Standard 58-card deck

There are multiple different variations of the 58-deck of playing cards, the most common being the Hearthrunean Moonfall Deck, henceforth referred to as Moonfall.

Moonfall originated in the late 1530s in Alluehearthe Frontière, a Caliantene colony which is now modern-day Hearthrune. The earliest known variation of the Moonfall deck was separated into 2 suits, the minor suit and the major suit. The minor suit was composed of 12 cards numbered 1 through 12, while the major suit each had their own names and symbols that varied between decks.

The modern Moonfall deck consists of 3 suits of 16 known as the Stars, the Roses/Flowers, and the Pyres/Flames. These 3 suits are collectively known as the Minor Suits. The modern Major Suit still has variations between decks, but the most common seen Major Suit is 8 unique cards, now listed in no particular order: The Lotus, The Tree, The Bridge, The Staff, The Coin, The Vase, The Hill, and The Wanderer (the only person in the deck).

The final 2 cards are either The Sun and The Moon or Day and Night. Some games use 1 of either or none of these cards.

Moonfall originated as a form of divination but eventually took on the further purposes of games, magic, cardistry, card throwing, and card houses.

Commonly games played with the Moonfall deck include Race, a game about scoring as many points as possible in a finite number of turns, Monarch, a game about keeping either The Sun or The Moon card in your hand for as long as possible in a finite number of turns, and Pit, a cooperative game about “surviving” a number of set turns by “defeating” cards drawn from the deck with the help of other players.