Playing card

Playing cards were used in many games and tricks.

They were frequently used in gambling games. Seth Harper and the Clantons played cards in the Last Chance Saloon.

Doc Holliday and Kate Fisher regularly played cards, with the former typically triumphing. (TV: The Gunfighters)

The Fourth Doctor performed a card trick at a meeting of the Scientific Reform Society. (TV: Robot)

Gaylord Lefevre, a professional gambler, played a game of cards on a paddle steamer on the Mississippi in the Old West, when the Celestial Toymaker lured him to the Toyroom for a private game. There, as Lefevre's luck began to run out, he attempted to cheat in the game by marking the cards with a sewing needle, but the Toymaker knew of his deceit and declared the game was forfeit, turning Lefevre into a toy as payment. (COMIC: The Greatest Gamble ^[+]Loading...["The Greatest Gamble (comic story)"])

In 1889, Li H'sen Chang performed a magic bullet trick involving playing cards. He threw a deck to the Fourth Doctor, who chose a card — the ace of diamonds — and shuffled them. Chang then aimed a firearm at him and told the audience he would fire a "magic bullet" that would only hit the chosen card. The Doctor brought the deck closer to his face and Chang fired. Taking his card out from the deck, the Doctor found the bullet had put a hole through the single diamond pictured on the ace. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

Sir Nikolas Valentine's homing beacons were disguised as playing cards. (AUDIO: Phantasmagoria)

Sabalom Glitz won a map of the lower levels of Iceworld in a card game. (TV: Dragonfire)

Upon arriving in Rose Tyler's flat, the Ninth Doctor attempted a card trick and dropped them on the floor. (TV: Rose ^[+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])

While searching through the pockets of the Tenth Doctor's coat, Rose found a pack a playing cards. (PROSE: The Price of Paradise)

While in Abigail Pettigrew's house, the Eleventh Doctor attempted a trick in which he would guess another's card; he failed many times. The Doctor managed to place one within a Christmas cracker, though this was still not the correct card. (TV: A Christmas Carol)

Buzzer was adept at creating a house of cards, as his grandfather had taught him how. His Ganger had his memories and also had this talent. (TV: The Rebel Flesh)

Romana read the Eighth Doctor's fortune using a deck of playing cards. Cards she drew included the Ten of Hearts, the Ten and King of Diamonds, and the Queen and Ace of Spades. (PROSE: The Little Book of Fate)