Wild card (cards)

A joker wild card representing a queen

A wild card in card games is one that may be used to represent any other playing card, sometimes with certain restrictions.[1] Jokers are often used as wild cards, but other cards may be designated as wild by the rules or by agreement. In addition to their use in card games played with a standard pack, wild cards may also exist in dedicated deck card games, such as the 'Master' card in Lexicon.[2]: 134 

  1. ^ Parlett (2008), p. 646.
  2. ^ Augarde, Tony (1994). The Oxford A to Z of word games. Oxford University Press. pp. 133–135. ISBN 0-19-866178-9.