Blank (playing card) 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 trumps, "Nell", is worth 14 points and is thus an exception; it ranks in the hierarchy
Transformation playing card Butler Yeats was one of the first to contribute a card design to the magazine. The feature remained popular for some time. Some have estimated that around 70 different transformation decks were created throughout the entire nineteenth century, which by modern standards is a relatively small number. This period of time also witnessed progression with this art-form. By the late 19th century more colourful and creative transformation decks by Vanity Fair and Harlequin appeared, which showed pips incorporated into artwork that depicted people dining, skating, playing tennis and riding bicycles. Transformation playing cards like "Art for the Earth" by The