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Royal plastic Playing Cards
Purchased from: Retail store
Price Paid: $6 CDN for two decks

I picked up a couple decks of these as they were very cheap for plastic cards and I am always looking for an inexpensive alternative to Kems or Copags.

Here are my impressions: I certainly wasn't impressed with the quality or aesthetics of the cards (although I have to agree with an earlier review - the single deck box is great). They are extremely thin, flimsy, and difficult to both shuffle and pick off the table. We tried them out in our weekly game and they lasted about three hands before we went back to Copags.

Pros:

• inexpensive
• more durable than paper cards (but not much)
• the case is great for storing your single decks of Kems

Cons:

• very slick and hard to manage
• feel cheap and flimsy
• not nearly as durable as other brands of plastic cards (i.e. Kem, Copag, Dal Negro)
• visible flaws on card backs, essentially "marking" some cards