dead card

[ded kahrd]

noun

1. Games.,  especially in poker and role-playing games, a card that is not in use during a round or that has been removed from play.

2. a person or thing that is no longer of general interest or no longer worth spending time and attention on.

Example Sentences

Obzedat’s Aid is as good as your best dead card. 

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This one is a bit of trouble to set up and is a straight dead card in topdeck mode and laughable against swarms of aggressive Boros and Gruul options that will run over a player trying to get this attached and online for a potentially useless return. 

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I had made up my mind that he was playing a dead card, as I did not think the Judge was of much force, though he always appeared to have plenty of money.

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