Jack (playing card) traditional ranking of cards, where the ace or king generally occupied the first rank. This is seen in the earliest known European card games, such as Karnöffel, as well as in more recent ones such as Euchre. Games with such promotion include: Jack (playing card) A jack or knave is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, pictures a man in the traditional or historic aristocratic dress generally associated with Europe of the 16th or 17th century. The usual rank of a jack, within its suit, plays as if it was an 11 (that is, between the
Unter (playing card) Unter (playing card) The Unter, also called the Wenzel or Wenz, and (in Swiss) also the Under, is a court card in the German and Swiss-suited playing cards, which corresponds to the Jack in French decks. The name "Unter" (lit.: "under") comes from the fact that the suit sign is located in the lower part of the card as opposed to the higher ranking "Ober" (lit. "over") whose suit sign is located on the top of the card. Unters were described soon after the introduction of playing cards in Europe. In 1377, Johannes of Rheinfelden wrote that the lowest court