Playing card

A playing card was a type of card that was marked with symbols that belonged to a deck. A variety of card games could be played with them. There were fifty-two cards to a standard deck. Cards bearing the face of a figure were known as picture cards.
While typically rectangular, playing cards might also come in a circular shape. (; ; )
Fictional knights based on anthropomorphic playing card existed in the Earth classic Alice Through the Looking Glass. Several of artificial knaves carrying s chased the landing party from the during its second visit to the Shore Leave Planet in 2269. ()
In 2376, when Harry Kim was navigating through a Borg cube, he used playing cards to mark his path, in case he had to come back the same way. He placed a three of hearts on a transwarp conduit and a nine of diamonds on a data node. Mezoti, found one of the cards, a queen of hearts, and returned to him. ()
In 2380, Q set a challenge for the bridge crew of the by placing them on a giant chess board with elements of several different sports and games. In that challenge, the bridge crew's apparent opponents were anthropoplaying cards (some of which carried hockey sticks). ()
== Deck format ==
;Ranks
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* Deuce
;Suits
* Clubs
* Diamonds
* Hearts
* Spades
== Card games ==
* Baccarat
* Blackjack
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* Canasta
* Cardassian pinochle
* Double-jack
* Five-card stud
* Gin rummy
* Go Fish
* Fizzbin
* Pinochle
* Poker
* Rummy
* Seven-card stud
* Solitaire
* Tongo
== See also ==
* Baseball card
* Card counting
* Casino
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Category:Recreation