Card Games for Two Players

Name	Category	Complexity	Duration	Materials
2-7 Single Draw One draw to make the worst hand	🃏 Card	Medium	10-30 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 🔴 Poker chips
2-7 Triple Draw Three chances to make the worst hand	🃏 Card	Medium	15-45 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 🔴 Poker chips
500 Rummy	🃏 Card	Easy	30-45 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 📦 Optional: 2 jokers
Abstrac	🃏 Card	Medium	15-30 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck (use only 9-A)
Abundance	🃏 Card	Hard	30-60 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 🔴 Poker chips or play money (about 1000 units)
Ace Pit	🃏 Card	Hard	30-60 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 📝 Paper for scoring
Advantage (Vigoda)	🃏 Card	Medium	15-30 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
African Casino	🃏 Card	Medium	20-30 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Agram	🃏 Card	Very Easy	10-15 min	🃏 Standard deck minus 3s, 2s, and one Ace (35 cards)
Air, Land & Sea	🃏 Card	Easy	15-30 minutes	📦 Air, Land & Sea game box
Anandis	🃏 Card	Easy	15-30 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck (use only A, J, Q, K + Joker)
Ants	🃏 Card	Medium	20-30 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Army	🃏 Card	Easy	15-30 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Badugi Make four unique suits, keep it low	🃏 Card	Hard	15-45 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 🔴 Poker chips
Basra	🃏 Card	Easy	20-30 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Beggar My Neighbour	🃏 Card	Very Easy	10-30 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Belote Découverte	🃏 Card	Hard	30-45 min	🃏 32-card deck (7s through Aces)
Bezique	🃏 Card	Hard	30-45 minutes	🃏 Two 32-card piquet decks (128 total) or Bezique deck
Blackjack (Two-Player)	🃏 Card	Easy	10-30 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck (or multiple decks) 🔴 Chips or substitute for betting
Brag (Three-Card)	🃏 Card	Easy	20-45 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 🪙 Chips or coins for betting
Brisca	🃏 Card	Easy	15-20 min	🃏 Spanish 40-card deck (or Italian 40-card deck)
Briscola	🃏 Card	Easy	15-20 minutes	🃏 40-card Italian deck or standard deck with 8-10 removed
Bura	🃏 Card	Medium	15-25 min	🃏 36-card deck (standard deck minus 2-5)
Burraco	🃏 Card	Medium	45-60 min	🃏 Two standard 52-card decks 📦 4 jokers
Caged Rat	🃏 Card	Hard	20-30 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Canasta	🃏 Card	Hard	45-90 minutes	🃏 Two standard 52-card decks plus 4 jokers
Canasta (Two-Player)	🃏 Card	Medium	30-60 minutes	🃏 Two standard 52-card decks with jokers
Cassino	🃏 Card	Medium	20-30 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Chinese Poker Build three hands from thirteen cards	🃏 Card	Medium	10-30 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 🔴 Poker chips
Chkobba	🃏 Card	Easy	15-25 min	🃏 40-card deck (French suited or Italian)
Cirulla	🃏 Card	Medium	20-30 min	🃏 40-card Italian deck (or standard deck without 8s, 9s, 10s)
Clash	🃏 Card	Medium	20-30 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Clobyosh	🃏 Card	Hard	30-60 min	🃏 32-card Piquet deck (7s through Aces)
Concentration	🃏 Card	Very Easy	10-20 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Conquian	🃏 Card	Easy	15-25 min	🃏 Spanish 40-card deck (or standard without 8s, 9s, 10s)
Costly Colours	🃏 Card	Easy	15-20 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Crazy Eights	🃏 Card	Very Easy	10-20 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Crazy Pineapple Discard later, know more	🃏 Card	Medium	15-60 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 🔴 Poker chips
Cribbage	🃏 Card	Hard	20-30 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 📝 Cribbage board with pegs (or paper for scoring)
Cuarenta	🃏 Card	Medium	30-45 min	🃏 40-card deck (standard deck minus 8s, 9s, 10s)
Cucumber	🃏 Card	Easy	15-25 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Cuttle	🃏 Card	Medium	15-20 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Derda	🃏 Card	Easy	15-25 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Diloti	🃏 Card	Medium	25-35 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Double Joker	🃏 Card	Medium	15-30 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck 📦 2 Jokers
Double Solitaire	🃏 Card	Easy	15-30 minutes	🃏 Two standard 52-card decks (different backs recommended)
Duck Soup	🃏 Card	Easy	10-20 min	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Duel of Fives	🃏 Card	Easy	10-20 min	🃏 Two standard 52-card decks (one per player)
Dueling Nobles	🃏 Card	Easy	15-25 minutes	🃏 Standard 52-card deck
Durak	🃏 Card	Easy	15-30 minutes	🃏 36-card deck (standard deck with 2-5 removed)

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