Copag 1546 plastic, double deckPrice: About $25, roughly. Piatnik 100% Plastic, bridge size · Piatnik, ViennaPrice: About $15, roughly.
Perfect for bridge
Two plastic decks in the narrower bridge size, 58 × 89 mm. Easier to hold when your hand has 13 cards or more.
- Good for
- Canasta · Whist · Spades
- Skip it if
- You mostly play poker or have big hands: bridge size is narrower.
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Our take
Bridge-size cards are narrower than poker size, at 58 by 89 mm, which makes a thirteen-card hand much easier to hold. If you play Bridge, Whist, Spades or Hearts, where every player holds a big hand, you notice the difference the first time you pick them up.
This pack gives you two decks in 100% plastic, so it also covers Canasta, with a matching back for both. Piatnik is a long-established Austrian maker, and the plastic here is firm and well finished.
If you mostly play two-player games or poker, standard size is fine. For anyone who has ever dropped half their hand, this is the answer.
Test drive
Play one hand of Canasta with North as your partner against West and East. One hand takes a while, about ten minutes, and nothing is saved.
Games it suits
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- Buying guide
Choosing a deck
Plastic or paper, poker or bridge size, how many decks you need, and the deck we recommend for each of our games.
- Basics
Anatomy of a deck
Fifty-two cards, four suits, thirteen ranks and a couple of jokers. What everything is called, and a few details you have probably never noticed.
- Basics
How to shuffle and deal
Three ways to shuffle, how many shuffles you really need, and the small table manners of cutting and dealing.
Quick answers
- Paper or plastic?
Paper shuffles with more grip and costs less. Plastic lasts for years, shrugs off spills and feels a little slicker. If you play every week, or with drinks nearby, go plastic.
- What size do I need?
Poker size suits most games and most hands. Bridge size is narrower, which helps when you hold thirteen cards or more.
- How many decks do I need?
One for most games. Canasta, Spider and some Rummy variants need two with matching backs.
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