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5-Suit Card Decks

Spade, heart, club, diamond, and... Star? For some card games, there is a fifth suit that gets utilized. Most of them are old and rarely played anymore, but five-card bridge is slowly making a comeback. 

Five of a Kind

Five-suit poker and five-suit bridge were popular games in the 1940s and 50s, but as the popularity of simpler card games grew, the fifth suit became obsolete. Don't think of it as a loss of history, think of it as a general improvement to the overall health of card games. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.