Question 1

This says pvc plastic cards - are they different from regular playing cards in some way? are they slippery?

Accepted Answer

Cards are made of paper, plastic coated paper and plastic.  Most plastic cards are made of PVC.  They are somewhat slippery, but easily manageable.  The can be submerged in water without harm, but they will eventually vulcanize, dry rot, like a tire or a plastic pot, but not as quickly.  PVC cards can last up to about 20 years.  Keeping them away from directly sunlight would also help some.  The other plastic is cellulose acetate.  The only manufacture of cards with this plastic used to be KEM.  If they get wet or soiled, they can be cleaned, but should be towel dried, spread apart and allowed to dry before restacking them in a deck.  Because of the cellulose they can react with water or above normal humidity.  Their other consideration is direct sunlight.  Direct sunlight will cause damage due to the acetate portion of the plastic.  Cellulose acetate cards are quite a bit more expensive that PVC, but act like a nicely broken-in deck of plastic coated cards immediately out of the box.  I like this feel than I do of the PVC cards, but both are nice.  I have and collect both, but have more of the KEM type.  Other cards are made of cellulose acetate since KEM, always made in the State New York, was purchased by the United States Playing Card Company, USPCC, around 2004, based in Kentucky and made there now.  More recently the USPCC was bought out by a foreign company.  All of the cards made by the USPCC are still manufactured in their existing facilities as far as I know.  KEM cards have an easy code depicting the month, week and the year of manufacture.  Before they were bought out my the USPCC a code might read 1092 or October 1972.  After the USPCC buyout 1092 means the tenth week of the year 1972.  If you see 4719 it is . . . you can figure this out.
I could go on, but enough is enough for now.  I have some beautiful card from all over the world, mostly KEM, but quite a few others made of PVC.

Question 2

What does the joker look like? do the two jokers look the same?

Accepted Answer

They are not the same. One joker is a colorful jester face and the other is a full-body jester.

Question 3

Like the different colored suits.  But wish they sold these in bridge size decks.  If you do can you post a link?

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Don't know about that one, but that is what I like about googling, ebay and amazon.

ASIN	B09QLJTYQV
Age Range Description	Kid
Best Sellers Rank	#39,596 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) #176 in Standard Playing Card Decks
Brand Name	Copag
Color	Black,blue,green,red/Blue
Container Type	Box
Customer Reviews	4.6 out of 5 stars 190 Reviews
Grenre	Tabletop Game
Included Components	Cards
Indoor Outdoor Usage	Indoor
Is Assembly Required	No
Item Dimensions L x W	3.5"L x 2.5"W
Item Type Name	playing cards
Item Weight	12.3 Ounces
Manufacturer	Copag
Manufacturer Minimum Age (MONTHS)	12.00
Material Type	Polyvinyl Chloride
Number of Items	2
Number of Players	2+
Operation Mode	Manual
Other Special Features of the Product	4-Color Faces
Package Quantity	1
Set Name	Legacy Design 1546
Size	Jumbo Index
Theme	Letter
UPC	831705002385
Unit Count	2.0 Count

- Copag 4-Color Faces Legacy Design 100% Plastic Playing Cards, Poker Size (Standard) Jumbo Index Red/Blue Double Deck Set

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- Copag *4-Color Faces* Legacy Design 100% Plastic Playing Cards, Poker Size (Standard) Jumbo Index Red/Blue Double Deck Set

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