Someone With a Playing Card?

Posted on December 2, 2023January 29, 2024 by giftsadmin

All about card throwing - gifts for card players

Card throwing just looks awesome. And, since most of us have a deck of cards handy, we had a look at the art of card throwing, the world records, how you can learn to hurl playing cards yourself and just how much damage you can do with a single thrown playing card.

Trick Card Decks & Where to Find Them

Posted on November 14, 2017December 1, 2023 by giftsadmin

Over the years, I’ve developed a deep-rooted fine love for card and coin tricks; those are two things I’m almost never without – when killing time waiting for a taxi to pass, while waiting for an important e-mail to come in or while in conversation on the phone for a radio interview, my hands are usually busy with a coin palm or a card flip. Here are some of the most popular trick decks and where you can find them; of course, please use them only for card tricks and not for rigging a card game…

Michael’s Game: A Card Game for the Treatment of Psychosis

Posted on September 11, 2017May 14, 2024 by giftsadmin

One of the most exciting new uses for cards is one that many of us might not have ever imagined possible: cards as treatment for psychological difficulties.

A Cur’s Hand

Posted on July 8, 2017December 1, 2023 by giftsadmin

The Bennett Murder at Bridge - Gifts for Card Players

The Bridge Table Murder is arguably one of the most notorious murder cases in American history - and certainly proof that you should pick your partners carefully! Alex takes a closer look at the infamous case of the Bennett-murders ...