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One characteristic of the standard English deck which makes it great, is that each Jack takes character as a lansquenet. That means they were foot soldiers that carried real weapons and went into real battle during the middle ages. In the standard English deck, the Jack of Spades carries a distinct motif in his left hand, the origins of which, no one really understands. There were many mistakes that the English made that altered minor details of the Rouen Pattern, but this one cannot be traced. Here, the motif is preserved as a distinct detail of the English Pattern, in the tattoo on the warrior's forearms. NEXT »
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