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{{Short description|Playing card deck used in English-speaking countries}}
[[File:Playing cards collage.jpg|thumb|200px|Cards from a standard, Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-American pattern, deck]]
The '''standard 52-card deck'''{{Citation needed|reason=See talk, who defines the standard, suggest swapping for typical|date=February 2024}} of [[French-suited playing cards]] is the most common pack of [[playing card]]s used today. The main feature of most playing card decks that empower their use in diverse games and other activities is their double-sided design, where one side, usually bearing a colourful or complex pattern, is exactly identical on all playing cards, thus ensuring the anonymity and fungibility of the cards when their value is to be kept secret, and a second side, that, when apparent, is unique to every individual card in a deck, usually bearing a suit as well as an alphanumerical value, which may be used to distinguish the card in game mechanics. In [[English-speaking world|English-speaking countries]] it is the only traditional pack{{efn|'Deck' and 'pack' are synonymous; 'deck' tends to be used in the United States and 'pack' elsewhere.}} used for playing cards; in many countries, however, it is used alongside other traditional, often older, standard packs with different suit systems such as those with [[German-suited cards|German-]], [[Italian-suited cards|Italian-]], [[Spanish-suited cards|Spanish-]] or [[Swiss-suited cards|Swiss suits]]. The most common pattern of French-suited cards worldwide and the only one commonly available in English-speaking countries is the [[English pattern]] pack. The second most common is the [[Belgian-Genoese pattern]], designed in France, but whose use spread to [[Spain]], [[Italy]], the [[Ottoman Empire]], the [[Balkans]] and much of [[North Africa]] and the [[Middle East]].<ref name=PS80>[https://i-p-c-s.org/pattern/bgp.html ''Pattern Sheet 80''] at i-p-c-s.org. Retrieved 23 August 2020.</ref> In addition to those, there are other major international and regional patterns including standard 48-card packs, for example, in Italy that use [[Italian-suited cards]]. In other regions, such as Spain and [[Switzerland]], the traditional standard pack comprises 36, 40 or 48 cards.

== Composition ==
A standard 52-card French-suited deck comprises 13 ranks in each of the four [[suit (cards)|suits]]: clubs ({{Clubs}}), diamonds ({{Diams}}), hearts ({{Hearts}}) and spades ({{Spades}}). Each suit includes three [[court cards]] (face cards), [[King (playing card)|King]], [[Queen (playing card)|Queen]] and [[Jack (playing card)|Jack]], with [[reversible (cards)|reversible]] (i.e. [[double-headed cards|double headed]]) images. Each suit also includes ten numeral cards or pip cards, from one (Ace) to ten. The card with one pip is known as an [[Ace]]. Each pip card displays the number of [[Pip (counting)|pips]] (symbols of the suit) corresponding to its number, as well as the appropriate numeral (except "A" for the Ace) in at least two corners.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

In addition, commercial decks often include from one to six [[Joker (playing card)|Joker]]s; most commonly two or three since the mid-20th century. The Jokers are often distinguishable from one another, either in design or colour, as some [[card game]]s require these extra cards.<ref>[[John McLeod (card game researcher)|McLeod, John]]. [https://www.pagat.com/class/french.html Games played with French suited cards] at [[pagat.com]]. Retrieved 17 April 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.i-p-c-s.org/wp/french-regional-pattern-sheets/ ''French regional pattern sheets''] and [https://www.i-p-c-s.org/wp/french-non-regional-pattern-sheets/ ''French non-regional pattern sheets''] at i-p-c-s.org. Retrieved 17 April 2017.</ref> The Jokers can also be used as replacements for lost or damaged cards.

There are [[Factorial|52!]] or exactly 80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000 (approximately 8.0658{{E|67}}) possible [[permutation|arrangements]] of a standard 52-card deck.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mulcahy |first=Colm |title=Mathematical Card Magic: Fifty-Two New Effects |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4665-0976-4 |pages=17 |quote=Similarly, there are {{math|52! &equals; 52 × 51 × ⋯ × 1}}, which is about {{val|8E67}}, ways to arrange all of the cards in a deck.}}</ref>

[[File:Piatnikcards.jpg|thumb|centre|upright=4|English pattern pack by [[Piatnik]] of [[Austria]]. The English pattern is also known as the Anglo-American or International pattern.]]

