The deck was structured like modern tarots , but the motifs and suits signs of the Boiardo deck are totally different .
The first attestation of a deck with 78 cards was in a poem by Matteo Maria Boiardo of Ferrara written between 1461 -- 1494 .
The deck was structured like modern tarots , but the motifs and suits signs of the Matteo Maria Boiardo deck are totally different .
The first attestation of a deck with 78 cards was in a poem by Matteo Maria Boiardo of Ferrara written between 1461 -- 1494 .