Deck of Cards. Useless? Perhaps. Cool? Depends

April 19, 2023 5:27 AM

Flip, shuffle, sort by suit, play poker and sort. Just a deck of cards.

Deck of cards.

In your browser.

Enjoy.

posted by Faintdreams (12 comments total)

This is the most deck of cards I've seen all day.
posted by Reyturner at 6:16 AM on April 19, 2023 [4 favorites]

"This is the most deck of cards I've seen all day."

Yup.

I found it refreshing to find a single use thing online, - that actually was just a single use thing - done well.
posted by Faintdreams at 6:28 AM on April 19, 2023

Needs sound effects! Shuffling in particular is NOTHING without sound.
posted by kinnakeet at 6:46 AM on April 19, 2023 [1 favorite]

The link goes to /old/, which... might be the old version?
The home page doesn't do the cool tricks, but it has multiplayer!
https://deck.of.cards/
posted by bitslayer at 6:58 AM on April 19, 2023

Hmm. It's missing some of the functionality of a physical deck, such that it's not a great tool for Klondike solitaire. You can't move a whole stack of cards at once, just one card at a time, and you can't turn over just the deck to redeal.

Cool, but not as deck of cards as a deck of cards.
posted by Quasirandom at 8:12 AM on April 19, 2023

The original link could let someone run a blackjack game on Zoom. The instant shuffle, single deck, no card counting or card marking or bottom dealing, these usually require a casino to host.
posted by Brian B. at 8:28 AM on April 19, 2023

There's a github repo, so maybe I'll play with that and see how flexible it is. I can imagine using this to create or support little homegrown games that leverage card decks. Though, I guess at that point I could just code it up myself. Potentially saving time on the styling and animations would be nice, though.
posted by Godspeed.You!Black.Emperor.Penguin at 10:03 AM on April 19, 2023 [2 favorites]

Is there a good way to do a card trick with this?
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model at 11:11 AM on April 19, 2023

Click all four kings without clicking any other cards in between.
posted by condour75 at 1:55 PM on April 19, 2023

Is there a good way to do a card trick with this?
posted by Pickman's Next Top Model

I made the whole deck disappear.

I clicked on the x in the upper right corner.
posted by Splunge at 2:33 PM on April 19, 2023

This feels like a relic from an earlier era of internet
posted by cubby at 5:10 PM on April 19, 2023 [1 favorite]

Any way to undo the king thing?
posted by Night_owl at 8:25 AM on April 20, 2023