The History of Playing Cards
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The 52-card deck is a pretty universally known object. Every household in America (and I would presume most countries in the world) has one or two decks lying around their house. They’re used for magic, fortune telling, and most commonly for playing games. But this deck, with four suits of two colors, numbers one through ten, and three face cards per suit, seems normal to us. But where did it all come from? Let’s find out.
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A History of Playing Cards And a Bibliography of Cards And Gaming by Catherine Perry Hargrave and U.S. Playing Card Co.
A Concise History of Playing-cards by Simon Wintle www.wopc.co.uk...
The History of Playing Cards: The Evolution of the Modern Deck by Will Roya
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Joker cards are also useful for replacing lost cards; you can just write the specs of whatever card is missing somewhere on the joker card.
Joker is used in modern games like Golf or Hand and Foot where in one you need to have 4 decks, 3 for under 4 players for golf then one more deck for number of players on Hand and Foot game. They are used as wild cards similar to some games of casual Poker where jokers are left in the deck.
For those of you who don't recognize the book of Judith, it's only considered part of the Bible if you're Catholic or Orthodox. Protestants usually don't include it in their Bible, or only do so as part of the Apocrypha.
Or the Ethiopian Church! All books are part of the Canon there
@@AnaIvanovic4evereven the childhood gospels?
@@teogonzalez7957 I'm not sure but I think not. They were written pretty late in Europe right? But all late Jewish books written during Persian and Selucid times like Enoch, Maccabies etc are canonical.
@AnaIvanovic4ever Technically the Coptic Church is Oriental Orthodox
@@AnaIvanovic4everMy Understanding is the Ethiopian Canon doesn’t include the Catholic/Orthodox books of Maccabees, preferring their own, completely different accounts of the same events, recorded originally in Ge’ez. But otherwise they include all the books from the Greek Septuagint/Latin Vulgate, including the ones the Orthodox and Catholics no longer consider canon and a bunch of other minor books. But yeah, there’s SO many other ancient books that didn’t make it into ANY canon, even the Ethiopian…usually for good reason.
The three suits of the Chinese money cards makes me think they're the inspiration to the Mahjong suits. Which also said to represent coins, string of coins and myriad of coins equating to circles, bamboo and character suits respectively.
They are indeed. Mahjong is the direct local descendant of the money cards, and their evolution is why we know so much about the money cards despite paper playing cards of that original style not surviving to the modern day
It's also quits possible that "spades" came from "spade" (spah-deh) in italian, which means "sword"
And spades does correspond to the suit of swords
Japanese Hanafuda cards actually don’t descend directly from Chinese money cards-though their local versions of Mahjong do-They descend from komatsufuda, local copies of Portuguese playing cards imported at the end of the Sengoku Jidai. They were banned under the Tokugawa shogunate, hence their radical redesign from 4 suits of 12 cards (1 thru 9, Female Knave, Knight, King) each to 12 suits of 4 cards each, with no foreign or gambling-related symbolism to avoid the ban.
There's also a related development of the Portuguese cards called I think "Unsun Karuta" or similar (Karuta=card). They survived the Tokugawa ban in some remote village, having 5 suits of 15 cards each, and they look badass as fuck. Looking at the five face cards, they seem to be Ashigaru, Bushi, Lady, Daimyo, Sage, Dragon. Imagine winning poker with a hand of five-of-a-kind Dragons...
No explanation about the ACE card?
It really is just a fancy name for the number one
A king and queen walk into a bar.The bartender say's "Sorry but you're not 21."
6:35 diomands? is that a typo or ye olde spelling? However, Charlemagne is definitely misspelled "Charlamange."
Good video. I didn't know about the face card names. I wonder if the Chinese myriads represented or were named after specific people too.
Charlemange is when he was having dinner
@@metallsnubben lmao I was afraid he might have a skin condition
No ye olde spellings here. Just misspellings. I swear there are always misspellings in my videos, no matter how many times I check haha
German 52 card decks actually have 3 jokers, and most German games also use them. So, no throwing away here 😊
The old German suits (acorn etc.) are also still very common esp. in the south and the east. They are typically used for a 32 cards deck starting at 7 to play THE German pub card game called Skat (a bit like bridge, but for 3 players).
