Saturday Night Contest - Alternate Use!

[CaseyRudd]

Hey guys! Hope everyone is having a great start to the weekend! Let's bring back one of my favorite contests that we haven't done in a while...

Anyone else find that even after their decks have been retired because of heavy use, they still keep them around? I can't bring myself to ever get rid of them! For example, I always take out the Jokers of every new deck and stack them up, so eventually I can make a full mixed deck of Jokers with all different back designs. Doing some cardistry with a bunch of different back designs is quite satisfying to my eye, so that's what I use the extra cards for. What unique ways do you use your cards and/or tucks? I may "borrow" these ideas for my own use....

Please post your entries to THIS forum thread by 11:30pm EST tomorrow, Sunday, August 23rd.

What can you win? 1,000 Elite Member Points and 6 decks of your choice that are currently in stock!

 

[Amit R.]

Since it’s almost the start of the school year, I’ll add my two cents. Whenever I’ve retired a deck, I bring it to my elementary classroom for my students to use when we do addition and subtraction flashcard games. They get a kick out of seeing which deck they get to use each time.

Pro tip- sometimes casinos donate old sets of cards to teachers and schools
If you ask nicely

 

[trikuxabi]

Might be a bit niche… but I have a stamp-shaped holepunch, so I take the cards I don’t need (ad cards, sometimes jokers too) and make a couple of stamps out of them. I use the stamps to decorate my journal, or stick them to the wrapping paper of a present to make it look extra cool

 

[JamesonA]

I take cards and use them as bookmarks. Super fun and awesome until I find a card in an old book and don’t know where the deck is

 

[super_r]

If i am in bed and suddenly think of something, i write it on a playing card and put it on my desk so that i am reminded of it when i wake up