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52-card French deck

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This common deck is used for poker, bridge, and many other common Western card games. It is sometimes supplemented with one or more additional unsuited cards, commonly called joker.

The names of the cards are of the form "[rank] of [suit]". The most common names are in the tables below. Synonyms for the rank and suit names can be substituted.

Example set of 52 poker playing cards
Suit Ace 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Jack Queen King
Clubs Ace of clubs 2 of clubs 3 of clubs 4 of clubs 5 of clubs 6 of clubs 7 of clubs 8 of clubs 9 of clubs 10 of clubs Jack of clubs Queen of clubs King of clubs
Diamonds Ace of diamonds 2 of diamonds 3 of diamonds 4 of diamonds 5 of diamonds 6 of diamonds 7 of diamonds 8 of diamonds 9 of diamonds 10 of diamonds Jack of diamonds Queen of diamonds King of diamonds
Hearts Ace of hearts 2 of hearts 3 of hearts 4 of hearts 5 of hearts 6 of hearts 7 of hearts 8 of hearts 9 of hearts 10 of hearts Jack of hearts Queen of hearts King of hearts
Spades Ace of spades 2 of spades 3 of spades 4 of spades 5 of spades 6 of spades 7 of spades 8 of spades 9 of spades 10 of spades Jack of spades Queen of spades King of spades

Synonyms

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Example set of 52 poker playing cards
Suit Ace 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Jack Queen King
Clubs ace of clubs two of clubs three of clubs four of clubs five of clubs six of clubs seven of clubs eight of clubs nine of clubs ten of clubs jack of clubs queen of clubs king of clubs
Diamonds ace of diamonds two of diamonds three of diamonds four of diamonds five of diamonds six of diamonds seven of diamonds eight of diamonds nine of diamonds ten of diamonds jack of diamonds queen of diamonds king of diamonds
Hearts ace of hearts two of hearts three of hearts four of hearts five of hearts six of hearts seven of hearts eight of hearts nine of hearts ten of hearts jack of hearts queen of hearts king of hearts
Spades ace of spades two of spades three of spades four of spades five of spades six of spades seven of spades eight of spades nine of spades ten of spades jack spades queen of spades king of spades

See also

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