Things You Don’t Know About Playing Cards

Playing cards are so common today that we take them for granted. But, have you ever really looked closely at them or wondered what they could mean?Like, who is that suave King that doesn’t have a moustache? Here are 10 Things You Don’t Know About Playing Cards.
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[@BeAmazed]

That one about the cards containing a map really surprised me! Which one surprised you?

[@declspecl]

Be Amazed the one about the suites

[@notaplic8158]

Be Amazed number 1

[@frankboogaard88]

What surprised me is that a totally unknown brand got the number 1 spot just because it is an American Brand. No one in the entire world, outside of the USA, knows that brand

[@yrasphong]

Frank Boogaard ikr...I grew up on Bee Brand

[@davidwollner461]

NONEEEEE I am a magician so lol

[@gizmoteknodekker7060]

The jokers also represent day and night/sun and moon. The back of the cards are night while the front is day, there are 12 court cards and 12 months. 13 cards in each suit and 13 weeks in each season. If you do a perfect riffle shuffle from new deck order 24 times it will shuffle full circle back to new deck order.

[@JiveDadson]

The King of Hearts did originally show the king holding an axe. Over time, he held the axe progressively closer to his head until the head of the axe disappeared behind the king's head, leaving only the handle showing.

[@EyeOfTheVeda]

I learned a lot from this and definitely enjoyed it, but it was kinda weird that they mentioned the original suits being cups, coins, swords, and sticks, yet failed to note that this is exactly the same as the Tarot Card suits, and it obviously came from that.

[@eggsalts4243]

Wrong, these predate the tarot cards, this is an almanac, the church demonized using the almanac for divination so they went into secret and added the 22 major arcana for kaballah. At least that’s how it’s been explained to me…. Supposedly these cards date back to egypt. Taroh was them hiding them.

[@oneeyeman6118]

Tarot deck came from playing cards. It has an added suit.

[@pj89508]

Number 5 interests me in that 52 cards (52 weeks in a year). Originally in the 1800's there was only one joker, but then in the late 1940's 2 jokers were incorporated into the decks for the game of Canasta. The four seasons corresponding to the four suits and then adding the value of the cards plus 1 for the joker was quite interesting. The most mind blowing was the maps in the card. I had heard of this before, but still find it quite amazing.

[@osearthesp]

Joker can also be used for replacing a lost card since backing designs are the same as rest of deck ;]

[@alexroseann5898]

OMG legit what I do

[@luisy214]

Holy shit,.. why haven’t I ever thought of this??!

[@AnisulHaqueBorun]

yes, you are right bro

[@dwnnfunky]

"Rifle shuffle," the deadliest shuffle of them all.

[@Retro_Static]

You have 69 likes now that I’ve liked it. Your welcome

[@rjohnson8ball]

The correct phrase is "riffle shuffle" (with 2 f characters) not "rifle shuffle". It bugged me when I heard the narrator say it incorrectly.

[@collecter3456]

Robert Johnson he is kidding because rifles are deadly. He is poking at his mistake in the video. Read it again.

[@ralphcraig5816]

@@rjohnson8ball NEVER! EXPLAIN the joke...

[@rjohnson8ball]

Ralph Craig Firstly, I wasn’t totally sure which way he intended to joke, or if all the likes were for the same reason. I imagined someone hearing “rifle” and joking about it without knowing the proper word (just as the narrator had no clue). Secondly, I desperately needed to complain about the lazy editing of the video.

[@militcageorgeva2712]

I've heard that The Queen of Hearts is inspired by Queen Elizabeth of York, consort of King Henry VII. When you look at her portrait there is an obvious resemble.

[@guywithknife]

I’ve known most of these, but I’m a hobby card magician, so I have and use a lot of cards :) It should be noted that a deck of cards “technically” has more than 52 cards - a new deck contains 56 cards (52 normal cards, 2 jokers and 2 “brand” cards; many specialist decks contain special cards instead of brand cards, such as blank cards, duplicate cards or double-backed cards). Also, USPCC/bycicle poker cards are not just the most iconic, they arguably handle the best too: an air cushoned finish means they fan easily/slide nicely, the triple glued layers mean they’re flexible but very durable. Some competitors are good too, but many cheap brands are just plain shit.

