The Spanish word naipes is loaned from nā'ib, ranks of face cards found in the Mamluk deck. Playing cards, originally of Chinese origin, were adopted in Mamluk Egypt by the 14th century if not earlier, and from there spread to the Iberian peninsula. They are closely related to the Seville and Franco-Spanish patterns. Description Toledo pattern cards from 1574. Spanish-suited cards are used in Spain, southern Italy, parts of France, Hispanic America, North Africa, and the Philippines. It is categorized as a Latin-suited deck and has strong similarities with the Portuguese-suited deck, Italian-suited deck and some to the French deck. Spanish-suited playing cards or Spanish-suited cards have four suits, and a deck is usually made up of 40 or 48 cards (or even 50 by including two jokers). Card deck used in Spain Castilian pattern introduced by Heraclio Fournier
