Modiano Cristallo Plastic 4-Pip Jumbo Index Playing Car

These are beautiful cards. I like the jumbo index, the design that goes to the border, and the off white center of the cards. You should know these are very stiff. Actually just a little too stiff for my liking, but I love the texture. It feels papery, not glossy and plastic like. The Italians make the best playing cards and my favorite are Dal Negro.Something very interesting I noticed is that every card is exactly the same size. You can see this when you square up the deck they are perfectly aligned. I took my Dal Negros and I could see that some of them were roughly 1/100th of an inch different, possible less. The Modianos square together like a block of wood. You really have to hold them in your hand to see this. These are a 5 star card as I have noted, but I still like Dal Negro better. If you like one, you will like the other.

I'm a regular card player (Hold 'em), and have a weekly Friday game after work, along with a couple tournaments held every month on the weekdays, and these are, without a doubt, the best cards I've handled. I've played with and loved Copag and Kem (prefer Copag to Kem), but tried the Modiano Cristallo's, and they instantly took the top spot.100% plastic. No "breaking in" period, and a classy look (all but the face cards have a nice cream colored center) with 4 pip index (you older card players will love this) make this the poker player's favorite deck.

Great for games like Texas Hold Em when you have a lot of people around the table. Really easy to see the cards on the table. Plastic cards will hold up for years.

Love these cards

Cards were a little stiff to shuffle at first, but after the first night, they were fine. They have a nice coating on them making them easy to deal and the large index makes them easy to see at the poker table.