While English-speaking countries traditionally use cards with the French suits of Clubs, Spades, Hearts and Diamonds, many other countries have their own traditional suits. A deck may include special cards that belong to no suit, often called jokers.

In a single deck, there is exactly one card of any given rank in any given suit. Ranking indicates which cards within a suit are better, higher or more valuable than others, whereas there is no order between the suits unless defined in the rules of a specific card game. The rank for each card is determined by the number of pips on it, except on face cards. Most often, each card bears one of several pips (symbols) showing to which suit it belongs the suit may alternatively or additionally be indicated by the color printed on the card. In playing cards, a suit is one of the categories into which the cards of a deck are divided.

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