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
Yaniv (card game) as a “One Eyed Jack” or more commonly abbreviated to a “One Eye” and are considered the best scoring cards in the game. Yaniv (card game) Yaniv (Hebrew יניב), also known as "Dhumbal" or "Jhyap," is an Israeli card game that is popular in Nepal. It is similar to Blackjack with some minor differences in the process of gameplay. Yaniv has many variations, ranging from two to five players in each. Yaniv is played with a 54-card deck, made by adding two jokers to a standard 52-card deck. The game is divided into rounds, with a total score tally kept