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Originally Posted by 2pairsof2s
Anyway the two color deck has stood the test of time. It has been used throughout western culture, in almost exactly it's current form, for an uninterrupted span of OVER 500 YEARS. If it were going to be improved upon, perhaps it would have happened already during those five centuries. Beyond basic tools like a hoe or a knife, I cannot think of many things we use in every day life that have remained unchanged since a hundred years before the Pilgrims spied Plymouth Rock. But if you're sure you can improve on it now, then you do you.
Here are some other things that at some point we could say have stood the test of time:
Kings and Queens,
5 card draw,
the bow and arrow,
horse drawn carriages,
black tattoos,
slavery,
the middle ages,
priests who can't marry.
Personally I would hate 4 color decks. I resist change like the plague. And yet the plague went away.
I have twice mistaken suits that were of one color (once red once black) so you would think I would be in favor of four color decks. But if not for extremely embarrassing moments, where would memories come from? And with them stories at the table. Which bore and torment my opponents to the point where they can only see red. So in those moments why give them four colors? It could only pull them back from the edge.