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15 Cards Against Humanity expansions that everyone should own

Because not all expansion packs are created equal.

 

Marisa Losciale

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Posted on Aug 21, 2020   Updated on Oct 5, 2021, 9:43 am CDT

The only thing better than everyone’s favorite NSFW game is Cards Against Humanity expansion packs. And with so many decks (try 50+) to choose from, how do you know which ones are actually worth it? Well, you could spend a lifetime sifting through r/cardsagainsthumanity or you could just refer to the index below. We suggest the latter.

How many Cards Against Humanity expansion packs are there?

There are 15 Cards Against Humanity expansion packs including:

  • Period Pack
  • Geek Pack
  • Green Box
  • College Pack
  • Design Pack
  • Weed Pack
  • World Wide Web Pack
  • ’90s Nostalgia Pack
  • Fantasy Pack
  • Food Pack
  • Absurd Pack
  • Theater Pack
  • Pride Pack
  • Saves America Pack

Best Cards Against Humanity expansion packs

1) Cards Against Humanity: Period Pack

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Amazon rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: Have you ever looked down at your underpants and said, “Oh no?” Cards Against Humanity’s got you covered with our most absorbent pack yet: The Period Pack.

  • Contains 30 brand new cards written while we were all on our periods.
  • Best played every 25 to 35 days.
  • Comes with a few surprises for your special time.

Price: $5


2) Cards Against Humanity: Geek Pack

Amazon rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: There is nothing nerds love more than branded references. Remember Batman? What about Firefly? Bazinga!

  • Contains 24 white and 6 black cards about video games, D&D, Game of Thrones, and all the other bullshit you like.

Price: $5


3) Cards Against Humanity: Green Box

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Amazon rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Currently, CAH has three expansion kits: the Red Box, the Blue Box, and the Green Box. Think of the first two boxes as BOGO bundles. They each contain three sets of cards that can be purchased individually for $10. The Red Box contains Cards Against Humanity expansion packs one, two, and three, while the Blue Box contains expansion packs four, five, and six. But the Green Box contains 300 totally new cards to mix into your game – 245 white and 55 black.

Price: $20


4) Cards Against Humanity: College Pack

Amazon rating: 4 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: Remember when you were in college and ate ramen noodles and had sex all the time? Wouldn’t it be great to relive those glory days?

  • Contains 30 brand new cards about throw up and blue hair.
  • Includes a special 18″ x 24″ poster for your dorm room.
  • You should break up with your high school boyfriend.

Price: $7


5) Cards Against Humanity Design Pack

Amazon rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: The Design Pack contains 30 fully illustrated cards by some of the best graphic designers in the world, including Milton Glaser (I <3 NY), Susan Kare (the Apple Macintosh), Erik Spiekermann (MetaDesign), and legendary printmakers including Jay Ryan, Yann Legendre, Olly Moss, Mike Mitchell, and Sonnenzimmer.

  • 3o fully-illustrated cards
  • 100% of profits donated to the Chicago Design Museum.

Price: $5


6) Cards Against Humanity: Weed Pack

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Amazon rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: Hey man, I know I was supposed to get you the website content for the Weed Pack, but I got really high and this is all I have so far haha. Cannabis, also known as marijuana among several other names, is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant intended for medical or recreational use. Something about mass incarceration 30 (?) brand new cards about weed. Taco Bell near me …

  • 30 smokin’ hot cards

Price: $5


7) Cards Against Humanity: World Wide Web Pack

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Amazon rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: Except for the rampant misinformation and unspeakable pornography, the Internet is one of Al Gore’s greatest inventions. We wrote this pack in a Reddit AMA with the help of a bunch of Internet strangers, which historically has always been a complete disaster.

  • 21 white and 9 black cards written with anonymous users of the web page Reddit.
  • 100% of profits donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Price: $5


8) Cards Against Humanity: Sci-Fi Pack

Amazon rating: 3 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: Red Alert! Sensors detect Cards Against Humanity cards headed straight for the warp core! Set condition one throughout the fleet and prepare for new content!

  • 30 cards about what will happen when humanity goes too far with technology.
  • Written by famous authors, including Pat Rothfuss.

Price: $5


9) Cards Against Humanity: ’90s Nostalgia Pack

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Amazon rating: 4 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: Don’t have a cow man! The ’90s Nostalgia Pack is a totally tubular Crossfire of Freshmaking jokes. Once you Pop, the fun don’t stop!

  • 23 white and 7 black cards about the ’90s, a popular decade
  • Too sexy for its shirt

Price: $5


10) Fantasy Pack

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Amazon rating: 3 out of 4 stars

From the manufacturer: Co-written with make-believers Pat Rothfuss, Neil Gaiman, Sam Sykes, Myke Cole, Jacqueline Carey, Martha Wells, Sherwood Smith, Elizabeth Bear, and Wesley Chu this pack of 32 cards is sure to be turned into a $300 million film franchise.

  • 26 white cards and 6 black cards written by famous people 

Price: $5


11) Food Pack

Amazon rating: 4 out of 5 stars

If the foodie in you is hungry for some new combos, satiate your need with this very tasty Cards Against Humanity expansion pack. It highlights some of the best and most popular food crazes, all of which pair very well with the original deck (as well as other expansions). 

  • 30 food-related cards
  • A pack of corn marshmallow candy

Price: $5


12) Absurd Box

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Amazon rating: 5 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: This box is weirder, dumber, and more whimsical than anything we’ve written before. These cards came to us after taking peyote and wandering the desert–you have nothing to lose but your chains!

  • 300 weird AF cards (255 white, 45 black)

Price: $20


13) The Theatre Pack

Amazon rating: 5 out of 5 stars

As if theater geeks don’t get roasted enough, Cards Against Humanity is here to finish the job–and let me tell ya, they’re out here to scorch you til you’re nothing but stage dust. 

  • 30 theatre-related cards

Price: $6.99


14) Pride Pack

Amazon rating: 4 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: Fabulous! Here’s the Pride Pack. 30 cards that completely encapsulate the queer experience. Written by an elite squad of lesbians, bisexuals, gays, trans people, allies, and unicorns.

  • 30 cards
  • All profits donated to Howard Brown Health.

Price: $15.14


15) Cards Against Humanity Saves America Pack

Amazon rating: 4 out of 5 stars

From the manufacturer: Remember that time when we all thought the Trump presidency was going to be an unmitigated disaster? And then Cards Against Humanity saved America? Well, we still have the cards from that. Contains 30 cards previously released as part of our 2017 Cards Against Humanity Saves America campaign. Whoops, Donald Trump is still the president. Oh god.

  • 30 cards about politics, cute animals, Shakespeare, and baseball

Price: $4.75


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*First Published: Aug 21, 2020, 12:58 pm CDT