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Random card generator — a full 52-card deck on one wheel

Spin the wheel and draw a random card from a standard 52-card deck — hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades, ace through king. Use it for card tricks, probability lessons, party games, or any moment that calls for a fair draw when no physical deck is within reach. Every card gets an equal slice — the ace of spades has exactly the same chance as the two of clubs.

The wheel loads with all 52 cards already on it, so the first spin can land anywhere in the deck. Remove cards you want to exclude — the face cards for a kids' game, say — or paste in your own list for a custom deck. For a simpler fifty-fifty draw, the coin flip settles it in one toss, and the dice roller covers one-to-six draws.

How to draw a random card in three steps

1. Set your deck. The wheel starts with a full 52-card deck. Remove any cards you don't want, or add your own — jokers, uno cards, tarot cards — by typing them in, one per line.
2. Press Spin. The wheel slows and settles on one card. Every card on the wheel owns an identical slice, so the draw is never weighted toward any suit or rank.
3. Use the result. Turn on remove-after-spin to deal without replacement — just like a real deck, a drawn card can't come up again — and export the results history as PDF, CSV or text when you need a record.

What's actually on the wheel

The default list is a standard 52-card deck — thirteen ranks in each of the four suits:

Each suit runs ace, two through ten, jack, queen and king. Jokers aren't in a standard deck, but the entries are fully editable, so you can add them — or build any custom deck you like — in one line per card. If you want a random number rather than a card, the random number generator picks from any range you set.

Five ways players, teachers and magicians use it

• Probability lessons. Draw cards with the class and track how often each suit comes up — a hands-on way to teach chance that beats a worksheet.
• Card games without a deck. Play higher-or-lower, war or any draw-based game when nobody remembered to bring cards.
• Magic practice. Have the wheel "pick a card, any card" so you can rehearse a trick against a genuinely unpredictable choice.
• Drinking and party games. Spin for the next card in kings, ride the bus or any draw-driven party game — the truth or dare wheel pairs well for the forfeits.
• Workout decks. Assign an exercise to each suit and let the draw set your reps. The workout picker wheel can choose the exercises themselves.

Is the draw really random?

Yes — the winning card comes from the random number generator built into your browser, and every card on the wheel gets an exactly equal slice. No draw is influenced by the one before it, and nothing is sent to a server, so your draws stay on your device.

One honest caveat: a fresh spin is a draw with replacement — the same card can come up twice in a row, which a real shuffled deck wouldn't allow. Turn on remove-after-spin and the wheel behaves exactly like dealing from a real deck: fifty-two spins, fifty-two different cards, then the deck is done. Need a straight yes-or-no decision instead? The yes or no wheel settles it in one spin.