[@nurnu349]

Fournier also has superb quality, at least back in the day, and the secret was partly the cardboard used and the coating. They were durable, flexible but thin. They lasted for years through heavy duty use 😂 at home. We changed them when they became "greasy", for lack of a better term, we played with clean hands mind you, but the natural fat produced by the skin even if it's a tiny amount builds up on the surface over time. They were not "icky" just "polished" . It's hard to explain. They shuffle great at that point . The corners and sides were a little worn but not cracked or bent. Awesome. Awesome playing cards. I am a Tarot reader but I have realised over time that I prefer playing cards over modern Tarot cards, somehow. Perhaps Tarot cards are too fancy and elaborate and often deviate too much from their origins nowadays, while playing cards retain their essence. I love that playing cards are often so simple and elegant, I am a woman and I think playing cards and their different designs are sober, elegant and masculine, yes. I love that we still get to enjoy classical masculine aesthetics 😢 I know some of you will be pissed off, (is there a masculine aesthetic perspective on cards, really? you bigot!! ) but I am pissed off at how corny and unicorny, (or naive and childish) many things are becoming these days, and Tarot and oracle cards, with a few exceptions , are one of them: they are overwhelmingly designed by women. 😅 I love being a woman and I love female designers it's just that I miss the masculine angle and touch for balance. Sigh

[@ikeyasector]

What gets me is that 'Poker' use to be the first game people learned how to play with a deck of cards. But these days, I can't even find hardly anyone who knows how to play it. I guess it's a generational thing. But I really do miss playing card games with friends. Even the drinking games back in my 20s we use to play was fun.

[@vendingdudes]

Yeah now everyone is playing Hold 'em. An entire TV channel devoted to it. Oh wait, that's Poker.

[@robertelee467]

Although I was surprised by a few of them, the one that surprised me the most were the shuffling facts. The hugely high number of order possibilities as well as the fact that it's very possible that a deck of cards has never been shuffled and yielded the same result in all of history. Those facts blow my mind!

[@OlafReuh]

You gave us the names of the kings (names that are actually the same that are written on the BP Grimaud cards) : Charles = hearts, David = spades, Cesar = diamonds, Alexandre = clubs. But queens and jacks also have names. Jack of clubs is Lancelot, the knight of the Round Table. Jack of diamonds is Hector, the trojan prince. Jack of spades is Ogier, a danish knight who served Charlemagne (aka the king of hearts which is a little bit strange). Jack of hearts is La Hire de Vignole, a knight friend of Joan of Ark. Queen of spades is Pallas, also known as Athena the greek goddess of wisdom. Queen of diamonds is Rachel and queen of Hearts Judith, both being characters from the Bible. Finally Queen of clubs has been named Argine, which is an anagram of Regina, the latin (and italian) name for queen.

[@rosfeldman242]

OlafReuh really interesting info I didn't know any of that other than the kings.

[@ebwholesaler]

And 2 of spades is named a... Deuce !

[@graphiquejack]

These names are usually only seen in French decks, I think.

[@ladykoiwolfe]

A 2 is a deuce not just of spades.

[@RainbowHeron]

#8 - The Joker is in the deck because he is the evolution of the trump card The Fool from the Major Arcana, a set of 22 trump cards which were used in the game of tarrochi, which can still be found in Hoyle. Today, the Major Arcana is known to be the most famous cards of what is called The Tarot Deck. The Minor Arcana are the "playing cards" as we know them today, minus a fourth royalty member from each of the 4 suits. Why The Fool survives, as The Joker, in a modern standard playing deck, and the other trumps don't, I don't know for certain, but it may have to do with symbology: The Fool in Tarot represents the Player or Questor, that is the person who is asking the deck itself a question, himself. The Fool is called The Fool because he is a novice, unenlightened; he does not yet know the answer to his question, nor has he yet gone on his quest to find enlightenment. That the Fool as the Joker is sometimes used today as a trump card, a wild card, or something unexpected to be paid attention to, serves as an element of chance: a reminder that one is not always in control, nor in posession of all of the facts...a reminder that one is a human fool. Just watch your reaction when one uses a Joker on you. :-) #6 - The King of Hearts is holding his sword behind his head BECAUSE it used to be a battle axe and this is the correct posture for holding a battle axe which one is about to swing. You saw this part in the video but was not in the narrative: no three Kings hold their weapon in the same manner, I say three because one King does not hold his weapon, and indeed one King has no weapon at all! --I'm amazed you did not address the One-Eyed Jack. *You* get to research that one. :-)

[@solsar3011]

Ok

[@Laceykat66]

Nope, sorry. Not linked at all. According to various scholars, the name Joker evolved from the German name Juker which was used for the Euchre game in Germany. The joker was first mentioned in the 1886 book, Euchre: How to Play it. The Railway Euchre game which is described in the book uses an extra card, which is the joker.

[@wonderful9492]

they are nonetheless linked by timeline. that according to WakenerOne tarot is from the 15th century but the vid says it was first printed in the 1860s, and you say the name is from the 1880s. so according to these testimonies the tarot fool appeared 300 years before the conventional joker. we arent talking of the name because each language will use different words, but the idea is clearly lifted from the tarot idea. saying joker comes from euchre is pure speculation and probably coincidence because if you actually know german (which I do), then "euchre" will be pronounced "oikre" and "joker" would be pronounced "yoker", so it wouldnt become a j sound. by selectively choosing your information you can prove anything! that is what a good lawyer or good salesman does, the good lawyer carefully selects info guiding the courtroom the wrong way and the good salesman carefully guides you to purchasing. anyway according to the vid the joker is from the 1860s, 2 decades before your alleged german joker. are you sure it wasnt swiss because these arguments have more holes than a swiss cheese!

