Zwicker which has six Jokers with this function).īy contrast, a wild card is any card that may be used to represent another card or cards – it need not be a Joker. It has since been adopted into many other card games, where it often acts as a wild card, but may have other functions such as the top trump, a skip card (forcing another player to miss a turn), the lowest-ranking card, the highest-value card or a card of a different value from the rest of the pack (see e.g. The Joker originated in the United States during the Civil War, and was created as a trump card for the game of Euchre. From the second half of the 20th century, they have also been found in Spanish- and Italian-suited decks, excluding stripped decks. The Joker is a playing card found in most modern French-suited card decks, as an addition to the standard four suits (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades).
