How many black cards are in a deck?
The color of the cards in a standard deck is divided into two categories: Red and Black. The Red cards are the hearts and diamonds while the Black cards are the spades and clubs. Each color has 26 cards.
In Detail,
- Spades: 13 cards (Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King)
- Clubs: 13 cards (Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King)
- The total number of black cards in a deck of playing cards is 26.
It is worth mentioning that there are variations and different types of decks out there that might have more or fewer cards than the standard 52 cards and also some variations might have different numbers of cards per color, but the standard deck is widely used and recognized as the most common one.