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== New-deck order (NDO) ==
{{unsourced section|date=October 2025}}

Major playing card manufacturers deliver new decks of playing cards arranged in "New Deck Order" (NDO) or a very close variation of it: It starts with two Jokers (if any), then ascending the Ace-to-King of Spades, Ace-to-King of Diamonds, then descending King-to-Ace of Clubs, and finally King-to-Ace of Hearts.

NDO has three benefits:
<ul>
<li>Standardized ordering simplifies quality control</li>
<li>Perception of untouched freshness and newness: Consumers, gamblers and collectors expect and appreciate a neutral, unshuffled starting point (Incidentally, casino decks are pre-shuffled, and finally punched or stamped to prevent re-use)</li>
<li>This order is useful for many card tricks and effects, by ensuring memorability, facilitating sleight-of-hand and false shuffles (e.g. performing eight perfect Faro shuffles on NDO restores it to its original state), and the ascending-then-descending order allows for tricks that depend on palindromic or cyclic structures.</li>
</ul>

== Design ==
[[File:4kingsPRL.png|thumb|''Dondorf Rhineland pattern'']]
{{main|French-suited playing cards}}
The most popular standard pattern of the French deck is the ''English pattern''{{efn|'English pattern' is the name recommended by the [[International_Playing-Card_Society|IPCS]].}} (pictured above), sometimes referred to as the ''International pattern'' or ''Anglo-American pattern''.<ref name=IPCS>{{cite web|url=http://i-p-c-s.org/pattern/ps-48.html|title= The English pattern|publisher= [[International Playing-Card Society]]|access-date= 17 April 2017}}</ref> The second most common is the [[Belgian-Genoese pattern]], which was designed in France for export and spread to Spain, Italy, the Ottoman Empire, the Balkans and much of North Africa and the Middle East.<ref name=PS80/> There are also numerous others such as the ''Berlin pattern'', ''Nordic pattern'', ''Dondorf Rhineland'' pattern (pictured right) and the variants of the ''European pattern''.

Modern playing cards carry index labels on opposite corners or in all four  to facilitate identifying the cards when they overlap and so that they appear identical for players on opposite sides. For the Ace and court cards, this label is the initial letter or letters of the name of that card. In English-speaking countries they are lettered A, K, Q and J for Ace, King, Queen and Jack. In other countries the letters may vary, although the English versions are also sometimes used. [[German playing cards|Germany]] uses A, K, D and B (''Ass'',{{efn|Formerly ''Aß'' or ''As''.}} ''König'', ''Dame'' and ''Bube''); [[Russian playing cards|Russia]] uses the Cyrillic letters Т, К, Д and В (''Tuz'', ''Korol'', ''Dama'' and ''Valet''); Sweden uses E, K, D and Kn (''Ess'', ''Kung'', ''Dam'' and ''Knekt'') and [[French playing cards|France]] uses 1, R, D, V (''As'', ''Roi'', ''Dame'', and ''Valet''). Some older Finnish cards used to have numbers 1-13.

All early playing cards were [[single-headed cards| single headed]] (also called single ended). During the 19th century, card manufacturers began designing double-headed cards so that the cards could be readily identified whichever way up they were. In the case of court cards, this entailed cutting off the lower half of the image and replacing it with an inverted copy of the top half usually, but not always, with a horizontal or sloping dividing line between the two halves. Today, while single headed patterns of German-suited and Latin-suited cards still exist, modern French-suited cards are invariably double-headed.

Although French-suited, 52-card packs are the most common playing cards used internationally, there are many countries or regions where the traditional pack size is only 36 (Russia, Bavaria) or 32 (north and central Germany, Austria) or where regional cards with smaller packs are preferred for many games. For example, 40- or 48-card [[Italian-suited packs]] are common in Italy; 40- and 48-card [[Spanish-suited packs]] on the Iberian peninsula; and 36-card [[German-suited packs]] are very common in Bavaria and Austria. In addition, [[Tarot card games|tarot card]]s are required for games such as [[French Tarot]] (78 cards), which is widely played in France, and the [[Tarock (card games)|Tarock]] family of games (42 or 54 cards) played in countries like Austria and Hungary.

