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10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Ace: Pip card, Spot card, Numeral, Numeral card, Spotter [8] King of Diamonds, Jack of Spades, and Jack of Hearts (K ♦ J ♠ J ♥): One-Eyed Royals; Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts (J ♠ J ♥): One-Eyed Jacks; Jack of Clubs and Jack of Diamonds (J ♣ J ♦): Two-Eyed Jacks; King, Queen (same suit): Marriage ...
The phrase one-eyed royals is jargon referring to the three face cards showing only one eye: the Jack of Spades (J ♠), Jack of Hearts (J ♥) and King of Diamonds (K ♦). The faces depicted on these three cards are shown in profile, resulting in only one eye being visible. The variant form "one-eyed Jacks" excludes the King of Diamonds.
Jack cards of all four suits in the English pattern. A Jack or Knave, in some games referred to as a Bower, in Tarot card games as a Valet, is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, pictures a man in the traditional or historic aristocratic or courtier dress generally associated with Europe of the 16th or 17th century.
The standard 52-card deck [citation needed] of French-suited playing cards is the most common pack of playing cards used today. The main feature of most playing card decks that empower their use in diverse games and other activities is their double-sided design, where one side, usually bearing a colourful or complex pattern, is exactly ...
"One-Eyed Jacks" (The Punisher), an episode of The Punisher; Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack's Revenge, the 1993 sequel to the video game Alone in the Dark; One-Eyed Jack, a 1970s British comic strip; One-Eyed Jack, leader of the alien Bounty Hunters working for Damocles and the Sword in the Gen 13 comics and the "Fire from Heaven" crossover.
For example, if a player plays 4 aces, it can be beaten with three 2s, both One-Eyed Jacks, or the King of Hearts. This creates a rare but interesting scenario where if all four 2s are played at once, it is unbeatable as trumping it would require 3 One-Eyed Jacks or two Suicide Kings, which is impossible if playing with only one deck.
Jacks have special powers. Two-Eyed Jacks are considered wild cards and may be used to place a chip on any open space on the board. One-Eyed Jacks allow whoever played one to remove an opponent's chip from a space. Players may use the Two-Eyed Jacks to complete a row or block an opponent, while One-Eyed Jacks can remove an opponent's advantage.
A few variants allow a single deuce to be played on top of any other combination, but typically games require the same number of deuces to be played as were originally led. Another variant leaves one-eyed jacks (jacks of hearts and spades) higher than the deuce; the one-eyed jacks can be bested by the suicide king (king of hearts).