Which deck of cards is used for cribbage?

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Cribbage is played using a standard 52-card deck. In this deck, the cards are ranked from king (high) down to ace (low).1

When calculating values during the game, face cards (king, queen, and jack) each count as 10, while all other cards are valued according to their index (pip) value.1