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Middle of the Deck (The 26th Card in the UK version) is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Last Specter. The puzzle must be solved in order to progress the story.
Puzzle
You have a 52-card deck with no jokers.
If the cards are all placed in a certain order that follows the pattern below, what will the number and suit of the 26th card be?
Hints
Solution
Incorrect
Too bad!
- US Version
Try going through the cards again, very carefully.
- UK Version
Try counting through the cards very carefully.
Correct
Correct!
- US Version
The Jack of Clubs. The suits maintain the order of diamonds, clubs, hearts, and spades, while two numbers are skipped for each card drawn.
- UK Version
The jack of clubs. The suits come in the order of diamonds, clubs, hearts, spades, while two numbers are skipped for each card drawn.
Alternative solving method |
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The suits go around in an order, and every time that suit re-appears it's number is one lower than the previous appearance of a card in that suit, when it gets down to Ace (1) it rolls back to King e.g. Diamonds - A, K, Q, J Clubs - 4, 3, 2, A Hearts - 7, 6, 5 Spades - 10, 9, 8 ♦A, ♣4, ♥7, ♠10, ♦K, ♣3, ♥6, ♠9 ♦Q, ♣2, ♥5, ♠8 |
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