--- title: Black Friday: Card Game Earns 20,000 Selling Nothing description: The cynical card game has a special "deal" today canonical: https://time.com/4128229/cards-against-humanity-black-friday/ author: Tara John article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-27T18:13:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:55.456Z og:title: Cards Against Humanity's Black Friday Deal Is... Nothing og:description: And it will only cost you $5 og:url: https://time.com/4128229/cards-against-humanity-black-friday/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4469d76b6856bbc8/698783338e0601bc6145abba/cards-against-humanity.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Students play Cards Against Humanity in Denver, Colorado in 2012. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cards Against Humanity's Black Friday Deal Is... 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These are the best tech discounts._ by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Nov 27, 2015 6:13 PM UTC  Students play Cards Against Humanity in Denver. Students play Cards Against Humanity in Denver.Brian Cahn—Zuma Press/Corbis by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Nov 27, 2015 6:13 PM UTC The folks at Cards Against Humanity have decided to pit themselves against the retailers flogging the public with bargains on Black Friday with a deal of their own: $5 for nothing. So far they have made over $20,000 and counting, according to a ticker on its site. Last year, the controversial card game sold 30,000 people a [box of poop](http://time.com/3634443/cards-against-humanity-poop-black-friday/) on Black Friday for $6. > [](https://twitter.com/benjamminking/status/670295408208310272) [The website of the politically-incorrect card game](https://store.cardsagainsthumanity.com/) describes “this amazing offer” as the “greatest Black Friday gift of all.” It is also the only thing they are selling on the website today. 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