The game of Ecarte is played with what is known as the Piquet pack of
thirty-two cards. The relative value of the cards is the same as at Whist,
with one exception, viz. that the king is the highest card, the ace ranking
between the knave and the ten. Thus the knave can take the ace, but the ace
can take the ten.
Trumps, as at Whist, are the most powerful cards. A seven of trumps can
take the king of another suit.