Equestrian playing cards

In the Equestrian deck of cards, cards have the following suits: horseshoes, spearheads, sparkles and crowns.

Each suit has cards of number 1 to 9, a duchess card (D), a princess card (P) and a queen card (Q).

Representation
Horseshoes have a symbol of an open circle (Ω) and are represented with a dark green color. They can be represented with the letter H.

Spearheads have a symbol of a sharp tip pointing upwards (⮝) and are represented with a dark red color. They can be represented with the letter S.

Sparkles have a four pointed star symbol (✦) and are represented with a dark blue color. They can be represented with the letter M (for magic).

Crowns have a crown symbol (♛) and are represented with a dark yellow color. They can be represented with the letter C.

A card can be simply expressed with its number or letter followed by its suit (for example, 1C is the one of crowns, QH is the queen of horseshoes and DS is the duchess of spearheads).

Number cards are represented by the symbol of their suit repeated their number of times. Queen cards are represented by a figure of an Alicorn while princess and duchess cards are represented by figures of a Pony of a race depending on the suit (Earth Pony for horseshoes, Pegasus for spearheads, Unicorn for sparkles and Alicorn for crowns).

Order
The suits have the following order: horseshoes, spearheads, sparkles and crowns.

Within each suit, the cards have the following order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, D, P, Q.

Symbolism
The suit represent the nations that formed Equestria and the races of Ponies that existed in it at the time of its formation.

The horseshoes represent Earth Ponies or Gaia, the spearheads represent Pegasi or Icaria, the sparkles represent Unicorns or Ceria and the crowns represent Alicorns or the region of Equestria.

Variants
In Nocturnia, some decks of cards have Batponies instead of Pegasi and moons instead of spearheads.