What does it say about me that I don't have a favorite playing card? I was just filling out my Kickstarter backer survey for Dicecards, and besides a pair of decks, I also get an 8x6" print of one of the cards. "Please enter the card you would like here," it says, and I realize I don't have a preference.
The survey helpfully lists some common favorites: ten of hearts, black joker, ace of spades. None of those call out to me. It's not that I don't play cards or have preferences when playing games. I play pinochle, poker, hearts, pitch, etc. and I'm always jockeying to use the black meeples, the top hat, the white pieces, or Professor Plum. I just don't get excited about seeing the jack of clubs unless I need it for the game I'm currently playing.
But now I feel that I need a favorite, and not just a playing card. I'm suddenly compelled to decide and declare that the bishop is my favorite chess piece, the T-block is my favorite tetrad, and the five is my favorite side of a D6. (It makes an X, after all.)
I'm going to sidestep the issue for now by specifying that I want a card with the letter tile M—Dicecards are cool like that—but I'm certain I'll wake up some night in the future, sweating, my mind racing, thinking, "Is it the jack of diamonds? What about the seven of spades? WHICH ONE IS IT?"
Anyone else have a favorite card?