10 Playing Card Decks That Are Too Pretty For Your Poker Table

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For graphic designers, playing cards are a playground: The simple constraints of four suits and thirteen different cards accommodate tons of creativity without overcomplicating things. And there's an amazing number of interesting decks out there.

But which ones to buy? How will you impress your design enthusiast friends at the weekly poker game? Do prettier cards really make bridge more fun to play? So you wouldn't have to, we scoured the web and found a selection of the best designer playing cards that you can actually buy with money. Everything you need to know is below.

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For the Batman fan who has everything, this all black deck of cards from Balance Wu Designwhich has CGI-inspired tessellated profiles for the face cardsis perfect.

For the graphic designer who spends too much time in Illustrator, this deck of cards from Hundred Million, which deals in percentages instead of numbers and CMYK instead of suits, isn't as confusing as it is at first glance.

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Advertised as "the world's finest" playing cards, this embossed deck by Theory 11 with gold foil accents is a little bit pretentiousbut oh boy is it elegant.

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10 Playing Card Decks That Are Too Pretty For Your Poker Table