Promotional Playing Cards

There is something mystical I find about playing cards. A deck of playing cards is special because it is so very unique. If you think about it a deck of cards can fit a shirt pocket yet the graphics on a deck of cards are so very special and so very recognisable. These simple cards have influenced movies, and comics not to mention their close association with gambling too! A deck of playing cards is simply special. This also explains why our range of promotional playing cards is such a unique promotional merchandise product. We simply do not have any other product that is as mystical as a deck of playing cards.

Who Invented Playing Cards?

From my research seemingly no one really knows however many think that it was heavily influenced by China due to the fact that they were the inventors of paper. However, the deck of cards as we know it today is widely thought to have been brought to the west approximately in the year 1370. The humble deck of cards has had its design influenced by the Indians, Egyptians, Italians, Spanish, Americans, and French. Talk about a multicultural game! The French in particular are responsible for the modern motifs that are on today's decks that we are all familiar with. Each Suit has a symbolic meaning. They are:

Hearts Symbolize The Church
Spades Symbolize The Upper Class
Diamonds Symbolize the Army
Clubs Symbolize the Peasants

Later on, when playing cards were introduced to America the new card the Joker was introduced.

Production of Custom Playing Cards

Custom playing cards in the past was precisely that. They were used as gifts by wealthy families and were hand painted individually. Later as their popularity caught on production methods shifted to pre-done stencils which meant faster and lower-cost production. The English later invented a lamination process that allowed the cards to be shuffled and dealt with quickly and smoothly. Today all our custom-printed playing cards are made to order and are printed using modern offset printers and digital printers which can pump out hundreds in next to no time at all.

Why Use Corporate Branded Playing Cards as a Promotional Item?

Simply because corporate-branded playing cards are extremely unique. In fact, in our entire range of promotional products, we simply do not have a product that is as appealing and have so much history as the humble playing card. If you were to use a deck of personalised playing cards for your next marketing event you are virtually assured that you will have ongoing brand exposure for a long long time. Most decks of cards are kept for years (unless they are to be used in professional competition) and the possibility of not just branding your logo but also full-colour images can really make it very very appealing.