Holiday Gift Guide: Playing Cards for Card Enthusiasts, Magicians and Cardists

Looking for the perfect and reasonable priced holiday gift idea for the card enthusiasts, magicians or cardists in your life? We are here to help! Find their interest and we will recommend a deck of playing cards. Check out the list below:


For The Adventurer: Brown Drifters [Link]

The deck from Dan and Dave features fully custom courts, jokers, beautifully illustrated aces, and a gorgeous back with incredible line work. Every shuffle and cut of the cards is a reminder to never settle, to chase a life of freedom. The cards are housed in an eye-catching custom letter-pressed tuck case featuring intricate detail and incredible line work.


For the Cardist: Happy Sad [Link]

Contemporary and fun, this deck picks up Joker and the Thief's themes of duality and runs with a fresh, minimal approach. The fully custom design is created by Pedro Oyarbide featuring a contemporary tessellating pattern back design The face cards are modeled on classics and have been completely re-illustrated by hand to create the distressed vibe associated with the brand.


For the Magician: Butterfly [Link]

The beautiful Butterfly (Autumn Edition) Playing Cards features a beautiful card back in aesthetically pleasing seasonal colors. The colors of the design elements pop against the black-bordered backs and mirrored butterfly logo. Simple yet effective! The colors are reminiscent of the colorful wings of butterflies. This gorgeous deck comes with standard faces as it is intended mainly for magicians who prefer standard faces as they are familiar and easily recognizable by the audience.

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For the Reader: Robin Hood [Link]

Meticulously designed by Jackson Robinson, the unique artistic style achieved with the Robin Hood playing cards took heavy inspiration from the Bayeux Tapestry - a French tapestry from around 1066. Every stitch is hand-drawn to create this incredible display. The beautifully crafted court cards feature characters from the legend. The deck is kept in a striking tuck case designed to resemble an ancient book, including life-like features to resemble canvas and leather design-work, a book spine, frayed paper edges, and finished with realistic wear-n-tear details.


For the Nature Lover: Bicycle Caterpillar [Link]

Caterpillar Playing Cards is the fifth deck in the charming insect series by PlayingCardDecks. The fully custom Bicycle-branded deck once again showcases the artwork by Artur Rajch and prominently features a striking green colorway. The artwork and theme for this deck in particular are certainly eyecatching due to the use of the color pallette. Also, the custom deck is truly functional! A delightful deck for your collection and a great gift for the Caterpillar lover in your life, or anyone who appreciates great design. 

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For Her: Love You [Link]

Instead of flowers, give your loved one something they can use again and again! Love You playing cards feature 54 unique hand drawn illustrations showing why you love them in a whimsically cute style that everyone will love. Playful and thoughtfully detailed, the Love You boxes are instantly recognizable. The fully custom designs feature different reasons why we love. From dating couples, to married parents and even grandparents; these cards playfully bring that love to life with delightful designs which will bring a smile every time!


For the Collector: Kingdom Box Set [Link]

Two years in the making, Ark Playing Card's KINGDOM and KINGHOOD decks are based on the royal theme of the Middle Ages and its illustrations are drawn from the luxurious style of the Renaissance period. The deck is fully custom, from the Aces, Jokers and the Court Cards. The illustrations are drawn using the classic Sgraffito painted technique. Each illustration was first drawn and colored carefully on the paper and then using high-precision scanning transferring into digital images, the whole process over 3 months to complete. The decks are packaged in an equally luxurious tuck box crafted with process 8 processes of production procedures, the combination of embossing, foiled lines, and illustrations!


For the Designer: Eye of the Ocean [Link]

An epic archaeo-fantasy adventure deck from the age of sails by Lorenzo Gaggiotti of Stockholm17  The meticulouslt crafted deck consists of 3 (+1 ultra limited Quartermaster Edition) stunning editions- Solis, Astra Polaris, and Lunæ. All 3 editions share the same back design but in a different colorway and feature foil application. The fully custom faces are the same for all 3 decks but come with some minor differences. The court cards are hand-illustrated, The custom aces feature islands and the map portion is visible on the background on the face cards.


For the Musician: Six Strings [Link]

Six Strings is a collaboration between Kardify and Murphy's Magic inspired by the most majestic and fascinating musical instrument- the guitar. This limited edition deck is designed by Ade Suryana. You will love the fully custom design featuring gorgeous reimagined courts, visually appealing pips and suits, bold Ace of Spades, and an intricate card back design. All packaged in a beautifully crafted letter-pressed tuck case by Clove St Press.

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For the Sci-Fi Fan: Galaxia [Link]

Galaxia is a series of playing cards by Thirdway Industries, inspired by dystopian Sci-Fi novels of the 1950s and 60s. Designed by the Italian designer Giovanni Meroni, the decks offer a vast array of characters and stories to tell as they embark on a space journey to an Eden in another galaxy. 


For the Poker Player: Royales [Link]

From Kings & Crooks comes A fully custom-designed deck of cards inspired by an unforgettable night of glitz, glamour, and fortune at an iconic, fictional casino. The deck is set in vintage-era Monte Carlo. They're an artistic invitation to escape into a thrilling and prestigious world of chance that exists behind doors off-limits to most. Meticulously crafted with undeniable character and flair! Elegantly playful but ultra-sophisticated, the Royales celebrate a fine line between modern-minimal and old-world-classic style.



For Secret Santa: Bicycle 1900s [Link]

From Ellusionist, the artwork and design of the Bicycle 1900 Playing Cards have been meticulously crafted to make it look weathered and abused, exposed to the elements, left to experience every second for over a hundred years. The tuck features the same distressed look as each of the cards in the deck. 

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For the Minimalist: NOC Pro [Link]

Alex Pandrea presents his latest NOC variation for the professional worker decks. The NOC Pros will come in 4 stunning color variations. Burgundy Red, Navy Blue, Jet Black and Greystone. These colors convey an upscale professional vibe that is ideal for magic performances and magicians of all kinds. The famous minimal back design has been upgraded with an added inner border that brings an elegant vibe to an already simplistic deck. The tuck case has been redesigned and printed on color-infused embossed linen and vellum papers with a matte finish.


For the Movie Buff: Harry Potter [Link]

The stunning Harry Potter playing cards by Theory11 showcase all of your favorite Harry Potter characters with completely custom artwork in every aspect of the design. From the Aces, Jokers, box design, and court cards, they are inspired directly by fan-favorite characters and events in the Wizarding World. The tuck boxes are incredibly eye-catching with striking gold foil and house-colored foil accents. A perfect tribute to the Wizarding World and will sure to excite any Harry Potter fans! 


For that Card Collector Who Has Everything: Carat Card Cases [Link]

You can't go wrong with these stylish display cases. Carat cases come with a variety of sizes and will keep your decks completely visible, dust-free, and away from curious hands. While the case keeps your decks securely enclosed, it will open and close with the utmost ease. Choose from a single deck to 3 decks and even 6 deck displays! Every collector loves to show off their prized collection. What better way to do it than these affordable and luxurious displays.

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