ROCHESTER, NY — Good deal!

The humble playing card was enshrined yesterday, along with The Game of Life, in the National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester.

The Hall of Fame noted that playing cards have been used for centuries by people of many skills, cultures and ages for games ranging from gin rummy to solitaire to Texas Hold ‘Em and Go Fish.

Historians are fuzzy about their origins, pointing to evidence of ceramic-tile decks in ancient Egypt and leaf cards in ninth-century China.

Cards and the The Game of Life, a perennial favorite first devised in 1860 by American board-game pioneer Milton Bradley, join an all-star lineup of 44 classic toys, from the bicycle, kite and teddy bear to the stick, cardboard box and Mr. Potato Head.

The 12-year-old hall was acquired in 2002 by The Strong, a children’s museum in Rochester, from A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village in Salem, Ore.