The playing card community

Conventions

• 52 Plus Joker Playing Card Convention — held within the U.S.
  • Oct 1, 2025 at Charlotte, NC
• Cardtopia [2] [3] (formerly 'Cardcon', produced by USPCC/United States Playing Card Company)
  • June 14, 2025 at Cincinnati
• Cardistry Con [2]
  • the 2025 convention details haven't been announced yet
• Blackpool Magic Convention
  • Feb 14, 2025 at Blackpool, England
• Magic Live
  • Aug 3, 2025 at Las Vegas
• Vanishing Inc. conventions:
  • MagiFest
  • The Session

Other

• The Diamond Awards, produced by 52 Plus Joker, chooses the awards "deck of the year" and "artist of the year" (artists who design decks).
  • search results on YouTube

The larger forums

• United Cardists (3800 most online ever, 12k registered users, 16k threads)
• PlayingCardForum.com (3000 most online ever, 20k registered users, 11k threads)
• Theory11 forums (800k registered users, 45k threads)
• reddit
  • /r/cardistry (100k subscribers)
  • /r/playingcards (45k subscribers)