There are fifty-two cards in a standard deck. Numbers go from 2 to 10. The face cards are the jack, queen, and king. And then there’s that ace thing, of course. Each card has four suits: clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. Fifty-two total known cards. It never changes. The goofy thing about cards? If you aren’t playing a [...]
There are fifty-two cards in a standard deck. Numbers go from 2 to 10. The face cards are the jack, queen, and king. And then there’s that ace thing, of course. Each card has four suits: clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades.
Fifty-two total known cards.
It never changes.
The goofy thing about cards? If you aren’t playing a game, they’re nothing more than a shiny piece of paper or a thrifty coaster. But if you are playing a game? Everything changes. The cards represent a lot more.
But even when you’re playing “games,” there’s not one card that wins all the time — there’s no magic card that only a handful of people know about and are keeping secret.
Losers look for magic cards.
Because it’s not about the cards. The cards aren’t the hard part.
It’s about the game. The hard part is finding out the game you’re playing, and then arranging the desk so that you can’t lose.
Yes, the known deck.
It’s not a secret. Most everything you need is out there. And if you don’t know about it, it’s probably not hard to find. Instead of looking for new, think about context.