Card Game

Card Game is a pricing game played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards for a brand new car as well as with a special card deck to determine how close they must come to the car's price without going over to win it.

Gameplay

The goal of Card Game is to make a bid on the car that is within a certain range below the actual price of the car. First, the contestant draws a card from a special deck of seven cards to determine how close they must come to the car's price without going over. The values in that deck include two cards each of $1,000, $2,000 and $3,000; and one $5,000 card.
The contestant is then given an opening bid of $15,000, and asked to draw cards from a standard deck of oversized playing cards. The cards drawn are used to increase the contestant's bid: Number cards add the face value multiplied by $100 to the bid, while face cards (Jack, Queen, King), like tens, are each worth $1,000. Contestants may draw as many cards as they want until they believe their bid is within the required range.
Aces are wild in this game if a contestant draws an ace, they can add any value they wish to their bid. Contestants are allowed to use an ace when it is drawn, or save it for later use. They are also allowed to continue drawing after playing an ace, although the ace can effectively make their final bid whatever they want it to be.
When they decide to stop, a range is revealed corresponding to both the contestant's bid and the range card selected. The price of the car is revealed and if it falls within the selected range, he/she wins the car.

History

Card Game has undergone a series of rule changes, mostly because of inflation:

Year	Opening Bid	Range Card
1974~1983	-	$200 to $1,000 each one (in increments of $100) (Aces were worth anything up to $1,000. Thus, the maximum starting bid done by the contestant is $1,000.)
1983~1993	$2,000	Two each of $500-$1,000 (in increments of $100) (No limit ace card bids)
1993~2001	$8,000	Three each of $500, $1,000, $1,500, and $2,000
2001~2005	$10,000	Same
2005~2008	$12,000	Two each of $1,000, $2,000, and $3,000, and one $5,000.
2008~2012, 2014~present	$15,000	Same

Card Game was taken out of rotation on July 24, 1975 (#1514D), then temporarily returned on September 12, 1975 (#1585D, aired out of order on September 10) and was back in rotation permanently on November 4, 1975 (#1662D).
When the game's rules were changed on March 16, 1983 (#4843D), the game was retitled "New Card Game" for approximately a year; in addition, the table received a new logo and paint job. On its first appearance, it was covered with a red sheet, and Holly lifted the red sheet to reveal the revamped game. On September 10, 1984 (#5391D), after the original name was restored, the game received another new paint job and a new 5-digit bid display, allowing it to be played for more expensive cars.
On November 19, 2004 (#3055K), the table and display was changed again to include a copper paint job and a new logo using a set of cards. In the later years of his tenure, former Price Is Right host Bob Barker had contestants drawing an ace simply say what they wanted their final bid to be, instead of requiring them to do the math and come up with a value to add to the bid.
Current host Drew Carey has returned to asking contestants to decide a value for drawn aces instead of stating a total bid, though he accepts final bids if a contestant offers one instead of a value to add.
Card Game wasn't played from February 16, 2012 (#5844K) until May 14, 2014 (#6743K), when it returned with an all new Vegas-style look, new looks for the Special Deck and main deck (notably the retirement of the Bicycle decks; these new decks have "Welcome to Carey's Card Club" on their backs; the design is in the style of the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign), a new monitor using cards as digits, and was played near Contestant's Row instead of on center stage for most pricing games. The actual price is also displayed on the display and does not show the difference. In addition, using the card value drawn from the special deck, this determines the range that the price should fall in. Like any pricing game using electronic displays (Bonus Game, Check Game and Grand Game), the green display turns red if it's ruled a loss, and unlike the previous displays, the display does not show "OVER" if the player goes over the car's price.
On October 13, 2014 (#6841K, aired out of order on October 14) and February 20, 2015 (#7015K) during Dream Car Week and #UDecide Week, a Range Rover ($66,625) and a Porsche ($68,590) were offered with a starting bid of $60,000. Neither playing was won.
On March 11, 2016 (#7445K, aired out of order on April 29), Melissa Belmontes picked an Ace, and her final bid from the Ace was $22,000. She barely won the car, which was priced at $22,025.