I wouldn't say that Skat is at least somewhat similar to Bridge. The only things similar is the team aspect (even though it's temporary truces) and "trading" at the start. It's closer to Preferance than anything, and even then it's loosely similar. Skat is very unique!
I've never seen jokers get thrown away, so I found it odd when he said that. Usually they are just left in the box because they can be used as replacements for damaged or missing cards
High , Low , Jack , Joker , Joker , Game......
The purpose of the jokers is to protect the deck by putting one at each end. That's why a standard French deck has 52 cards, not 54.
I thought it was a replacement for cards you eventually lose
A lot of history missing - no mention of the trumps (tarots) of tarot deck (which probably inspired the jokers), no mention of how jacks and knights used to be used simultaneously....
All in all, a pretty good video though
Doubt that the major arcana actually inspired jokers. Sure, maybe the design, but for a very long time there was no jokers in most card games.
There's a family of card games using the tarot cards, the tarok games. They are very old games of european origin. They have special rules for The Fool card, so you could say that it was the first joker.
But for the rest of the games? Karnoffel didn't use them, Piquet doesn't, Skat doesn't, Whist doesn't. Euchre was one of the first modern games to use them, being designated as the second-highest and highest cards of the trump suit.
If anything, the major arcana inspired the trump suits in modern games! Before Whist (that's around 17th century I believe?), there was no trumps in most card games. Again, only Tarok had it. And it was the major arcana that was trump!
One evidence of that being the case is the card game Piquet, created during the lifetime (maybe a little more) of Jeanne d'Arc, 15th century. No trumps there, all suits equal.
And a bit of personal opinion: Piquet is a difficult game, hard to do the hand estimations there. Spades, Bezique or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are better suited for 2 player experience.
thanks for your vague bullsh*
I wonder if the Joker cards were inspired or derived from the Fool card from Tarot decks? Also if they were meant to add on to the other card designs to fill up a whole sheet of card stock for economy of printing and trimming purposes?
In Switzerland (at least in the north-eastern parts) we often use different cards. They are a bit similar to the German ones you explained in the video, as we also use the bell and the acorn, but instead of hearts and Leaves we use roses and shields.
The standard deck of our cards has 36 cards: 6, 7, 8, 9, Banner (which basically functions as the 10), Under (which means subordinate and is equivalent to the Jack), Ober (which means something like lord and replaces the queen), König (the King) and Ass (yeah, that‘s how we call the ace😅).
Fascinating! ALSO: face cards are topsy-turvy so they can't be used for fortune telling. Because sorcery is way worse than gambling, amiright? Oh AND: after a night of hard use, late-renaissance cards were basically trash. But as they had blank, white backs, they were prefect for writing brief notes on, especially a name and address, they later became calling cards, and then business cards.
Halk-bell???
It's hawk-bell...
I always throw the Joker cards away. The next deck I get I'll keep them and learn to play old maid. I think Jokers are in that game too.
Most people use them for two things: wild cards in poker and similar games, and replacement cards by writing the missing or damaged card on it.
@@litigioussociety4249 In Swedish it's pretty common to use the word joker for anything that would be called a "wild card" in English actually, including both literal cards in games (whether or not it's a classic card deck) and wild cards in sports (like a team that qualifies in a "lucky loser" way or getting a perfect score or whatever could be called a "jokerlag")
The way we play old maid is simply taking 3 queens out, the remaining being the "old maid". Much more flavorful that way 😁
Same
Chalices, Scimitars, Coins, Polo sticks
Me, who's familiar with Tarrot: _Oh._
Really interesting video! We in Greece call those symbols with some inspiration from the past. We have swords for clubs, goblets or cups for hearts, we use spade and for the diamonds we use the french carreau refering to its diamond shape.
