Saturday Night Contest - Alternate Use!

[kappmen]

I use old cards in tricks where I don’t mind drawing something on the card, tearing it up, or burning it.

 

[Gabriel Z.]

I just remove the jokers and get to work. Mostly, Up The Ladder as you may already know. I strip the cards keep on stripping and the deck is back in new deck order. It is a false cut for those not familiar and I have 4 tutorials on the move. One which is 15 minutes long. Great move, and that is what I do with my decks.

 

[Momento]

when my cards get old they start stacking up so i use them to practice packet cuts , card throwing

 

[lem]

I'm a teacher, so I use them in class to assign groups, to randomize calling on students, or to give us a next direction if anything comes down to a coin flip. They make good bookmarks, too!

 

[Bobacus13]

I let friends and family sign/draw their favorite card in my deck. It’s like a yearbook that I can keep with me wherever I go.

 

[ShadioManayXI]

I play guitar and its a common occurrence for guitar picks to perform a disappearing act on the regular, so I cut out the pick shape out of ad cards and sometimes jokers and stack 2 or 3 depending on which thickness i need! They dont last very long though... better than a coin.

 

[theSunnyG]

I like using them as bookmarks! I take jokers out and add them to an every growing collection that one day I will frame. Retired decks go into a box, never the trash, I will always find a use for them. Whether it's just to prop something up, hold the corners of something down, practice making gimmicks or cutting something. There are so many uses.

 

[Candy777]

I turn my old playing cards into new gaff decks for magic and also use them for practicing to create card flowers or cool figures.

 

[ATitan]

I use them in torn and restore trick, or to make gimmicks

 

[Zalmen]

I always collect one card with each different back in my collection.

 

[kavinreed]

I’ve used old decks as little labels/tags before, especially for organizing boxes or cables since you can write on them easily. They also make pretty handy bookmarks, and if you have a deck you don’t care about, you can cut them up for quick craft projects.