[@RainbowHeron]

Laceykat66 & Wond Erful - The whole tarot timeline is a murky area. Some sources say tarot goes back to the 14th century but that no cards survive, only the stories of them. The 1800's date is the most generally accepted because there are cards from that era which do survive. But clearly they did not spring up overnight, the cards, the games, and the inspirations for them are far older. I've read that Tarot in some form existed in the 1400's as a dress-up game, from which cards were a cheaper alternative. There are also suggestions that at least part of the Major Arcana actually comes from "gypsy cards" (like the Lenormand deck) that were included, thus the modern tarot is an amalgamation of different sources (the symbols most certainly are). And goodness knows how old the sources for the "gypsy cards" go back! As to the pronounciations for "Joker" and "Eucre", it would not surprise me if they are related. You are on the right track on this one, in regards to pronounciation. No slight on your knowledge of the German language, but the fact that you do know it is part of my point: *not everyone does*. Europe (indeed Earth) being so populated with different languages, words are borrowed all of the time with no source given for them. And there was no Urban Dictionary back in the 1800's. Education was not back then what it was today, and everything was transcribed before the printing press, and not everyone writes the way they speak. Mistakes happen, we're human, it's what we do. [For example, study the etomolgy of the name "John" and you'll see both "Ian" and "Yann" are related. Modern J is often comes from an ancient Y (but not exclusively). In reading Latin, one can change an I into a J if they are not familliar with the Latin they are reading. In our modern English, we often see Y being pronounced as either an E or an A, but somtimes it will keep it's hard Y; in your case the "eu" in euchre became the Y in "yoker". Try it with Spanish: "Juan" is the Hispanic "John" and the J is pronounced as either a H or a W depending on who is speaking, and what your ear hears. Try to write it down, not knowing how it's actually spelled, and you could accidentally get "Han" or "Won".] We all know there are multiple card games out there. It's very possible that the Joker card existed prior to Euchre, it's also possible that the Joker card was created for Euchre and was later incoporated into other decks. Scholars are good at research but you can only research what you have evidence for. Many times, card games were outlawed in the past, and decks were burned when found. We can not know the full evolution of the modern 52 card deck (or even Tarot) because of this. I thank you for your insights into Euchre, but to state "no link at all" is counterproductive because even your scholars (and mine) do not and can not know the full story. I see this whole video as a condensed and incomplete version of the most commonly known modern story. I know it's intended to be more of an introductory video and certainly is of no high scholastic value. I think it would be of help if it would say so, so that more people would do their research. But then again, I don't believe that's what this video was intended for. I am glad that it's sparked conversation, for while the video itself leaves much to be desired on this topic, so do the scholastic sources. Information has disappeared, sometimes on purpose. Information has changed, as it has filtered thru the population. Information has to be updated, whenever older sources are found. This is not a Final Say video, nor is it intended to be.

[@ashlynnmcbride346]

I literally was sitting there and just cringing during the whole video about how he left the entire tarot deck history out of the video. The entire basis of our cards today is based upon the classical tarot deck.

[@ZyloxDragon1]

Fun Fact: The King of Hearts is: The False King, The Suicide King, The Devious King, Friendly AND Worthy? Sounds about right for any politician nowadays.

[@ladykoiwolfe]

I thought he and the queen of hearts were Louie and Marie Antoinette of France. Young, dethroned and Dead.

[@Hater0197]

Actually look closely at the sleeve patterns, he is being stabbed by and assassin, which had tricked the jack into signing the contract (jack of hearts) which leads to the queen of hearts being gifted a red flower (sign of love) by unknown (unknown by me lol) and every king is assisted except the king of spades.they come out on top. hence the ace of spades is different, also one long is being killed by the Holy Hand Grenade, diamond I think, I don't recall the other king's death thats my theory lmao

[@alexandram.villarroel9980]

Interisting!

[@estherhelena3190]

@@ladykoiwolfe yes you are right

[@ladykoiwolfe]

I've always loved cards. I have a lot of different decks, and knew most of this and a bit of alternative thoughts on the kings. But those WWII decks are a goal. The best I have is a deck of reproductions of medieval cards. Everything else is modern but very cool.

[@kuglio7636]

I'm a magician with cards being my favorite prop. I never knew the odds were so high with shuffling only 20 cards.

