A deck a week? That’s a heck of a habit!
I reckon he’s just preparing for the worlds most awesome “Is this your card?” by hiding playing cards everywhere. And in 20 years time, the pay-off is going to be totally worth it.
And then there are all the other ones that are probably piling up just because they’re too pretty to use, or something.
I think they’re being eaten.
There must be a use for playing cards as a kitchen gadget that I’m unaware of.
If you are constantly practicing tricks with them that would be about right.
I need more than 12 cards to play…
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A deck a week! Mark, you seriously need to invest in some Copag’s. Two decks for under $12, and they will last forever. (https://www.amazon.com/Copag-Poker-Regular-Index-Playing/dp/B001GQ3VHG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467760237&sr=8-1&keywords=copag+playing+cards)
Mark is going through the decks doing magic tricks.
Those are pvc plastic cards which are a bit thicker, and very very slick also while the stand up well to the abuse of poker and bridge games they are not suitable for tricks.
A deck a week is the sign of a true worker. 
Non-magicians: Cards wear out quickly and get dirty, losing their smoothness and flow for certain kinds of sleight-of-hand work. I know magicians who use a new deck every night when they’re performing. Replacing them weekly isn’t unreasonable.
I assume Mark shreds his used cards and ferments them in his sauerkraut.*
By the way, Costco usually has a brick of a dozen bicycle decks for around $13. http://www.costcobusinessdelivery.com/Bicycle-Standard-Face-Poker-Playing-Cards,-12-ct.product.11675994.html
- Possibly, he does not do this.
Haven’t you read Mark’s book on making your own marked cards?
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