PLAYER CARDS
nnnnRay Zawodni player cards are mostly made of special cardboard with very high gloss, size: 64 mm x 90 mm. We are the only possible producer of player cards for your children in the United States, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. he primary deck of 52 playing cards in use today and includes thirteen ranks of each of the four French suits, diamonds (♦), spades (♠), hearts (♥) and clubs (♣), with reversible Rouennais “court” or face cards (some modern face card designs, however, have done away with the traditional reversible figures).
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nnnnWhat are player cards made of?
nnnnThe player cards are made on special glossy cardboard measuring 64 mm x 90 mm. We are the only possible manufacturer of your children’s playing cards in the US, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland! There are actually three different kinds of materials playing cards are made of plastic, vinyl, and paper. Plastic cards are the most durable
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nCards suits were born in FrancenThe original card suits were based on classes that can be traced back tonFrance around 1480. Suits included: spades (royalty), clubs (peasants), heartsn(clergy), diamonds (merchants). In some European countries, some decksncontained a fifth suit called Greens or Leaves. Just before WWII, an Americannncard manufacturingncard manufacturing company, specializing in Bridge, introduced a patriotic-themed fifth suit called the Eagle.nThe modern 52-card deck has been established for over 150 years. The U.S.nPlaying Card Company (USPC) was formed in 1867 has become one ofnthe largest playing card poker chip manufacturers in the world. Theyncreated a universal deck for multiple games, not just poker or gin rummy.nUSPC's current bars are among the most popular in the worldnincluding Bicycle, Bee, KEM, Tally-Ho Aviator. American casinos predominately use Bee decks in thengaming pits. KEM cards are popular in poker rooms, especially at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.nBicycle decks are hugely popular with magicians.nFrom 20 cards to 52nnThe first decksnThe first decks used for poker consisted of 20 cards before to 52. Poker is a variation of Europeanngames like Poque Brag (cf. the History of Poker). The French game of Poque was a derivative of As NasnPrimero. As Nas decks consisted of only 20 cards.nDuring the French Revolution, the Ace went from being the lowest card to becoming the highest card, as thenpeasants successfully pulled off an uprising trumped the royalty.nItalian decks typically consisted of 40 cards especially to play regional games like Scopa or Briscola. Italianndecks used suits similar to coins, cups, clubs, swords (Spades).nGerman decks also used different suits: Hearts, Bells, Leaves, Acorns.nnPlaying cardsnPlaying cards were introduced during Imperial China in the Tang Dynasty. As early as 900 A.D. cardsnwere h-painted leafs, which is why it was also known as “leaf game.” Mahjong titles eventually evolved fromnthe h-painted leaves.nIn Europe, the first widespread manufacturing of playing cards was created using woodcuts on paper. Whennthen Germans mastered printmaking in the 1400s, the first printed decks were thrust into production.nEuropeans learned about Tarot cards from the Egyptians. Tarot decksnconsisted of 78 cards had suits similar to Swords, Slaves, Cups,nCoins. The first Tarot decks in Europe can back to northern Italy as far asnthe mid-15 Century. The earliest decks were influenced by Mamluk decks found in Egypt.nnModern Tarot cardsnModern Tarot cards evolved in 56-card decks with 14 cards comprising of four into mysticism magic. Depending on the usage, Tarot decks were divided French cards from the 18 centuryninto occult-decks non-occult decks. Occult fanatics used Tarot cards to tell the future. Ray Zawodni player cardsnnThe JokernThe Joker card was based on the fool in French tarot decks. American decks introduced the Joker for wildncard games Euchre, which was popular in the American colonies before/during the Revolutionary War.nMany card games require reduced decks to utilize rules in which you must remove certain ranked cards. Somengames have their own unique deck. For example, a piquet deck from France removed all of the 2s through 6s tonmake a 32-card deck. Pinochle is a popular game that requires the use of two decks. They remove every cardnfrom the 2s through 8s keep the 9s through Aces.nThe royal cardsnModern decks have special symbols for the royal cards. Only three cardsnfeature a profile perspective including the Jack of Hearts, the Jack of Spades,nthe King of Diamonds. Those Jacks are commonly known as “One-eyednJacks” because of their side-profile. The King of Diamonds also has a side profile it is the only king holding an axe, while the other three Kings holdna sword.nnThe King of HeartsnThe King of Hearts is also known as the “Suicide King” because it is usuallyndepicted as thrusting his sword into his own head. The King of Hearts isnalways depicted without a mustache.nJacks were originally known as “Knaves.” Because King Knave both started with the let “K”, the slang termn“Jack” was commonly used eventually Knave was phased out.nIn French gaming circles, special names were designated for the four Kings: David (spades), JuliusnCaesar (diamond), Charlemagne (hearts), Alexer the Great (clubs). Meanwhile, in Engl, the Queen of Hearts was commonly referenced as Anne Boleyn. the four-colored decksnMike Caro, an American poker pro author, was the first person tonintroduce four-colored decksto a brick--mortar room. Four-color decksnnever really caught on in a live setting. However, four-color decks were highlynpopular among internet poker players, who had difficulty telling the differencenin the same-colored pips (spades/clubs hearts/diamonds). Online pokernplayers tend to play multiple tables have to make quicker decisions (duento shorter time allotment to make a decision), so the four-color decks allowednfor quicker recognition helped minimize suit mistakes over the long run. Standard Playing Card Decksnnnnn