[@theeagle2497]

2 Corinthians 6:17, NASB: "'Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,' says the Lord. 'AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you."

[@queenvtarot9255]

Playing cards are similar to tarot cards. I’m surprised this wasn’t mentioned. I actually prefer doing readings with playing cards vs tarot. However, I use the elements a little differently with playing cards vs tarot . It’s how I was taught But everyone has their own method. Diamonds:fire, clubs: air, spades: earth, hearts: water . Joker: the unexpected Ace: new beginnings something new Ace of spades: change or a loss. An important decision needs to be made. This video was still interesting . Thx for sharing

[@thewaver8]

4:30 - the king of hearts does most definitely display a gorgeous mustache.

[@brendannelson6385]

we gonna just skim over the fact he said”rifle” shuffle? its riffle shuffle

[@jamesgreene4879]

I remember back in the 60's my grand parents (who were WWI era people) would be selling decks of ace of spades cards at VFW picnics. They gave the reasoning that if our boys were taken prisoner with an ace of spades on their person the cong wouldn't kill them. Later I found out the real reason for the cards.

[@ChrisRamsay52]

lol, I feel like you guys just remade my video

[@NigelNapalmXXX]

true lol

[@anantaks.s4655]

Chris Ramsay true AF

[@fuzzgutterwins3]

Chris Ramsay ha your a trend setter.

[@denbudda2869]

thought this sounded familiar

[@misterdoctor8234]

they copy many peoples videos

[@TRONkhfan13]

I always remember the suits as Matespritship (Heart), Moiraillegiance (Diamond) Kismessitude (Spades) and Auspictiship (Clubs)

[@collaberatorzseanhuang8952]

Why is the jack of clubs the only non-spade card to turn his head to his left while all other picture cards turn to their right ?

[@andrewkahler6399]

Some decks have the queen of hearts do that.

[@corvo6724]

The one about the tax stamps eventually inspiring the designs of the ace of spades was really interesting and good history info. Thanks!

[@PatH902101]

Pretty much all of it. I never knew playing cards had so much thought put into them. Very impressed and even more so with the research!

[@ionlyeatbrainsdummy9858]

"Why is the ace of spades is different?" Yep.

[@AspenTitan]

Funny thing, we are learning about probabilities in my class (and with it, playing cards) and my teacher told us all to watch this video because of playing cards. I have been a longtime subscriber for a while.

[@TheMimiSard]

The older suits of swords, coins, cups and sticks still remains as the common suits in the minor arcana of tarot cards. About the only difference my set of cards - my Dragon Age set - has is that the "sticks" are Staves because a stave is another name for a staff, and thus the weapon of a Mage, which is appropriate in a game universe where the situation Mages live in is a big issue. Most of the Staves cards are also Mage-related.

[@garyrector7394]

The elements associated with clubs and spades are given in reverse of what I believe to be the more common association: clubs = fire, spades = air.

[@darkridge]

_Rifle_ shuffle? I think you mean _riffle_ shuffle. If you're trying to shuffle cards with a rifle, you're probabably going to have some difficulties of one kind or another.

[@emeraldnugget5051]

Yes this is what i said just now

[@donaldsoule742]

Luckily nobody will challenge your shuffling method

[@jacksainthill8974]

Triggered? See, it was worth a shot. ;)

[@JelMain]

Depends how large the rifle is. An artillery piece, for example, is rifled. Those are the cards used, at a guess, in a shell game.

[@samsaffron3916]

Thank goodness it wasn't just me!

[@leytonjay]

This is the best video of yours I've seen in a long time! All well researched, loads of things I didn't know. This is a huge improvement. Great video.

[@mistanix]

the cards during the gulf war with pics of the most wanted

[@technowey]

Number two, staring it's possible that no two decks were in the same order after being shuffled, is true only in the sense that the possibility exists, but it's highly unlikely that two decks were not shuffled into the same order. New decks start in the same order, and often people shuffle for a short time.

[@kevgawne3935]

Did you know the 4 suits of playing cards are like a marriage? you start off with a heart and a diamond and end up wanting a club and a spade

[@Green_Shortz]

The escape map hidden in the playing cards was the coolest!

[@JudyDodson]

The given history of playing cards was very fascinating and of great interest to me ! During the winter months, my family gathers every Friday night of every week, and enjoy playing various games of cards! It will be interesting for us to watch this video together before we begin our card game.......It will be the topic of the evening while we play the game of the night ! Thank you for sharing your info.

[@EB-xl6db]

The thing about number 2 is that it is, obviously, POSSIBLE to have all 52 cards be in order, but it is highly IMPROBABLE. At some point in card history, past or future, it has/will happen.

[@1365bobby1958]

My squad leader used to throw aces on dead VC. Haven't though of that in years.

