<p>There are already some games that use this type of deck; such as Tichu. A Tichu deck contains 4 suits in 4 different colors (although they are not the same traditional 4 suits).</p>

<p>For most games out there; this idea would make the games slightly easier to play; because it would be easier to distinguish a Spade from a Club, and a Heart from a Diamond. Most traditional trick-taking or melding games would benefit from this.</p>

<p>However, there are a few games where not only suit, but color, also matters:</p>

<p>Canasta - Red 3s have separate rules from black 3s. It doesn't matter whether a 3 is a Spade or a Club, but it does matter if it's black. To play Canasta with your custom deck; you would have to remember that both a Club and a Spade have one rule, while a Heart and a Diamond have another rule.</p>

<p>Klondike Solitaire - Red cards can be moved onto black cards and vice-versa. So again, this would be more difficulty to play with your custom deck; as you would have to look for cards of 2 different specific suits rather than just look for cards of a specific color.</p>

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2020-01-06T16:54:58.850Z
Also Euchre, where the jack of the same color as the trump suit becomes part of the trump suit
David Zimmerman
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2020-01-02T18:37:09.477Z
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GendoIkari
<p>I really like the idea of making and playing cards with blue diamonds and green clubs. Each color is a separate color then.
Is there some arguments against it? Do you know some games where this would be a bad idea?</p>

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2020-01-03T02:42:07.923Z
Note that your choices of colours aren't color-blind friendly
ikegami
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German Cards have green (leaves) istead of black spades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_playing_cards
Volker Landgraf
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https://www.amazon.com/Four-color-Deck/dp/B07BZW6QCY
L. Scott Johnson
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Green clubs and blue diamonds
mz71
# Green clubs and blue diamonds

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-02)

I really like the idea of making and playing cards with blue diamonds and green clubs. Each color is a separate color then.
Is there some arguments against it? Do you know some games where this would be a bad idea?

**Tags:** playing-cards

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Note that your choices of colours aren't color-blind friendly  
> **username_2**: German Cards have green (leaves) istead of black spades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_playing_cards  
> **username_3**: https://www.amazon.com/Four-color-Deck/dp/B07BZW6QCY  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2020-01-02. Score: 3

There are already some games that use this type of deck; such as Tichu. A Tichu deck contains 4 suits in 4 different colors (although they are not the same traditional 4 suits).

For most games out there; this idea would make the games slightly easier to play; because it would be easier to distinguish a Spade from a Club, and a Heart from a Diamond. Most traditional trick-taking or melding games would benefit from this.

However, there are a few games where not only suit, but color, also matters:

Canasta - Red 3s have separate rules from black 3s. It doesn't matter whether a 3 is a Spade or a Club, but it does matter if it's black. To play Canasta with your custom deck; you would have to remember that both a Club and a Spade have one rule, while a Heart and a Diamond have another rule.

Klondike Solitaire - Red cards can be moved onto black cards and vice-versa. So again, this would be more difficulty to play with your custom deck; as you would have to look for cards of 2 different specific suits rather than just look for cards of a specific color.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: Also Euchre, where the jack of the same color as the trump suit becomes part of the trump suit  

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