== History ==

The English pattern pack originated in Britain, which was importing French playing cards from Rouen and Antwerp by 1480. The earliest cards of the English pattern date to around 1516. Britain only started manufacturing its own cards towards the end of the 16th century, when card production began in London. These were based on the Rouen pattern, but unlike the traditional French cards, they dropped the names on the court cards. The English pattern evolved, in the process losing "some of its Rouen flavour and elegance and became more and more stylised. The figures took more space in the cards and many details were distorted."<ref name=IPCS/>

All early cards of this type were single headed, but around 1860, the double-headed cards, universally used on modern decks, appeared. Corner indices were added around 1880. During the 19th century, the English pattern spread all over the world and is now used almost everywhere, even in countries where traditional patterns and other suits are popular. In America, the English pattern was copied onto wider cards.<ref name=IPCS/>

The fanciful design and manufacturer's logo commonly displayed on the [[ace of spades]] began under the reign of [[James I of England]], who passed a law requiring an insignia on that card as proof of payment of a [[tax]] on local manufacture of cards.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}

Until August 4, 1960, decks of playing cards printed and sold in the [[United Kingdom]] were liable for taxable duty and the ace of spades carried an indication of the name of the printer and the fact that taxation had been paid on the cards.{{efn|The [[Stamp Act 1765]] imposed a tax on playing cards.}} The packs were also sealed with a government [[duty]] wrapper.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}

==Card size==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;" 
|+Card sizes by manufacturer
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Manufacturer
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Country
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Marketed as 
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Length
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Width
|-
! scope="col" | in !! scope="col" | mm
! scope="col" | in !! scope="col" | mm
|-
|scope="row"| De La Rue (c. 1870)
| UK
| not specified
| {{cvt|94|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|64|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|- 
|scope="row"| Kem
| US
| Poker{{efn|Kem Poker cards are close to the B8 (88 x 62 mm) size of [[ISO 216]].}} (wide)
| {{cvt|3.5|in|mm|disp=table}}
| {{cvt|2.5|in|mm|disp=table}}
|-
|scope="row"| Piatnik
| Austria
| Classic Poker, Poker Pro (wide)
| {{cvt|88|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|63|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| Bicycle
| US
| Poker
| {{cvt|88|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|63|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| Cartamundi
| Belgium
| Poker
| {{cvt|88|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|63|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| Cartamundi
| Belgium
| Bridge
| {{cvt|87|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|56|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| Handa
| Denmark
| not specified (wide){{efn|Taken from a pack with a tourist motif, so may have been aimed at American market.}}
| {{cvt|91|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|62|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| De La Rue (c. 1890)
| UK
| not specified<br/><small>(Pneumatic Series F (Thin))</small>
| {{cvt|90|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|62|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| Ravensburger
| Germany
| Poker
| {{cvt|92|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|59|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| ASS Altenburger
| Germany
| Poker, Rummy
| {{cvt|91|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|59|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| Piatnik
| Austria
| Bridge, Poker, Whist (narrow)
| {{cvt|89|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|58|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| Waddingtons
| UK
| Bridge
| {{cvt|88|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|58|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| Kem
| US
| Bridge (narrow)
| {{cvt|3.5|in|mm|disp=table}}
| {{cvt|2.25|in|mm|disp=table}}
|-
|scope="row"| Handa
| Denmark
| not specified (narrow)
| {{cvt|87|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|56|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|-
|scope="row"| Oberg
| Sweden
| Poker
| {{cvt|87|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
| {{cvt|56|mm|in|disp=table|order=flip}}
|}
[[File:comparison_playing_card_size.svg|thumb|upright|Comparison of dimensions of common playing card sizes]]

Historically the size of playing cards was down to the printer, but during the 19th century sizes became standardised, initially to a size of 3½ {{times}} 2½ inches. Today these are often referred to as "wide" cards or "poker-sized" cards. Wider playing cards had advantages: it was harder to cheat and, if packs were unavailable, dog-eared cards could be trimmed smaller. Narrower cards, known as "whist-sized" or "bridge-sized" cards, probably first appeared in Europe and enabled players to handle the larger numbers of cards required for games like bridge.<ref name=Wastrack>Wastrack, Harry (2005). ''Price Guide for Collectible Playing Cards: Volume I: Advertising, Humor, Patience, Pinup, Transportation.'' Xlibris.</ref><ref>Kem Cards official website. {{Citation|title=Narrow (Bridge) Size verses Wide (Poker) Size|url=http://www.kemcards.net/kem-narrow-vs-wide-size|access-date=2014-02-27|postscript=.}}</ref> 