[@13thBear]

I had heard of some of these stories about the cards, but I never heard or read the actual meanings as you described here. Thank you for that!

[@Christbepraised]

A lot of surprises here! I did not know any of them. :) Good job folks

[@kilonova3317]

8:12 you forgot the one i use "The Table Mess" When u put all the cards on the table move them around and put them in a deck again

[@gtafelon]

*Also known as "washing."

[@DesertBro]

52 card pickup - The EASIEST and MOST HATED card game ever.

[@uncletrick1]

gtafelon that's the method they use in Vegas card rooms, combined with a regular shuffle.

[@Darckseyes]

I think most casinos use that method, since it's the most difficult shuffle to rig.

[@Trevin_Taylor]

Aka Domino Shuffle

[@britishjack9931]

the highest count the playing deck reach was 56 not 52 as there were four picture cards called the so an original royal flush was knight, prince, queen, king and ace

[@jorgemirabal9492]

You just had me intrigued about these cards very interesting, thank you for sharing

[@sbsRoncer]

You forgot to mention the Spanish Deck one of the biggest Deck of the world in history. With 40 cards. Currently this Deck is used along many countries, South America, Spain, Portugal, south of France, Philipines, and North Africa. Cheers!

[@KingsleyIII]

I've never heard the King, Queen, and Jack referred to as "court cards". I've always known them as "face cards".

[@mikerogers6136]

Kink, Queen and jack - members of Royalty, hence "Court Cards". (NOT the justice courts..... :-))

[@KingsleyIII]

@Mike Rogers I know. I'm just saying I've never heard them called "court cards". They're "face cards".

[@mikerogers6136]

I have also heard them called "Picture Cards" ??

[@RainbowHeron]

It's an antiquated term. Because the Jack is not royalty (heard of the Royal Flush? - a hand used in poker), unlinke the King and Queen, somtimes they are refered to as Court Cards as to include him in.

[@iannoble8626]

It may be a transpondian thing. I'm in the UK, and I've always known them as court cards; "face cards" is understandable, but it sounds very "American".

[@orlandojones857]

No reference to the 1 eyed Jacks?

[@paulapayne7940]

I've always wondered about him.

[@BronzeCowboy]

There is a one eyed card for each king, queen and Jack... how about the dead man hand?

[@jlamb8331]

Or the pregnant Queen

[@What_Fred_Said]

Bronze Cowboy the dead mans hand is aces and eights from Wild Bill Hickok. It's the hand he had when he was shot from behind by Jack McCall.

[@thaliabalia9871]

I'm trying to create a character with the ability to summon soldiers from playing cards. This was useful. Thanks

[@jac4YouTube]

I collected jokers years ago because it was fun to see how many different ones I could come up with, I think the cards that were made into maps is a neat idea

[@SteveFrenchWoodNStuff]

3:32 You say "lack of facial hair" while showing the king and his glorious beard. Last I checked, beards are most definitely "facial hair".

[@topneorej]

Besides that, there are hundreds of differendly drawn kings of heart and this is the ONLY one without a moustache.

[@markvickery5894]

He said without a mustache at beginning

[@maygengould6749]

Compared to the others that's a correct term....don't worry manhood is measured by a man's decency, not the amount of hair he can grow.

[@KubickQ]

That’s 3:53

[@Quantm179]

You didn't mention tarot. That the four jacks are a combination of the 4 knights and 4 page cards.

[@Alizudo]

That's not true at all, though.

[@larryalexander900]

The King of Hearts isn't stabbing himself in the back, that's the Queen of Spade's arm, believed to be why she's hated/thought of as evil.

[@dadautube]

a number of items here were totally new to me, especially the stories regarding the Bicycle cards and their connection to wars ... wondered however, why there was no mention of Taro cards, from which these 52 cards originally come!?

[@hippiekarl7]

Because 'playing cards' actually PRE-DATE your Mystic Tarot (as a simple search will reveal). Hence, no mention of the 'divination cards' here. The uploader ~did~ warn in the title that this was stuff you may not *know*; it seems that you just found one of those things.

[@markfennell1167]

There were four Beatles just as they were four kings. The Beatles created 13 albums just as there are 13 cards of each style On the Let it Be cover John Lennon is the only one without a mustache

[@ladykoiwolfe]

Now I'm starting to envision a deck of cards with the Beatles as the Kings...but to play their Queens?

