The lowest card in Pinochle is the NINE. Pinochle is a trick-taking card game that is usually played with two to four players. It is derived from the 19th-century German game Bezique and is similar to the French game Belote. The game is played with a 48-card deck, consisting of two copies of each of the 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace cards from a standard deck of playing cards. The NINE is the lowest card in the deck and is worth 0 points.