An example of a joker playing card.

The Joker is a special card found in most modern decks of playing cards, or a Mahjong tile in some Mahjong game sets. Image File history File links Joker_black_02. ... Image File history File links Joker_black_02. ... Some typical Anglo-American playing cards from the Bicycle brand Set of 52 playing cards A playing card is a typically hand-sized piece of heavy paper or thin plastic. ... Mahjong tiles are tiles of Chinese origin that are used to play many games, most notably Mahjong and Mahjong Solitaire. ... Mahjong (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Cantonese: Màhjeung; or Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Cantonese: Màhjeuk; other common English spellings include mahjongg, majiang, and hyphenated forms such as mah-jong or mah-jongg) is a game for four players that originated in China. ...

There are usually two Jokers per deck, and the artwork on the card varies depending on the deck's publisher. Often, one Joker card will be in black and white, while the other will be in full color. At other times, one may be a red joker, while the other is black. In games where the jokers may need to be compared, the colored joker usually outranks the black-and-white one. With the red/black jokers, the red one is counted as a heart/diamond and the black is used to substitute clubs/spades. The joker often shows a court jester. A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... The two-colour combination black and white is used in symbols of various groups: Flags Flag of Brittany Saint Pirans Flag (Cornwall) Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland Jolly Roger (pirate flag) Categories: | ... A jester or fool is a specific type of clown mostly associated with the Middle Ages. ...

The Joker's use is greatly varied. Many card games omit the card from use entirely; others, such as a 25-card variant of Euchre, make it one of the most important in the game. Often, the card is a wild card, allowed to represent a range of existing cards. The term "The Joker's wild" originates from this practice. // For the game on The Price Is Right, please see Card Game (pricing game). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The term wild card was originally used to card games, but the term has evolved so that it now may describe what the Merriam-Webster Dictionary calls an unknown or unpredictable factor in any number of domains. ...

It is believed that the term Joker comes from Jucker, the Alsatian name for Euchre, since the card was originally introduced for games of that family. Alternatively, it may represent a combination of Jucker and Poker, as these are the games in which, originally, it was most commonly featured. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Joker can be an extremely beneficial, or an extremely harmful, card. In Euchre it is often used to represent Benny, the highest trump. In poker, it is wild. However, in the children's game Old Maid, a solitary joker represents the Maid, a card that is to be avoided. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Poker Room at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the player or players... Old Maid is a card game for two or more players, closely related to Chase the Ace. ...

The Joker sometimes bears an S superimposed over a U, wrongly believed to be the original dollar sign. $ The dollar sign is a symbol primarily used to indicate a unit of currency. ...

The Joker is often compared to 'The Fool' in the Major Arcana of the Tarot deck. They share many similarities both in appearance and play function; the Fool is often the highest trump. The Fool (Zero) The Fool is a Major Arcana Tarot card. ... The Major Arcana (Trumps Major, Major Trumps) of the Tarot deck consists of 22 cards. ... This article is about the structure, card imagery, history, and origin of tarot decks, which today are often used for spiritual, esoteric, psychological, occult and/or divinatory purposes. ...

Uses of the Joker in card games

• Euchre, 500, Spades: As the highest trump, "Benny" or top bower.
• Canasta: The joker, like the deuce, is a wild card. However, the joker is worth 50 points in melding, as opposed to 20 for the deuce.
• Hearts: The joker does not appear in standard hearts, but in some variants is a penalty card with special properties.
• Poker (1): A wild card. Some poker variants restrict the capabilities of the joker, only allowing it to be used as an ace, or to complete a flush or straight (when it is called a bug). Unrestricted jokers can be very powerful; they guarantee a pair, promote an existing pair to three of a kind, and promote two-pair to a full house. In some forms, the joker may be used to promote a four-of-a-kind hand into a five-of-a-kind. Five-of-a-kind are considered the highest among all hands, even royal flushes.
• Poker (2): Alternatively, the joker is sometimes used as a buck or button (poker) to indicate which player is dealer.
• Chase the Joker: An alternative version of Chase the Ace where the Joker card is used instead of the Ace.

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Fiction

The Batman's enemy, the Joker, was originally based on the playing card in appearance. Modern versions of the character often use razor sharp playing cards, especially Jokers, as weapons and calling cards. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... The Joker is a fictional character, a DC Comics supervillain widely considered to be Batmans archenemy. ... Collection of Modern Safety Razors - Gillette Fusion Power, Gillette M3Power, Mach3 Turbo, Schick Quattro Chrome, Schick Quattro Power, Gillette Mach3, Gillette Sensor, Schick Xtreme3, Schick Xtreme SubZero, and Schick Xtreme3 Disposables A razor is an edge tool primarily used in shaving. ... Calling cards are often found in phone boxes in London advertising the services of call girls Calling Card may refer to various object of the same name: Historically, a calling card was used socially to signify a visit made to a house if the occupant were absent; or as an...