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The standard deck of cards

A deck of 52 cards in two red suits (Hearts and Diamonds) and two black suits (Spades and Clubs), each suit containing the cards Ace, 2-10, Jack, Queen, and King. Usually contains two Jokers as well, one of which often can be distinguished from the other.

This is the archetypal GameSystem, and can be used to play many different games. Games we have played at Seattle Cosmic using a standard deck of cards include the following:

• Auction?, by Robert Abbott
• Bridge?
• Eleusis?, by Robert Abbott
• Hearts (including Cosmic_Hearts?)
• Mao
• Oh_Hell?
• Pinochle
• Scopone?
• Spades
• Spite_&_Malice?

Pagat.com, the best site on the Web for card games rules

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