This is a clip from Antiques Roadshow where a woman brought a full base set of original Pokemon cards her mom bought her in 1999 for $35. Their estimated value now? Between $5,000 and $10,000. That’s quite an appreciation, and I regret putting so many of those Pokemons between my
This is a video of clock builder Shinsaku Hiura constructing and demonstrating the ‘Casino Clock’ a clock thqt flips cards to tell the current time in the style of one of those mid-century analog flip clocks. Zeros are represented by jokers, aces are one, jacks are 11, and the queen
Because deception is everywhere, this is a video of professional magician Daniel Roy demonstrating ten different levels of sleight of hand card dealing tricks. They begin unbelievable, and end ultra-unbelievable, with Daniel able to deal any specific hand he wants to all players. Now that is some seriously smooth talent.
This is a video from Antiques Roadshow of a wife having her husband’s complete set of 1993 Magic: The Gathering beta cards appraised, and being shocked at their value. I assume her husband probably had some idea of their worth, but according to her, “It’s just like they’re cards to
This is a video of self-assured cardistry practitioner notseano smoothly boomeranging a card behind his back and returning it to the deck in his other hand. Pretty slick. For reference, the only thing I can do with playing cards is consistently lose poker hands. And speaking of poker hands *jokingly
This is a video of the Magic: The Gathering card floor that the couple behind the Tap That MTG channel on Youtube installed in their basement, using 8,034 cards and covering 422 square feet. For reference, my basement is covered in stained carpet because it floods every time it rains.
This is a vintage video from the 2007 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (which appears to have been played outdoors during a hurricane), where Isaac Haxton manages to bluff his way to a win against Ryan Daut’s shitty hand with a somehow even shittier hand. He then decides to show his garbage