Card stacking

Card stacking is about building structures out of playing cards, AKA a "house of cards".

People:

• Bryan Berg, world record-holding cardstacker
  • his own website
  • his Wikipedia article
  • video published by Wired
  • video published by Wired
  • video published by Coolest Thing
  • videos published by Cartamundi [1] [2]
  • videos published by Guinness World Records [1] [2]
  • he wrote a book on card-stacking
• Scott Dyer
• @The Learning Project
• someone else tries the same technique

Products:

• Cartamundi's Cardstackers — 825 cards specifically designed for card-stacking. (they appear to be entirely uncoated) They stopped being manufactured perhaps some time after 2010, but can still be found on EBay.
  • review [1] [2]
  • My copy was copyright 2012, so it was manufactured at least that late.
• Pla-Mor cards, by the US Playing Card Company — This used to be the favored card for card-stacking. They stopped being manufactured a while ago. Used copies available in various places.