Modern euchre doesn't use the Jokers 😂
The spade symbol comes from Canada!!!😊😁😊
I have seen a couple of trees near my place which are similar in looks with the spade symbol!!!
interesting! Knave reminds me of the old German word for boy: Knabe
At some point back then, I remember jokers come in four in a deck, now 2 is the standard
My Piatnik Star Club decks come with 3 jokers. I wish 4 was standard, they are useful it heaps of games
They still use 4 in Denmark, and perhaps some other countries.
My maternal family has always played 500 rum, which is a branch off Gin Rummy, the Jokers are wild. A lot of card games that my family plays generally include jokers, with most games including them as wilds and a few being negative cards.
Here is Slovakia, we still use the old German cards for certain games, but we call the color decks, in rough translation:
heart = redders (červeň)
leaf = greeners (zeleň)
acorn the same (žaluď)
bells = balls (guľa)
The most common game we play with these cards is called "Prší", which can be translated to "It's raining". I know, weird. Other names for this particular game are either "Priest" or "Pharaoh", because these are "Farár" or "Faraón" in Slovak, so they sound similar.
Why do we have such weird names for this game? I have no idea. The game has nothing in its rules resembling a rain or priest or pharaoh.
I've not met a single person here who haven't played this game many times. Everyone here knows this game and I bet it's the same in Czechia and other neighbouring countries.
In India jokers are used as wild cards!!! But, it depends on the players' discretion.
Very good video. Where I can download or buy these beautiful siits of different playing cards of world. Give the link in the comments, if you don't mind
Interesting video. Jsyk, where the four modern suits are described, the word "diamond" is misspelled as "diomond"! 🙃
in serbia we say hearths (same),clubs are detelina (clover),spades are leafs and diamonds are squeres :D
The origin in Europe is in 🇪🇸 not 🇮🇹.
Nobody cares ❤
Discovered your channel back when you released your coat of arms video. Wanted to see what happened in the meantime and must say I love what you do :)
Why are the J♡ and J♤ one eyed. And moustached whilst the other 2 aren't?
I could take a guess at why the K◇ who supposedly represents julius caesar, which is the only one eyed king is because he was stabbed in the back and is watching behind him
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9:50: I have also seen Jokers used (with appropriate marks on the face) as replacements for lost or destroyed cards, or as wild cards in Poker.
Where did you find the information on the specific Kings and Queens? I had heard about this before, but have not been able to verify it. I'd be very curious to see a reputable source for that.
I found the info on the Wikipedia page for those playing cards, but I don’t think it’s very reliable
It does not sound reliable to me, at all. No info given about who decided on the figures of history or why.
These names are written on all french decks. Looking in the online archives on the french national library, I can see a deck from 1740 with these names already on the cards, but another deck from 1664 has different names on it (Helene as queen of diamonds, Cyrus as king of diamonds...)
@@Pio2001 Thank you so much! Out of curiosity, is that on modern cards as well? Whilst Germany generally uses french style decks, I have never seen that here.
@@niklasbrandt7415 Yes, they are written in small characters. You can see a standard french deck in the french wikipedia, article "Jeu de cartes français" : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeu_de_cartes_fran%C3%A7ais
All decks look like this. We had a dozen of them in my grandparents house, used to play various games. The first time I saw an english deck I was like "what the heck are these ?... and why is it J, Q and K instead of V, D and R ???"
I like this channel.
Keep it up. 👍
Any stories or tidbits about “suicide kings” or “one eyed jacks”..?
I have a poker deck with names of K,s Qs & Js, it 100% matches !! ^^
I heard this kings and queens are on playing cards of rensasone times
What are batons exactly and what are they used fo? Couldn't find
Keep your Jokers. Never break up a complete deck.
we always used joker cards to replace missing or damaged cards.
Always a highlight in my feed to see an upload from this channel. Love these interesting obscure topics
Hi this is a very educational video and lika i said *very educational*
very compact video
I subscribed as soon as I heard Mr. Beat in the intro
Interesting and informative
I always considered the jokers to be wildcards.
