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In a classical transformation playing card, the pips retain their standard position and coloration on the card. In some variations, the pips may be different in size, location or color. There is some debate as to whether these cards, often referred to as semi-transformed, should be considered true transformation playing cards.<sup id="cite_ref-gamesetal_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamesetal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transformation_playing_card&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:7_of_hearts_-_metastasis.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/7_of_hearts_-_metastasis.JPG/170px-7_of_hearts_-_metastasis.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/7_of_hearts_-_metastasis.JPG/255px-7_of_hearts_-_metastasis.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/7_of_hearts_-_metastasis.JPG/340px-7_of_hearts_-_metastasis.JPG 2x" data-file-width="349" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>7 of Hearts from <i>Metastasis</i></figcaption></figure> <p>By the 19th century, the standard form for playing cards had become fixed in most of Europe and America. French cards used hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs. German cards used acorns, leaves, hearts and bells. It was at this time that designers in Germany, France and England began to draw small figures around the pips.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first transformation playing cards were created by D.W. Soltan and D. Berger in 1801 as illustrations for a German edition of <a href="/wiki/Hudibras" title="Hudibras">Hudibras</a>. The cards illustrated were the 2 of hearts, 3 of hearts, 5 of hearts and 8 of hearts.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1803, John Nixon published the first complete set (52 cards) of transformed cards. Titled <i>Metastasis</i>, this collection was also published as illustrations on sheets of paper.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1804, J.C. Cotta, a publisher and bookseller in <a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCbingen" title="Tübingen">Tübingen</a>, Germany, produced the first set of transformation cards that was published as an actual deck of playing cards. These decks were published as almanacs, in which each of the 52 cards corresponded to one of the 52 weeks of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1865, Dean and Son published a deck in which the pips are changed in both size and location, being placed at the artist's whim. Collectors debate as to whether or not this deck should be considered a transformation deck, due to these differences.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dean and Son deck remained the only deck to manipulate the pips until the 1970s, when the practice gained some popularity.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, cards that do not strictly adhere to standard pip placement, size and color are referred to as semi-transformation playing cards. </p><p>An article entitled "Playing Card Squiggles." was published in the December 1910 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Strand_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Strand Magazine">Strand Magazine</a></i>. Several <i>Cotta</i> cards were pictured, erroneously attributed to an unnamed French artist. <i>Strand</i> subsequently asked its readers to submit their own designs for card squiggles, which the magazine periodically published. <a href="/wiki/John_Butler_Yeats" title="John Butler Yeats">John Butler Yeats</a> was one of the first to contribute a card design to the magazine. The feature remained popular for some time.<sup id="cite_ref-gamesetal_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamesetal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (October 2019)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> have estimated that around 70 different transformation decks were created throughout the entire nineteenth century, which by modern standards is a relatively small number. This period of time also witnessed progression with this art-form. By the late 19th century more colourful and creative transformation decks by Vanity Fair and Harlequin appeared, which showed pips incorporated into artwork that depicted people dining, skating, playing tennis and riding bicycles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contemporary_designs">Contemporary designs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transformation_playing_card&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Contemporary designs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Transformation playing cards like <i>Art for the Earth</i> by <a href="/wiki/Friends_of_the_Earth" title="Friends of the Earth">Friends of the Earth</a> and <i>Under the Sea</i> by the Marine Stewardship Counsel, are created for charity purposes, with different artists contributing art for each card. Similarly, other collective projects like <i>Ultimate Deck</i> from Dan & Dave and Stranger & Stranger or the series from Black Rock Collective brings multiple artists together to create semi-transformation decks. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3_of_Clubs_-_Key_to_the_Kingdom.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/3_of_Clubs_-_Key_to_the_Kingdom.JPG/170px-3_of_Clubs_-_Key_to_the_Kingdom.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/3_of_Clubs_-_Key_to_the_Kingdom.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="389" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Blind_Mice" title="Three Blind Mice">Three Blind Mice</a></i> as portrayed on the 3 of Clubs from <i>The Key to the Kingdom</i></figcaption></figure> <p>One of the more notable contemporary sets is the award-winning <i>The Key to the Kingdom,</i> a semi-transformation deck commissioned by London's <a href="/wiki/V%26A_Museum_of_Childhood" class="mw-redirect" title="V&A Museum of Childhood">V&A Museum of Childhood</a> and created by Tony Meeuwissen. It won the <a href="/wiki/WH_Smith_Literary_Award" title="WH Smith Literary Award">WH Smith Literary Award</a> for best illustration and The Designers and Art Directory Association of London gold award.