[@TheCyberdog101]

Illuminati confirmed... hoping that’s what you were waiting for from a year ago

[@Hyperion111]

Came from the Tarot. Remove the Major Arcana, boom 52 cards. Four elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water equate to (Diamonds/Pentacles/coins), (Spades/Swords), (Clubs/Wands) and (Hearts/Cups). The Jack, Queen, King and Ace are still represented pretty much the same as their Tarot counterparts. This being the Paige (Jack), Queen, King and Ace (These remain unchanged.) It has been said that the Tarot is the pictographic representation of the entirety of the body of knowledge contained in the Kabbalah. The knowledge therein, being considered heretical, was under attack. Books were being burned. So, in an attempt to preserve the secret knowledge, the information was condensed into comprehensive and highly symbolic images. These cards were then used to play many games (assumed to be primarily gambling games), to ensure their preservation. The wise men knew that mans love of gambling would not ever fail. The designs and iterations changed slightly from culture to culture and, over the years, evolved into the cards we know today. That's just from my own research. Feel free to add/correct anything I might have wrong. Just my two sense. Cheers!

[@ParanormalEncyclopedia]

As i understand it the arcana came later so its more the other eay around. Even with tarot there original purpose was playing games, a trick taking game along the lines of spades, the fortune telling and mystocal associations came later.

[@TheMariusDarkwolf]

@@ParanormalEncyclopedia technically the fortune telling came after the philosophical parts. One thing the tarot was used for is to trach, especially since a huge majority of people during the 1800s and earlier were illiterate. The symbology on the cards were meant to teach and instruct those people.

[@warren52nz]

I loved this video! I've never really thought about or even noticed most of these things. Thanks.

[@clintonwatkins1070]

I remember hearing about the Ace of spades in the Vietnam war. One that wasn't here that I'd heard in the past was that the suicide king was actually a result of poor art. The sword is drawn back behind his head, but somewhere along the line, foreshortening was omitted.

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[@nunyabiznez6381]

In 1919 my grandfather visited Paris while in the army. He brought back many souvenirs. One was a deck of playing cards. There was a naked girl on every card. These were extremely popular with U.S. servicemen. I still have that deck. It is still nearly mint condition because it was never played.

[@davidr.2633]

For those servicemen, indeed for Most men, it was probably the most exciting deck they ever came across!

[@milcahreyes5287]

I think it was a popular form of pinup in wwi

[@darreljones8645]

With regards to #10, an even more remarkable card-related expression is "playing both sides against the middle". It came from a common method of cheating casinos would use in the largely-forgotten game of faro during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[@yetanotherjohn]

I am surprised that the Tarot deck never made it into this viddy. Pentagrams=Diamonds for money, Clubs=Wands for work, Swords=Spades for conflict and Cups=Hearts for love and the Fool became the Joker. Also, playing cards have a topsy-turvy design, so that unlike tarot cards they can't be used for divination, in which the "up" or "down" state affects the reading. PS: In the olden days, cards were blank on the back to prevent marked decks and were only used for one night of gaming, after which the players could jot addresses or notes on the back of the used cards and trade them so they could keep in touch. This idea gave birth to the business card. PPS: The number of cards in a deck relates to how many cards can be laid out to form a perfect rectangle, because that is how they are printed, all up on one big sheet, before they are cut into cards.

[@ZecaPinto1]

the king of hearts is not stabbing himself. you have to look at the patterns of the sleeve holding the sword and the sleeve of the kings hand on his chest

[@jayferguson9968]

It's supposed to be one of the queens doing him in.

[@Tomek1949]

It's the Q♠️'s hand holding the sword on the K♥️ card!

[@MrMushroomBrain]

I love jokers... I have close to 600 different now in my collection... can´t you make a video about them???

[@djh893]

MrMushroomBrain i have boxes of them i use when I'm practicing some cardistry or throwing, or gaff.

[@MrMushroomBrain]

cool!

[@craiglister7110]

MrMushroomBrain that would be a cool video to see 👍🏻

[@MrMushroomBrain]

I agree, jokers are so exciting!

[@cunobelinusX31]

Hi, I used to collect Jokers aswell, I had around 450, when unfortunately they were stolen in a burglary, strange thing to steal but still. Wasn't you was it?

[@josephdilorenzo7791]

#3, the Ace of Spades was known as the "hanging card" because forging the tax stamp on it was punishable by death by hanging. Wow! Rather harsh. It could explain the reason that it's still called the 'death card" somtimes, even today.

[@hippiekarl7]

I still have a deck of 'aircraft identification' playing cards from when I was a G.I. in the 1970s; they feature silhouettes (front, side, and top) of NATO/Warsaw Pact aircraft on the backs of the cards (where the nekkid people's pics usually are). The idea was to foster a better awareness of 'who's are whose' if one ever found him/herself on an AA gun during an actual camp-out.....

[@Jabber.Wookie]

Are we just going to not talk about how the four suits: Cups, Coins, Swords, and Sticks come from tarot cards?

[@zakpint1317]

Maybe so or maybe not Who can really specify the real meaning of tarot cards.

[@Alizudo]

It's actually the opposite. Tarot was invented AFTER the playing cards.

[@zakpint1317]

Wow....is that actually a true fact...?