However, there is no formal requirement for precise adherence and minor variations are produced by various manufacturers in different countries.<ref>In a sample of 95 American bridge and poker card sets, lengths ranged from 87.50&nbsp;mm to 89.50&nbsp;mm. In a sample of 28 bridge sized cards, widths varied from 56.98&nbsp;mm to 58.25&nbsp;mm. In a sample of 67 poker sized cards, widths varied from 62.44 to 63.54&nbsp;mm. Reference: Home Poker Tourney website. {{Citation|title= Playing Card Review|url=http://www.homepokertourney.com/playing-card-reviews.htm|access-date=2014-02-27|postscript=.}}</ref> In Germany, for example, standard Poker and Rummy packs by [[ASS Altenburger]] and [[Ravensburger]] measure 92 × 59 mm.<ref>[https://www.ravensburger.de/produkte/spiele/kartenspiele/poker-27068/index.html ''Poker''] at ravensburger.de. Retrieved 21 August 2020.</ref> Austria's [[Piatnik]] sells packs marketed for Bridge, Poker and Whist measuring 89 × 58 mm;<ref>[https://www.piatnik.com/spiele/spielkarten/bridge/bridge-poker-whist ''Bridge – Poker – Whist''] at piatnik.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.</ref> while Britain's Waddingtons produce generic packs sized at 88 × 58 mm.

Other sizes are also available, such as a medium size (usually {{convert|67|xx|42|mm|in|disp=or|abbr=on}}) and a miniature size (typically {{convert|45|xx|32|mm|in|disp=or|abbr=on}}).<ref name=Hall>[https://www.wopc.co.uk/cards/patience-cards-and-boxes ''Patience Cards and their Boxes''] at World of Playing Cards. Retrieved 12 February 2022.</ref> These are often intended for playing [[Patience (game)|patience]] or solitaire games.<ref name=Hall/> Larger 'jumbo' cards are produced for [[Card manipulation|card tricks]] and those with poor eyesight.

The thickness and weight of modern playing cards are subject to numerous variables related to their purpose of use and associated material design for durability, stiffness, texture and appearance.<ref>In a sample of 28 bridge-sized cards, the weight of a card varied from 1.8&nbsp;g to 2.48&nbsp;g and thickness from 0.26&nbsp; mm to 0.34&nbsp; mm. In a sample of 67 poker-sized cards, the weight of a card varied from 1.4&nbsp;g to 2.78&nbsp;g and thickness from 0.24&nbsp;mm to 0.34&nbsp;mm. Reference: Home Poker Tourney Web site. {{Citation|title= Playing Card Review|url=http://www.homepokertourney.com/playing-card-reviews.htm|access-date=2014-02-27|postscript=.}}</ref>

== Markings ==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2025}}
Some decks include additional design elements. [[Casino]] [[blackjack]] decks may include markings intended for a machine to check the ranks of cards, or shifts in rank location to allow a manual check via an inlaid mirror. Many casino decks and solitaire decks have four indices instead of just two. Some modern decks have bar code markings on the edge of the face to enable them to be sorted by machine (for playing duplicate bridge, especially simultaneous events where the same hands may be played at many different venues). Some decks have large indices for clarity. These are sometimes sold as 'seniors' cards for older people with limited eyesight, but may also be used in games like [[stud poker]], where being able to read cards from a distance is a benefit and hand sizes are small.

== Four-colour packs ==
{{main|Four-colour pack}}
The standard French-suited pack uses black for the spades and clubs, and red for the hearts and diamonds. However, some packs use [[Four-color deck|four colours]] for the suits in order to make it easier to tell them apart. There are several schemes: a common one is the English Poker format with black spades ({{♠}}), red hearts ({{♥}}), blue diamonds ({{cards|♦|diamonds_color=blue}}), and green clubs ({{cards|♣|clubs_color=green}}). Another common system is based on the German suits and uses green spades ({{cards|♠|spades_color=green}}), yellow diamonds ({{cards|♦|diamonds_color=#DDDD00}}), red hearts ({{♥}}), and black clubs ({{♣}}).

