Giffgaff

Published January 09, 2016 • Updated February 24, 2023

Giffgaff mobile network playing cards, 2015.

Giffgaff mobile network “Yo, Let’s Play” playing cards accompanied new SIM cards in their 2015 promotion. The courts all follow a single design for each suit, thus each Jack, Queen and King are the same, with just the indices and borders changed. Awesomely-designed! All you have to do is open your mind.

Giffgaff mobile network playing cards, 2015

Above: Giffgaff mobile network playing cards, 2015. The pips are similarly bordered. The pack is accompanied by a Giffgaff Sim card, and an information leaflet (about activating your Sim and claiming your free £5 credit) which states "Pricing subject to change. Correct as at June 2015".

Above: detail from an uncut sheet.

A New Edition

A new promotional pack was published in late 2017 or 2018.

Giffgaff mobile network playing cards, 2017

Above: a new promotional pack for the phone network “Giffgaff”, dating from late 2017 or 2018, but with unusual courts which have been printed to look like they have been coloured by a five year old. Unknown manufacturer.

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By Matt Probert

United Kingdom • Member since March 02, 2012

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Erkin Barin

22 July 2023, 14:43

When I went to England for Erasmus, I had one of these card decks as a gift in my dorm room. I think its design was a little different than it was in 2019.