Question

A modern card game is played with 52 cards, how many cards were involved prior to the late 1800s?

Answer 1

National decks. The international deck evolved in Europe from the original 52-card Mamlūk deck, of which some specimens are still extant. The original suits were swords, polo sticks, goblets, and coins, each containing ranks 1 to 10 and three court cards.

Answer 2

Initially the card game has a total pack of 78 cards as cited to the prior times of late in the 19th century.

Explanation:

The modern deck cards standardized to 52 cards as of found now, with a reduction of about 26 cards. Earlier the deck had tarots count as 22 and 56 others belonged to the suits of four with each suit consisting of 14 cards each. The suits as found presently were the suits earlier too.