Bicycle Prestige Plastic Playing Cards (Pack of 2)

These cards are high quality and so nice to feel. They hold up and are wonderful to handle and shovel. We only purchased more because the kids lost some. I think otherwise they would last forever

These are not cards for magic tricks or card manipulation; they are too slick for those uses.EDIT: See below for comments about card wear and longevity.These cards are long-lasting, can be wiped clean with a damp cloth, and don't develop a saddle-bend after repeated riffle shuffles. Even after heavy use, they look like new after a quick wipe-down. The feel solid to the fingers -- moreso than Bicycle Air-cushion paper cards, and are a pleasure to shuffle and use when playing card games.The slickness and different feel means that they are not good cards to fan or perform magic tricks with; I'm having a difficult time doing a double-lift with these cards, and they're slick and almost slippery, so a decent fan is nearly impossible.EDIT: I've put one of the decks through very heavy use: Literally thousands of riffle-shuffles, multiple hands of cards -- every day for eighteen months. There have been no chips or tears, the cards have no discernible bow or frayed edges, and handle as well as the day I first opened the pack. The only issue is that the process for printing the card faces is different than that used on the card backs, and the backs are starting to show signs of wear -- see the comparison with one of the heavily-used cards against the relatively-unused "Joker" back in the photo: The Joker looks as it did when the deck was new; the other shows the wear on the back of the card. The fronts/faces of the cards show little-to-no wear.For regular poker night with friends, one deck will seem like new month after month -- and most likely for years.

We play cards with these most evenings and can say that they are the most durable cards we've found.They are a little slippery when new, but you get used to them. Deck is a little bit thicker than paper-based cards; also an easy adjustment.We use these fearlessly on the pool, on the boat, or at the beach. Absolutely waterproof. Easily washed if they get dirty. Printing can wear off over time and it is rare but possible for edges to "chip".Playing with other cards is now much less pleasurable. Buy some of these.

These are top quality playing cards -- perfect for playing gin, rummy, spades, or hearts. The cards are heavy enough to feel substantial when fanning them out to hold in your hands. They look great. The storage box is unique and well designed, giving the deck maximum protection and no worries when packing them to travel. I've had my 2 decks for years and they look brand new -- no marks, fading, or cracks. They clean up easily too, if need beWhat they are not recommended for is poker -- a game where you're not really holding the cards and are shuffling constantly. For this, you want a thinner, lighter, more flexible acetate playing card, like those from Copaq or Kem.

yea they are goodyou need to break them in but yea they are like every other plastic cards I've had .

I've been playing with Bicycle cards, the coated paper variety, for some time. Love their feel, even if they are a bit stiff (when new) for shuffling. These are as close to look and feel to the paper type as one could expect. My biggest regrets with other plastic cards I've tried are feel (how slippery they are, mainly) and color (vibrancy of reds). These do very good on the first count, with added texture to prevent cards flying away or oversliding one over the other. Not quite the weave texture of paper cards, but good enough (edit: though a bit noisy, like light sandpaper -- my wife hates this, I can live with it). As for color, the reds are more vibrant than other plastic cards I've seen, though still shy away from the bright red one gets in paper cards. Very happy so far with these. Will see how they perform over time.Edit: see attached picture to appreciate the difference in the vibrancy of the reds (paper card on left, plastic on right).

Wish Bicycle made plastic bridge size standard aspect cards. These are poker sized. Yeah, they're a lot stiffer than paper / cloth cards, and mucho mas dinero. But they last orders of magnitude longer, don't get chewed up, ragged cornered, nor creased. And they are immune to humidity, water, beer, whiskey, snot, blood, etc. Your hands will toughen up and learn to shuffle plastic as opposed to paper / cloth decks. I have no idea how well they'll work in real cold (stiffen, crack, chip, etc.) though they're way more gooder than paper / cloth in the heat. You gets what you pays for, I guess. Cheers.

I'm in a card club. These are the best cards we ever used. they last long. Very easy to read. We love them.