Tarot de Marseille, Restoration of oldest deck, Jean Noblet, Paris, 1659, by Joseph H. Peterson, Twilit Grotto, 2016

To the basic game are added 21 + 1 cards which the Italians called TRIOMPHES and the French ATOUTS or “trumps”. Numbered from 1 to 21, with an unnumbered 22nd called the Excuse, Fool or Mat, these trumps dominate all the others and guarantee victory. [https://bit.ly/34aXHFx]