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Playing card

A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Often the front (face) and back of each card has a finish to make handling easier. They are most commonly used for playing card games, and are also used in magic…

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related to Further reading · 38
Playing card → Add MS, An Introduction, Antony, April, Archived, Arthur, Bonello, British Library, Dover Publications, Giovanni, Griffiths, History, Houghton Mifflin Co, International Playing-Card Society, ISBN, ISSN, January, Journal, Leonnoys, Lock-gray-alt-2
related to Custom designs and artwork · 34
Playing card → Across, Allen Jones, American, Arpita Singh, Bhuri Bai, Bold, British, British Council, Cards, Company, Custom, David Hockney, Forty, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Howard Hodgkin, In, Indian, John Hoyland, JPL Gallery, Kickstarter
related to Egypt · 30
Playing card → Arabic, Asian, Ayyubid, Benaki Museum, By, Central Asian Turkic Kipchaks, Chinese, Each, Egypt, Fatimid, Ganjifa, In, Influence, Istanbul, It, Jurchen, Kanjifah, Keir Collection, Leo Aryeh Mayer, Mamluk
related to Later design changes · 27
Playing card → Agen, American-manufactured, An, Ann Wilcox, But, Cohen, Edward Ludlow, Europe, French, French-suited, However, In, In Great Britain, Infirerra, Italy, Latin, Lawrence, Not, Packs, Saladee's Patent
related to Military identification · 24
Playing card → According, American, American Civil War, British, Card, Company, Defense Intelligence Agency, During, German, Hamas, Igor Girkin, In World War II, Iraq, Israel, Italian, Japanese, Most-wanted Iraqi, October, Playing, Russian
related to Spread across Europe and early design changes · 23
Playing card → According, Also, Bern, Catalan, Catalonia, East, Egypt, England, Europe, European, Florentine, From, Generally, Italian, John, Mamluk, Mamluks, Playing, Rheinfelden, Spain
related to China · 20
Playing card → Chinese, Collection, Duyang, Dùyáng, Emperor Yizong, However, Instead, It, Miscellanea, Other, Ouyang, Ouyang Xiu, Playing, Princess Tongchang, Su, Tang, The, The Song, Wei, Yezi Gexi
related to Cold case cards · 20
Playing card → Among, Cold, Connecticut's Division, Correction, Corrections, Criminal Apprehension, Criminal Justice, Delaware's Department, Florida Department, Investigation, Law Enforcement, Minnesota Bureau, Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers, Oklahoma's State Bureau, Police, Prisoners, Rhode Island's Department, The Indiana Department, These, United States
related to Modern formats · 18
Playing card → Any, Contemporary, England, Excluding, France, French, Germanic, Italian, Italy, Jokers, Latin, Mamluk, Pattern, Some, Spanish, The, The Swiss-German, Within
related to Modern-era manufacturers and artists · 16
Playing card → As, Even, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Hanafuda, In, Japan, Kyoto, Nintendo, Osaka, Other, Portuguese, Sales, Tengu, The Japanese, With, Yamauchi

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Playing cardIn Unicode.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}U+2660 ♠ BLACK SPADE SUIT U+2665 ♥ BLACK HEART SUIT U+2663 ♣ BLACK CLUB SUIT U+2666 ♦ BLACK DIAMOND SUIT U+2664 ♤ W…1.00infobox
Playing cardis apiece of specially prepared card stock0.90text
the Japanese hanafudainstance ofhas regional cards0.80text
Chinese money-suited cardsinstance ofhas regional cards0.80text
or Indian ganjifainstance ofhas regional cards0.80text
Osakainstance ofwhile also conducting product offerings in other cities0.80text
where card game profits were highinstance ofwhile also conducting product offerings in other cities0.80text
USPCC create their own proprietary pasteboardinstance oflarge companies0.80text
United States Playing Card Companyinstance ofboth individuals and large companies0.80text
Kickstarterinstance ofCustom deck production is commonly funded on platforms0.80text
with companies offering card printing services to the public.In 1976instance ofCustom deck production is commonly funded on platforms0.80text
the JPL Gallery in London commissioned a card deck from a variety of contemporary British artists including Maggie Hamblinginstance ofCustom deck production is commonly funded on platforms0.80text

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