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My prequel fanfic, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 8.5: Rainbow In The Dark . A member Motley Cruel's team, Primal Scream during the first Star Tournament, Deck of Cards is the nominal strategist of the group, with Motley himself delegating this task to Deck of Cards as the majority of the team are more brutish in thought. While having the veneer of a playful jester of games, his true persona is that a sadistic destroyer of his victims’ fortunes. In spite of this, he’s aware that some of the members are more dangerous than he is. He was formed from the energies of a gambler who was very good at tarot games.

The song is set during World War II, where a group of U.S. Army soldiers, on a long hike during the North African campaign, arrive and camp near the town of Bizerte. While scripture is being read in church, one man who has only a deck of playing cards pulls them out and spreads them in front of him. He is immediately spotted by a sergeant, who believes the soldier is playing cards in church and orders him to put them away. The soldier is then arrested and taken before the provost marshal to be judged. The provost marshal demands an explanation and the soldier says that he had been on a long march, without a bible or a prayer book. He then explains the significance of each card:

"The Deck of Cards" is a recitation song that was popularized in the fields of both country and popular music, first during the late 1940s. This song, which relates the tale of a young American soldier arrested and charged with playing cards during a church service, first became a hit in the U.S. in 1948 by country musician T. Texas Tyler.

Though Tyler wrote the spoken-word piece, the earliest known reference is to be found in an account/common-place book belonging to Mary Bacon, a British farmer's wife, dated 20 April 1762. The story of the soldier can be found in full in Mary Bacon's World. A farmer's wife in eighteenth-century Hampshire, published by Threshold Press (2010). The folk story was later recorded in a 19th-century British publication entitled The Soldier's Almanack, Bible And Prayer Book.

Ace: one God.
Deuce: the Old Testament and New Testament in the Bible.
Trey (three): the Holy Trinity.
Four: St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John.
Five: the five wise virgins in the parable of the Ten Virgins. (Matthew 25:1-13)
Six: the number of days taken by God to create the earth according to the Genesis creation narrative.
Seven: the day on which God rested, now known as the Sabbath.
Eight: The people God saved during the Great Flood: Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives.
Nine: out of the ten lepers cleansed by Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke (see Luke 17:11-19), who did not thank Him.
Ten: the Ten Commandments handed down by Moses.
King: Jesus Christ; King of Kings, Lord of Lords.
Queen: Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Jack or knave: Satan or the Devil.
365 spots: the number of days in a year.
52 cards: the number of weeks in a year.
Thirteen tricks (in a game of whist or bridge) or values: the number of weeks in a season, or quarter of a year.
Four suits: the number of seasons in a year (in some versions: the number of weeks in a month)
Twelve face, picture or court cards: the number of months in a year.
He then ends his story by saying that "my pack of cards serves me as a Bible, an almanac, and a prayer book." The narrator then closes the story by stating that "this story is true," by claiming he was the soldier in question or that he knew/knows him.

The story as told contains an error in the number of days in a year. In a standard deck, there are 220 (4×(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10)) spots on the pip cards and if it is assumed that the face cards have 11, 12 and 13 spots respectively, the total is 364. A single joker counting as one spot, however, would make 365. A version of the legend dating to 1865, cites the unreliability of existing almanacs as a justification for this apparent error

T. Texas Tyler's rendition went to number 2 on the US country chart in 1948. A version by Tex Ritter later in the year reached number 10 on the same chart. Phil Harris also recorded a version in 1948 for RCA Victor.

Deck of Cards’ design is based on playing suit cards, but with an emphasis on the 56 Minor Arcana with pip numbers and court cards in the four suits of clubs (creative fire wands of artisans that will to create), diamonds (earth discs of merchants focus on the material, body, and possessions), hearts (water cups of the clergy that express love), and spades (air swords of militant nobles who seek to control reason) that suggest subtleties and details and signify day-to-day insights. With that in mind, I made it so he was a jester made of cards whose power is an unorthodox use of randomly drawn weapons that control one’s fate based on how it’s positioned. Reverse being unlucky and normal being lucky. It’s more of a game of chance and trying to wear out the other than a simple beat up fight. I also made him based a thought of making a game of cards into an even higher stakes challenge than it is already and for him to be the court jester of Motley's planned regime.

