Broken into 4 suits - Clubs, Diamonds, Spades, and Hearts. Each suit contains 13 cards, which rank: Ace (high), King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. The ace also ranks low in sequence: 5-4-3-2-A.
The normal deck may be supplemented with one or more jokers which can be used to stand for any card. A Bug is a special form of a joker that can only be used in some instances, such as in a flush, straight (see later description) or for an ace.
A subset of the cards. Potions of the hand may have global visibility while other portions may be concealed.