History Knave of coins from the oldest known European deck ( c. The usual rank of a jack is between the ten and the queen. Jack cards of all four suits in the English patternĪ Jack or Knave, in some games referred to as a Bower, in Tarot card games as a Valet, is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, pictures a man in the traditional or historic aristocratic or courtier dress, generally associated with Europe of the 16th or 17th century. For other uses, see Knave of Hearts (disambiguation).