[@Alizudo]

@@zakpint1317 Yes. Playing cards go as far back as 1377. Tarot didn't make its arrival until the 1500's.

[@shadow-bannedinsights]

Yeah, it's ridiculous that tarot was not even mentioned in this video.

[@quietone748]

I find it really odd that no mention of Tarot decks being the basis of the 52-card deck is made.

[@jeffaz2001yahoo]

What's crazy about never being shuffled the same is, that one of those combinations would require the deck to be in perfect order like when its new.

[@HanLuvsApples]

Myth: The one stabbing the King of Hearts, is the Queen of Hearts with her famous quote. "Off with his head!"

[@interstaffing]

3:42 Why not also mention that all the other Kings have only 2 hands on their cards, the KoH has 4, which leads credence to the 'King being killed' theory??

[@Hildebrand-zt5bk]

"Heart represents female" Now that's why Cute Pink loves the Heart Zone

[@Nillowo]

I knew about half of these, but never the less, all of these facts are fascinating! Thank you for the wonderful video. It's entirely extremely well put together. Keep doing what you're going my friend :)

[@danafield4696]

What surprised me the most is that I watched this video!!!

[@BradenBest]

Suicide kings*, plural. The king of diamonds is also a suicide king, with an axe right above his neck. They are called suicide kings because they look like they're committing suicide and they're red in color, blood is red. The king of diamonds is also one of the only two cards that holds an axe. The other being the jack of hearts.

[@Hildebrand-zt5bk]

also diamonds and hearts are red

[@craiglister7110]

Hello I collect playing cards and this was a very interesting video thanks you and keep up the good work ♥️♣️♦️♠️ would love to see a video with top ten rarest playing card decks 👍🏻

[@ROCK-hr9se]

I too have, or rather had, been a collector of sorts usually turning up my finds from flea markets, garage sales, estate sales etc. Y'know, when in Rome... Don't believe I have a deck from The Vatican, lol. Two decks I've always been on the lookout for: Airforce One (referenced in a scene from Independence Day, I think) and an older deck made out of a material which escapes me presently but as I somewhat seem to recall an X prison inmate shaved them up, dropped the shavings down the sink which exploded in an Escape From Alcatraz?!? Then again, having CRS + SomeTimers, I probably have half a dozen History Channel Biographies and/or Star Trek episodes all confuzzled in there, lmao. Anyhowz, just makin a short story long as usual. PEACE Brightest Blessings...

[@Hildebrand-zt5bk]

I wanted four-color decks

[@helbergalinda9141]

Bro. I seriously need to step my game up. These facts were dope!

[@georgel.dickensiii378]

Thank you so very much for posting! I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation!!!

[@jjba8447]

6:08 DC Comics' Royal Flush Gang cameo

[@The.Handle.]

Dorky Child picture books with barely any words where the characters can fly and do physically impossible shit; gambling; and city slickers who wear there snot rags on there heads, still carry snot rags (and wear them on there head, gross) kill people, steal, rape, sell drugs to those too young to make informed decisions about drugs, and yet have no clue why they are hated and why law enforcement constantly annoys them; and a type of play. Interesting combination.

[@playeryeoj1019]

The king of hearts represents victory

[@rathofturkey]

I actually knew a couple of these, specifically #3 & #4. But the restroom I never heard of. Nice to learn something new.

[@cgilbert210]

That's so cool about the maps behind the cards. Clever.

[@dolfinmagikpro]

One question, for me, that still remains unanswered is, "Why is it called a 'deck' of cards?"

[@breeviewAWAKENING]

In Cards of destiny (readings with playing cards), it is known as an unbound book, because the story is always different.

[@3whatchamacallits]

at 6:31 the king of hearts has a mustache ...

[@phoebe6642]

In the Bicycle deck he doesn’t have a mustache. All of the pictures of him without a mustache were bicycle cards.

[@wandagarcia7145]

Awesome video and really interesting fact about playing cards that I did not know. Thanks!

[@KennyMcCormick99]

THAT WAS A BADASS VIDEO, BRO! REALLY ENJOYED IT! I'll be honest... I've been playing with cards for almost 25 years now and even like to think of myself at this moment as a semi-pro card player and yet I think I maybe knew 1 or 2 of the 10! GREAT VIDEO AND GLAD I WATCHED! #ThumbsUpButton

[@user-itschad1954]

WHAT AMAZED ME WAS THE FACT THIS VIDEO WAS MADE AT ALL.

[@Laceykat66]

Not actually. There is a lot of information on the history of playing cards out there. For example, the indexes int he corners of cards were actually so revolutioary they were patendted in the 1860s.

