Just when you thought you knew it all.  Here’s something new.  And, of course its that time of year  when everyone is frantically searching around  for something new to give to their loved ones.

Estate Playing Cards brings ancient designs, 15th century Italy and traditional four suit card decks into the 21st Century.  The established suits: Church, Corporation, Community & Military, gain a fifth “Estate” – Media.  Royal & joker cards are replaced by family & imperial cards respectively, increasing the number of cards in the pack to 60.

While five suit decks have been around for almost a century, Estate Playing Cards have made more fundamental modifications to traditional playing cards; changes that not only more accurately reflect the modern world, but at the same time retain some of the earliest features of ancient cards from Europe and Asia.

In Poker a fifth estate increases the number of winning card combinations while lengthening the odds.  With 60 cards and five estates, the total number of five card hands is 5,461,512.  A Family Flush, with only 5 possible hands or a probability of 0.000000915, becomes the new top hand.  Five of a kind has 12 possible hands or a probability of 0.0000022.  Hands with a card from each Estate are called Rainbows.