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The deck has 54 cards with five suits corresponding to periods 2 through 6.  Each suit has numbered cards from 1 to 8 representing the non-transition elements in the period. The numbers on the cards equal the number of valence electrons.

Numbered cards

Each suit also has an "A" card that can be used for any card in the period.

A set of black wild cards includes cards representing different types of elements: alkali, alkaline earth, transition, halogen, noble gas, metal, semi-metal, and non-metal. These cards can be used as any element in the category. A wild Hydrogen card can be used as any color 1.

The following table summarizes the cards in each suit: 

Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6

Wild

1 - Li

1 - Na

1 - K

1 - Rb

1 - Cs

Alkali

2 - Be

2 - Mg

2 - Ca

2 - Sr

2 - Ba

Alkaline Earth

3 - B

3 - Al

3 - Ga

3 - In

3 - Tl

Halogen

4 - C

4 - Si

4 - Ge

4 - Sn

4 - Pb

Noble Gas

5 - N

5 - P

5 - As

5 - Sb

5 - Bi

Hydrogen

6 - O

6 - S

6 - Se

6 - Te

6 - Po

Metal

7 - F

7 - Cl

7 - Br

7 - I

7 - At

Non-metal

8 - Ne

8 - Ar

8 - Kr

8 - Xe

8 - Rn

Semi-metal

A - Any

A - Any

A - Any

A - Any

A - Any

Transition

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