Standard Pattern

A card player doesn’t like surprises. During the game s/he needs to recognize his or her cards quickly and easily. Mistakes can lead to loss... thus, players prefer standardized patterns that go unchanged by fashions. These cards are printed by most manufacturers,with only minor variations. They are used for a long period, become traditional and belong to public heritage. All others are “non-standard” or fantasy decks, political, educational, advertising decks, and so on.