== Nomenclature ==
When giving the full written name of a specific card, the rank is given first followed by the suit, e.g., "Seven of clubs" or "Seven of Clubs".{{efn|Sources vary as to the capitalization used with American sources tending to favor lower case and British sources tending towards capitals, but there are numerous exceptions and some sources combine them e.g "Seven of clubs".}} Shorthand notation may reflect this by listing the rank first, "{{cards|7♣︎}}"; this is common usage when discussing [[poker]]; but it is equally common in more general sources to find the suit listed first, as in "{{cards|♠K}}" for a single card or "{{cards|♠AKQ}}" for multiple cards. This is common practice when writing about [[Contract bridge|bridge]] as it helps differentiate between the card(s) and the contract (e.g. "4{{♥}}", a contract of four hearts). Tens may be either abbreviated to T or written as 10.

== Terminology ==
Common collective and individual terms for playing cards that are relevant, but not exclusive to, the 52-card pack are:
*'''Face card''' or '''court card'''{{snd}}a jack, queen or king.
*'''Honour card''' – a card that attracts a special bonus or payment for being held or captured in play.<ref>Parlett (2008), p. 644.</ref> In bridge, honours are the aces, the court cards and tens (A, K, Q, J, 10); in whist and related games, the aces and courts (A, K, Q, J).<ref>Arnold (1988), p. vii.</ref>
*'''Wild card'''{{snd}} card that may be designated by the owner to represent any other card.<ref>Phillips (1957), p. 412.</ref>
*'''Numerals''' or '''pip cards''' are the cards numbered from 2 to 10.
*"1" cards are usually known as '''aces'''.
*"2" cards are also known as '''deuces'''.
*"3" cards are also known as '''treys'''.

== Nicknames ==
{{For|a comprehensive list of card nicknames|List of playing-card nicknames}}
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Certain cards have acquired nicknames over time. The following common nicknames for cards of the English pattern pack only. Other patterns are different and may have other nicknames in the countries where they are used:
*'''One-eyed Jacks'''{{snd}}the jack of spades and the jack of hearts are depicted in profile, while the others are shown in full or oblique face.
*'''One-eyed Royals'''{{snd}}are the king of diamonds as well as the one-eyed jacks. The rest of the courts are shown in full or oblique face.
*'''Suicide Kings'''{{snd}}The [[king of hearts]] is typically shown with a [[sword]] behind his head, making him appear to be stabbing himself. Similarly, the one-eyed king of diamonds is typically shown with an axe behind his head with the blade facing toward him. These depictions, and their blood-red colour, inspired this nickname.
*The king of diamonds is traditionally armed with an axe, while the other three kings are armed with swords; thus, the king of diamonds is sometimes referred to as "'''the man with the axe'''". This is the basis of the trump "[[one-eyed jack]]s and the man with the axe". Poker may be played with wild cards, often "Aces, Jacks, and the King with the Axe".
*The [[ace of spades]], unique in its large, ornate spade, is sometimes said to be the death card or the picture card, and in some games is used as a trump card. It has the nicknames '''Old Frizzle''' and '''Spadille'''.
*The [[queen of spades]] usually holds a [[sceptre]] and is sometimes known as "'''the bedpost queen'''", though more often she is called the "'''black lady'''". She is the only queen facing right.
*In many decks, the queen of clubs holds a flower. She is thus known as the '''"flower queen"''', though this design element is among the most variable; the Bicycle Poker deck depicts all queens with a flower styled according to their suit.

== Computer representations ==
=== SVG ===
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!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
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|{{card|club|5|40px}}
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!Diamonds
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!Hearts
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!Spades
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===Unicode===
As of [[Unicode 7.0]], playing cards are now represented. Note that the following chart ("Cards", Range: 1F0A0–1F0FF) includes cards from the [[Tarot Nouveau]] deck, as well as the standard 52-card deck.

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==See also==<!-- Please respect alphabetical order -->
* [[500 (card game)|500]] decks coming with extra ranks
* [[Stripped deck]]s come with fewer ranks.
* [[Tarot Nouveau]], the most common French-suited tarot game deck

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|40em}}

== Bibliography ==
* Arnold, Peter (1988). ''The Book of Card Games'', 2nd edn. London: Barnes & Noble. {{ISBN|1-56619-950-6}}
* [[Parlett, David]] (2008), ''The Penguin Book of Card Games'', London: Penguin, {{ISBN|978-0-141-03787-5}}
* [[Hubert Phillips|Phillips, Hubert]] (1957), ed. ''Culbertson's Card Games Complete.'' Watford: Arco.

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