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| Hanafuda Cards | |
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| General info | |
| Name | Hanafuda Cards |
| Origin | Japanese |
| Discovered | Matsue, Japan |
| Type | Magical deck of cards |
| Magical ability | Reveal Oni Mask locations and their respective spell ingredients |
| Sign | 華 |
| Created by | Ancient Good Chi Wizards |
| User | Chan Clan |
| Appearances | |
| First appearance | Season 4 Episode 2 |
| Last appearance | Season 4 Episode 13 |
"The scroll speaks of the legendary Hanafuda, an ancient deck of cards. My mommy told me of these cards when I was young. Legend indicates that the cards are magic and may point the way to the remaining Oni Masks." |
The Hanafuda Cards are a magical deck of cards used to reveal the location of the Oni Masks and to identify their respective removal spell ingredients. They were originally forged in ancient times by Good Chi Wizards to defeat Tarakudo and his nine Oni Generals. The cards operate in groups of three and activate when correctly grouped together. The first card reveals the identity of the Oni Mask, the second its location and the third its removal ingredient. The Hanafuda Cards can only be used once per mask.
History[]
For centuries, the cards were kept in a holy shrine in the Japanese city of Matsue, but the shrine was later built over by an automotive factory, although the owner of the company decided to borrow their logo from the kanji for Hanafuda. The Chans soon acquired the cards and used them to locate the remaining Oni Masks. When all the masks were found, Jade presumed they didn't need the cards anymore and put them in her bag. But when the Oni were released and they ended up imprisoned in Section 13, Jade carelessly threw the cards away, revealing the location of a tenth mask that is meant for Tarakudo.
It is not known how one can tell how the Hanafuda Cards are grouped. Presumably, there are 30 cards, ten sets of three, each card indistinguishable from the other 29. A shortcut to the Hanafuda Cards is to paint them after you've activated them.
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Trivia[]
- Hanafuda means "Flower cards" in Japanese. Real-world hanafuda are traditional Japanese playing cards that bear little resemblance to the cards in the show, being less than half the size of a typical playing card and themed after Japanese flowers. They are typically used to play competitive matching games such as Koi-Koi, Go-Stop, and Hachi-Hachi.
- The reverse of the deck is marked with the joyo kanji for "flower."