Waterproof Mahjong Playing Cards - Cork

Thickened waterproof mahjong cards built to resist folding, for outdoor and travel play where paper cards would not survive.

Thickened stock that resists the bending which ruins paper decks
Waterproof, so a garden table or a boat is normal
Half an hour a game, which suits an afternoon
Fits a coat pocket, which no tile set ever will

$24.99

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Why thickness matters on a mahjong deck

A mahjong deck is 136 or 144 cards, which is two and a half times a standard pack. That means more shuffling, more handling and far more opportunity for a card to bend.

A bent card in mahjong is worse than in most games, because the game runs on hidden information: a card identifiable from the back changes every hand it appears in. Thickened stock resists that, and it is the specification that decides how long a deck stays honest.

Waterproof

Cards are played outdoors far more than tiles are, precisely because they are portable. Gardens, beaches and boats are where decks live and where paper fails: one damp afternoon and the corners soften permanently.

A coated deck wipes and carries on.

The half hour game

The stated length is worth reading. Card mahjong plays faster than tile mahjong because there is no wall to build and no shuffle to coordinate between four people.

That makes it the format for a gap in an afternoon rather than a whole evening, and it is a fair description rather than a limitation.

Where a deck fits

Almost always a household's second set. It goes where the tiles cannot, and it keeps the game available when a full set would be too much to set up.

Care

Wipe clean. Replace any card that creases rather than playing it. Keep the deck boxed, since a loose deck loses cards and an incomplete mahjong deck is unplayable.

1 set of waterproof mahjong playing cards

Set weight: 0.5 lb (0.22 kg)

Type	Playing cards
Feature	Waterproof, thickened, fold resistant
Game length	0 to 30 minutes
Weight	0.23 kg (0.5 lb)
Age	14 and over

Mahjong cards carry the same suits and honours as tiles, printed on a deck. They go where a set cannot.

Deck size. Check the stated count against the game your table plays: the pieces in use are not the same from one variant to the next.

Finish. Plastic and coated decks wipe clean and survive a table with drinks on it. Uncoated card is lighter and cheaper, and it softens with use.

What they are good for. A plane, a hotel room, a small table, or teaching someone the suits. What they cannot give you is the weight and the sound of tiles, which is most of why people play at home.

Orders are processed within 1 to 2 business days, with tracking on every parcel. Delivery across the United States takes 10 to 25 days and costs $9.95, one flat rate charged once per order whatever the number of items.

Changed your mind? You have 30 days from delivery to request a return, unused and in its original packaging. Approved refunds go back to your original payment method within 3 business days.

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Mahj in your handbag

The whole tile set, in a deck. Plane tray, hotel room, poolside: anywhere a set won't go.

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Wet hands welcome

Waterproof decks that survive an afternoon by the pool and a spilled drink.

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Teach anyone, anywhere

The easiest way to show a friend the game before she commits to a set.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. A card deck carries the same suits and honours as a tile set, so the hands and the scoring stay recognisable to anyone who plays with tiles. What changes is the table. There is no wall to build, nothing to shuffle face down between hands, and no noise. A round here runs nought to 30 minutes rather than a whole evening, which is why the format travels to a garden table or a train.

Card decks turn up in game shops, in general marketplaces and with sellers who deal only in mahjong. Availability is rarely the problem, stock quality is. Most decks are printed on thin paper card that starts folding within a season, and a folded card is a marked card in a game of concealed hands. The thing worth checking before ordering is the thickness of the stock and whether the deck is waterproofed.

Yes, and this deck is one of them. Waterproofing matters less for spills than for setting: a garden table at dusk, a boat, a poolside afternoon. Paper absorbs, swells along the edge and never shuffles the same way again. A waterproof card wipes and goes back in the pack. Paired with thickened stock, it answers the two things that actually end a deck, damp and folding.

You need a deck that carries the full run of suits and honours, or hands cannot be completed. Past that the choice is physical rather than technical. Thin card bends at the corner after a few sessions, and the bend stays as a mark, which is a real problem in a game where hands are concealed. Thickened stock resists it, and waterproofing lets the deck leave the dining table.

Play in Style with The Mahjong Section

A mahjong set is handled more than almost anything else in the house: every tile passes through four pairs of hands, several times a game.

That is what we select for. Tiles that read clearly from the far side of the table, edges that stay clean, and a case that still closes after a few seasons of being carried around.

A Set Worth Collecting

Sets differ in ways that only show at the table: the weight of a tile in the hand, how a crak reads from three seats away, whether the case survives the trip to a friend’s house.

When we have the figures, we publish them: tile count, tile size, weight and material. When we do not have one, we leave it out rather than guess.