French-suited playing cards
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French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of trèfles, carreaux, cœurs, and piques. Each suit contains three or four face/court cards. In a standard 52-card
Standard 32-card deck of the Paris pattern
The standard Anglo-Saxon (Anglo-American or International) pack uses French suit symbols. Cards by Piatnik
Deck celebrating the union of Brittany and France with Spanish suits but has queens instead of knights (Antoine de Logiriera of Toulouse, c. 1500).
French Rouen pattern on the left, Spanish Toledo pattern on the right
Standard 52-card deck
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The standard 52-card deck of French-suited playing cards is the most common pack of playing cards used today. A key feature of most playing card decks is their double-sided design: the backs of all ca
French-suited playing cards
…or clubs ♣), carreaux (tiles or diamonds ♦), cœurs (hearts ♥), and piques (pikes or spades ♠). Each suit contains three or four face/court cards. In a standard 52-card deck these are the valet (knave or jack), the dame (lady or queen), and the roi (king). In addition, in Tarot packs, there is a cavalier (knight) ranking…
Cards from a standard, Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-American pattern, deck