A Dark History of the JOKER Card - Game Documentary 

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I bet joker was intially just an additional card in deck which later was given a form of the fool from tarok card games. So history kind of made a circle.

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You know it took me years to realize, that you can actually use the Jokers. in the card game War.

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Re: Tarot and occultism, the fool is the symbol of one unguided by esoteric knowledge (the knowledge the particular teacher wishes to pass on). He is the primordial material of the human spirit before the application of reason and divine law. Thus he is Arcanum zero, and begins the process of spiritual transformation ("Alchemy") at stage 1, as the magician, who initiates himself into the process. This is similar to the roles of Mercury and Thoth in their traditions (hence, "mercurial", always changing). So he is the card of transformation, and I suspect that's why he became the "extra" card that can substitute for any other the owner of the deck might lose. Since this is similar to the function of a court jester (tricking and pretending), and since the face cards became symbolic of a royal court, a court jester seems fitting. To be honest I'm not sure which role came first, but he was clearly syncretised across play and divination decks at some point.

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Another wonderful video. My favorite card game that uses jokers is Yaniv.

Came here after getting in to playing Balatro on PC.

The Joker is God. And the other Joker is also God. The Most High Joker created the second most high Joker as her reflection in the mirror, but gave the mirror version the ability to deviate in behavior, because that's what she chose to do. Now, zip it.

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