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This set of cards was created around the theme of <a href="/wiki/Nursery_rhyme" title="Nursery rhyme">nursery rhymes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Poem" class="mw-redirect" title="Poem">poems</a>. The cards were sold with a book containing each poem and a picture of the corresponding card on the opposite page. Additionally, the deck was constructed as a <a href="/wiki/Puzzle_contest" title="Puzzle contest">puzzle contest</a> laid out in the form of an original poem. The poem gave clues to pick certain cards, which then could be decrypted into a secret message. The prize of $10,000 and a golden key was won by Susan Kavanagh of Essex.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the advent of <a href="/wiki/Kickstarter" title="Kickstarter">Kickstarter</a> and other crowdfunded websites, individual artists are more easily able to bring transformation and semi-transformation decks to the public.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transformation_playing_card&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minor_Arcana" title="Minor Arcana">Minor Arcana</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transformation_playing_card&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-gamesetal-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gamesetal_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gamesetal_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930163303/http://www.gamesetal.net/transformation-cards/html/transformations.html">"Transformation Playing Cards - 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Playing_card_suit" title="Playing card suit">Playing card suits</a> (<a href="/wiki/French-suited_playing_cards" title="French-suited playing cards">French</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spades_(suit)" title="Spades (suit)">Spades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hearts_(suit)" title="Hearts (suit)">Hearts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamonds_(suit)" title="Diamonds (suit)">Diamonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clubs_(suit)" title="Clubs (suit)">Clubs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ranks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ace" title="Ace">Ace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ace_of_spades" title="Ace of spades">Ace of spades</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_traditional_card_and_tile_packs" title="List of traditional card and tile packs">Other packs<br />and decks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/As-Nas" title="As-Nas">As-Nas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_playing_cards" title="Chinese playing cards">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four-color_deck" title="Four-color deck">Four-colour pack</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ganjifa" title="Ganjifa">Ganjifa</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ganjapa" title="Ganjapa">ganjapa</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Karuta" title="Karuta">Karuta</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hanafuda" title="Hanafuda">hanafuda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hyakunin_Isshu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyakunin Isshu">Hyakunin Isshu</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kabufuda" title="Kabufuda">kabufuda</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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title="Blank (playing card)">Blank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Face_card" title="Face card">Court card</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knight_(playing_card)" title="Knight (playing card)">knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ober_(playing_card)" title="Ober (playing card)">Ober</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unter_(playing_card)" title="Unter (playing card)">Unter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pip_(counting)" title="Pip (counting)">Pip card</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deuce_(playing_card)" title="Deuce (playing card)">deuce</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Weli" title="Weli">Weli</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joker_(playing_card)" title="Joker (playing card)">Joker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_playing-card_nicknames" title="List of playing-card nicknames">Nicknames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stripped_deck" title="Stripped deck">Stripped deck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talon_(cards)" title="Talon (cards)">Talon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Playing_cards_in_Unicode" title="Playing cards in Unicode">Unicode</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other suits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/German-suited_playing_cards" title="German-suited playing cards">German</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leaves_(suit)" title="Leaves (suit)">Leaves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Swiss-suited_playing_cards" title="Swiss-suited playing cards">Swiss</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shields_(suit)" title="Shields (suit)">Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roses_(suit)" title="Roses (suit)">Roses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">German and Swiss</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acorns_(suit)" title="Acorns (suit)">Acorns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bells_(suit)" title="Bells (suit)">Bells</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Latin (<a href="/wiki/Italian-suited_playing_cards" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian-suited playing cards">Italian</a>/<a href="/wiki/Spanish-suited_playing_cards" title="Spanish-suited playing cards">Spanish</a>/<a href="/wiki/Portuguese-suited_playing_cards" title="Portuguese-suited playing cards">Portuguese</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cups_(suit)" title="Cups (suit)">Cups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coins_(suit)" title="Coins (suit)">Coins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batons_(suit)" title="Batons (suit)">Batons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swords_(suit)" title="Swords (suit)">Swords</a></li> <li>Japanese <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitsudomoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsudomoe">Guru (circular whirls)</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_playing_cards#Money-suited_cards" title="Chinese playing cards">Chinese (Money)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cash_(Chinese_coin)" title="Cash (Chinese coin)">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_of_cash_coins_(currency_unit)" title="String of cash coins (currency unit)">Strings of Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myriad" title="Myriad">Myriads</a> of Strings</li> <li>Tens of Myriads</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturers<br />and brands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ASS_Altenburger" title="ASS Altenburger">ASS Altenburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartamundi" title="Cartamundi">Cartamundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copag" title="Copag">Copag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dal_Negro" title="Dal Negro">Dal Negro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naipes_Heraclio_Fournier" title="Naipes Heraclio Fournier">Fournier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_Cartes" title="France Cartes">France Cartes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F.X._Schmid" title="F.X. Schmid">F.X. Schmid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemaco" title="Gemaco">Gemaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J.O._%C3%96berg_%26_Son" title="J.O. Öberg & Son">J.O. Öberg & Son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modiano_(company)" title="Modiano (company)">Modiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%BCrnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag" title="Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag">Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oishi_Tengudo" title="Oishi Tengudo">Oishi Tengudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piatnik" title="Piatnik">Piatnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravensburger" title="Ravensburger">Ravensburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trefl_Playing_Card_Company" title="Trefl Playing Card Company">Trefl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Games_Systems" title="U.S. Games Systems">U.S. Games Systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Playing_Card_Company" title="United States Playing Card Company">United States Playing Card Company</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Brands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bicycle_Playing_Cards" title="Bicycle Playing Cards">Bicycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimaud_(company)" title="Grimaud (company)">Grimaud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aspioti-ELKA" title="Aspioti-ELKA">Aspioti-ELKA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bielefelder_Spielkarten" title="Bielefelder Spielkarten">Bielefelder Spielkarten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C.L._W%C3%BCst" title="C.L. Wüst">C.L. Wüst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Goodall_%26_Sons" title="Charles Goodall & Sons">Charles Goodall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dondorf" title="Dondorf">Dondorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cohen_(cardmaker)" title="Lewis Cohen (cardmaker)">Lewis Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waddingtons" title="Waddingtons">Waddingtons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Asher" title="Lee Asher">Lee Asher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Auer_(card_game_historian)" title="Hubert Auer (card game historian)">Hubert Auer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Berg" title="Bryan Berg">Bryan Berg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Blaine" title="David Blaine">David Blaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derren_Brown" title="Derren Brown">Derren Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cohen_(cardmaker)" title="Lewis Cohen (cardmaker)">Lewis Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_and_Dave_(magicians)" title="Dan and Dave (magicians)">Dan and Dave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Depaulis" title="Thierry Depaulis">Thierry Depaulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._W._Erdnase" title="S. W. Erdnase">S. W. Erdnase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lennart_Green" title="Lennart Green">Lennart Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Harding_(forger)" title="Richard Harding (forger)">Richard Harding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Kaspar_Hechtel" title="Johann Kaspar Hechtel">Johann Kaspar Hechtel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Jay" title="Ricky Jay">Ricky Jay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekiryo_Kaneda" title="Sekiryo Kaneda">Sekiryo Kaneda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lavand" title="René Lavand">René Lavand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Marlo" title="Ed Marlo">Ed Marlo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Playing_Cards" title="Master of the Playing Cards">Master of the Playing Cards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLeod_(card_game_researcher)" title="John McLeod (card game researcher)">John McLeod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Moser" title="Anton Moser">Anton Moser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_J._Murray" title="Samuel J. Murray">Samuel J. Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Parlett" title="David Parlett">David Parlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Piatnik" title="Ferdinand Piatnik">Ferdinand Piatnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Valentine_Pitchford" title="Richard Valentine Pitchford">Richard Valentine Pitchford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco_Pratesi" title="Franco Pratesi">Franco Pratesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Rauch_(politician)" title="Johann Georg Rauch (politician)">Johann Georg Rauch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Tamariz" title="Juan Tamariz">Juan Tamariz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Thurston" title="Howard Thurston">Howard Thurston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Troedel" title="Charles Troedel">Charles Troedel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Vernon" title="Dai Vernon">Dai Vernon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fusajiro_Yamauchi" title="Fusajiro Yamauchi">Fusajiro Yamauchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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