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A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Often the front (face) and back of each card has a finish to make handling easier. They are most commonly used for playing card games, and are also used in magic tricks, cardistry, card throwing, and card houses; cards may also be collected (such as baseball cards). Playing cards were likely invented during the Tang dynasty around the 9th century AD as a result of the usage of woodblock printing technology. The most common type of playing card in the West is the French-suited, standard 52-card pack. Today's 52-card deck preserves the four original French suits of centuries ago: clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades. Playing cards are available in a wide variety of styles, as decks may be custom-produced for competitions, casinos and magicians. A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist. Traditional card games are played with a deck or pack of playing cards which are identical in size and shape. Each card has two sides, the face and the back. Normally the backs of the cards are indistinguishable. Overall, Spades claims the title of the most popular card game in the U.S., with 11 states boasting it. Close behind are Texas Hold 'Em, War, Spoons, and Old Maid, each claiming victory in four or more states.