Blank (playing card) court cards are also called "Ladons", "Latons" or "Ladonis". Low-value poker cards may be called "rags". Blank (playing card) A blank is playing card in card-point games that is a non-counter or is worth nothing. The names of the non-counters varies from region to region and game to game. In Poker they are blanks, bricks or bombs. In the German games of Schafkopf, Doppelkopf, Sixty-six and Skat, the 7s, 8s and 9s in all card suits are "Luschen". In the popular Swiss game of Jass the "Luschen" are the 6s, 7s, 8s and 9s; unlike Skat, however, the 9 of
Deuce (playing card) for 'coins', recorded since the 19th century, because in a game played for money, the aces are worth cash. Quite similar is the saying "Däuser bauen Häuser" ("deuces build houses"), which has been used since 1850, because with a trick with several aces, one quickly scores the points needed to win. Deuce (playing card) The Deuce (, plural: "Däuser") is the playing card with the highest value in German card games. It may have derived its name from dice games in which the face of the die with two pips is also called a "Daus" in German. Unlike the Ace,