Stand/Stand User: Deck of Cards- named after the Tex Ritter song, The Deck of Cards
Ability: The Stand itself has multiple applications including turning into cards to avoid attack, summon cards as enlarged shields, use cards as ranged projectiles, use cards to scry from long range, and spinning attacks.

The signature ability of the Stand is to engage a target in a mixed combat/card draw game. The players draw a card that takes a form of a mallet, scythe, sword, or ax. The Club mallet has explosive fire effects, the Diamond ax has gravity altering effects, the Heart scythe has drowning water effects, and the Spade sword has wind vortex effects. Getting a normal means your attack connects, but getting a reverse means your attack will be negated. The same elements block each other if drawn at the same time. The advantage/disadvantage chart is as follows- fire trumps air-weak against water, air trumps the earth- weak against fire, water trumps fire- weak against the earth, and earth is strong against water- weak against air. Pips are inferior the higher number to who are all inferior to Jack who is inferior to Queen who is inferior to King who is inferior to Joker who is inferior to Ace. The true ability of the game is altering one’s fortune in fate via the normal and reversed positions of the draws as determined by the tarot meaning. Only by winning the game by having the most victories can one win.

Destructive Power: Omega- at first glance, it is merely powerful physical damage, but it’s true capacity is causing harm on a causal scale.
Speed: Omega- It’s agility is above a top-tier Stand.
Range: C- 4 meters for the game.
Precision: D- draws are random and out of even Deck of Cards’ control.
Persistence: Omega- it’s durability is above a top-tier Stands.
Development Potential: N/A- fully mastered.
Stand User Rank: Omega- a versatile and powerful Stand with a strategic mind.

Description
My prequel fanfic, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 8.5: Rainbow In The Dark . A member Motley Cruel's team, Primal Scream during the first Star Tournament, Deck of Cards is the nominal strategist of the group, with Motley himself delegating this task to Deck of Cards as the majority of the team are more brutish in thought. While having the veneer of a playful jester of games, his true persona is that a sadistic destroyer of his victims’ fortunes. In spite of this, he’s aware that some of the members are more dangerous than he is. He was formed from the energies of a gambler who was very good at tarot games.

The song is set during World War II, where a group of U.S. Army soldiers, on a long hike during the North African campaign, arrive and camp near the town of Bizerte. While scripture is being read in church, one man who has only a deck of playing cards pulls them out and spreads them in front of him. He is immediately spotted by a sergeant, who believes the soldier is playing cards in church and orders him to put them away. The soldier is then arrested and taken before the provost marshal to be judged. The provost marshal demands an explanation and the soldier says that he had been on a long march, without a bible or a prayer book. He then explains the significance of each card:

"The Deck of Cards" is a recitation song that was popularized in the fields of both country and popular music, first during the late 1940s. This song, which relates the tale of a young American soldier arrested and charged with playing cards during a church service, first became a hit in the U.S. in 1948 by country musician T. Texas Tyler.

Though Tyler wrote the spoken-word piece, the earliest known reference is to be found in an account/common-place book belonging to Mary Bacon, a British farmer's wife, dated 20 April 1762. The story of the soldier can be found in full in Mary Bacon's World. A farmer's wife in eighteenth-century Hampshire, published by Threshold Press (2010). The folk story was later recorded in a 19th-century British publication entitled The Soldier's Almanack, Bible And Prayer Book.

