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Standard playing cards
Standard playing cards or the French deck is a deck of 52 cards (or more if jokers are included).
A deck contains four suits; two red; hearts (♥) and diamonds (♦) and two black; clubs (♣) and spades (♠). Each suit has thirteen cards; an ace, the numbers 2 to 10 and the face cards; jack, queen and king. The deck can be used for a variety of different games.
In-universe[edit]
In Yu-Gi-Oh! series, the following games have been played:
Yugi Muto once made a card tower using these cards.[1]
Real-world[edit]
In around 1998, a set of Yu-Gi-Oh! Playing Cards were produced by Angel Playing Cards which featured artworks of cards and characters from the Toei anime series.
Another set of Yu-Gi-Oh! Playing Cards, based on the NAS anime series, was later produced by Aquarius Entertainment Merchandising.
Card artworks[edit]
A number of Duel Monsters/Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game cards have been based on standard playing cards or games involving standard playing cards, including:
- Three Musketeers of Face Cards
- Arcana Knight Joker
- Royal Straight
- Royal Straight Slasher
- Straight Flush
References[edit]
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei) episode The Violent Battle - A Game of Darkness" 1: "
External links[edit]
- Playing card on Wikipedia
- Standard 52-card deck on Wikipedia