Trivia

The most number of times this game was played in any season was 46.
Picking the $5,000 range card is almost an automatic win, as most cars are within $19,000-$22,000 in price for this game.
If the Card Game is to be the Million Dollar Game on The Price is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular, the contestant would need to come within $100 of the price of the car to win the million dollar bonus.

Pictures

Judith's Record-Breaking Card Game Win (October 14, 1976, #2074D, aired out of order on September 16)

Card Game for a 1979 Ford Fiesta (September 21, 1979, #3395D)

Pearl's Painful Card Game Loss (April 20, 1982, #4492D)

New Card Game from 1983 (Date Unknown)

Card Game for a Chevrolet Spectrum (December 22, 1986, #6311D)

Betty's Win With Only an Ace (February 19, 1993, #8705D)

First 5-Digit Car in Card Game (May 7, 1993, #8815D)

Card Game for a Geo Tracker (June 11, 1996, #0032K)

Pamela's Heartbreaking $45 Overbid (January 23, 1997, #0224K)

Card Game for a Saturn SC1 (December 22, 2000, #1635K)

Jennifer's Heartbreaking $5 Card Game Loss (February 21, 2002, #2074K)

Dorothy's Heartbreaking $5 Card Game Loss (January 17, 2007, #3843K)

Last $5,000 Card Draw on Original Set and With Bob Barker (April 6, 2007, #3945K)

Final Playing with Bob Barker (May 31, 2007, #4014K)

First Playing with Drew Carey (October 18, 2007, #4044K, aired out of order on January 2, 2008)

First Playing with the $15,000 Starting Bid (April 22, 2008, #4302K)

Dennis' $10,000 Bid on an Ace (October 15, 2010, #5265K, aired out of order on September 24 at 2 P.M.)

Last Card Game Loss on the Original Set (December 21, 2011, #5763K)

Card Game is Back! (May 14, 2014, #6743K)

First Loss on Card Game's Then-New Set (May 28, 2014, #6763K)

Card Game for a Kia Optima (June 24, 2014, #6802K, aired out of order on June 25)

Card Game for a Range Rover Sport SE (October 13, 2014, #6841K, aired out of order on October 14)

Ella's 2-Card Win (October 23, 2014, #6854K)

First Playing with the Use of an Ace on Then-New Set (November 3, 2014, #6871K)

Jordan's Heartbreaking $85 Overbid (January 21, 2015, #6973K)

Card Game for a Porsche Macan (February 20, 2015, #7015K)

Card Game for a Kia Soul Exclaim (January 21, 2016, #7374K, aired out of order on January 28)

Melissa's Awesome $25 Win (March 11, 2016, #7445K, aired out of order on April 29)

Card Game for a Fiat 500 Sport (June 6, 2016, #7571K)

92-Year Old Contestant Plays Card Game (January 16, 2017, #7771K)

Debra's Excellent Close Call Win (May 25, 2018, #8355K)

Gabrielle's Win With Only an Ace (November 8, 2018, #8484K)

College Card Game (March 22, 2019, #8675K, aired out of order on April 26, originally rescheduled to air on March 15)

Antonio's Heartbreaking $115 Overbid (May 16, 2019, #8754K, aired out of order on May 9)

YouTube Videos

A playing of The New Card Game from 1983
A playing of Card Game with a Bill Cullen reference
A Card Game Win with the use of an Ace and only an Ace! (February 19, 1993, #8705D)
Card Game playing from May 7, 1993 with a rule change and now permanently played for 5-digit Cars (#8815D)
A Heartbreaking Loss! (Season 25)
A Super Heartbreaking Loss! (Season 30)
A Card Game Win from Bob's Last Season! (April 6, 2007, #3945K)
New Card Game behind the scenes story
Card Game Returns (May 14, 2014, #6743K)
Card Game for a Range Rover (October 13, 2014, #6841K, aired out of order on October 14)
A 2-card Card Game Win! (October 23, 2014, #6854K)
A Card Game Win with the use of an Ace! (November 3, 2014, #6871K)
Card Game for a Porsche (February 20, 2015, #7015K)
A Heartbreaking Loss with the Use of an Ace! (March 29, 2017, #7873K)