Patent ID: 7055823

Claim:
A method of playing a card game, comprising: providing: at least one deck of a plurality of playing cards with markings and emblems for different ranking and identification configured to be used in said game; said plurality of playing cards are divided into a plurality of categories; and said plurality of categories is categorized into a common theme, wherein the object is to win all cards from the opponent in a two-player game using the following rules: a dealer shuffling said plurality of cards and dealing alternate cards of said plurality of cards to each player, face down in a stack in front of each player; each player turns over the top card of their stack thus exposing the top card, and puts it beside their stack of cards face up so that their opponent can see it, creating one of three situations; if said exposed cards are from different categories, the player with a higher ranked card wins and collects his opponent's card; if said exposed cards are differently ranked cards from the same category, then said winner is determined by emblems on said cards, said emblems comprising a first emblem, a second emblem, a third emblem, and a fourth emblem, said emblems having a predetermined hierarchy wherein said first emblem beats said second emblem and said third emblem, said second emblem beats said fourth emblem and said third emblem, said fourth emblem beats said first emblem, and said third emblem beats said fourth emblem, a player having a higher emblem collects his opponent's card, if the emblems are the same, then the higher ranked card wins; and said game continues until a player wins all of said plurality of cards from his opponent.