You can also use the joker to play Euchre.
This channel is Generally underrated. Great video though.
Where they Marco Polo sticks?
Where did the aces come from?
I love your channel !!
great documentary on the playing cards !!
Great video. Thanks!
It's so amazing!
I collect jokers.
The USA collects them as well, they are stored on capital hill.
Nice 👍🏻
Very interesting
U sound like max derret
Thats awesome
diamond not diomond lol
You didn't explain why the Queen of Spades killed the King of Hearts.
Great video
6:37... Diamonds misspelled
Evolution of card suits
Three suits(China)
Coins,Wands,Myriads
The Myriads suit was abandoned
Four suits(Italy)
Coins split with Cups
Wands split with Swords
Updated(Germany)
Coins turned into Bells
Wands turned into Acorns
Swords turned into Shields
Cups turned into Roses
Later Roses became Hearts and Shields became Leaves
Current suits(UK)
Spades,Hearts,Clovers and Diams
Four color variation
Black,Red,Aqua blue,Yellow
Extra suit(2020s):Gold stars(green in four color deck)
@01:38 SAIR-uh-sen
Your video was very interesting. I’m most used to the Tarot being transformed into playing cards over time. I didn’t know that each card in the playing card court related to a historical figure.
“diomands” 😂😂😂😂😂
Why is the Ace of Spades printed differently from other Aces?
So that the printing house, those who made the cards, could be identified without the deck of cards. Tradition stems back to 18th century England. It's mostly a western thing, it seems, as most european card packs have Ace of Spades same as all other aces
Diomand? Charlamange? 🤣
And the Ace?
Diomand?
Cool
I've been on RUclips too long, I got the videos title perfect in searching for something just like this 😂
6:46 hehe diomands
i feel like if they pit athena, godess of war, and a knight who fought alongside joan of arc, they could've joan of arc as one of the queens. i know theres not realky anything i can do about it but i feel like its a but of a missed opportunity😭😭
I just wanted to mention that the symbols that we still use in italy are not for a set of cards used in poker, but a descendent of tarots that we use for games such as Briscola
I collect rare decks as a compulsive shopping outlet. I have a deck in the house.
There is a mystery map of the cards it gives every birthday a. Card and tells your personality and tells the future its Accurate
Really enjoyed this one! New subscriber. 🎉
No idea the jokers originated from America.
Is there any significance to the face cards looking left/right?
Best video to watch instead of going to sleep
❤👍 1:37
Love your vids, always happy to see another one pop up, thanks!
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This is a great explanation
First comment:
This is a great explanation
Ha! Since childhood I have called the suits: hearts, clovers, shovels & diamonds!
I love playing euka for money 🤗
Dude, you messed up a lot in this video. First, playing cards are based on dominoes (and dominoes are based on dice), after that they made money cards, Chinese Cards deck had 4 suits, coins, strings, 10k, and miriads(4th was miriads), they droped miridas when they created mahjong. Value in the corner of the card is appered just in XIX century, check your info more closely
La Hire wishes to kill something 😅
Cool toe workout, havent seen that anywhere
Mad fascinsting!
You forgot about the ace
Good
Check your spelling next time.
Great video but dude please lose the music, it's bad and makes watching the video really annoying in an environment that already has background music playing
Trump comes from the French word TROMPE, which means to fool, or trick. Like in the phrase “trompe d’oeil”, meaning “trick of the eye”.
In games like Spades, or Hearts a round of play is called a “trick”. A “TRUMP CARD” can win a trick, not by being the highest value card, but only by special rule. For instance, a 2 of Spades can beat the Ace of Diamonds and win the TRICK.
So, a TRUMP is used to win TRICKS. Not by being better, but to make the game more exciting.
Lmao - Alexander the Great had one of the largest empires. Not even close. Check your facts first please
My Father Used To Play Bridge
In an „arte“ Documentary they said that Argine is for Mary Mother of Jesus.