[@teriwhittlinger366]

you did not talk about the correlation between the cards and the minor arcana of the tarot deck. Gypsies and fortune tellers would bring the major Arcana when meeting a client and the client would bring a deck of cards with them and they would be combined to create a tarot deck. then the fortune would be told and the deck split up again. this way, in hopes, the fortune teller and the citizen would not be caught and there for tried for witchcraft.

[@Fnberg744]

Teri Whittlinger Ahhh. I like the thought of that. Stickin it to the man

[@lomax343]

1:55 The reason Hearts represent the Church is because of a corruption. Originally, the suit was called Choeurs, which meant Choristers (ie Monks). At some point, however, this morphed into Coeurs, which is French for Hearts.

[@audrynichols7091]

I was amazed the most by the maps they could assemble putting together the cards👍

[@markrondyke3987]

Never tell me the odds ! Quot han solo from anh

[@radioactive9861]

I have never heard the expression "to come up trumps".

[@radioactive9861]

therefore, i don't believe it is 'used commonly today' as the video suggests.......but, whatever.......

[@stephenwilson2435]

Radio Active - Come up trumps is very popular here in the UK.... especially amongst the betting circles

[@radioactive9861]

+stephen wilson tanks for the info, we Yanks have a lot of different sayings than you Brits.

[@stephenwilson2435]

Radio Active Now There's a video I'd quite like to see

[@anonb4632]

I've heard it, though it's a bit old fashioned.

[@communismcommunityisupport5386]

A 10 min vid for ten card secerets. I love the creativity..... Waiiiiiiiiit a minute

[@johnstover9083]

Fun and interesting. Had to chuckle at "Why is the Ace of Spades is Different".

[@sciverzero8197]

1: You wrote "Followed Suite" instead of "Suit" 2: While rifle shuffling is certainly effective at preventing cheating, it also leaves a hole in your deck. You meant to say _riffle_ shuffling, as in the sound the cards make when they slide and slap against each other.

[@petenormand5444]

Hearts - East - Water - Love - (Cups) Church; Clubs - South - Fire - Power - (Scepters) Nobility; Diamonds - West - Earth - Wealth - (Coins) Bourgeois; Spades - North - Air - Health - (Swords) Military.

[@Hyperion111]

Hearts-West-Cups-Water-Feminine energy, Clubs- South-Wands-Fire-Masculine Energy, Diamonds-North- Pentacles-Earth-Strength, Spades-East-Swords-Air-Intellect/communication But that's based off the Kabbalah. I guess one could assign any meaning they like though.

[@nadiasilver5762]

ty bc that was driving me nuts!

[@Hyperion111]

@@nadiasilver5762 yeah I know. I usually don't chime in, but the video was waaay off.

[@Hildebrand-zt5bk]

Spade - The standard house in SMB3 Heart - Appears only in SMA4 SMB3, which changes the Super Star into a Super Leaf giving 7 extra lives if matched instead of 5 Club - Same, but the 7up is now a number 3 giving 10 lives Diamond - Guaranteed Win with Club picture

[@chrisnemec5644]

Actually, there were decks that had 56 cards in them. The additional card was known as the page, and was put between the 10 and the jack (although the jack in these decks was called the knight.) Also, you didn't talk about the jack of spades. Known as the rogue card, this is card gets matched with other cards from other suits, most notably the queen in some games. Pinochle is one of those games.

[@BooBooJonez]

@ 5:31 only if you add as their perspective position within the deck. Face cards are usually worth 10 in most cases. This does not add up to 365 if you value the face cards at 10. Only when 11 for Jack, 12 for the Queen and 13 for the King does this add up to 365 with a joker...

[@PowahSlapEntertainmint]

When people think that I don't have a clever pun, I always remind them that I have a few... *tricks up my sleeve.*

[@jafroni6479]

PowahSlap Entertainmint Bro I see u everywhere

[@ZomBeeNature]

[*groans in pain*]

[@frankboogaard88]

that was sad

[@iqof78quintadecillion96]

*I HAVE A FEW TWIX UP MY SLEVE*

[@actusspei6688]

+Felix The Cat ,are they the caramel or peanut butter kind?

[@GambitArkana]

Playing cards came from Tarot cards. Because it was illegal to tell someone their fortune, whenever someone was seen giving a reading they would say they were playing a game. The 4 suits were clubs/wands, diamonds/coins, spades/swords and hearts/cups.

[@Braveheart0484]

Sorry that is untrue. Playing cards came first, then tarot cards came later. It's a myth playing cards came from Tarot cards

[@gnc2014]

7y

[@gnc2014]

6y

[@empteenet]

What surprised me most is this video's use of the word "notorious." I, for one, am very glad that POWs were given maps to escape, and do not find this dubious at all.

[@queenbella9536]

Surprisingly u started but never got into them being the original tarot deck but somethings I did not knw very informative thanks. 😊