The Tarot game uses only a subset from the card deck of 78 cards. These decks have also become specialized. A complete tarot deck is one which contains all of the 78 cards, and these cards can be used to play any family games. The tarot deck of 78 cards contains the following:
• 14 cards each in all the four suits; ‘pip’ cards which are numbered from 1 to 10; and four court cards namely King, Queen, Cavalier or Knight and a Knave or Jack.
• The tarot of 21 cards which functions as a permanent suits in the trumps.
• The “Excuse” or the “Fool”. This acts as strongest trumps among the other, and pretexts the players from the following