Set (cards) Set (cards) A set or group in card games is a scoring combination consisting of three or more playing cards of the same rank; in some games, such as Bieten, a set may also comprise just two cards (a 'pair'). Sets are one of the two types of meld that may be used in games where melding is part of the play; the other being a set or sequence. A set or group comprises 3 or 4 cards of the same rank and, usually, different suits. A prial (pair royal) or triplet is a set of 3 cards of equal
Trionfi (cards) which offers details about the deck and a cursory explanation of how it is played. It likely had a total of 60 cards (four kings, forty pip cards and sixteen trumps). The forty-four plain-suited cards used birds as suit signs and the trumps presented sixteen Roman gods. In two suits, the pip cards are in reverse order as in many of the oldest card games. Two decks from June 1457 seem to relate to a visit at Ferrara of the young Milanese heir of the dukedom Galeazzo Maria Sforza in July/August 1457. Each deck consisted of 70 cards — the