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Standard 52-card deck

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-A standard Anglo-American deck of [[playing card]]s is composed of 13 ''ranks''
-in each of 4 ''suits'', plus 2 [[Joker (Playing card)|jokers]], for a total of 54 cards.
-The suits used are the French suits of '''spades''' and '''clubs''', which are black,
-and '''diamonds''' and '''hearts''', which are red
-(four-color decks can occasionally be found, but they are rare).
-In each suit there are 10 '''spot cards''', each of which is identified by the number of
-suit symbols (''pips'') it shows, and three ''court cards'' (also called "face cards")
-of the Rouen design that carry highly stylized depictions of persons.
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-Modern playing cards carry index labels on opposite corners (sometimes all four corners)
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-to facilitate identifying the cards when they overlap.
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-The 1-spot card of each suit is called an ''ace'', and in many games is given the highest rank.
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-It carries the index label "A".
-The next highest rank in most games is the court card called the ''king'',
-followed by the other court cards, the ''queen'' and ''jack'' (also called "knave").
-They carry index labels of "K", "Q", and "J", respectively.
-Finally, the remaining spot cards ranking numerically from 10 (highest) to 2 (lowest).
-Their index labels are simple numerals.
-The 2-spot card is often called a ''deuce'', and the 3-spot a ''trey''.
-One of the two jokers is often more colorful or more intricately detailed than the other,
-but this feature is not used in most common card games.
-The design of jokers is not standard, and many manufacturers use them to carry
-trademark designs.
-It is also common practice now for the Ace of spades to bear special markings that
-include the manufacturer's name and date of production.
-This practice originated with the use of that card to carry a British tax stamp.
-There is no standard ranking among the four suits, though many games do specify
-such a ranking.
-For example, the game of [[bridge game|bridge]] ranks the spade suit highest,
-followed by hearts, diamonds, and clubs.