Ace: one God.
Deuce: the Old Testament and New Testament in the Bible.
Trey (three): the Holy Trinity.
Four: St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John.
Five: the five wise virgins in the parable of the Ten Virgins. (Matthew 25:1-13)
Six: the number of days taken by God to create the earth according to the Genesis creation narrative.
Seven: the day on which God rested, now known as the Sabbath.
Eight: The people God saved during the Great Flood: Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives.
Nine: out of the ten lepers cleansed by Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke (see Luke 17:11-19), who did not thank Him.
Ten: the Ten Commandments handed down by Moses.
King: Jesus Christ; King of Kings, Lord of Lords.
Queen: Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Jack or knave: Satan or the Devil.
365 spots: the number of days in a year.
52 cards: the number of weeks in a year.
Thirteen tricks (in a game of whist or bridge) or values: the number of weeks in a season, or quarter of a year.
Four suits: the number of seasons in a year (in some versions: the number of weeks in a month)
Twelve face, picture or court cards: the number of months in a year.
He then ends his story by saying that "my pack of cards serves me as a Bible, an almanac, and a prayer book." The narrator then closes the story by stating that "this story is true," by claiming he was the soldier in question or that he knew/knows him.

The story as told contains an error in the number of days in a year. In a standard deck, there are 220 (4×(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10)) spots on the pip cards and if it is assumed that the face cards have 11, 12 and 13 spots respectively, the total is 364. A single joker counting as one spot, however, would make 365. A version of the legend dating to 1865, cites the unreliability of existing almanacs as a justification for this apparent error

T. Texas Tyler's rendition went to number 2 on the US country chart in 1948. A version by Tex Ritter later in the year reached number 10 on the same chart. Phil Harris also recorded a version in 1948 for RCA Victor.

Deck of Cards’ design is based on playing suit cards, but with an emphasis on the 56 Minor Arcana with pip numbers and court cards in the four suits of clubs (creative fire wands of artisans that will to create), diamonds (earth discs of merchants focus on the material, body, and possessions), hearts (water cups of the clergy that express love), and spades (air swords of militant nobles who seek to control reason) that suggest subtleties and details and signify day-to-day insights. With that in mind, I made it so he was a jester made of cards whose power is an unorthodox use of randomly drawn weapons that control one’s fate based on how it’s positioned. Reverse being unlucky and normal being lucky. It’s more of a game of chance and trying to wear out the other than a simple beat up fight. I also made him based a thought of making a game of cards into an even higher stakes challenge than it is already and for him to be the court jester of Motley's planned regime.

Stand/Stand User: Deck of Cards- named after the Tex Ritter song, The Deck of Cards
Ability: The Stand itself has multiple applications including turning into cards to avoid attack, summon cards as enlarged shields, use cards as ranged projectiles, use cards to scry from long range, and spinning attacks.

The signature ability of the Stand is to engage a target in a mixed combat/card draw game. The players draw a card that takes a form of a mallet, scythe, sword, or ax. The Club mallet has explosive fire effects, the Diamond ax has gravity altering effects, the Heart scythe has drowning water effects, and the Spade sword has wind vortex effects. Getting a normal means your attack connects, but getting a reverse means your attack will be negated. The same elements block each other if drawn at the same time. The advantage/disadvantage chart is as follows- fire trumps air-weak against water, air trumps the earth- weak against fire, water trumps fire- weak against the earth, and earth is strong against water- weak against air. Pips are inferior the higher number to who are all inferior to Jack who is inferior to Queen who is inferior to King who is inferior to Joker who is inferior to Ace. The true ability of the game is altering one’s fortune in fate via the normal and reversed positions of the draws as determined by the tarot meaning. Only by winning the game by having the most victories can one win.

Destructive Power: Omega- at first glance, it is merely powerful physical damage, but it’s true capacity is causing harm on a causal scale.
Speed: Omega- It’s agility is above a top-tier Stand.
Range: C- 4 meters for the game.
Precision: D- draws are random and out of even Deck of Cards’ control.
Persistence: Omega- it’s durability is above a top-tier Stands.
Development Potential: N/A- fully mastered.
Stand User Rank: Omega- a versatile and powerful Stand with a strategic mind.