What is the purpose of the joker card in a deck of cards?

Question

What is the purpose of the joker card in a deck of cards?

Answer 1

its used in quite a few card games...i kno when we play spades we use the joker as a spade....its the highest card...depending on the game.

Answer 2

for playing speed .

Answer 3

The Joker is often depicted as a court jester. There are usually two Jokers per deck, and both cards often have noticeable differences between each other. For instance, Bicycle Playing Cards prints their company's guarantee claim on only one. More common traits are the appearance of colored and black/noncolored Jokers. At times, the Jokers will each be colored to match the basic colors for each suit there be a red Joker, and a black Joker. In other cases, a company may substitute the basic red for a Joker in full color. In games where the jokers may need to be compared, the fully colored joker usually outranks the black-and-white one. With the red/black jokers, the red one is counted as a heart/diamond and the black is used to substitute clubs/spades.

The Joker sometimes bears an S superimposed over a U, wrongly believed to be the original dollar sign.

In Australia, the Joker in the Queen's Slipper brand of playing cards depicts a Kookaburra, a bird native to Australia with a call which resembles human laughter.

[edit] Use of the Joker in card games

The Joker's use is greatly varied. Many card games omit the card from use entirely; others, such as a 25-card variant of Euchre, make it one of the most important in the game. Often, the card is a wild, and thereby allowed to represent other existing cards. The term "Joker's Wild" originates from this practice, as does the game show of the same name.

The Joker can be an extremely beneficial, or an extremely harmful, card. In Euchre it is often used to represent Benny, the highest trump. In poker, it is wild. However, in the children's game Old Maid, a solitary joker represents the Maid, a card that is to be avoided.

Answer 4

wtf knows!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Some games use them as wilds or for some other purpose.

Answer 6

in some games the jocker card is the highest and whoever has it usually wins

Answer 7

It is a replacement for any card in the deck.

Answer 8

there is one game that uses it, i think it might be gin rummy but im not sure

Answer 9

you can use it as a wild cald in poker which means it can be played as any card in the deck

Answer 10

The Joker was an early 20th century American invention. The game of Euchre was once very popular but required a fifth Jack to play. The Joker was added to fill this role (to save players having to raid another pack) and because of the way the cards were layed out on the sheet for printing, there was a spare space left on the sheet which they filled with a second Joker.

Since then, games have been invented or modified to make use of the new cards.

Answer 11

some games require the card

Answer 12

Some games use the joker, like president

Answer 13

What about those cards with instructions. Has ANYONE ever even READ those things?

Answer 14

If someone loses a card, you can just write on the joker card the type of card it was you lost, so you have a substitute.

Answer 15

beacus its good luvk and it makes 53 card lol

Answer 16

it's only for games that need the joker

Answer 17

some games require the joker card. and sometimes its used at a wildcard

Answer 18

There are usually two jokers in a deck of cards.  They can be used for wild cards for games that require them.  A wildcard is a card that can represent anything the players want it to represent.

Answer 19

there are some games like canasta that use the jokers for wilds being 50 points. it is easier to play the game with jokers as a wild card

Answer 20

The Joker is a wild card.

Answer 21

for when you lose a card (write on the joker what it's replacing) or

for 'wild' cards (joker can be anything you want)

Answer 22

some companies use this card to put their addresses on and if you have questions or comments can contact them.

or in some poker games, the card is used in normal play and can be a wild card, meaning it can act in place of any card you want.

Answer 23

for like a wild card in the game war or extra pionts in go fish and that kind of stuf

Answer 24

im pretty sure euckure uses it?

Answer 25

Some games use it, like rummy, spades, etc.

Answer 26

Originally it was supposed to be a replacement card, in case one became lost.  Later some games added rules for use of a Joker.

Answer 27

If you lose a card in the deck, you can substitute the missing card with the joker. Just get a marker and write on what it is replacing