Card game culture has led to the near-universal popularity and availability of French-suited playing cards even in areas with their own regional card art. In Japan, a distinct 48-card hanafuda deck is popular. It is derived from 16th-century Portuguese decks, after undergoing a long evolution driven by laws enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate attempting to ban the use of playing cards The best-known deck internationally is the 52-card Anglo-American deck used for such games as poker and contract bridge. It contains one card for each unique combination of thirteen "ranks" and the four French "suits" "spades", "hearts", "diamonds", and "clubs". The ranks
Civilization: The Card Game Civilization: The Card Game Civilization: The Card Game is a card game designed by "Civilization IV" lead designer Soren Johnson, based on "Civilization IV". It was developed in 2006 by Firaxis Games, as a bonus in the "Sid Meier's Civilization Chronicles" boxed set (a collection of every "Civilization" series game up to that point), and is not available independently. Civilization: The Card Game simulates the rise of empires as in the computer game "Civilization". Players will collect resources, obtain plots of land, construct Buildings and Wonders, discover Technologies, and fight each other on their way to victory. The game ends