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In playing cards, a suit is one of several categories into which the cards of a deck are divided.

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.

The rank for each card is determined by the number of pips on it, except on face cards.

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.

Unless playing with multiple decks, there is exactly one card of any given rank in any given suit.

A deck may include special cards that belong to no suit, often called jokers.

A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic, marked with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games.

Playing cards are typically palm-sized for convenient handling.

A game is a structured form of play, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool.

Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for , and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements.

However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as Mahjong, solitaire, or some video games).

In psychology and ethology, play is a range of voluntary, activities normally associated with recreational pleasure and enjoyment.

Play is commonly associated with children and juvenile-level activities, but play occurs at any life stage, and among other higher-functioning animals as well, most notably mammals.