![]() It must have been in use even earlier, however, since the term "Best Bower" appears in a satirical 1861 piece about the American Civil War, and in fact Samuel Hart is credited with printing the first illustrated "Best Bower" card in 1863 with his "Imperial Bower". This gave rise to a variant game called "Euchre with the Joker" in which the blank card ranked above all the rest. Īccording to card game historian, David Parlett, the Joker was added to a 32-card pack in the 1850s specifically for the game of Euchre and is first mentioned in a set of rules in 1868 where it turns out to be a blank specimen card not intended for actual play. In the earliest rules of 1844, 32 standard cards are used and the Right Bower, the trump Jack, was the "commanding card" with the Left Bower, the Jack of the same colour, as the second-highest card. However, Euchre began life with no Joker. The game of Euchre is credited with the introduction of the Joker into card games. Imperial Bower, the earliest Joker, by Samuel Hart, c. ![]()
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