54 cards
52-card deck + Jokers
The same deck with its two Jokers left in — usually as wild cards.
Most packs ship with two Jokers (often one colored, one black-and-white). Many games ignore them, but plenty of games — and even more house rules — use Jokers as wild cards, bonus cards or penalty cards.
When a guide lists the 54-card deck, it means the Jokers are part of the official game or a popular variation. You'll always see exactly what a Joker does.
- Base deck
- Standard 52 cards
- Extras
- 2 Jokers
- Typical role
- Wild card, bonus, or penalty
- Total
- 54 cards
Every card in the deck
Spades
Hearts
Diamonds
Clubs
Jokers
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- Coming soonRummy
Canasta
Partners build melds of seven cards called canastas, using 2s and Jokers as wild cards.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- 52 + Jokers
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonSpeed & slapJ
Egyptian Ratscrew
aka ERS, Slap
Take turns flipping cards to a central pile. Slap it on doubles and sandwiches to win the whole stack.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonTrick-taking
Euchre
Partners name trump and race to take three of five tricks. The Jacks of trump color are the bowers.
- Players
- 4
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonFamily & kidsQ
Golf
aka Six-Card Golf
Swap cards into your face-down grid to build the lowest-scoring layout over nine rounds.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonFamily & kidsQ
Old Maid
Pair off your cards and draw from your neighbor — whoever is left holding the unpaired Queen loses.
- Players
- 2–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonShedding
President
aka Scum, Asshole, Kings
Shed cards by beating the previous play. Finishing order decides who's President and who's Scum next round.
- Players
- 4–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonRummy
Rummy 500
aka 500 Rum
Meld sets and runs, lay off on anyone's melds and take whole runs of the discard pile — first to 500 wins.
- Players
- 2–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonTrick-taking
Spades
Partners bid how many tricks they'll take; spades are always trump. Make your bid — or go nil.
- Players
- 4
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonFamily & kidsQ
War
Both players flip a card; the higher card takes both. Ties trigger a war. Win every card to win the game.
- Players
- 2
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy