A Trickster Figure
The Jack, traditionally the lowest face card, has often been promoted to a higher or the highest position in the traditional ranking of cards, where the Ace or King generally occupied the first rank. This is seen in the earliest known European card games, such as Karnöffel, as well as in more recent ones such as Euchre. Games with such promotion include:
- Karnöffel
- Jass
- Loo
- Primero
- Bezique
- Hearts
- Noddy
- Clobyosh
- Spoil Five
- Forty-fives
- Cribbage
- Trappola
- All-Fours
- Maw
- Doppelkopf
- Euchre
- Sheepshead
- Marjolet
- Skat
- Polignac
- Napoleon
- Black Maria
- Pinochle
- Reversis
- Schafkopf
- Ruff
- Klaberjass
- La Bête
- Belote
- Five-hundred
- Sueca
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