the invention includes specialized card decks and methods of play that revolve around three groups or groups of cards — numerical cards of 3 suits , 3 types face cards , and high cards . in one embodiment of the invention , the card deck consists of 52 specialized cards , which are divided into groups with the following general hierarchy : 4 high cards that trump all other cards and 12 face cards that trump all 36 numerical suit cards . within each group , the rank of each card is : all high cards are equal ; face card x beats face card y , face card y beats face card z , and face card z beats face card x ; higher numbers beat lower numbers of any suit ; and suit p beats suit r , suit r beats suit s , and suit s beats suit p . in addition , each card may have a “ draw value ,” i . e . a number of cards that must be drawn by a player as a consequence for playing a particular card .