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Playing card. Playing cards is the name for the 54 cards used card games like poker, bridge, blackjack, and solitaire. There are 52 basic cards in a deck. These cards have a suit and a number (called the value or rank). There are 4 suits and 13 ranks in each suit. There are also two Jokers that do not have a suit or a rank.
Most modern decks have 52 playing cards. A full deck consists of 4 suits of cards, each with its own ace, ranks from two to ten, a jack, a queen, and a king. Although two to four jokers may be found on most decks, they are not played in card games.