what is the case card?

[Justin Smith]

When someone says they need the case ace..what is that is it the ace of spades or the last one in the deck?

[ltb]

The latter.

[deacsoft]

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the last one in the deck

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[AngusThermopyle]

The term comes from faro, in which cards are kept track of with an abacus-like device called a case rack.