Why "Joker" is included in the cards?

ByLaura M Bailey

In addition to the number cards of 1 to 13, there are "Joker" which the clown was drawn in the cards. Although it is an indispensable joker for baba extraction and poker and the like, it seems that it was not included in the card at first at the beginning of playing cards, and it is a movie to elucidate what kind of joker was born in the mindWhy is there a joker in playing card decks?"Is published on YouTube.

Why is there a joker in playing card decks? - Big Questions - (Ep. 208) - YouTube


In one opinion, cards were said to have been born in China in the 9th century, and it was introduced to the West in the 14th century. After that, "Joker" first appeared in America in the 1860s when about 500 years passed.


I do not know the reason why the Joker was "born" or "why" was born, but many experts say "EucaI guess that the card game called joker is originating from Joker. In order to play Euca you set up the strongest card to become a "trump card", but if you use a number card such as spade or heart etc. as a trump card, that card will not function as a normal number card, There was a need to prepare another card. It is thought that it became a joker.


Until the Joker arrives at the clown's design like the present, a variety of different forms of cards have been used. There seemed to be several cards such as "bower", "Imperial bower", "Highest Trump Card" and so on. Among the existing playing card decks, the oldest one including the joker is an AmericanSamuel HartIt is a cards Mr. made in 1862. The box is written with "Tiger's illustration" along with "Imperial Bower or Highest Trump Card", which is clearly stated that there is a bargaining card in addition to the number card.


The nickname "joker" established in the present age is thought to originate from "Juker" meaning euro in German. By adding option cards other than number cards to the deck, different card games were created with different games, and various card games were born.


Some experts claim that the origin of the Joker is Tarot card's "Fools" card, but in recent years the theory that tarot is derived based on playing cards is preeminent It is. Also, there are people who believe that "Joker was born to be used as a wild card for poker", but as mentioned above the origin of the joker comes from a card game called Euca, so this theory is also a mistake It is that.